google streetview uk is live!

[IronGiant]

No doubt the Google car will sneak back at a later date.

[Darkflame]

I hope so.
That sort of logic is akin to banning flight simulators so terrorists cant use them.

Fearing the images could be used by burglars to scout for suitable homes to raid,

Well, obviously, they will just look at the overhead maps for swimming pools

[Deckard]

Anyone else notice street view is now live on the iPhone too as of today or was it before and I just didn't notice

[Misfit]

Anyone else notice street view is now live on the iPhone too as of today or was it before and I just didn't notice

You hadn't noticed!

[IronGiant]

On a similar note:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/new ... rists.html

Okay, it kind of seems like a good idea on the surface if it prevents some accidents, but could be just a thickening of the Big Brother wedge. I mean, extrapolate from this and you'll find that in a few years you won't be able to go anywhere without the police, etc knowing your exact location.

[sack]

Well of course the NIMBY's had to get wise to it:

Google may have stated its intention to photograph the 'great majority' of Britain's roads for its controversial Street View mapping website.

But when the internet firm's car arrived to capture the historic village of Broughton on camera, it was the locals who snapped.

Fearing the images could be used by burglars to scout for suitable homes to raid, villagers formed a human barrier in the road to stop the Street View car in its tracks.

And they emerged victorious after forcing the vehicle to turn around and leave the village.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... lming.html

is it me - or is the first picture on that page the worst photoshop effort ever witnessed?

[Ghostbiscuit]

Not seeing anything on the first picture, but the second has had some expertly done clone-tooling done on the right hand side which you might just be able to see if you look closely enough.

EDIT: I've just noticed the mirrored tree too. Aces. Guess someone didn't want their house and car checked out by Mail-reading thieves and terrorists.

[Darkflame]

WOW
Just WOW




I'm just going to have to stare at that awhile

[Orava]

Well of course the NIMBY's had to get wise to it:

Google may have stated its intention to photograph the 'great majority' of Britain's roads for its controversial Street View mapping website.

But when the internet firm's car arrived to capture the historic village of Broughton on camera, it was the locals who snapped.

Fearing the images could be used by burglars to scout for suitable homes to raid, villagers formed a human barrier in the road to stop the Street View car in its tracks.

And they emerged victorious after forcing the vehicle to turn around and leave the village.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... lming.html

is it me - or is the first picture on that page the worst photoshop effort ever witnessed?

Ooh, we are not very concerned about clone-tool artifacts, are we.

Also, they have run out of road by bottom-right corner.

[Darkflame]

Well, it actualy seems they just wanted to make the picture wider.

None of the content on the right there is original. even the background trees that look ok are just mirrored from the ones on the left.

Making the whole thing more a question of ; Why the fuck didnt they just crop it ?

[venusian]

I think there were a bunch of photographers to bystanders there. Nothing sinister.

[Firefox]

Was just wandering down to the shop when a Google car popped out of a side street! I'm going to be on Streetview! *mild excitement*

Be interesting to see how long it takes between the car driving around and the images appearing on the maps.

[Portland]

They're Streetviewing Dore?

Might get round to my place on that basis.

[Firefox]

I was also pleased to see that the thieving bastard Spar has finally been wiped out by the Tesco Express a few doors down. Took them long enough.

[Orava]

I was also pleased to see that the thieving bastard Spar has finally been wiped out by the Tesco Express a few doors down. Took them long enough.

What's wrong with Spar? Ours is quite nice, they sell a lot of local produce from local farms: fruit, vegetables, cheese, cream, local cider etc, etc. Unlike the only other shop in town; the Soviet-like Co-Op where everything comes from a central depo up north and nothing is local or very fresh - and they always run out of bread on Sundays.

Tesco on the other hand are just evil.