Tim Lewis Posted March 19, 2009 Report Share Posted March 19, 2009 Google have just released streetview for major towns in the UK. For those who have not used it it is continuous photography at street level of every street/house in the areas covered. I warn you, it is addictive - try spotting your house/car/boat. http://maps.google.co.uk/streetview Tim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueStringPudding Posted March 19, 2009 Report Share Posted March 19, 2009 It's quite groovy but tragically doesn't seem to cover this area (Stratford, Warwick etc). I suppose we're just destined to remain slightly beneath the Orwellian radar... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris-B Posted March 19, 2009 Report Share Posted March 19, 2009 Caught my mate outside his unit having a crafty fag !!! Stunning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlt Posted March 19, 2009 Report Share Posted March 19, 2009 Scunthorpe but no Hull or Doncaster!? Definite yellowbelly bias, if you ask me. I've looked at a house, in Coventry, that I sold, in 1986, though, and I'd swear they were the same curtains! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewey Posted March 19, 2009 Report Share Posted March 19, 2009 Google have just released streetview for major towns in the UK. For those who have not used it it is continuous photography at street level of every street/house in the areas covered. I warn you, it is addictive - try spotting your house/car/boat. http://maps.google.co.uk/streetview Tim What is interesting is that you can actually see some vehicle registration numbers when I looked at Whitehall. I wonder about the personal data protection in such cases. Stewey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dor Posted March 19, 2009 Report Share Posted March 19, 2009 What is the problem with your number plate being visible? Anyone standing on the street can see it, note its position and time. It's not exactly private or personal information. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grahoom Posted March 19, 2009 Report Share Posted March 19, 2009 could see my girlfriends bike outside her house.... very odd. - not sure if I like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlt Posted March 19, 2009 Report Share Posted March 19, 2009 could see my girlfriends bike outside her house.... very odd. - not sure if I like it. Do you prefer the more traditional racer, to her mountain bike, then, or is it just the colour? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grahoom Posted March 19, 2009 Report Share Posted March 19, 2009 Do you prefer the more traditional racer, to her mountain bike, then, or is it just the colour? how did you know she had a mountain bike !!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlt Posted March 19, 2009 Report Share Posted March 19, 2009 how did you know she had a mountain bike !!!! I can see it, outside her house! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RLWP Posted March 19, 2009 Report Share Posted March 19, 2009 how did you know she had a mountain bike !!!! Oh come on. Everyone knows that! Richard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grahoom Posted March 19, 2009 Report Share Posted March 19, 2009 Oh come on. Everyone knows that! Richard you'll be telling me the colour of it next! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RLWP Posted March 19, 2009 Report Share Posted March 19, 2009 you'll be telling me the colour of it next! Sorry, I've said too much already, apparently... Richard (Stop hitting me...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlt Posted March 19, 2009 Report Share Posted March 19, 2009 I have to say that a virtual drive around my old haunts, in Coventry, does not create the same nostalgic pangs as when I streetview my old haunts in Paris. Can't think why not... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlt Posted March 19, 2009 Report Share Posted March 19, 2009 And did they accidentally leave the cameras on when they were trying to get out of the Norfolk wastelands? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kayDee Posted March 19, 2009 Report Share Posted March 19, 2009 That's pretty cool but it could be used for some rather dodgy snooping! Like anything, someone will always find a 'bad' way to make use of it! Kay x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoominPapa Posted March 19, 2009 Report Share Posted March 19, 2009 And did they accidentally leave the cameras on when they were trying to get out of the Norfolk wastelands? They're probably still there.......... MP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlt Posted March 19, 2009 Report Share Posted March 19, 2009 They're probably still there.......... MP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiny Posted March 19, 2009 Report Share Posted March 19, 2009 Looking at the video of my town some bod drove out of his drive , once round the grotty end of town passing two supermarkets and back to his driveway. He never went near the main end of town as all. The most exciting moment is when the only traffic light in town went red as he approached and he muttered over the exciting chase music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbo Posted March 19, 2009 Report Share Posted March 19, 2009 could see my girlfriends bike outside her house.... very odd. - not sure if I like it. Better than seeing someone else's bike outside her house! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NB Alnwick Posted March 19, 2009 Report Share Posted March 19, 2009 It's quite groovy but tragically doesn't seem to cover this area (Stratford, Warwick etc). I suppose we're just destined to remain slightly beneath the Orwellian radar... They are on their way! They drove through Cropredy on Sunday morning - big jeep type van with an array of cameras on a pole . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbo Posted March 19, 2009 Report Share Posted March 19, 2009 Be nice if they did a Google Canal View! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 19, 2009 Report Share Posted March 19, 2009 Be nice if they did a Google Canal View! Try this for a starter.. Clicky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grahoom Posted March 19, 2009 Report Share Posted March 19, 2009 Better than seeing someone else's bike outside her house! very true! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RLWP Posted March 19, 2009 Report Share Posted March 19, 2009 very true! That's why we all have the same bike as her - Ooops... Richard Hmm a new game: Link Can anyone get the images to show directly without the link? There is a bunch of html on the google site Richard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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