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MineralMan

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16. I agree. I use it all the time if I have to go somewhere.

Sat Oct 12, 2013, 11:10 AM

Oct 2013

I can see the place I'm going and its surroundings. Combined with Google mapping, it always gets me there with the least amount of effort. I've also used it to check out the businesses of prospective web content clients, just to get a feel for what their place of business looks like, and what's nearby.

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Google Maps Street View - Do They Have Your Photo? [View all] MineralMan Oct 2013 OP

Google maps is now blurring tags and faces X_Digger Oct 2013 #1

That's probably a good thing, although I don't really care. MineralMan Oct 2013 #2

YES, I zoomed to my block on street view and there I am riding my bicycle from behind. JaneyVee Oct 2013 #3

Cool! I'm amazed that there's anyone on DU who has been MineralMan Oct 2013 #5

I can't believe out of all the places I could have been at that moment JaneyVee Oct 2013 #10

Hi You! Fantastic Anarchist Oct 2013 #4

Well, they're apparently blurring license plates and faces. MineralMan Oct 2013 #6

I see you, you should have shaved for that photo! LOL n/t RKP5637 Oct 2013 #7

Never! I haven't shaved since 1969. MineralMan Oct 2013 #11

Hey. Mine still shows the recycling bin in front. randome Oct 2013 #8

So, you're that one who never brings in the bin. MineralMan Oct 2013 #17

On first reflection, I'd call it fun ...... oldhippie Oct 2013 #9

Probably in a few months, there will be a different photo at that MineralMan Oct 2013 #12

They've been just about everywhere. MineralMan Oct 2013 #20

Was it near Bisbee, per chance ...... oldhippie Oct 2013 #31

I looked at the valley where I grew up LizW Oct 2013 #37

What a useful thing this is, as is the Panoramio layer in Google Earth. Coyotl Oct 2013 #13

I agree. I use it all the time if I have to go somewhere. MineralMan Oct 2013 #16

It's a great travel tool jberryhill Oct 2013 #40

They have my dad walking his dog (who has since passed away) geomon666 Oct 2013 #14

Nice! I hope you printed it out. MineralMan Oct 2013 #15

The one of my house is at least 3 years old. hobbit709 Oct 2013 #18

Mine, too. It's a different color now. MineralMan Oct 2013 #22

The one of my house was obviously taken earlier this year Fortinbras Armstrong Oct 2013 #44

Me and my dog in Fairmount Park. Link sent to me by a childhood friend, msanthrope Oct 2013 #19

Cool! More people than I thought have been captured. MineralMan Oct 2013 #23

Fairmount Park in Philly or in Riverside? nt Codeine Oct 2013 #42

Philly. nt msanthrope Oct 2013 #45

Public street = not an invasion of privacy (nt) Nye Bevan Oct 2013 #21

That's true. Google has started blurring stuff, though, MineralMan Oct 2013 #24

I just realized that this was taken last fall, so it MineralMan Oct 2013 #25

My uncle is in a Street View, walking his dog ScreamingMeemie Oct 2013 #26

Looks like rain is coming. MineralMan Oct 2013 #27

When they first began street view in this area, Silver Swan Oct 2013 #28

Cool. I hope you captured the image and saved it. MineralMan Oct 2013 #29

I saw one last year ThoughtCriminal Oct 2013 #30

My mother is by my parents' house taking out the trash cpwm17 Oct 2013 #32

They have never covered my neighborhood LizW Oct 2013 #33

That's kinda weird. I wonder if there's a way to let Google know. MineralMan Oct 2013 #34

My late cat Caindy (named after two DUers) can be seen in my apartment window. She is bettyellen Oct 2013 #35

Cool. I hope you have the image. MineralMan Oct 2013 #36

I just looked and it is gone. I have to see if I saved it. It was a nice surprise at the time. bettyellen Oct 2013 #39

They have my across the street neighbor - he is sitting in his car about to drive off sammytko Oct 2013 #38

I spotted a Google car just yesterday Shankapotomus Oct 2013 #41

What a beautiful little neighborhood. nt Codeine Oct 2013 #43

Thanks. That's a few blocks from my house, but MineralMan Oct 2013 #46