google maps - street view

Hatsudai · Post by **Hatsudai** » Tue Aug 05, 2008 10:49 am

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

cool!

Post by **lynt** » Tue Aug 05, 2008 10:51 am

They didn't go down my street.

Rad though.

deviant · Post by **deviant** » Tue Aug 05, 2008 11:24 am

street view rules

deviant · Post by **deviant** » Tue Aug 05, 2008 11:34 am

fucking hell it's creepy looking at the streets around where I grew up

Feigan · Post by **Feigan** » Tue Aug 05, 2008 12:34 pm

this is wicked!

Jinx · Post by **Jinx** » Tue Aug 05, 2008 12:36 pm

I can go right down my street and look in my front yard. Little bit creepy tbh.

witty_pseudonym · Post by **witty_pseudonym** » Tue Aug 05, 2008 12:41 pm

very creepy imo.

Feigan · Post by **Feigan** » Tue Aug 05, 2008 12:48 pm

you should do a moonie out the window

deviant · Post by **deviant** » Tue Aug 05, 2008 12:56 pm

lol @ moonie

C.I.A. · Post by **C.I.A.** » Tue Aug 05, 2008 1:01 pm

Holy shit. I can see my apartment window and front door Farq look at the people glad I wasn't spewing in the lobby after an all-nighter or smoking crack in the alley.

Post by **breaksRbest** » Tue Aug 05, 2008 1:09 pm

Feigan wrote:you should do a moonie out the window

I 'moonied' one of the Google Camera cars in Dudley St. I just checked and it wasn't captured

deviant · Post by **deviant** » Tue Aug 05, 2008 1:13 pm

maybe it was captured...

I was wondering why that section of dudley street was missing lol

all your fault

C.I.A. · Post by **C.I.A.** » Tue Aug 05, 2008 1:19 pm

Lolz. I can see my overweight neighbour popping out for a smoke.

deviant · Post by **deviant** » Tue Aug 05, 2008 1:29 pm

mega, I just found someone I know walking down the street.

Post by **lynt** » Tue Aug 05, 2008 2:23 pm

irl or otn?

ADD_Boy · Post by **ADD_Boy** » Tue Aug 05, 2008 2:37 pm

AWESOME!!!!

http://www.theage.com.au/photogallery/2 ... 57311.html

mrj · Post by **mrj** » Tue Aug 05, 2008 2:37 pm

jeeeesus, I can see my mum and dads street in Churchill.

yeh I'm not sure I like this particular development at all tbh.

Blaxter · Post by **Blaxter** » Tue Aug 05, 2008 2:40 pm

Haha, found my house and my housemates dodgy van parked on the street.

deviant · Post by **deviant** » Tue Aug 05, 2008 2:51 pm

mrj wrote:jeeeesus, I can see my mum and dads street in Churchill.

yeh I'm not sure I like this particular development at all tbh.

if it's a street then most people could walk/drive down it and see what's to be seen anyways

meh, I kind of understand the concern, but I reckon the privacy lobbying over this has gone a bit too far. Mountain out of a molehill.

however, this guy probably doesn't like it....

LOL

Post by **lynt** » Tue Aug 05, 2008 2:55 pm

LOL, it's funny when it happens to somebody else...

deviant · Post by **deviant** » Tue Aug 05, 2008 3:03 pm

man, I would so lol if that was me...

anyways, just found this in west melbourne....

weird

Post by **huge** » Tue Aug 05, 2008 3:13 pm

holy crap they have my old house in lismore (victoria lismore not nsw) on there!

Blaxter · Post by **Blaxter** » Tue Aug 05, 2008 3:17 pm

I lol'd at the cars parked at the brother round the corner form our house.

Dad what is your car doing there?

deviant · Post by **deviant** » Tue Aug 05, 2008 3:20 pm

I just found one spot where they forgot to blur out their own car....

link

mrj · Post by **mrj** » Tue Aug 05, 2008 3:20 pm

deviant wrote:
mrj wrote:jeeeesus, I can see my mum and dads street in Churchill.

yeh I'm not sure I like this particular development at all tbh.

if it's a street then most people could walk/drive down it and see what's to be seen anyways meh, I kind of understand the concern, but I reckon the privacy lobbying over this has gone a bit too far. Mountain out of a molehill.

however, this guy probably doesn't like it....

LOL

don't agree. maybe yeh in this instance its likely to be harmless. but there needs to be careful consideration of the precedent that this sets, and IMO it sets a very dangerous one.

its probably no different to paparazzi taking photos of celebs, in that celebs have no ways of stopping the papparazzi.

However i do think that there is a difference betwen public and private citizens, often public citizens make that choice and need to wear the good and the bad that goes with that.

I don't like the concept of images of private citizens available to anybody who cares to look when these same private citizens have not given their express consent.

Under the privacy act it is an offence to give out personal information about an indvidual without their consent. I suppose it comes down to what we would define as personal information. a photo of somebody, probably not. where somebody was on a given day at a given time, hmmmm maybe. I reckon it starts to get reaaaal fuzzy.

eN · Post by eN » Tue Aug 05, 2008 3:39 pm

http://www.sledgehammertotheface.com/20 ... reet-view/

ghetto kitty · Post by **ghetto kitty** » Tue Aug 05, 2008 3:40 pm

deviant wrote:man, I would so lol if that was me...

anyways, just found this in west melbourne....

weird

dan, thats the CUNT artists studio!
(where i 'sat' or 'reclined' for said interesting life modelling)
that is actually john howard as a digger, big bronze sculpture...

im with mrj on this one.
scary, scary times ahead.
i hope nobody sees me....when i.....do......stuff.......

Blaxter · Post by **Blaxter** » Tue Aug 05, 2008 3:43 pm

If everyone does bad stuff all the time it will be too hard to process all the crimes.

ghetto kitty · Post by **ghetto kitty** » Tue Aug 05, 2008 3:45 pm

RAPE PILLAGE DESTROY!!!!!

Direkt · Post by **Direkt** » Tue Aug 05, 2008 3:50 pm

Don't they have to pixelate people's faces and number plates on Google maps images?

Post by **lynt** » Tue Aug 05, 2008 3:52 pm

I don't believe this photo for a second. I'm on to you, Google.

deviant · Post by **deviant** » Tue Aug 05, 2008 3:58 pm

lol karl

Jinx · Post by **Jinx** » Tue Aug 05, 2008 4:00 pm

Needs more smackies imo

a1studmuffin · Post by **a1studmuffin** » Tue Aug 05, 2008 4:06 pm

Direktor wrote:Don't they have to pixelate people's faces and number plates on Google maps images?

Why? It's no different to walking down the street and seeing it for yourself... ?

Post by **breaksRbest** » Tue Aug 05, 2008 4:14 pm

mrj wrote:Under the privacy act it is an offence to give out personal information about an indvidual without their consent. I suppose it comes down to what we would define as personal information. a photo of somebody, probably not. where somebody was on a given day at a given time, hmmmm maybe. I reckon it starts to get reaaaal fuzzy.

this sounds a bit similar to Copyright Law (as it pertains to Photos)

i.e, I can take a photo of a crowded Bourke St and then use it for a billboard advertising Coke (as long as it's not what's called a Sensitive Subject) without teh consent of everyone in the photo (unless teh Photographer has asked you to pose for the shot)

similar can o worms imo

Direkt · Post by **Direkt** » Tue Aug 05, 2008 4:15 pm

a1studmuffin wrote:
Direktor wrote:Don't they have to pixelate people's faces and number plates on Google maps images?
Why? It's no different to walking down the street and seeing it for yourself... ?

It's pretty different dude.

