Google Streetview Camera Car

[eleny]

They use different kinds of cars. But the camera apparatus seems to always look pretty much the same - a camera elevated on a rod attached to the roof of the vehicle.

[Cronus Protagonist]

1. I've seen a couple of these, but in SUVs, not beetles

THe ones I've seen in LA also have what looks like a radar dish - kind of reminiscent of the NORAD airplanes.

[eleny]

3. I was surprised that they've already done our street

A suburban town just west of Denver. I've never sen them around here at all. I have mixed feelings about this.

[Cronus Protagonist]

6. It is a little creepy

But it's not the government, and they're only filming at random in public, so I guess it's OK.

[Howardx]

2. just saw it on my street a couple weeks ago

the new street view pics of my neighborhood may have me and my dog in them.

[eleny]

5. I think you can have your face blurred

Our neighbors across the street are shown sitting in front of their house. In fact, my husband may be one of the people out there. But I can't identify them for sure. I've looked at some streets in my old neighborhood in Queens, NYC and the people are very clear.

[Kazak]

4. I just discovered Streetview on Google yesterday...

I'm a freaked you can just look right at my house.

[eowyn_of_rohan]

10. There is a box you can check to have the pictures removed!

I did it, and now, a few weeks later, my house is only shown from an extreme left side shot, and you can't zoom in on it! It used to show our car with license plate # visible. JERKS.

[Hawkeye-X]

11. how did you do that?

Just wondering...

[eowyn_of_rohan]

14. plug in your address

wait for the "street view" image box to show up. Click "Street view help". Click "report inappropriate image" in the box that opens up. yet another box opens up, in which you click on "privacy concerns" - You'll get this set of options:

Privacy Concerns
Why are you reporting this street view?
This is in reference to an image of:
A face I am reporting an image of a face that has not been blurred
I have found a picture of my face (or of my child's) and would like it removed

My house I have found a picture of my house and would like it removed

My car / a license plate I am reporting a legible license plate that has not been blurred
I have found a picture of my car and would like it removed

[Catch22Dem]

12. Doesn't bother me (n/t)

[eowyn_of_rohan]

13. well it does me. Just more Big Brother BS -nt

[NYC Liberal]

16. Anyone can look right at your house if they have your address. nt

[donco6]

17. They can drive TO my house if they have my address.

So what?

[Catch22Dem]

19. LOL, my point exactly

Last time I checked, looking at my house was not a crime.

[NYC Liberal]

21. The OP (of the subthread) said it was freaky

If you have someone's address, as you said, you can actually GO to your house. Google Street View or not.

[Mnpaul]

7. I was wondering how they did that

Didn't work out so good for this guy in Australia


A man who fell asleep on the street after a night of heavy drinking has fallen foul of Google's new camera-equipped cars.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/australiaandthepacific/2541584/Drunk-man-sleeping-on-roadside-pictured-by-Google-Street-View.html



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[trotsky]

9. How about the burning house?

http://valleywag.com/5035540/google-street-view-catches-house-on-fire

[On the Road]

36. Oh God, I Don't Why

but that made me laugh hysterically.

"Look -- there's my house burning down!"

:rofl:

[Snarkturian Clone]

8. If it wasn't for Street View,

I wouldn't be aware of the cowboys that live in a crime ridden section of north philadelphia.

[Cleita]

15. Oh crap they got our road and I live out in the boonies.

I better warn the neighbors. I don't think anyone knows.

[Blue Diadem]

20. have you ever looked at MSN's bird's eye view map?

You can get all sides of your house from an aerial view if your area has been done. Granted it's not as close up as google street view but it's amazing.

[Cleita]

22. No I haven't but thanks for the tip. I will. n/t

[Catherine Vincent]

18. I posted about the Google Street View a couple of days ago.

Creepy. But I realized even though someone plugs your address in, they wouldn't know which house it is.

[Ian David]

23. For a while, there were photos of people exiting adult bookstores, gay clubs and strip clubs. n/t

[Ian David]

24. OMG! Look at 86 newbury st, boston, ma! n/t

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

32. Ummmmm, What About It?

[Ian David]

25. What's going on HERE?

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=amazing+video,+boston,+ma&layer=c&ie=UTF8&ll=42.354485,-71.093988&spn=0.016269,0.04549&z=15&cbll=42.34608,-71.09571&panoid=sXh199oQzuJ8IcezmdAz9w&cbp=1,355.14052511061044,,1,10.791760935537837

[Marie26]

26. OK, that's creepy

They've got my street address, which is on a small little road half a mile long, & there's my neighbor's car parked outside. Maybe I should've waved? Initially it seems like a cool idea - it'd be nice to check out vacation spots or new neighborhoods. But that was before it had my own street! How could they have got all of these roads so quickly?

[eleny]

28. They have lots of cars

I read on a blog that sometimes a fleet of 30 cars covers a neighborhood.

[Marie26]

35. Wouldn't that be a fun job?

Take a road-trip around the world & get paid for it.

[dysfunctional press]

27. is that the kind of car that got the passed out guy in front of his house in australia?

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23530849-details/Google's+Street+View+captures+the+moment+a+drunken+Aussie+keeled+over+outside+his+home/article.do

A man who fell asleep in a drunken stupor on the grass outside his home was horrified to find his embarrassment posted on the internet.

He had been drowning his sorrows over the death of a friend and collapsed after climbing out of a taxi.

As he slept off his excesses, a car-mounted video camera passed by to record pictures of the street for Google's StreetView website...

[eleny]

29. Much of Manhattan's Street View has been removed

A few weeks ago I checked for the house where I grew up in Woodhaven, Queens, NY. Most of the neighborhood was available. Just my old block and a couple of blocks around it were not available yet. Now, only the main streets in Queens are showing Street View.

All of Manhattan was available but not any more.

[eleny]

30. Oops, now Manhattan's back again. I guess it can come and go

:shrug:

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

31. That's Awesome! I'm Disappointed Though. They Don't Have My Street Yet!

Pretty cool lookin at other streets though.

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[On the Road]

34. Wow -- Streetview Has Certainly Expanded Their Scope!

It's not just US downtowns any longer: