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Gregory OConnor

03-28-2008, 19:03
I may be the last to see this but that does not diminish my 'amazement
at the value' and 'fear of the intrusion' of the tool

I went to google maps to look at an arial view of a realeastae listing
of interest. To my surprise a small pic of the home taken from the
street showed up. I clicked the thumbnail pic and was given the tools
to walk down the street turn corners and rotate the camera 360deg. I
entered my home address and too was able to see and walk the streets .
I clicked "STREETS" ( their is a glitch where you must close Googlemaps
and reopen it for another search??)

The tool is so manuverable that I was able to walk pass a tree that was
blocking the view of a truck on the side of my house , spinn the camera
and identify that the truck belonged to a contractor who worked in my
house 4 months ago.

I used the tool to ;measure access for a project by scaling a fence
comparitive to a standard garage door ;check for the ability to turn my
rig in a residential area; and qualify my interest in makeing a sales
call to an address. I can see that it might help qualify or add
credability to a ebay purchase trip or help presight a RV Park. I can
also see that it could be used to harm.



This is way cool, may save someone a trip , fuel and money

GregoryO'Connor

94ptRomoland

Curt Sprenger

03-29-2008, 03:37
Google Maps works great. Try Virtual Earth.

On Fri, Mar 28, 2008 at 11:03 PM, Gregory OConnor <"Gregoryoc@aol.com"> wrote:




I may be the last to see this but that does not diminish my 'amazement

at the value' and 'fear of the intrusion' of the tool



I went to google maps to look at an arial view of a realeastae listing

of interest. To my surprise a small pic of the home taken from the

street showed up. I clicked the thumbnail pic and was given the tools

to walk down the street turn corners and rotate the camera 360deg. I

entered my home address and too was able to see and walk the streets .

I clicked "STREETS" ( their is a glitch where you must close Googlemaps

and reopen it for another search??)



The tool is so manuverable that I was able to walk pass a tree that was

blocking the view of a truck on the side of my house , spinn the camera

and identify that the truck belonged to a contractor who worked in my

house 4 months ago.



I used the tool to ;measure access for a project by scaling a fence

comparitive to a standard garage door ;check for the ability to turn my

rig in a residential area; and qualify my interest in makeing a sales

call to an address. I can see that it might help qualify or add

credability to a ebay purchase trip or help presight a RV Park. I can

also see that it could be used to harm.



This is way cool, may save someone a trip , fuel and money



GregoryO'Connor



94ptRomoland






--
Curt Sprenger
1987 PT38 8V92 "MacAttack Racing"
Anaheim Hills, CA

mariopatti1

03-29-2008, 15:23
Hi Greg
I checked out the new feature.Pretty useful at times to look ahead.
I wont be able to use it,I don't install any Adobe readers.
Mario 1985 fc 35
--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Gregory OConnor"
wrote:
>
>
> I may be the last to see this but that does not diminish
my 'amazement
> at the value' and 'fear of the intrusion' of the tool
>
> I went to google maps to look at an arial view of a realeastae
listing
> of interest. To my surprise a small pic of the home taken from the
> street showed up. I clicked the thumbnail pic and was given the
tools
> to walk down the street turn corners and rotate the camera
360deg. I
> entered my home address and too was able to see and walk the
streets .
> I clicked "STREETS" ( their is a glitch where you must close
Googlemaps
> and reopen it for another search??)
>
> The tool is so manuverable that I was able to walk pass a tree
that was
> blocking the view of a truck on the side of my house , spinn the
camera
> and identify that the truck belonged to a contractor who worked
in my
> house 4 months ago.
>
> I used the tool to ;measure access for a project by scaling a fence
> comparitive to a standard garage door ;check for the ability to
turn my
> rig in a residential area; and qualify my interest in makeing a
sales
> call to an address. I can see that it might help qualify or add
> credability to a ebay purchase trip or help presight a RV Park.
I can
> also see that it could be used to harm.
>
>
>
> This is way cool, may save someone a trip , fuel and money
>
> GregoryO'Connor
>
> 94ptRomoland
>

Pete Masterson

03-29-2008, 15:39
I was amazed to find the same for my address. Someone has done a lot of driving and taken a lot of photos. My address, too, was obviously taken last fall/early winter -- as my coach wasn't in front of my house -- so it was done while I was out of town.
Google maps doesn't have my mother-in-law's home in the foothills outside Golden Colorado. It will be interesting to see if/when it appears.
Fascinating.
Pete Masterson
'95 Blue Bird Wanderlodge WBDA 42
El Sobrante CA
"aeonix1@mac.com"
On Mar 29, 2008, at 7:23 PM, mariopatti1 wrote:
Hi Greg
I checked out the new feature.Pretty useful at times to look ahead.
I wont be able to use it,I don't install any Adobe readers.
                 Mario 1985 fc 35
--- In "WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com", "Gregory OConnor" 
wrote:
I may be the last to see this but that does not diminish 
my 'amazement 
at the value' and 'fear of the intrusion' of the tool
I went to google maps to look at an arial view of a realeastae 
listing
of interest.  To my surprise a small pic of the home taken from the
street showed up.  I clicked the thumbnail pic and was given the 
tools
to walk down the street turn corners and rotate the camera 
360deg.  I
entered my  home address and too was able to see and walk the 
streets . <snip>

thomas_sorrentino

03-29-2008, 22:15
Greg,

I've tried, but can you tell me how to access that tool that lets you
walk down the street etc... All I can get is an arial view. We are
looking at property far away and this would be very useful.