Post by **breaksRbest** » Tue Aug 05, 2008 4:16 pm

I checked and my car is parked in the driveway but the number plate is blurred

deviant · Post by **deviant** » Tue Aug 05, 2008 4:20 pm

^^^ lol I saw that too... I was perving on ya joint lol

they do blur faces and number plates...

funny coz it's an automatic thing and sometimes you'll just see this blurry tree for no apparent reason. Some people have also missed the blurring.

I'm trying to pick which times the pics were done...

most of the city was done around October last year I'd say. You can tell by the gig posters.

also, from kensington you can't see the observation wheel... but you can from the docklands... kenso was photographed first imo

C.I.A. · Post by **C.I.A.** » Tue Aug 05, 2008 4:24 pm

deviant wrote:^^^ lol I saw that too... I was perving on ya joint lol

they do blur faces and number plates...

funny coz it's an automatic thing and sometimes you'll just see this blurry tree for no apparent reason. Some people have also missed the blurring.

I'm trying to pick which times the pics were done...

most of the city was done around October last year I'd say. You can tell by the gig posters.

also, from kensington you can't see the observation wheel... but you can from the docklands... kenso was photographed first imo

Needs more work to do imo tbh

Blaxter · Post by **Blaxter** » Tue Aug 05, 2008 4:32 pm

Nicholson St seems to be quite old. I'm prety sure its my housemates car in the driveway of our old place.

C.I.A. · Post by **C.I.A.** » Tue Aug 05, 2008 4:32 pm

Oh...this is Ace of Base!!

I am doing eco risk for a project based in Qld... just looked up the site. No guessing as to whether it is Acacia open forests/mixed tall open shrubland/grassy sparse tussock grassland/Acacia open forests/mixed open shrubland
Mixed low closed forests/mixed low woodlands.... it is there for me to look at. Can't determine individual species, but can certainly identify to biome level w00000ties!!

deviant · Post by **deviant** » Tue Aug 05, 2008 4:40 pm

street position fail

Post by **huge** » Tue Aug 05, 2008 4:51 pm

lol dan

deviant · Post by **deviant** » Tue Aug 05, 2008 4:57 pm

this area is worse....

there's random shit all over the place...

kings domain

a1studmuffin · Post by **a1studmuffin** » Tue Aug 05, 2008 5:15 pm

Direktor wrote:Why? It's no different to walking down the street and seeing it for yourself... ?

It's pretty different dude.[/quote]
Not to be contrary... oh okay, I'm being contrary

(hey it's a forum), but how is it different to me walking around the streets and taking photos looking into people's windows? I'm on public property, right? As long as I don't use the images for commercial gain, I don't see how anyone can really say I'm doing anything illegal. Morally, I can see how you'd call it an invasion of privacy, but according to the law, am I doing anything wrong? Isn't it your responsibility to ensure your personal information isn't available on public property? I certainly shred all my mail that contains personal info before throwing it out...

deviant · Post by **deviant** » Tue Aug 05, 2008 5:21 pm

I agree A1, heaps of peeps on this board have posted pics of people in the street without their knowledge or consent.

I guess it's the shear scope of this that freaks people out.

almax · Post by **almax** » Tue Aug 05, 2008 5:23 pm

stalkers paradise.
I was thinking i could be talking with a customer on the phone, then look up there address and
freak them out by describing there house. lol

deviant · Post by **deviant** » Tue Aug 05, 2008 5:25 pm

hmm, you'd probably get their neighboors house as the numbering is not accurate. I guess that would freak them out also...

if they freak just tell them you live right near them

almax · Post by **almax** » Tue Aug 05, 2008 5:48 pm

all the street addresses i have put in so far have been accurate, even one in my old country town Newborough, its freaky "walking" down the old streets where i grew up.

Post by **lynt** » Tue Aug 05, 2008 6:02 pm

Same argument comes up in street photography circles all the time.

Is it morally right to take a photo of someone and publish it, regardless of it's legality?

Everyone enjoys looking at the images, but when they wind up in a photo, it's a whole other situation. Are those who disapprove, moral enough to not view others?