Re: Google Maps Funny Street View
Sacha Weakland
Making a strong impression on our list of funny Google street views is this penguin that was caught in Western Australia, being pulled by a man on a penny-farthing bike. Click here to see it on Google street view.
We are getting a kick out of some of these funny Google street views! How about this one that features a bear getting ready to have his dinner in Kurile Lake, in Russia. Click here to see it on Google street view.
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For those that missed it, Gizmodo reported that Google Street Views had an image of a Pepsi truck unloading at (I believe) a supermarket but when you drove forward on that street view, the Pepsi truck changed to a Coke truck.
According to research presented in the Harvard Business Review, the average German is willing to pay as much as $184 to protect their personal health data. For the average Brit, the privacy of that information is only worth $59. For Americans and Chinese, that value drops to single-digit figures.
Foreign firms operating in Germany have to adjust to some of the strictest privacy laws in the world. But Nie wieder is difficult to maintain in a world that increasingly mines and monetises data. As a result, the inexorable advance of digitization is viewed with a mixture of fatalism and misgiving.
Street View features places as far off the beaten path as the International Space Station, gas extraction platforms in the North Sea, and the coral reefs of West Nusa Tenggara in Indonesia. But not the Weimarer Strasse in Fulda, or most other normal streets in Germany and Austria, for that matter.
Google automatically blurs faces and vehicle license plates and, upon request, the fronts of houses. Fully 3% of households in the relevant areas requested their houses to be blurred. Faced with that unprecedentedly high level of resistance, Google in 2011 published the data already collected, but left it at that.
Following the revelation in May 2010 that Google had used data from unencrypted wifi connections when collating its roadside panoramas, Street View was banned from Austria. From 2017, Google has resumed collecting imagery in Austria, and from 2018, it is available for selected localities.
As younger generations become more familiar with the transactional aspect of their personal data, perhaps German attitudes toward data privacy will start shifting significantly toward the American model.
The city of 4,500 residents has demanded that Google Maps remove images of North Oaks homes from the website's Street View feature, where any Internet user can glimpse a home from the nearest road. North Oaks' unique situation, in which the roads are privately owned by the residents and the city enforces a trespassing ordinance, may have made it the first city in the country to request that the online search engine remove images from Google Maps. Google Street View Not Welcome in North Oaks, Minnesota [startribune.com] dial_d Msg#:3665003 5:01 pm on Jun 2, 2008 (gmt 0)
Google backed down but if I was Google I'd just pay the citation. It's like Google is putting together a huge jigsaw puzzle and some people are hiding the pieces for what seems to be no good reason. Does the town have nothing better to do than whine that there are a couple pictures of their house outside? ByronM Msg#:3665101 6:53 pm on Jun 2, 2008 (gmt 0)
Don't be so naive there. Even photographers who capture pictures usually are required to get permission. You can't just walk around and take random shots of people and post them in such a fashion that you will monetize them without the rights or permission thereof. Google shouldn't be the exception to copyright law or even personal privacy law. But i guess YOU don't mind everything about you being posted on the net ;) zett Msg#:3665104 6:58 pm on Jun 2, 2008 (gmt 0)
If a person didn't want to be in the picture that Google took their face can be smudged or even a black bar could cover them up. But really, it's just a picture taken from the street. In the future, Google could even warn the city. "Hey, the Google Maps car is coming this week, don't leave trash in your yard". Or, "hide inside your house to avoid being caught on camera". Or even, "cover up your house with a big tarp because people might be able to see what your house looks like from a public point of view."
... There are people in third world countries dying and starving and here in the U.S. we are complaining about pictures taken from the street. Pictures...taken from the street. :( [edited by: StoutFiles at 7:08 pm (utc) on June 2, 2008] Demaestro Msg#:3665111 7:11 pm on Jun 2, 2008 (gmt 0)
God forbid someone would want to use that information for something useful. I understand privacy... but what are they worried about here? What "could" happen as a result of G streets being in their neighborhood? I mean maybe I am the only one with no tinfoil on my head here but what exactly are they worried about? Should Google be on private property? No... but come on. These people aren't that important that people are using this info for some plan of evil and destruction. Evil Do'er
Ah, ha... now I have finally gained access to the private community of North Oaks... those Google fools have really messed up now, giving me the access I need.... now I can bring my plan for domination of this community to fruition... beware people, I know what your street looks like.. here I come.
[edited by: Demaestro at 7:14 pm (utc) on June 2, 2008] Staffa Msg#:3665116 7:18 pm on Jun 2, 2008 (gmt 0)
Land developers/investors can really use it. People planning trips. People researching neighborhoods for their kids to go to school in... It is so nice to see what is around the area... liquor stores?.. pool halls?... shady looking houses... there are so many good uses. The question shouldn't be why have it.. it should be.. why not have it? I don't see a reason to not have it. pontifex Msg#:3665348 11:48 pm on Jun 2, 2008 (gmt 0)
but what are they worried about here? What "could" happen as a result of G streets being in their neighborhood? Combine that with the satellite imagery and you have a pretty good starting point for anyone that wants to rob your house. I wouldn't doubt many crooks are using it now. I live in small but wealthy neighborhood, everyone except me that is. :P Everyone knows each other and crime is minimal, one of the reasons for that is anyone that doesn't belong here will be noticed. they don't need to case the house and on top of it they can find out whats behind the fence. Pathways, walkways...even where the good hiding places are. Demaestro Msg#:3665437 2:39 am on Jun 3, 2008 (gmt 0)
Is the same robber you described not going to rob a place if he is motivated to do so? Point to any tool and I will show you how it *could* be used for evil... however not having said tool will not make evil go away, and is not a reason to not have that tool. I don't want to live somewhere where we don't create things and innovate stuff for fear of misuse. StoutFiles Msg#:3665472 3:56 am on Jun 3, 2008 (gmt 0)
From the street? If the good hiding places are the shrubs by the front door then sure. I would hope for the robbers sake that he knew more about the house than the front door picture given to him by Google Maps. My comment had more to do with the overhead imagery however in my area a street level view would provide many details about peoples back yards. There's a lot of neighborhoods where that would be the case. In some places you can see clear across to the next block. Second case that I have heard of. Yes and the first one they dove up quite a lengthy private road marked as private property and appeared to have images that were take right from the guys driveway. rocknbil Msg#:3665920 5:09 pm on Jun 3, 2008 (gmt 0)
For example.. If I can see into your bathroom from the street and I decide to take some pictures of you shaving your chest and post them online then I am within my rights because I was on public property even though you, the subject of my photo, are standing in private property. So I am guessing that if taken from space then the photos would be allowed. At any rate I agree that they shouldn't be on private property when taking these photos.. but they shouldn't end the service over privacy concerns. I find it to be a great service. StoutFiles Msg#:3668876 9:16 pm on Jun 6, 2008 (gmt 0)
Today Google Street View has a lot of users. Make sure you list your business on Google Maps and combine that with email marketing software as a powerful way to grow your customer base. However, few people know that the street view interface is created with the help of top-notch technologies and their serious implementation to ensure its flawless performance. Earlier, people used mobile versions of Google Street View for iOS and Android as well as the web version built by companies offering web application development services. In 2013, the service got an update, and since that time, JavaScript has been used there.
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