http://googlesightseeing.com/maps?p=&c=&t=h&hl=en&ll=55.852938,-4.307327&z=15&layer=c&cbll=55.850552,-4.304141&cbp=12,5.343154515894224,,1,2.012916204217535
― the innermost wee guy (onimo), Wednesday, 25 March 2009 12:55 (fifteen years ago) link
Haha. Ned, that pretty much IS what the US looks like where I'm from! You might need to add a farm supplies store, then you'll have it.
― How can there be male ladybugs? (Laurel), Wednesday, 25 March 2009 13:35 (fifteen years ago) link
its true a lot of the country looks more or less like that
― ice cr?m, Wednesday, 25 March 2009 13:41 (fifteen years ago) link
I just realized, y'all probably havent seen the "best" part of Hughes, Arkansas. If you plug in 106 Bush St, it'll take you up a bit from Poor Boy's Liquor to a completely abandoned retail block. I'm fascinated looking at stuff like this, don't know why.
The rural south is obv poorer than the norm, but yeah churches and a farm supplies store pretty much defines small town America in general.
― Such A Hilbily (Dan Peterson), Wednesday, 25 March 2009 13:48 (fifteen years ago) link
vermonthttp://i40.tinypic.com/2s9bub9.jpg
iowahttp://i39.tinypic.com/116rimr.jpg
montanahttp://i42.tinypic.com/2zi78uc.jpg
californiahttp://i39.tinypic.com/o8t4xg.jpg
― ice cr?m, Wednesday, 25 March 2009 14:03 (fifteen years ago) link
Oh God that Montana one is awful.
― Too Into Dancing to Argue (ENBB), Wednesday, 25 March 2009 14:51 (fifteen years ago) link
outside the office I work in in Clerkenwell, you can see a girl from my office sat on the front steps crying, while another dude from the office consoles hernothing creepy or intrusive or wrong about that at all, oh no!
nothing creepy or intrusive or wrong about that at all, oh no!
Creepy is when you follow around a particular person and photograph them crying. Creepy is not when you take a pic of a building and a crying person just has to get themselves in the frame.
A person crying in public is really invading the public space with their weeping, y'know? It's not an invasion of privacy. It's an invasion of publicity.
― plenty chong (libcrypt), Wednesday, 25 March 2009 15:12 (fifteen years ago) link
Did you guys hear about the aus guy who's friend had died, so after the wake he went and got proper trashed (fair enough I suppose) and passed out on his front lawn somehow. And thats when mr Googlevan went by, and snapped him sprawled on the lawn.
The picture's been removed - but the thing I found odd was the moral indignance of the paper saying "well THIS kind of thing is a bit much isn't it google" and then they printed a copy of the image in the paper for all to see
― one art, please (Trayce), Wednesday, 25 March 2009 21:56 (fifteen years ago) link
did someone already post that one of the dude falling off of his bike
― cool app (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Wednesday, 25 March 2009 22:00 (fifteen years ago) link
when you go further and further along the street he's in different stages of falling
― cool app (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Wednesday, 25 March 2009 22:01 (fifteen years ago) link
where where
― ledge, Wednesday, 25 March 2009 22:01 (fifteen years ago) link
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&sll=51.54057,-0.160589&sspn=0,359.980989&ie=UTF8&cd=1&geocode=FcSsEgMdzTD-_w&split=0&t=h&layer=c&cbll=51.572642,-0.090421&panoid=uHilFYHULRvF5GxanNF7VA&cbp=12,333.9231995342988,,1,9.304169845589092&ll=51.572349,-0.090981&spn=0.024006,0.038023&z=15&iwloc=addr
― \∫Öζ/.... argh oh noes! (ken c), Sunday, 29 March 2009 03:17 (fifteen years ago) link
Me too. The car left askew with one door open in the median is a nice touch.
― hope this helps (Granny Dainger), Sunday, 29 March 2009 07:20 (fifteen years ago) link
12 vishoek, groningen (nsfw)
― lo (cozwn), Thursday, 2 April 2009 08:35 (fifteen years ago) link
lololol
― \∫Öζ/.... argh oh noes! (ken c), Thursday, 2 April 2009 09:40 (fifteen years ago) link
Here's another nsfw image from a lay-by outside Rome. This lady has got her own van and is being studiously ignored by several men working on the lay-by). Pretty odd.
