Google street view

[kiwifruit]

http://maps.google.com/help/maps/streetview/

pretty cool! Invasive? Do you care?

[Cajun]

yeah they have the whole of aussie done.

NZ is meant to be next 6 months or so last i heard

[Jez]

OMG now you guys will be able to see if i have mowed my lawns or not ... thats far to invasive for my liking!!!

seriously its a damned cool feature, ill be able to check out what bikes are in front of the Yamaha store in Sydney before i head over there in October

[jim.cox]

NZ is meant to be next 6 months or so last i heard

Their camera cars have already been seen around.

Chch appears to have been done

[Tank]

OMG now you guys will be able to see if i have mowed my lawns or not ... thats far to invasive for my liking!!!

seriously its a damned cool feature, ill be able to check out what bikes are in front of the Yamaha store in Sydney before i head over there in October

Im sure you're joking but you do know that its not 'real time' right???

[kiwifruit]

Im sure you're joking but you do know that its not 'real time' right???

not yet!

[wybmadiity]

OMG! That's amazing! Is it just this one picture they take or is it updated often? If it is a one off not so bad I guess but I looked up my mums place and if the car had been parked a little closer to the road I would have made out the number plate...
Need more information before I make an opinion...

[mark247]

http://mashable.com/2007/05/31/top-1...iew-sightings/

a few things to look out for

[James Deuce]

It's bullshit.

You people are happy to hand any form of privacy over, provided it's "cool".

There's peaceful anonymity to be had in a crowd. Google can GFT.

[mark247]

It's bullshit.

You people are happy to hand any form of privacy over, provided it's "cool".

There's peaceful anonymity to be had in a crowd. Google can GFT.

Who cares if someone can go see your driveway / house from the road on the internet? If google street view wasnt there, if anyone wanted so badly to go see your drive way / house they'd just go have a look in real life. I guess someone driving past your mail box is an invasion of privacy as well? I really dont see a problem.

[Jorja]

when my brother was living in England last year I used google to check out where he was living. Was curious to see what the area was like.

[Big Dave]

Got some plants going in the back yard Jim?

[Str8 Jacket]

EXCELLENT!!!! *rubs hands together* now I can stalk people without ever having to leave my lounge!

[kiwifruit]

You people are happy to hand any form of privacy over, provided it's "cool".

Of course not.

I don't think this is breaching people's privacy... its just a heap of snap shots taken from PUBLIC streets carefully taped together innit? Be different if the places were private.

It is cool tho

Got some plants going in the back yard Jim?

As long as one hasn't got them as a front hedge one should be right. Right?

[Big Dave]

As long as one hasn't got them as a front hedge one should be right. Right?

Seen the Google earth interface too?

I rang my old man in Sydney and told him the gutters over the kitchen are blocked.

He rang back an hour later and demanded to know how I knew.

If it's in a hi-res area you can see the strands of wire on the clothesline.