google streetview uk is live!

[wanye]

google streetview is live in a bunch of places.

Cities covered, according to Google Blogoscoped are: Birmingham, Bristol, Cambridge, Coventry, Derby, Leeds, Liverpool, London, Manchester, Newcastle, Norwich, Nottingham, Oxford, Scunthorpe, Sheffield, Southampton, York, Belfast, Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Cardiff and Swansea.

been looking for people outside our various offices having a crafty fag, but so far theres not much.
a workmate found his car boot open outside his house, and his sister (who lives in scotland) stood next to the car (he's dated this as probably aug 14th 2008 (it was also bin day on his street), but thats about all the excitement we've had so far.

so anyone found anything amusing/interesting so far?

[WiteWulf]

My old, red, Micra Super S parked outside our house, that's about it so far, not looked to hard, tho.

[Misfit]

My old, red, Micra Super S parked outside our house, that's about it so far, not looked to hard, tho.

They seem to have missed about 200m in the whole of Wollaton, which seems to be the half of the road that I live on.

The swines!

[teamonkey]

Oh man, I'm hidden behind a reflection in the window. I was waving like a mofo when the Google Car drove by.

[defsdoor]

Can see my car

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&sourc ... 8775510201

[Deckard]

Too good - pedestrian directions are well presented with the arrows remaining in 3d when you tilt the view

[Darkflame]

Too good - pedestrian directions are well presented with the arrows remaining in 3d when you tilt the view

Wow, thats fantastic is that. A little taste of our AR future

Surprised they didn't go further and make a big arrow (/teardrop) shape in the sky for where the destination is.

[Istar]

Once again, I wish I worked for Google. In the last 5 years they've had my jaw on the floor three times.

[Misfit]

Once again, I wish I worked for Google. In the last 5 years they've had my jaw on the floor three times.

Amazing isn't it.

It was only good/clever when it was in another country, but when you are walking down your own street it really brings home what a fantastic achievement it really is.

[Orava]

http://newsforums.bbc.co.uk/nol/thread. ... 0319143543

This worries me. This is a great way for terrorists to check out the target without actually going to the place.

Terrorists who are stalking a potential target will stand out like a saw thumb with their different clothes and their cameras and their different languages.

If my house is being cased by terrorsis I can see them from my CCTV cameras I hve around my property or when they trigger the alarms by walking on the trip wire.

yes another infringement of my personal liberties me thinks

Neil C, ENGLAND

Google is teh terrorist. Trip wires?

[WiredWorm]

I'd love to know how they chose which areas to photograph - and how Scunthorpe made it onto the list.

Not that i'm complaining mind - i've already had a walk down memory lane and revisited the house I lived in as a nipper and the school I went to. Very impressive stuff.

Edit: Also located The Folly Bridge Inn in Oxford, which some will know as the most recent venue for Retrovision. Amazing stuff.

[Orava]

Hah. Google van has not braved the really scary parts of St Pauls in Bristol then...

[Rod_S]

This is fucking ridiculous.

[Ratsoap]

I just checked out my old school, and the kids were playing in the playground when the photos were taken. I guess this makes me a terrorist and a paedo.

[Yak]

this is Miah's, a great curry house in Swansea that's in an old church. A fine place to worship the vindaloo.



This is Giles' favourite place in the whole Swansea:



And here is the Sheep Shop, which unfortunately happened to be closed when the google car went by.