View Full Version : Google Maps introduces "Street View"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91wuBqlny50
http://maps.google.com/maps?ie=UTF8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en&q=&z=4&om=1&layer=c
Looks pretty cool. Only a few cities so far. But it looks like another great way to waste extensive amounts of time on the Internet.
oddlycalm
05-30-07, 04:32 PM
If you're looking to buy real estate this will make you grin. Up till now MSN Maps Birds Eye View has been the best. A lot of realtors have sites where you can enter the multiple listing number and it will bring up the listing with digital pictures and a pop up for MSN Birds Eye.
Beats driving across town to see a property only to discover some glaring issue that would automatically eliminate it.
oc
Spicoli
05-30-07, 08:23 PM
holy picture taking for the rest of your life. :eek:
howq in the F did they do this? Are they hiring poeople to go around and take pics all day? of every street in America?
checking out Denco - this is totally cool.
:thumbup:
Dr. Corkski
05-30-07, 08:32 PM
http://suite505.com/jms/images/vegas-baby.jpg
Spicoli
05-30-07, 08:34 PM
:rofl:
Andrew Longman
05-31-07, 09:04 AM
I was stunned by G Earth. I'm floored by this. Just too F'n cool. And in keeping with the law of every increasing expectations I now want the same thing but with real time video.
Spicoli
05-31-07, 10:14 AM
Again: How are they getting this photos? You can;t tell me they have hundreds of googlites running around with digital cameras snapping fotos of every faggin place on the planet, do they?
devilmaster
05-31-07, 10:20 AM
Again: How are they getting this photos? You can;t tell me they have hundreds of googlites running around with digital cameras snapping fotos of every faggin place on the planet, do they?
If its the same as google earth, then people up their photos to panoramio.com and its put into the google system....
Andrew Longman
05-31-07, 10:23 AM
Think of the comparison of this to what the US and Soviets spent billions and billions on for spy satillites.
Looks like they must have a vehicle of some sort equiped with 360 degree video. Just drive up and down every street.
Spicoli
05-31-07, 10:43 AM
answer:
http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2007/05/google_maps_str.html
I guess they do have people driving up and down streets all day. :rofl:
You've been busy collecting geo-tagged, panoramic street level photographs all day. You deserve a break. Why not pull into Mickey D's for a burger, fries and a shake?
That's just what the map-making monkeys from Google did. We were cruising around San Francisco's Fillmore district in Google Maps when we noticed that the drivers of the camera car snapped a picture as they pulled into the local McDonald's parking lot. Either they did it intentionally or they were caught in the act. We may never know.
Update: The data for Google Maps Street View is collected by Google and by geo-imaging company Immersive Media. Google collected all of the Bay Area images itself, but Immersive Media is helping out with the rest of the territory. The company uses Volkswagen Beetles with panoramic cameras on the roof to capture the photos and geodata used in Google's new Street View maps feature. So if you see a gunmetal gray VW with an alien pod-looking camera sticking out of the roof driving by, be sure to wave. Then offer the driver a Happy Meal.
and hey! If you are looking for a job collecting all this crap:
http://www.immersivemedia.com/aboutus/aboutus.php?pageID=55
Requirements:
Have an interest or knowledge in GIS or cartography
The ability to use a map
Willingness to travel for extended period of time
Operate within the defined budget (i.e. lodging and meals) for two people
Must be a results and service oriented self-starter
A resourceful and creative problem solver
Detail oriented, a strong sense of urgency and very organized
Proficiency in MS-Office applications (MS Excel, PowerPoint, Word)
Effective time management in order to meet deadlines
Lots of initiative and energy
Willingness to be a team player
Valid Drivers License
Could be just right for SOG! :D
Andrew Longman
05-31-07, 10:56 AM
Could be just right for SOG! :D
Maybe, but who's gonna need a Google Street view of Parma?