I'm sure I read somewhere that because there are so many streetview shots of prostitutes around Rome the Mayor says he's "going to do something".
― commons hack spat (Ned Trifle II), Thursday, 2 April 2009 09:58 (fifteen years ago) link
Ooops I got that link wrong - you'll have to click along the lay-by a bit, you can't miss her - she's the one not wearing an orange jacket.
― commons hack spat (Ned Trifle II), Thursday, 2 April 2009 10:00 (fifteen years ago) link
Village mob thwarts Google Street View car
― Bianca Jagger (jaymc), Thursday, 2 April 2009 23:37 (fifteen years ago) link
Ned: is it that lady sitting in the folding chair? Im not sure how it's NSFW unless I've missed somehting.
― one art, please (Trayce), Friday, 3 April 2009 00:58 (fifteen years ago) link
her tits are out
― Ant Attack.. (Ste), Friday, 3 April 2009 01:15 (fifteen years ago) link
and there are dildos
― Duderonomy 1:69-420 (iiiijjjj), Friday, 3 April 2009 03:25 (fifteen years ago) link
wrong pic
― balls by titleist (electricsound), Friday, 3 April 2009 03:26 (fifteen years ago) link
"My immediate reaction was anger; how dare anyone take a photograph of my home without my consent?"
Flashmob anyone?
― turnover is validating, profit is salivating (ledge), Friday, 3 April 2009 07:35 (fifteen years ago) link
srsly. broughton is a shithole anyway
― ken "save-a-finn" c (ken c), Friday, 3 April 2009 10:43 (fifteen years ago) link
Unbelievable. How to attract attention to your "affluent" area 101. I really despair of my fellow Brits.
― commons hack spat (Ned Trifle II), Friday, 3 April 2009 11:25 (fifteen years ago) link
Yes, last time I looked she was nakkid from the breasts up. Have they shopped a blouse on her? tbh I feel a bit depressed just looking at that view now and wish I hadn't linked to it. The whole scene is so seedy, the woman (I suppose she might be happy in her job I guess), the litter. At least the sun is shining...
― commons hack spat (Ned Trifle II), Friday, 3 April 2009 11:29 (fifteen years ago) link
[there's some splendid wall paintings in the church at Broughton incidentally.]
― commons hack spat (Ned Trifle II), Friday, 3 April 2009 11:42 (fifteen years ago) link
"My immediate reaction was anger; how dare anyone take a photograph of my home without my consent?"http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2009/04/03/article-1166722-04402D39000005DC-651_468x361.jpgPaul Jacobs there on the left. Having his privacy invaded.
― commons hack spat (Ned Trifle II), Friday, 3 April 2009 16:57 (fifteen years ago) link
You just have to love the Mail, they also posted a photo of a house in Broughton.http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2009/04/03/article-1166722-04402C6F000005DC-147_468x286.jpg
― commons hack spat (Ned Trifle II), Friday, 3 April 2009 16:59 (fifteen years ago) link
Do these idiots not realize that anyone that wants can drive down their street and look directly at their house? Jesus. It's not like its a real-time cam that allows you to watch for when the house is unoccupied for prime burglary action.
― display names have been changed to protect the innocent (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 3 April 2009 17:00 (fifteen years ago) link
Ooops wrong pic, although that does show a house this one is better from a burglars pov...http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2009/04/02/article-1166722-043EA0C2000005DC-8_468x634.jpg
― commons hack spat (Ned Trifle II), Friday, 3 April 2009 17:01 (fifteen years ago) link
Another villager, John Holmes, said Street View was 'an invasion of our privacy' and said Google 'should have asked our permission'.
He must be one of those fellows with a "Yes, I do own the road" bumper sticker.
― commons hack spat (Ned Trifle II), Friday, 3 April 2009 17:02 (fifteen years ago) link
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2009/04/03/article-1166722-04402D39000005DC-651_468x361.jpg
guy on right says on TV news "an englishman's home is his castle"
― conrad, Friday, 3 April 2009 20:36 (fifteen years ago) link
when in reality an englishman's fleece is his suit of armour yes I posted this five minutes later
― conrad, Friday, 3 April 2009 20:42 (fifteen years ago) link
L-R - once-trendy English teacher who now hates "the kids", PE teacher who was a professional football player until injury cut short his career...
