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 butidontunderstand
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| posted on August 25th, 2008 at 09:07 PM |
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me driving on google maps!
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 
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| posted on August 25th, 2008 at 09:18 PM |
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here
http://maps.google.com.au/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=63+felix+st,+wooloowin&sll=-25.335448,135.745076&sspn=45.423
813,93.164063&ie=UTF8&ll=-27.415338,153.041074&spn=0.011124,0.022745&z=16&layer=c&cbll=-27.420202,153.038504&panoid=TU6G3e
cGyCWbHs0umxHXAg&cbp=1,100.05795327056904,,0,6.00685141673233
nice fasty !!
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| posted on August 25th, 2008 at 09:26 PM |
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You need more practice! Your swerving all over the road 
Simon
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| posted on August 25th, 2008 at 09:29 PM |
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A good burnout would have been nice...
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butidontunderstand
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| posted on August 25th, 2008 at 09:37 PM |
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i didnt even know i was being photographed!
i am stoked!
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| posted on August 25th, 2008 at 09:55 PM |
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it could have been this that photographed you ! 
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| posted on August 26th, 2008 at 07:45 PM |
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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.
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| posted on August 26th, 2008 at 08:39 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by 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.
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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
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| posted on August 27th, 2008 at 07:41 AM |
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HOLY SHIT!
THey have a photo of my house with our cars! AND A FULL 3D VIEW OF IT...
Thats a worry...
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| posted on August 27th, 2008 at 07:56 AM |
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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.
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| posted on August 27th, 2008 at 01:49 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by 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.
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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.
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| posted on August 28th, 2008 at 09:05 AM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by butidontunderstand
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
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Just had a look down torance street and its in a carport.
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| posted on August 28th, 2008 at 10:03 AM |
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oh really? I'll have to have a look!
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| posted on August 28th, 2008 at 10:27 AM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by ovalkeith
Just had a look down torance street and its in a carport.
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haha so it is!
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| posted on August 28th, 2008 at 11:18 AM |
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that s cool, Stuff privacy your a star "well the fasty is anyway"
show us your gates
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| posted on August 28th, 2008 at 12:18 PM |
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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   |
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| posted on August 28th, 2008 at 12:26 PM |
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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?..................... |
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| posted on August 28th, 2008 at 12:32 PM |
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| Quote: | Looks like a bad
parking job to me
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| posted on August 28th, 2008 at 03:13 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by $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?.....................
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almost sounds like you've had some experience
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| posted on September 17th, 2008 at 05:40 AM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by $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?.....................
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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
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| posted on September 17th, 2008 at 09:13 AM |
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| Quote: | Originally
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"turn right" "head east down felix st" "in 50m swerve wildly to avoid red vw fastback"
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| posted on September 17th, 2008 at 06:56 PM |
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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
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