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(Message started by: cynjeep89 on Apr 1^st, 2008, 2:57pm)

Title: Google Maps
Post by cynjeep89 on Apr 1^st, 2008, 2:57pm

Does anyone know when Google Maps added the street view pictures?

I was looking for a specific address for a furniture uhpholstery shop in my area and when I entered the address, the map came up with an actual picture of the business.

It looks like the street view option is only available for certain areas of the country.

Haven't used Google Maps in a while so maybe I missed this new addition to their search options.

I googled my street address and noticed that the pics they took must have been taken on a Wednesday since some of my neighbors had their trash cans at the end of their driveways. ;;D

Title: Re: Google Maps
Post by Mrs Deej on Apr 1^st, 2008, 4:27pm

they started that sometime about a year ago.

Title: Re: Google Maps
Post by Guiseppi on Apr 1^st, 2008, 5:10pm

I had to stop my nude sunbathing....afraid the kids would google our address and be permanently scarred! ;;D

Guiseppi

Title: Re: Google Maps
Post by Killroy 2.0 on Apr 1^st, 2008, 7:15pm

The street view just happened for Madison WI.

I just saw it on the news people are upset because you can see everything just as if you were walking down the street.

Lic plates and All...

Big Brother is watching :-/

Title: Re: Google Maps
Post by JeffB on Apr 1^st, 2008, 7:31pm

I use google earth. Zoom in on an airport and right click, a heads up display (hud) will appear and your in a cockpit of an airplane.

Title: Re: Google Maps
Post by BMoneeTheMoneeMan on Apr 1^st, 2008, 7:48pm

I think its been about a year in Portland. It's pretty cool to look up an address and a picture of the business comes up.

It's pretty damn freaky to pull up your home address and see a pic of your house from the sidewalk right out front.
Big Brother aint just a reality TV show anymore

Title: Re: Google Maps
Post by cynjeep89 on Apr 5^th, 2008, 7:58am

Kinda figured this was going to happen sooner or later.

Boring Family Of Pennsylvania Suing Google
Couple Claims Photo Violated Rights, Devalued Home

POSTED: 4:22 pm EDT April 4, 2008
UPDATED: 4:46 pm EDT April 4, 2008

A suburban Pittsburgh couple is suing Google for taking pictures of their house that appear on the Web site's "Street View" feature.

Aaron and Christine Boring of Franklin Park say the photos violate their privacy, devalued their property and caused them mental suffering.

To gather photos for "Street View," Google uses vehicles with mounted digital cameras to take pictures up and down the streets of major metropolitan areas.

The Borings say the images of their home on the Google site had to be taken from their long driveway, labeled "Private Road," and that violated their privacy.

Google says property owners may request that photos be removed. But the couple's attorney, Dennis Moskal, says removing the photo doesn't undo the damage.

The Borings' house is also on the Allegheny County real estate Web site. Moskal says the photo appears to have been taken from a public street.

Title: Re: Google Maps
Post by Rosybabe on Apr 5^th, 2008, 12:50pm

the street views or eye eagle views are from 2005...I don't know how often they update those pics...

Title: Re: Google Maps
Post by echo on Apr 7^th, 2008, 4:53pm

Had to have been about a year ago for my address. Wrong house - they show my neighbors house.

Title: Re: Google Maps
Post by sandie99 on Apr 8^th, 2008, 8:38am

Timo used that service before his trip to New York - he wanted to see what the street his hotel was located looked like.

Sanna

Title: Re: Google Maps
Post by brewcrew on Apr 8^th, 2008, 8:45am

To me it's a terrible invasion of privacy. However, if the pic was taken from a public street, I don't see how it can be fought.

God help 'em if they set one foot on a private drive, however.