Tom Sorrentino
1987 PT38
Bedford Hills, NY


--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Gregory OConnor"
wrote:
>
>
> I may be the last to see this but that does not diminish
my 'amazement
> at the value' and 'fear of the intrusion' of the tool
>
> I went to google maps to look at an arial view of a realeastae
listing
> of interest. To my surprise a small pic of the home taken from the
> street showed up. I clicked the thumbnail pic and was given the
tools
> to walk down the street turn corners and rotate the camera 360deg.
I
> entered my home address and too was able to see and walk the
streets .
> I clicked "STREETS" ( their is a glitch where you must close
Googlemaps
> and reopen it for another search??)
>
> The tool is so manuverable that I was able to walk pass a tree that
was
> blocking the view of a truck on the side of my house , spinn the
camera
> and identify that the truck belonged to a contractor who worked in
my
> house 4 months ago.
>
> I used the tool to ;measure access for a project by scaling a fence
> comparitive to a standard garage door ;check for the ability to
turn my
> rig in a residential area; and qualify my interest in makeing a
sales
> call to an address. I can see that it might help qualify or add
> credability to a ebay purchase trip or help presight a RV Park. I
can
> also see that it could be used to harm.
>
>
>
> This is way cool, may save someone a trip , fuel and money
>
> GregoryO'Connor
>
> 94ptRomoland
>

mariopatti1

03-30-2008, 00:51
T.S.
Go to Google maps to the top you should see "street view". Not all
areas are covered.If the area is covered on the US map a camera icon
shows,zoom in and the streets are highlighted in blue.
Mario 1985fc35 in MV (Back tommorow on the right coast)

--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "thomas_sorrentino"
wrote:
>
> Greg,
>
> I've tried, but can you tell me how to access that tool that lets
you
> walk down the street etc... All I can get is an arial view. We are
> looking at property far away and this would be very useful.
>
> Tom Sorrentino
> 1987 PT38
> Bedford Hills, NY
>
>
> --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Gregory OConnor"
> wrote:
> >
> >
> > I may be the last to see this but that does not diminish
> my 'amazement
> > at the value' and 'fear of the intrusion' of the tool
> >
> > I went to google maps to look at an arial view of a realeastae
> listing
> > of interest. To my surprise a small pic of the home taken from
the
> > street showed up. I clicked the thumbnail pic and was given the
> tools
> > to walk down the street turn corners and rotate the camera
360deg.
> I
> > entered my home address and too was able to see and walk the
> streets .
> > I clicked "STREETS" ( their is a glitch where you must close
> Googlemaps
> > and reopen it for another search??)
> >
> > The tool is so manuverable that I was able to walk pass a tree
that
> was
> > blocking the view of a truck on the side of my house , spinn the
> camera
> > and identify that the truck belonged to a contractor who worked
in
> my
> > house 4 months ago.
> >
> > I used the tool to ;measure access for a project by scaling a
fence
> > comparitive to a standard garage door ;check for the ability to
> turn my
> > rig in a residential area; and qualify my interest in makeing a
> sales
> > call to an address. I can see that it might help qualify or add
> > credability to a ebay purchase trip or help presight a RV
Park. I
> can
> > also see that it could be used to harm.
> >
> >
> >
> > This is way cool, may save someone a trip , fuel and money
> >
> > GregoryO'Connor
> >
> > 94ptRomoland
> >
>

Ryan Wright

03-30-2008, 06:43
On 3/29/08, Pete Masterson wrote:
>
> I was amazed to find the same for my address. Someone has done a lot of
driving and
> taken a lot of photos.

Lots of someones, actually. Google has a fleet of cars driving around.
Here's a link to a description of how they do it:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Street_view

And another showing one of the cars they use:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Googlecar.png

Basically, they mount a tripod with a bunch of video cameras looking
in all directions on the roof of a car. Then, they just drive around
with the cameras rolling. I think it's a neat technology. Privacy
concerns are unfounded; if you're in a place that is clearly visible
from the street, you have no expectation of privacy.

I've been using Google Maps for years to plan trips. The tool is invaluable.

-Ryan

Leroy Eckert

03-30-2008, 07:19
That car should be shipped to Afganistan. Might find Bin Laden plus keep it out of my part of the woods, ya know.
Leroy Eckert
1990 WB-40 Smoke N Mirrors
Dahlonega, GA
Royale Conversion

Ryan Wright wrote:
On 3/29/08, Pete Masterson <"aeonix1%40mac.com"> wrote:
>
> I was amazed to find the same for my address. Someone has done a lot of driving and
> taken a lot of photos.

Lots of someones, actually. Google has a fleet of cars driving
around.
Here's a link to a description of how they do it:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Street_view

And another showing one of the cars they use:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Googlecar.png

Basically, they mount a tripod with a bunch of video cameras looking
in all directions on the roof of a car. Then, they just drive around
with the cameras rolling. I think it's a neat technology. Privacy
concerns are unfounded; if you're in a place that is clearly visible
from the street, you have no expectation of privacy.

I've been using Google Maps for years to plan trips. The tool is invaluable.

-Ryan



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Pete Masterson

03-30-2008, 13:56
Checking a couple of addresses, I can see that the "street view" is not available at all locations, yet. This feature initially covered 'business districts' and now has been expanded to some residential areas.
Apparently my home was photographed 4 or 5 months ago -- I can see where the house sitter left the garbage cans...
Pete Masterson
'95 Blue Bird Wanderlodge WBDA 42
El Sobrante CA
"aeonix1@mac.com"
On Mar 30, 2008, at 3:15 AM, thomas_sorrentino wrote:
Greg,
I've tried, but can you tell me how to access that tool that lets you 
walk down the street etc... All I can get is an arial view. We are 
looking at property far away and this would be very useful.
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