Think of the comparison of this to what the US and Soviets spent billions and billions on for spy satillites.
photonics is neat stuff.
indyfan31
05-31-07, 11:14 AM
Now, I took to GoogleEarth like a duck to water, but I can't get a damn thing out of this. Click on the streets, double-click on the streets, drag the little yellow guy around ... nothing, no pictures. WTF? :confused:
Crusing around Miami a little bit. They need to run there cameras out to the beaches. :irked:
They should do one at IMS so we can revel in the bare aluminum year-round.
indyfan31
05-31-07, 11:40 AM
Now, I took to GoogleEarth like a duck to water, but I can't get a damn thing out of this. Click on the streets, double-click on the streets, drag the little yellow guy around ... nothing, no pictures. WTF? :confused:
Take it back, it works fine in Firefox but not in Explorer. Microsoft POS. :flame:
IlliniRacer
05-31-07, 11:42 AM
Bad timing for this dude:
http://www.google.com/maps?q=970+OFarrell+St,+San+Francisco,+CA+94109,+U SA&ie=UTF8&ll=37.7889,-122.417489&spn=0.006774,0.013561&z=17&om=0&layer=c&cbll=37.785489,-122.417975&cbp=2,438.82277544807,0.667036460163099,2
Andrew Longman
05-31-07, 12:10 PM
Its quite likely that I'm not the only one brilliant enough to figure this out, but I've used Google Earth a lot to help people with directions.
I live in a rural area where roads aren't always well marked etc. If someone needs to turn on say "Headquarters Road", with the directions I send them an Earth link with a side view of the large saltdome at the turn to use as a landmark.
If and when they ever get this street view expanded beyond the major cities that trick will be even better.
opinionated ow
05-31-07, 12:17 PM
Bad timing for this dude:
http://www.google.com/maps?q=970+OFarrell+St,+San+Francisco,+CA+94109,+U SA&ie=UTF8&ll=37.7889,-122.417489&spn=0.006774,0.013561&z=17&om=0&layer=c&cbll=37.785489,-122.417975&cbp=2,438.82277544807,0.667036460163099,2
nah, even worse for the person showing off their bum on the other side of the road!
Its quite likely that I'm not the only one brilliant enough to figure this out, but I've used Google Earth a lot to help people with directions.
I live in a rural area where roads aren't always well marked etc. If someone needs to turn on say "Headquarters Road", with the directions I send them an Earth link with a side view of the large saltdome at the turn to use as a landmark.
If and when they ever get this street view expanded beyond the major cities that trick will be even better.
Rural and NJ don't mix, holmes. ;-)
-Kevin
Pretty cool. The addition of building footprints is pretty cool as well. The programming of the Matrix has begun.
I do notice that Denver and Vegas don't seem to be as high rez as SF. You can read every sign in SF which is helpful. Hope the blurvision version isn't going to be the standard.
Wasn't sure if it was just me but my boobie search of Miami was mostly blurry too.
Opposite Lock
05-31-07, 06:09 PM
It's cool, but I wonder if they'll try to keep the database a little more updated than they do with Google Earth. Last I checked, the runways at Meigs Field were still showing, and they've been gone for over four years now.
Then again, it could be cool in 50 years from now to pull up what downtown SF looked like back in ought-seven. Another way to time-travel. "I went into a restaurant and the sign said 'Breakfast anytime," so I ordered french toast during the Renaissance."
Here's the car they use (presumably, there's a fleet of these)
http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/31/check-out-the-immersive-media-street-scanning-car/
I still like the birds eye view on http://maps.live.com better, they have a LOT more ground covered. (If you download their plug-in and see their "Earth" thing, it does some amazing 3D renderings as well.)
Opposite Lock
06-01-07, 05:36 PM
I still like the birds eye view on http://maps.live.com better, they have a LOT more ground covered. (If you download their plug-in and see their "Earth" thing, it does some amazing 3D renderings as well.)
Wasn't familiar with that - thanks for the tip, JB! :thumbup:
Sean O'Gorman
06-01-07, 06:03 PM
The birds eye view maps are my best friend when it comes to scene investigations. I won a case in arbitration a couple months ago where this woman insisted she never parked her blue Jeep Liberty underneath a tree that supposedly damaged her vehicle, but the bird's eye map showed her SUV parked under that very same tree. :rofl:
oddlycalm
06-02-07, 02:01 PM
I do notice that Denver and Vegas don't seem to be as high rez as SF. You can read every sign in SF which is helpful. Hope the blurvision version isn't going to be the standard. In other words, the area Google did themselves looks a lot better than the areas the contractor did. That doesn't bode well.
oc
Andrew Longman
06-03-07, 10:53 AM
Rural and NJ don't mix, holmes. ;-)
-Kevin
Believe it or not, Rowan University released a report last week that showed 50% of the state is still undeveloped. Of course as recently as the late '80s it was more than 75% undeveloped.
