Google Maps Street View

[Andrew]

Wow. This is awesome and scary at the same time.

click on street view. Get 360 images of the streets.

Gonna be lots of good finds.

Scary: That they can get close up pictures of people.

another close up image

google earth blog about it

[Tatar Khan]

I was under impression that Google Earth can not do things is real time due to lack of realtime data access. Of course capabilities to spy like that exist. US has the ability to do that using both its military and GPS satelites. However ability to spy like that on people in realtime by private parties would be challenged in the courts as invasion of privacy.

[Andrew]

Definitely an invasion of privacy. I can see someone sueing google for taking a picture and uploading it. Say some guy was seen with an ex wife kissing or something and his current wife sees it and divorces him and takes his house and kids. Might piss him off.

[Tatar Khan]

Actually I think corporations will step up first to sue in this case because than corporate espionage would become so much easier with this tool, as well as ability to time the market would be greatly improved.

[Acriku]

Is it tapping into the cameras that governments put in place?

This might have some cool effects, despite the privacy issues. I wouldn't mind looking at the main street of Amsterdam and looking at what shops are there and how the people live and what the atmosphere is like.

[Megashrap]

I wouldn't mind looking at the main street of Amsterdam and looking at what shops are there and how the people live and what the atmosphere is like.

Alot of stoned people, and all the hookers you could imagine. Cool place I've been there. Van Halen wrote a song called Amsterdam one line of the lyrics is,"Stone you like nothing else can". They got that right.

[Andrew]

Is it tapping into the cameras that governments put in place?

They have vans or whatever with cameras on it and they drive around the city taking pictures. At least that is what they were saying on digg.

[Megashrap]

I wouldn't mind looking at the main street of Amsterdam and looking at what shops are there and how the people live and what the atmosphere is like.

I found a live cam feed link of Amsterdam, is this what you were looking for? http://www.amsterdam-webcams.com/Detailed/548.html

[Acriku]

Hey that's pretty cool!

[Megashrap]

Although you have to kinda weed through the porn stuff.

[Timenn]

And you know, that area is the most porn/hookers/drugs free area of the city...

[Andrew]

Collection of street level images

Rofl. Awesomeness to ensue. Was waiting for bikinis.

People are already requesting their pictures be taken down. oh wait nope, it's just cat lady. Who doesn't like that her cat can be seen in the window.