― snoball, Friday, 3 April 2009 20:52 (fifteen years ago) link
Still want to know why the UK/Europe software is so much shitter at editing out the Google car than the Australian version.
― James Morrison, Saturday, 4 April 2009 05:33 (fifteen years ago) link
I don't know what you mean but the photos seem a lot clearer on the UK ones than anywhere else.
― commons hack spat (Ned Trifle II), Saturday, 4 April 2009 07:53 (fifteen years ago) link
Oh, you mean at the bottom of the picture?
Yes, that is irritating and led to the the Telegraph running this totally ridiculous story...
Local medium Jane Cohen, 39, said: "Apparitions have often been caught on film but are invisible to the naked eye. "This woman is very smart - but she is dressed in clothes that you just don't see these days unless it's in a period drama on TV.
"But what is really strange is that she doesn't appear as a full figure - you can't see all of her."
Except of course you can...
― commons hack spat (Ned Trifle II), Saturday, 4 April 2009 08:03 (fifteen years ago) link
Hahah what are they, utterly dense?
― one art, please (Trayce), Saturday, 4 April 2009 08:34 (fifteen years ago) link
It is odd though that the editing out of the car body is a lot worse in the UK - its all blurred and obvious, you dont even really notice it on the aus pics.
― one art, please (Trayce), Saturday, 4 April 2009 08:35 (fifteen years ago) link
I wonder if it's something to do with the cameras rather than the software - they seem radically different.Aussie streetview carhttp://farm3.static.flickr.com/2219/2051749701_5b81783834.jpg?v=0Brit streetview carhttp://farm4.static.flickr.com/3001/2666901841_a16aa6a53b.jpg?v=0
― commons hack spat (Ned Trifle II), Saturday, 4 April 2009 08:58 (fifteen years ago) link
In the spirit of Creative Commons - the first photo is here by Sebr and the second photo is here by Byrion. Looking through the flickr googlecar group it's interesting to see the wide variety of cameras they use. Maybe of the Brit one hadn't been so huge it wouldn't have caused so much bother in Broughton?
― commons hack spat (Ned Trifle II), Saturday, 4 April 2009 09:02 (fifteen years ago) link
...if the Brit one...
― commons hack spat (Ned Trifle II), Saturday, 4 April 2009 09:03 (fifteen years ago) link
Paul McCartney takes his house off streetview.
Seems neither he nor his security team has heard about live search maps.
― Brandy Frotte and Reel De La St-Jean (Ned Trifle II), Friday, 22 May 2009 08:57 (fourteen years ago) link
A+ headline
― man saves ducklings from (ledge), Friday, 22 May 2009 09:00 (fourteen years ago) link
xp...or, in fact, the internet.
― Brandy Frotte and Reel De La St-Jean (Ned Trifle II), Friday, 22 May 2009 09:05 (fourteen years ago) link
They've really cocked up that road actually. They blocked out a lot more than his house (I wonder who else lives down there?) and (just past Maccas pad) all the car number plates are still visible.
― Brandy Frotte and Reel De La St-Jean (Ned Trifle II), Friday, 22 May 2009 10:10 (fourteen years ago) link
28 IF ?
― •--• --- --- •--• (Pleasant Plains), Friday, 22 May 2009 16:10 (fourteen years ago) link
loving the motion blur that they now add to the transition as you click through a street
― ken "save-a-finn" c (ken c), Friday, 24 July 2009 15:20 (fourteen years ago) link
"Maybe if we wait around long enough we can see Oprah!" (SW corner)
http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=h&layer=c&cbll=41.884255,-87.65325&panoid=3itxBNbw90Xj10LZKTXjoQ&cbp=12,226.49,,0,7.77&ll=41.88416,-87.653244&spn=0,359.993032&z=18
― Snorks is worst cartoon in america and world plus fuck Snorks (iiiijjjj), Saturday, 25 July 2009 18:07 (fourteen years ago) link