onmyrt Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 Holy Crap! They've got nearly the entire country mapped! Take a Virtual ride here. Link to comment
randys Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 wow, just walked down my street! looks like it was early this year Link to comment
smiller Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 Amazing. I live in the middle of nowhere and was about to reply 'they don't have my street', but... they do... Link to comment
Joel Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 I live on a private road that isn't marked as such, about 1/2 mile off a county road, and about 25 miles from town. Apparently Big Brother's henchman wasn't willing to drive all the way back there, but he did pass by on the county road. If the resolution of the photos were greater, I could see my house from where he did pass by. Link to comment
bmweerman Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 Although admittedly this is extremely cool, and I dig it, does anyone besides me find this a little unnerving bordering on invasive? Hey, you are not paranoid if they really are out to get you Link to comment
onmyrt Posted December 11, 2008 Author Share Posted December 11, 2008 When Google first added 'Streetview', there were some outcries about privacy due to the resolution being so good in some cities, that faces were identifiable. So, Googles ingenious software engineers figured out a way to programatically identify human faces, and then scanned every single image, and smudged them out. Quite an impressive task. Link to comment
bmweerman Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 When Google first added 'Streetview', there were some outcries about privacy due to the resolution being so good in some cities, that faces were identifiable. So, Googles ingenious software engineers figured out a way to programatically identify human faces, and then scanned every single image, and smudged them out. Quite an impressive task. I could not be more impressed with the engineering ingenuity behind that bit of high-tech magic. It just still makes me a little nervous. Link to comment
Woodie Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 I found it really funny, to see OUR car in front of a friends house 800 miles from home. Link to comment
BULLman Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 Holy Crap! They've got nearly the entire country mapped! Take a Virtual ride here. But how good is the map? Two instances this week google software mapped the wrong locations. Coincidentally, google used the same area for both places, even though they were in 2 different cities : I guess they think if you go off Moon Lake Rd you'll find just about anything Link to comment
leikam Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 Judging from the angle of the sun and the cars on the street, it looks like they drove by around 6-9 months ago between 8-8:30AM. But that's no surprise -- LA was on the grid from the start. Maybe I should plant an easter egg for the next pass... Link to comment
artig Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 Google have recently added New Zealand to the list of countries with StreetView coverage. They seem to stop short of covering gravel roads, but they have been down some small country lanes. Not too impressive coverage in some locations, though. Link to comment
bridwell52 Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 At my address you can still see all the blue roofs from hurricane Ivan, and thats been a while back. David Link to comment
motoguy128 Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 The sattelite photos are still about 2-3 years old in my town. Streetview is enabled in my town, but there are no images currently in their database. So nothing to see here. I did test it in Chicago. It would defnitely be handly for navigating in a congested city and trying to find a particular location. Link to comment
tallman Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 Sat view overhead is older, can see the bottom of my pool andformer vehicles. But, on Streetview, I just looked into my window and saw myself aiming at the revenoor taking the picture. Link to comment
Francois_Dumas Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 Yikes. I feel discriminated ! When I click that link I get to see the map of Amsterdam........ Link to comment
Bob Palin Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 Amazing. I live in the middle of nowhere and was about to reply 'they don't have my street', but... they do... You must live in the city - they don't have MY road! Link to comment
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