Comments on: Google SnoopMobiles in Canada http://www.p2pnet.net/story/19902 p2pnet.net - reader powered Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:11:09 -0300 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Just my two cents http://www.p2pnet.net/story/19902/comment-page-1#comment-971228 Just my two cents Tue, 07 Apr 2009 23:50:36 +0000 http://www.p2pnet.net/?p=19902#comment-971228 I know that this kind of opinion is not popular with the people watching out for the black helicopters, and the people who feel that the government is listening in on every conversation that is made on either the internet or the phone, but I seriously have to agree with the RW above. I have found street view to be invaluable to "checkout the neighborhood" of a house that I am considering to rent/buy, and I would rather do my initial checks virtualy, and online, instead of driving by the area on the weekends or at night, after work. I have also found street view very handy in showing people who come from overseas, where a particular store or site is in Tokyo (may it be the Tokyo Tower, or a low price Hard disk store in Akihabara-the electronics district). When I went to Paris last year for the first time, I tried to use street view (Paris' street view is limited to the route used for some bicycle race I hear) to get a feel of where I would be. And as an American living in Japan, I really appreciate the ability to see the house where my grandparents lived, as well as the houses where my parents, brother's family and sister's family live- and show it to my children who have not been able to travel to these locations yet. While I greatly understand the need for privacy, I also feel that this sort of service is very important. Could you imagine how difficult life would be, if people were trying to block maps from being created or printed, because it showed where their house is. I guess what they need, is a method of automatically erasing all of the people and insides of doors/windows, but then again- that would just be creepy. Just my two cents I know that this kind of opinion is not popular with the people watching out for the black helicopters, and the people who feel that the government is listening in on every conversation that is made on either the internet or the phone, but I seriously have to agree with the RW above.

I have found street view to be invaluable to “checkout the neighborhood” of a house that I am considering to rent/buy, and I would rather do my initial checks virtualy, and online, instead of driving by the area on the weekends or at night, after work.

I have also found street view very handy in showing people who come from overseas, where a particular store or site is in Tokyo (may it be the Tokyo Tower, or a low price Hard disk store in Akihabara-the electronics district). When I went to Paris last year for the first time, I tried to use street view (Paris’ street view is limited to the route used for some bicycle race I hear) to get a feel of where I would be.

And as an American living in Japan, I really appreciate the ability to see the house where my grandparents lived, as well as the houses where my parents, brother’s family and sister’s family live- and show it to my children who have not been able to travel to these locations yet.

While I greatly understand the need for privacy, I also feel that this sort of service is very important. Could you imagine how difficult life would be, if people were trying to block maps from being created or printed, because it showed where their house is.

I guess what they need, is a method of automatically erasing all of the people and insides of doors/windows, but then again- that would just be creepy.

Just my two cents

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/19902/comment-page-1#comment-971203 Reader's Write Tue, 07 Apr 2009 19:18:20 +0000 http://www.p2pnet.net/?p=19902#comment-971203 Google's Streetview isn't some kind of real-time surveillance, it's a series of still images that don't show anything that can't be seen by anyone driving down that same street. I've used it several times to get an idea of what an area looks like before actually going there. How many times have you tried to find a particular destination and ended up driving back and forth, trying to figure out why the numbers jump from 204 to 298? Wouldn't it be nice to explore the area virtually first? They have pictures of my house online. So what? There are people driving up and down the street every day, should I go out and demand that they not look at my house as they drive past? Google’s Streetview isn’t some kind of real-time surveillance, it’s a series of still images that don’t show anything that can’t be seen by anyone driving down that same street. I’ve used it several times to get an idea of what an area looks like before actually going there.

How many times have you tried to find a particular destination and ended up driving back and forth, trying to figure out why the numbers jump from 204 to 298? Wouldn’t it be nice to explore the area virtually first?

They have pictures of my house online. So what? There are people driving up and down the street every day, should I go out and demand that they not look at my house as they drive past?

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