Draw a line between NYC and Phila (roughly the NJ Turnpike), make it about 25 miles wide, and you'll probably find that about 75% of the state's population lives in that corridor.
Most of the southern half of the state (The Pinelands) is protected from almost all development and now the NW half (The Highlands) is restricted from development.
ElmoT will back me up, my corner of the state (and his side of the river in upper Bucks County PA) have more farms than people.
Thus endith the Chamber of Commerce, Division of Tourism moment.:tony:
I find it amusing that some of the press reports on this feature have raised "privacy" concerns. Hullo? We're talking about a vehicle driving down public streets taking pictures. How can the press even suggest that there's a privacy issue when they rely on the same freedom to take photos in public places for much of their photo content?
Most of the southern half of the state (The Pinelands) is protected from almost all development and now the NW half (The Highlands) is restricted from development.
We drove through the Pinelands a few years back and much of it is as rural as southern Ohio. Definitely not what you think of when you hear "New Jersey".
Insomniac
06-03-07, 06:11 PM
I find it amusing that some of the press reports on this feature have raised "privacy" concerns. Hullo? We're talking about a vehicle driving down public streets taking pictures. How can the press even suggest that there's a privacy issue when they rely on the same freedom to take photos in public places for much of their photo content?
Why do some TV shows blur out people's faces in the background on public streets?
ElmoT will back me up, my corner of the state (and his side of the river in upper Bucks County PA) have more farms than people.
I sometimes forget I am in NJ.
And take a drive through the Pinelands - you can hear the banjos playing. ;)
streetview shot (http://maps.google.com/maps?f=l&hl=en&q=museum&near=San+Francisco,+California,+United+States&ie=UTF8&view=map&om=1&layer=c&cbll=37.777452,-122.504927&cbp=1,289.875024308419,0.628713401659621,3&ll=37.784792,-122.502236&spn=0.015093,0.029182&z=15)
:D
streetview shot (http://maps.google.com/maps?f=l&hl=en&q=museum&near=San+Francisco,+California,+United+States&ie=UTF8&view=map&om=1&layer=c&cbll=37.777452,-122.504927&cbp=1,289.875024308419,0.628713401659621,3&ll=37.784792,-122.502236&spn=0.015093,0.029182&z=15)
:D
:rofl:
It has turned into a "Where's Waldo" type search for the bizarre...
oddlycalm
06-07-07, 02:59 PM
I sometimes forget I am in NJ.
And take a drive through the Pinelands - you can hear the banjos playing. ;) My view of the Pine Barrens has mostly been through the eyes of a friend who is a mental health professional often called upon to clean up the results of family trees with but a single branch low on the trunk. :gomer:
oc
Andrew Longman
06-07-07, 03:31 PM
My view of the Pine Barrens has mostly been through the eyes of a friend who is a mental health professional often called upon to clean up the results of family trees with but a single branch low on the trunk. :gomer:
oc
Speaking of pinelands, people and (car) trunks, anyone see "Pine Barrens" in rerun on A&E last night? Actually it was filmed in Harriman State Park in the Catskills, which would explain the hills and sugar maples all over the place. Being the shore, the Pinies don't get that cold actually.
"How can we be lost? We've in Jersey!?"
"Yeah, but South Jersey"
Maybe the best line in the entire series.:D
Back you our regularly scheduled thread.
My view of the Pine Barrens has mostly been through the eyes of a friend who is a mental health professional often called upon to clean up the results of family trees with but a single branch low on the trunk. :gomer:
oc
it's all the Maryland/WV overflow.
opinionated ow
06-07-07, 09:02 PM
streetview shot (http://maps.google.com/maps?f=l&hl=en&q=museum&near=San+Francisco,+California,+United+States&ie=UTF8&view=map&om=1&layer=c&cbll=37.777452,-122.504927&cbp=1,289.875024308419,0.628713401659621,3&ll=37.784792,-122.502236&spn=0.015093,0.029182&z=15)
:D
what was the pic? it is gone
what was the pic? it is gone
Fat chick in a thong getting in a car. :yuck:
Wow. They got my house.
Low res camera, but in my neighborhood.
I live in a new subdivision, nothing but farms to the west of me. Nothing of interest where I'm at.
But there's the house, with the g. on his scooter in the front yard.
More established areas of the town are not photo'ed.
Kinda creepy, TBH.
OW, your place is there too, I think. PV road is covered.
They outline the photo'ed streets in blue.
Shots were taken maybe Oct. 07.
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