[NS]4-4
07-07-2008, 11:47
Google is currently in the process of taking pictures for its Street View section of Google Maps in the UK.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/07/02/street_view_spycar/
I was wondering what NS' opinion on Street View coming to the UK (or your country).
I think it is relatively ok, it can make the world seem much more open to you, if you just just decide to browse over to Paris for a few minutes. However, when I think about it showing my street and my house, I become less enthusiastic. What about only showing cities, and not residential areas?
Privacy is a big issue here, with images of peoples faces and license plates being photographed. Google have said they're implementing new features to blur out these details, but its automatic, and so doesn't always work.
http://img133.imageshack.us/img133/6661/80974595tx7.th.jpg (http://img133.imageshack.us/my.php?image=80974595tx7.jpg)
http://img376.imageshack.us/img376/3430/88962822ba6.th.jpg (http://img376.imageshack.us/my.php?image=88962822ba6.jpg)
http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/2813/90963329es3.th.jpg (http://img151.imageshack.us/my.php?image=90963329es3.jpg)
Thoughts?
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/07/02/street_view_spycar/
I was wondering what NS' opinion on Street View coming to the UK (or your country).
I think it is relatively ok, it can make the world seem much more open to you, if you just just decide to browse over to Paris for a few minutes. However, when I think about it showing my street and my house, I become less enthusiastic. What about only showing cities, and not residential areas?
Privacy is a big issue here, with images of peoples faces and license plates being photographed. Google have said they're implementing new features to blur out these details, but its automatic, and so doesn't always work.
http://img133.imageshack.us/img133/6661/80974595tx7.th.jpg (http://img133.imageshack.us/my.php?image=80974595tx7.jpg)
http://img376.imageshack.us/img376/3430/88962822ba6.th.jpg (http://img376.imageshack.us/my.php?image=88962822ba6.jpg)
http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/2813/90963329es3.th.jpg (http://img151.imageshack.us/my.php?image=90963329es3.jpg)
Thoughts?