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Peggy Cannell Posts: 5300 Joined: 14th Aug 2009 Location: UK	quotePosted at 13:25 on 13th March 2010 Just had an e mail to tell us our car needed washing, it was joke but it was seen on google street maps, I had a look and found the number plate was not showing, I think if one need to be private better live in the country. Just wondered what other members thought of it.? My favourite: Pictures \| Towns \| Attractions
cathyml Posts: 23275 Joined: 25th Jan 2010 Location: South Africa	quotePosted at 15:49 on 13th March 2010 Smacks of big brother is watching you! Not sure I like that thought, can you really see that sort of detail - that means someone could check up if you are home or not, that could well become a safety/crime issue, couldn't it? My favourite: Pictures \| Towns \| Attractions
Peggy Cannell Posts: 5300 Joined: 14th Aug 2009 Location: UK	quotePosted at 17:40 on 13th March 2010 That is quite a point cathyl if the car is missing from the car park good sign we are out. I thought it was all over, I know a friend in Australia whose street and bungalow is on it. therefore I thought you would have it as well. My favourite: Pictures \| Towns \| Attractions
cathyml Posts: 23275 Joined: 25th Jan 2010 Location: South Africa	quotePosted at 17:52 on 13th March 2010 My husband just explained to me that the photos are not in "real" time so you can't be watched per se! We have google maps but you would not be able to pick out individual properties here - no doubt it is on its way! My favourite: Pictures \| Towns \| Attractions
Peter Evans Posts: 3863 Joined: 20th Aug 2006 Location: UK	quotePosted at 18:07 on 13th March 2010 Most of the photos in Google street maps are over two years old Peg. Altough they are being added to all the time. When people are in the photos,the faces are blurred out too. But,it makes it easier for the criminal element to see the type of house and car in the drive and if it is worth breaking into. There was a lot of discusions about it when Google first announced that they were adding the street maps. My favourite: Pictures \| Towns \| Attractions
Peggy Cannell Posts: 5300 Joined: 14th Aug 2009 Location: UK	quotePosted at 18:33 on 13th March 2010 Hi Peter, Google cars were around Lowestoft last year, Pictures of them were in our local paper, there is certainly a good view of where we live, although I don't think anyone will think it will be worth breaking into LOL By the way I like this avatar of you, I don't like motorbikes. My favourite: Pictures \| Towns \| Attractions
Paul Hilton Posts: 2605 Joined: 21st Nov 2004 Location: UK	quotePosted at 21:48 on 13th March 2010 Just had a look at Google of this new office block built 2007-2009 and Google still shows it today as a dirt lot, as was in 2006. Picture by Edward Lever My favourite: Pictures \| Towns \| Attractions
Stephanie Jackson Posts: 3911 Joined: 13th Apr 2008 Location: UK	quotePosted at 06:55 on 14th March 2010 Just had a look Peggy & it wasn't that long ago here - my For Sale sign is up and our borrowed truck is outside so it must have been since July last year and it looks like it was after October because I have just looked at the path view and my fence is painted black. I remember them coming - we were looking through the window! Good news is with my house they couldn't get right outside so it doesn't show much of the front - you can see in the windows of some of my neighbours houses! Edited by: Stephanie Jackson at:14th March 2010 06:58 My favourite: Pictures \| Towns \| Attractions
Ruth Gregory Posts: 8072 Joined: 25th Jul 2007 Location: USA	quotePosted at 00:55 on 15th March 2010 On 13th March 2010 21:48, Paul Hilton wrote: Just had a look at Google of this new office block built 2007-2009 and Google still shows it today as a dirt lot, as was in 2006. The building I work in was completed in 2007, and it's only just appeared on Google Earth and maps in the last month or so. It's also out in the desert by itself, so plenty of people who googled the address thought it was made up because there was nothing there when they looked it up. My favourite: Pictures \| Towns \| Attractions
lancashirelove Posts: 1986 Joined: 18th Feb 2009 Location: UK	quotePosted at 10:22 on 15th March 2010 Hi all, Google Earth have just released their 'new' street cams that actualy let you (and everyone else) view your property from street level. i saw mine for the first time yesturday and you can actually see me sat at my PC lol. I remember their camera car driving past about 18 months ago. Google Earth's pics are always out of date for security reasons (wouldnt want us to zoom live into one of the national airbases would they lol) However I'm sure the local and national councils use hi-tech equiptment and simular computor-based programs to monitor property use and deveopement and also to measure farmland under crop for subsidy quotas. You can also do pollution searches on rivers etc to locate the source. Forget 'big-brother', even little sister can keep an eye on you. lol My favourite: Pictures \| Towns \| Attractions