Google Street

[Phoenix.Illusion 0]

Exactly, Many people see you walk into your House anyway. Thats no Diffrent to what Google Street View is here for.- Dark

[xgest 0]

oh man, don't go paranoid... this are just a few photos of people walking on the street..

[Spyda 0]

Hello there all Xisto members,

 

I have just found out today in France while I was at a shopping mall I found a car with google logo's ect on it and found a very tool object on top of the car.

 

I asked the guy what it was and he says it is "Google Street" It will be like Google Earth but just from your street.

 

Here is the car they are doing it in:

 

 

I will post another topic or edit this one when I find even more information on this Topic.

 

- Ash

Is this real? Like did you really meet some guy with this thing on your car and ask him about this or did you just get this from some random website lol? I think that this is from some website but nonetheless this is kind of creepy if you think about like Google is doing more and more things like this that it seems like are privacy intrusive if you know what I mean. Kind of scary. Like said before in this particlar thread... whats next Google living room. Or... here's a good one... Google BATHROOm. Yeah let's see what people are doing in their bathrooms :XD:

[buxgoddess 1]

I think Google Street is not a GPRS road tracking system, that having your mobile phones to navigate through the streets. What I believe Google Street is a device which transmits the road location as well as the topology around. if you see the Google maps you'll come across the road map that Google is creating. Google Streets is being used to map the roads. With the way Google is making the project it seems they are keen to take the upper hand in the global positioning system and map. They however planned to come up with an navigation system for our daily use.and of course if you see the picture that is then posted by the first poster here you can very understand said this cannot be a GPRS system, with such a heavy toll on top of the car. Nobody will take it for granted, and it's so ugly to see on top. It however is to strengthen Google maps.

[Ash-Bash 0]

Well I now think after them doing this that one this is a waste of the time for the people who do it who work for Google. I also feel it is a great waste of money... All the fuel to go nearly all around the world + the software and the camera's them selves and buying a few Astra's to do it. There as also been many complaints about the Camera hight.

 

As seen in this article below:

 

Street View under fire in Japan

 

Residents say the Street View images let users see more than they should.

 

Google's Street View service suffered a second blow this week after numerous complaints in Japan forced the firm to start reshooting all the photos.

 

Cameras attached to the Street View car were "too high" for Japanese buildings, allowing them to see over walls into private areas.

 

Google said it would lower the cameras on its cars by 40cm (16in).

 

On 12 May, Greece's data protection agency ordered Google to stop filming because of privacy concerns.

 

In a statement, Google said it would make "locally appropriate modifications to ensure a better user experience".

 

"We have lowered the height of the camera due to the unique characteristics of many Japanese roads; they tend to be narrow, without pavements and driveways, and houses are built close to the street," the statement said.

 

"We think the new camera height allows us to get a high-quality image of the street while respecting the privacy of homeowners."

 

The Street View service covers 12 cities in Japan, including Tokyo and Osaka.

 

Timeline

 

First launched in the US two years ago, Street View now covers nine countries including the United Kingdom, and Google wants to expand the service to cover all of Europe.

 

Users zoom in to a location in Google Maps, and then drag the "Pegman" icon above the zoom bar on to a given street.

 

A picture of that street appears, which users can control to get a 360-degree view of the area or to progress on street level, throughout the city.

 

Google says the service shows only imagery already visible from public thoroughfares.

 

However, it has come in for criticism from some quarters, being accused of an invasion of privacy.

 

Earlier this week, Greece's data protection agency banned Google from expanding its Street View service in the country, pending "additional information" from the firm.

 

Authorities want to know how long the images will be kept on Google's database and what measures it will take to make people aware of privacy rights.

 

In the UK, residents near Milton Keynes blocked the driver of a Google Street View car in April when he started taking photographs of their homes saying the service was "facilitating crime".

 

The Pentagon has also banned Google from filming near or inside its military bases, saying it posed a "potential threat" to security.

Source: BBC news

Edited May 18, 2009 by Ash-Bash (see edit history)