my housemate was looking at google maps, and he saw me driving just out the front of our house!
i have never used it before so I have no idea how to give the reference point or whatever, but we live at 63 felix st, wooloowin and you can see me when you are looking at the corner of felix st and torrance st i think I was turning into torrance st
You need more practice! Your swerving all over the road 😂
Simon
MickH ·
A good burnout would have been nice...😂
butidontunderstand ·
i didnt even know i was being photographed!
i am stoked!
Sioux ·
it could have been this that photographed you !
notch-72 ·
This Is crazy I just looked up my folks house and can see the vw out the front , I wonder how they took these photos and what it would of cost, prob small change for google.
Sioux ·
notch-72 wrote:This Is crazy I just looked up my folks house and can see the vw out the front , I wonder how they took these photos and what it would of cost, prob small change for google.
my post above is exactly how they take the photos, they have a "camera ball" essentially 10 cameras pointed outwards in different directions mounted on the roof of a car, connected to a PC and GPS system inside the car.
the computer links the images taken to the GPS co-ordinates recorded at the time the image was taken, which are then linked to the GPS co-ordinates where abouts on a street map. which then once their databanks have finished the metadata transfers, is shown to you on your screen as a 3d compilation of where you search.
oh did i mention my brother works for google in the states 😂
bajachris88 ·
HOLY SHIT!
THey have a photo of my house with our cars! AND A FULL 3D VIEW OF IT...
Thats a worry...
Mick058 ·
yeh, i was blown away by the new 'street view'. ITs cool, but at the same time, worrying.
So theres no privacy issues with this kind of stuff?
You can have anyones address and know what their house looks like etc.
Sioux ·
Mick058 wrote:yeh, i was blown away by the new 'street view'. ITs cool, but at the same time, worrying.
So theres no privacy issues with this kind of stuff?
You can have anyones address and know what their house looks like etc.
there are obviously privacy issues that arrise with it, i know for one that when i looked at my house my parents car was parked across the street and the number plate wasnt exactly blurred, if you really wanted to you could sharpen it and read what it said.
as with any new technology like this there are going to be issues, but its no different than someone walking past and looking at your house, its just more accessable.
ovalkeith ·
butidontunderstand wrote:my housemate was looking at google maps, and he saw me driving just out the front of our house!
i have never used it before so I have no idea how to give the reference point or whatever, but we live at 63 felix st, wooloowin and you can see me when you are looking at the corner of felix st and torrance st i think I was turning into torrance st
i was amazed!!!! thats so cool!!!
look for the red fasty 👍
Just had a look down torance street and its in a carport.
butidontunderstand ·
oh really? I'll have to have a look!
butidontunderstand ·
ovalkeith wrote:Just had a look down torance street and its in a carport.
haha so it is!
kroozzn63 ·
that s cool, Stuff privacy your a star "well the fasty is anyway"
$2.63 homebrand baja ·
It's a worry, imagine how much time you could save when casing joints out..............no longer do you have to waste time and money physically driving/walking/lurking thru various burbs, no more neighbourhood watch worries..........that's a big thumbs up for modern technology 🥷🙅
$2.63 homebrand baja ·
ooh not to mention the added advantage for creepie net stalkers on the hunt in chat rooms etc, now you really can be a supah convincing, 'family friend/aquaintance' when kiddies naively give you thier home address.........you can even suss out which bushes to hide behind when pre planning your next peeping spree, weigh up each individual site without pesky 'slow drive by's' late at night, now you can take as long as you want staring into peoples yards/homes in broad daylight without the little old lady down the street seeing you and reporting you to the cops!!! With the cost of petrol nowadays and climate change, any way to reduce your carbon footprint has got to be a good thing right?.....................😵💫
Mick058 ·
Looks like a bad parking job to me 😂
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Sioux ·
$2.63 homebrand baja wrote:ooh not to mention the added advantage for creepie net stalkers on the hunt in chat rooms etc, now you really can be a supah convincing, 'family friend/aquaintance' when kiddies naively give you thier home address.........you can even suss out which bushes to hide behind when pre planning your next peeping spree, weigh up each individual site without pesky 'slow drive by's' late at night, now you can take as long as you want staring into peoples yards/homes in broad daylight without the little old lady down the street seeing you and reporting you to the cops!!! With the cost of petrol nowadays and climate change, any way to reduce your carbon footprint has got to be a good thing right?.....................😵💫
almost sounds like you've had some experience
ovalkeith ·
$2.63 homebrand baja wrote:ooh not to mention the added advantage for creepie net stalkers on the hunt in chat rooms etc, now you really can be a supah convincing, 'family friend/aquaintance' when kiddies naively give you thier home address.........you can even suss out which bushes to hide behind when pre planning your next peeping spree, weigh up each individual site without pesky 'slow drive by's' late at night, now you can take as long as you want staring into peoples yards/homes in broad daylight without the little old lady down the street seeing you and reporting you to the cops!!! With the cost of petrol nowadays and climate change, any way to reduce your carbon footprint has got to be a good thing right?.....................😵💫
Its a good point about the negatives of it but there's positives too. We're househunting from the other side of the world and its great for that
whatnow ·
butidontunderstand wrote:
"turn right" "head east down felix st" "in 50m swerve wildly to avoid red vw fastback"
RISKYBUG ·
yeah im loven street view 🙂
here is a pic of my bug in my drive way
and im work (for once) and i saw the van taking the pic's
