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« on: March 25, 2010, 12:53:05 am »
Looks like they've uploaded our road recently, only got the car out of storage a month ago for the MOT... guv's not impressed though
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Is your car on street view?
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« Reply #1 on: March 25, 2010, 08:02:39 am »
Nope luckily the drive was empty

I still think it's an invasion of privacy and a thief's charter
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« Reply #2 on: March 25, 2010, 08:33:16 am »
Streeview works great on the mobile.  Uses the compass so you can "look" around you
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« Reply #3 on: March 25, 2010, 08:44:12 am »
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I still think it's an invasion of privacy and a thief's charter


How is it any different to anyone seeing your house from the street (and photographing private property from a public place has always been legal btw).
I really don't see the problem...
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« Reply #4 on: March 25, 2010, 08:50:18 am »
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How is it any different to anyone seeing your house from the street (and photographing private property from a public place has always been legal btw).
I really don't see the problem...

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« Reply #5 on: March 25, 2010, 09:17:00 am »
Our 2 daily drives are both on it, at least they have obscured the number plates.
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« Reply #6 on: March 25, 2010, 11:47:12 am »
In my current address, no, my house has a vauxhall vectra outside, def not mine.

However, our old place in Woking, in Birds-eye view you can see my E30 parked outside the house next to our old green Accord -

http://img25.imageshack.us/i/woking2.png/

Whereas on Picture mode, you can see my old Toronado Truffle poking it's head around our old Accord....

http://img130.imageshack.us/i/woking.png/
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« Reply #7 on: March 25, 2010, 12:21:19 pm »
Nope, drive is clear - but very dirty!!
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« Reply #8 on: March 25, 2010, 12:24:58 pm »
This will be an issue when someone launches a site like interesting-cars-on-google-maps .com.. (not a real address)..

At the moment, everyone is in the same boat with valuables etc. However, for the classic / special / modified car owners, you would need someone to purposely FIND your car on it to steal it or whatever.

SO, at the moment, like HRC says, its only like knowing that a classic / yank / whatever is at a particular address as you are a local or something.

Issue comes if someone collates all the information together with links, then someone can just go through, pick what car they want, find it on the maps and go get it...
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« Reply #9 on: March 25, 2010, 12:26:18 pm »
no cars on any drive...wonder if they at work...nope hmm
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« Reply #10 on: March 25, 2010, 12:32:51 pm »
well the pics are a tad out of date - found my car at my previous employer - who i left in july last year, plus going on the other cars in the car park, i reckon its from jan-mar 09 or earlier!!!
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« Reply #11 on: March 25, 2010, 12:34:23 pm »
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well the pics are a tad out of date - found my car at my previous employer - who i left in july last year, plus going on the other cars in the car park, i reckon its from jan-mar 09 or earlier!!!


We moved out of our last house where the links i poster up in June last year, I sold the toronado a bit before that too.
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« Reply #12 on: March 25, 2010, 01:12:27 pm »
Saw they'd done this at the weekend...
pissed myself laughing when i saw my house, not because there was no cars on the drive, but because there's a small white Westie face in the lounge bay window staring straight at the camera

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« Reply #13 on: March 25, 2010, 01:16:31 pm »
The views are really out of sync around here. Outside my work is an old firm who haven't worked there in 12months, yet that photo above must only be a month old. Have just found my boss in the van though!
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« Reply #14 on: March 25, 2010, 02:18:29 pm »
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Saw they'd done this at the weekend...
pissed myself laughing when i saw my house, not because there was no cars on the drive, but because there's a small white Westie face in the lounge bay window staring straight at the camera

hahaha so there is!!!!
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« Reply #15 on: March 25, 2010, 02:38:05 pm »
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Saw they'd done this at the weekend...
pissed myself laughing when i saw my house, not because there was no cars on the drive, but because there's a small white Westie face in the lounge bay window staring straight at the camera


I wanna see, I wanna see!
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« Reply #16 on: March 25, 2010, 03:15:49 pm »
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« Reply #17 on: March 25, 2010, 03:23:18 pm »
how odd.....
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« Reply #18 on: March 25, 2010, 03:32:02 pm »
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WHY HAVE THEY BLURRED OUT EVERYONE ELSE'S NUMBER PLATES AND NOT MINE !!!??


That is stupid! They should have....

On a site note, I zoomed out of your pic, is that your Camaro and the old Eunos MX5 outside your place?
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« Reply #19 on: March 25, 2010, 03:37:25 pm »
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WHY HAVE THEY BLURRED OUT EVERYONE ELSE'S NUMBER PLATES AND NOT MINE !!!


very good point - didn't spot that till you said - can quite easily read the number plate on the ol caddy!
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« Reply #20 on: March 25, 2010, 03:40:50 pm »
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I zoomed out of your pic, is that your Camaro and the old Eunos MX5 outside your place?


Yep - old pic - it shows the older garage extension.
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« Reply #21 on: March 25, 2010, 04:06:39 pm »
So same situation as our old place, different aerial - street view timing
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« Reply #22 on: March 25, 2010, 04:09:47 pm »
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WHY HAVE THEY BLURRED OUT EVERYONE ELSE'S NUMBER PLATES AND NOT MINE !!!??


I expect it's automatic, and the software simply doesn't recognise your's as a number plate.

I'd complain to them.
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« Reply #23 on: March 25, 2010, 05:36:59 pm »
mine's taken about 18 months ago

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« Reply #24 on: March 25, 2010, 06:42:05 pm »
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How is it any different to anyone seeing your house from the street (and photographing private property from a public place has always been legal btw).
I really don't see the problem...


Because if I'm a criminal I can research the layout of any area from the comfort of my PC in total privacy and look for vulnerable property or materials to steal
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