google streetview uk is live!

[Kronos]

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps/mpl?layer=c&ie=UTF8&moduleurl=http:%2F%2Fmaps.google.co.uk%2Fhelp%2Fmaps%2Fstreetview%2Fmapplet.html&mapclient=google&cbll=52.478122,-1.845921&panoid=5JYQjEdR2LBtph1z5rNNDw&cbp=12,36.365460539754174,,1,6.649599296133189&ll=52.478128,-1.845703&spn=0,359.944382&z=15

That guy's a bit behind the times with his shop - no wonder business looks like it's down

I'm just randomly trawling through areas I've visited - fascinating stuff... None of the towns I've lived in are covered (yet)

This is more fun than any game you can buy!! I walked round my entire home town, visited old houses and even found the very first house my parents owned. Huge potential for a Magnetic Scrolls type game being re-invented on a gigabyte scale with this kind of presentation, it's truly awesome, didn't I tell you all Google is g0dlike

[hyphz]

Wow, been past places in London and Oxford I recognise well, but my actual living places aren't represented..

But.. you can also play The World Ends With You for real. http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?t=h&hl=en ... 99925&z=21

[JQW]

I've used it to find the precise location of a London hotel I'm staying in next week. Before I only new the street it resided on, but not which part, as the hotel had been booked by a third party, and it could well have taken 20 minutes to locate it. I've only got a 2 hour window to check into the hotel between arriving in London and making my way to my appointment, so it's saved me some valuable time.

[IronGiant]

A wormhole? (click on the forward arrow):

http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=UT ... 21547,,0,5

[IronGiant]

Given that the police tend to get a bit stroppy with a member of the public taking a photo of a public place, and bearing in mind that Google have somehow managed to take millions of photos of public places AND make them available to anyone with Internet access, I'd be curious as to:

a) How they 'got away with it' (money and big corporations speak volumes perhaps?)
b) Are there any pictures of British bobbies caught on Streetview?

And speaking of police and photos:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstop ... abase.html

Now where did those civil liberties go ? I could swear I saw them a minute ago ..............

[Darkflame]

I take a simple view; If your in a public place, you have no right to limit how many people can see you.

[Rhythm]

Given that the police tend to get a bit stroppy with a member of the public taking a photo of a public place, and bearing in mind that Google have somehow managed to take millions of photos of public places AND make them available to anyone with Internet access,

What Google have accomplished is a clear demonstration of the fact that any policeman trying to stop a photographer taking a picture in a public place is doing so completely unbacked by any actual laws

[moosedude]

gone now

"one nation under cctv"

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&sourc ... 19735,,0,5

[Jedburgh]

Black Books

[moosedude]

there is a big bus in the way of my favourite sandwich shop!!

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&sourc ... 19252,,0,5

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I'm sure this street view could be used as a mechanism for playing Mornington Crescent.

[Darkflame]

Yes, as long as the lateral rules are obeyed, and there would have to be a specific location asigned to Nid.

[Firefox]

If you're a shopkeeper, having a website and the URL painted across the front of your shop is now even more important:

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&sourc ... 7500000004


Meanwhile, it appears to be a bit too late to pop into one of my former favourite pubs for a pint and a reminisce...

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&sourc ... 2499999998

Fucking students.

[anon76235]

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&sourc ... 5124335254

[arron]

Plenty of opportunity for an on-rails shooter with all this data if you could turn it into a mesh based representation of various cities. I can see a possible scenario based around a alien made UK zombie invasion, and you're trying to eradicate the menace from the streets from the turret of the last remaining Google attack tank..

[PVB]

Plenty of opportunity for an on-rails shooter with all this data if you could turn it into a mesh based representation of various cities. I can see a possible scenario based around a alien made UK zombie invasion, and you're trying to eradicate the menace from the streets from the turret of the last remaining Google attack tank..

I imagine it could possibly be done the way the old Resident Evil games used 2D static backgrounds, with 3D characters laid on top.