Comments on: I Can See Your House From Here (Literally)

By: Google Street View Captures The Damndest Things » PCMech

Google Street View Captures The Damndest Things » PCMech — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 13:29:09 +0000

[...] View has been in the U.S. for some time now, and Rich posted the coverage map for the U.S. in this post. However, Street View in Australia is [...]

By: Floyd Bufkin

Floyd Bufkin — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 03:01:22 +0000

I wish they would have told me what day they were coming, I would have washed the truck and mowed the grass!!

By: Vertimyst

Vertimyst — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 18:50:59 +0000

“The bad: It also includes all the residential roads. Being that most homes in these areas aren’t set back on the properties, everything is in plain view for anyone who wants to look.

As anyone who has used Google Maps with Street Views knows, yes, you can get photos of someone’s porch all too easily.”

This is very true. I once described a friend’s house and surrounding property in detail to her over IM. I had never been to her house before, so she was certainly surprised.

However, most residential areas viewable in Street View don’t have any people in them, so I don’t see how this can be a privacy invasion, unless you have stuff sitting on your front lawn that you don’t want anybody to see.

By: Rich Menga

Rich Menga — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 13:43:29 +0000

Google Earth also has Street Views so it’s just as “bad” as Google Maps.

GPS does not show people’s porches, faces or any other personally identifiable information (ex: GPS will not give you the name for any residential property).

By: archer9234

archer9234 — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 13:29:20 +0000

I don’t get why people go nuts over this. Does it really matter? What makes it worse then google earth, or a GPS system map.