zilspeed
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| posted on 21/3/09 at 12:00 PM |
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Google street view
Is your house on it ?
Had a look yesterday on google earth which I just installed on this machine.
Our car park at work is on it and you can see everyone's car in full detail.
Another member on here whose house I pass every night on the way home is on it ( no. plate not obscured).
Another friend's two car garage is clearly visible from the street view.
Is it a good thing or a bad thing ? 
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blakep82
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| posted on 21/3/09 at 12:02 PM |
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every time i walk down the street, i can clearly see other people car number plates, and every time i drive somewhere, the car behind me can see mine
its not exactly a threat to national security...
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Benzine
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| posted on 21/3/09 at 12:10 PM |
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The streetview camera car has been round melton mowbray but it's not online yet.
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zilspeed
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| posted on 21/3/09 at 12:13 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by blakep82
every time i walk down the street, i can clearly see other people car number plates, and every time i drive somewhere, the car behind me can see mine
its not exactly a threat to national security...
You're right, but....
It does make it easier for a remote individual who lives on the other side of the world and who might have ill intent in mind and may already have
some of your details to fill in more of the picture on you.
Just saying, that's all.
It's pretty cool, but otherwise, I'm not so sure.
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Guinness
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| posted on 21/3/09 at 12:22 PM |
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Google Earth has just updated the Aerial / Satellite photo of my house. It must have been taken about November last year.
I can tell this, because my car, my wife's car, the Landie and the skip were all clearly visable. I guess it must have been a weekend to catch
us all at home.
Our house is on Street View. No cars outside, so it must have been a weekday. You can't see through the windows as the blinds were closed.
I'm not really bothered about a photo of the front of our house, as it's a terrace, so it's nothing you can't see as you walk
down the street.
However, because the way the camera is mounted about 12' off the floor when in use, where the camera car has gone down neighbours back lanes,
you can see over the back walls / fences / gates. I guess that would be an issue for me.
Finally it has made me take another look at the front of our house. I know I see it everyday, but you don't really look do you? So this
morning we've been out, tidied the garden, done some planting and sometime over the next few weeks I'll be doing a bit of re-pointing and
paintwork!
Cheers
Mike
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MikeR
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| posted on 21/3/09 at 02:26 PM |
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It also means I can virtually walk down a number of streets without anyone every knowing .....
where's the benefit, well i can figure out which houses have alarms, what type they are etc before i leave the house.....
cynical, moi, oui!
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RoadkillUK
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| posted on 21/3/09 at 06:35 PM |
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My house is on there (it's the one in the middle)
And our 2 cars too
Roadkill - Lee
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Latest Picture (14 Sept 2014)
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