Shorty Posted March 11, 2010 Posted March 11, 2010 (edited) Google Street view is now cover most of our roads. Everywhere I have looked for so far I have found, even small villages. My Dad told me about a year ago that he saw the Google camera van go by, and sure enough, he's on it just outside his house http://maps.google.com - make a search then zoom fully into a street or drag and drop the orange man http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/google/7420628/Google-Street-Views-new-images.html - News article Can you find your house now? Your old school, your car, your old home, friend's house, maybe even yourself... But what about the negative implications. Has Big Brother arrived? Personally I love Street View, well built and easy to use, makes it so easy to find somewhere before you set off on a journey. Edited March 11, 2010 by Shorty
Jimbob Posted March 11, 2010 Posted March 11, 2010 Of course i can find my house, in face i can stare at myself. Quite scary i think, yet fun.
Happenstance Posted March 11, 2010 Posted March 11, 2010 God thats weird, my village was barely covered at all and now seeing my house on street view. Funny thing is though is that our drive is full of cars that dont belong to us, the pictures must have been taken while my mum was on holiday and her friends left their cars here.
Jimbob Posted March 11, 2010 Posted March 11, 2010 The snap(s) around my house are all different. Looking at my house there is a lorry on the corner. Looking from my house up, the lorry isn't there. The addresses i type in are not 100% accurate, teething problems i be guessing.
Cube Posted March 11, 2010 Posted March 11, 2010 Unsurprisingly, my old house in Wales (on a cul-de-sac in a hamlet) isn't there. I am, however, surprised that the main road through the hamlet is there.
Cube Posted March 11, 2010 Posted March 11, 2010 (edited) Also, I can now test the Google Street View in the Google Navigation on my phone. Edit: Had a quick test. It works pretty damn well. Now other Hero users just need to wait for the official 2.1 update and for Google to officially release Google Maps Navigation in the UK. Edited March 11, 2010 by Cube
Ramar Posted March 11, 2010 Posted March 11, 2010 I recall a topic debating this before whether it was a good idea or not taking pictures of peoples houses. If I remember correctly at the time I was against the idea, but I've got to admit I've used street view loads to find out where places are, like venues and what not. And seeing my house on there, does seem rather cool (thankfully they've not caught me streaking).
MoogleViper Posted March 11, 2010 Posted March 11, 2010 From one view there's the Swift: Then if you move across it magically transforms into a fiesta: Also do you think this is a person or just the light reflecting off of the settee? My old fiesta and Strider's Rover 200 (red) parked outside school.
Paj! Posted March 11, 2010 Posted March 11, 2010 My house is obscured by foliage, and you can't get closer cause they didn't bother to go within the enchanted cove my house resides in (we're often left off normal maps anyway...despite being on a main road...in the city). Feels like Dido's house in the Thank You video.
ReZourceman Posted March 11, 2010 Posted March 11, 2010 Loving it. My bad boy wheels are on here, but its bloody pre-paint job. Annoyingly. And here's my old flat. And here's my first (and best) house where I spent my childhood. That garage door has been blue for 25 years.
LegoMan1031 Posted March 11, 2010 Posted March 11, 2010 Ive managed to find my car parked at work! (well my old job so it must have been taken ages ago!!!) Also a found a friend of mine just leaving his house and walking down his drive!
ReZourceman Posted March 11, 2010 Posted March 11, 2010 Nyetimbers is a stunning name. It was an amazing address. Lion Road. So majestic and powerful.
Cube Posted March 11, 2010 Posted March 11, 2010 Something random I've noticed so far: The images for Junctions/turnings/etc were taken on different days to the actual street images.
MoogleViper Posted March 11, 2010 Posted March 11, 2010 Something random I've noticed so far: The images for Junctions/turnings/etc were taken on different days to the actual street images. I've already touched upon that. From one view there's the Swift: Then if you move across it magically transforms into a fiesta:
The fish Posted March 11, 2010 Posted March 11, 2010 My friends and I definitely didn't spend the 2-hour soil mechanics lecture we had today playing with this on my phone. Not at all...
RoadKill Posted March 11, 2010 Posted March 11, 2010 This is badass. I can get to every one of my friend's houses I tried so far.
Ashley Posted March 11, 2010 Posted March 11, 2010 Several months ago I saw a google maps car go past me, but alas I'm not featured. Guessing it was just passing through. My bedroom window is open so I'm guessing I was at home (and it was a while ago).
SPAMBOT4000 Posted March 11, 2010 Posted March 11, 2010 (edited) Wow my tiny little hamlet in the middle of nowhere is on this thing! Annoyingly, the picture is pre my car My Dad is NOT fucking happy (ZOMG BURGLARS CAN SEE OUR HOUSE!!!(err dad, a map + EYES are practically the same thing...)) but then took over my computer for half an hour having a look at friend's houses... rather hypocritically. Edited March 11, 2010 by SPAMBOT4000
Eddage Posted March 11, 2010 Posted March 11, 2010 My house is on there. Strangely though the picture of my house was taken on a day when we had some logs delivered, yet the picture where I park my car was obviously a different day seeing as it's not there (the logs were only on the front lawn for a day and was at home the whole time)...
Fierce_LiNk Posted March 11, 2010 Posted March 11, 2010 I just searched for my house, and found my Mum standing outside it. Haha. I showed her, to which her reply was "That's meeeee. What am I doing on the internets?!" "I don't know, Mum. I don't know." I like searching for places that I know.
Shino Posted March 11, 2010 Posted March 11, 2010 Its neat, but I'm surprised none of you finds this disturbing.
Fierce_LiNk Posted March 11, 2010 Posted March 11, 2010 Its neat, but I'm surprised none of you finds this disturbing. We are too easily amused and awestruck at seeing places that we know in real life on the internet. At least, I am. I just looked at every road around my house. I'm too easily impressed.
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