Google earth - a bit too invasive.

Galway K9

I actually recognise 2 of these winos!

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Ceannt+Station,+Eyre+Square,+Galway,+Ireland&layer=c&sll=53.273604,-9.048894&cbp=12,158.36,,1,16.1&cbll=53.274016,-9.045547&hl=en&sspn=0.006295,0.006295&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Ceannt+Station,+Eyre+Square,+Galway,+County+Galway,+Ireland&ll=53.273939,-9.045718&spn=0.007789,0.026157&t=h&z=16&panoid=3mZ-PsQh80fEQ0AaQcSqYw

biko

Meanwhile, across the road



Oh and another Street view thing I saw a while back. A house blurred!

TheCosmicFrog

biko wrote: »

Meanwhile, across the road
Oh and another Street view thing I saw a while back. A house blurred!

I'd be worried that doing such a thing would actually attract more attention/curiosity to your house.

chickendinner

biko wrote: »

Meanwhile, across the road



Oh and another Street view thing I saw a while back. A house blurred!

You know,

There could be somone in Galway browsing this thread

and come to see this picture, and recognize that, thats their father,

very distasteful

Keyser Söze

robocop

Jamey

chickendinner wrote: »

You know,

There could be somone in Galway browsing this thread

and come to see this picture, and recognize that, thats their father,

very distasteful

There could be someone in Galway, browsing Google Earth too.

kippy

Not sure what is wrong with any of those views -
No worse than a photograph.
People forge that street view is not a "live" view on a street - it was a once off (which may be updated at some point in the future) picture that you can request to be censored if that is your wish.

Sadly there are lots of things in society that people tend to want to keep quiet but these people, who are in that position for whatever reason, are as big a part of society as you or I.

chickendinner

Jamey wrote: »

There could be someone in Galway, browsing Google Earth too.

Yes and they would not have a forum of people

laughing at them.

padraig91

i dont think its invasive at all! its not like google are going into your house and taking pictures to put on the internet. its completely harmless and im only delighted i found myself on it

Robbo

chickendinner wrote: »

You know,

There could be somone in Galway browsing this thread

and come to see this picture, and recognize that, thats their father,

very distasteful

Son?

chickendinner

Robbo wrote: »

Son?

Yes Dad

Robbo

I am disappoint.

the keen edge

chickendinner wrote: »

Yes and they would not have a forum of people

laughing at them.

Come on.

I find people getting pissed, littering and falling asleep in public way more distasteful than anything said in this thread so far.

chickendinner

Robbo wrote: »

I am disappoint.

chickendinner

the keen edge wrote: »

Come on.

I find people getting pissed, littering and falling asleep in public way more distasteful than anything said in this thread so far.

Its their family, I was concerned with

biko

chickendinner wrote: »

There could be somone in Galway browsing this thread and come to see this picture, and recognize that, thats their father,

Anything is possible. We'll see if this happens.

ScumLord

TheCosmicFrog wrote: »

I'd be worried that doing such a thing would actually attract more attention/curiosity to your house.

Indeed, the curiosity is killing me, I'd almost drive to Galway just to see if it's blurry in real life.

Eman Resu

Galway IS blurry, if you've been drinking.

clived2

chickendinner wrote: »

What the Fu!k is this

dapto1

kippy wrote: »

People forge that street view is not a "live" view on a street - it was a once off (which may be updated at some point in the future) picture that you can request to be censored if that is your wish.

I read in a local paper before that a shopkeeper was worried that criminals in Belfast could "stake out" his shop in Kerry using Google Earth.

TheCosmicFrog

What's with the excessive use of line breaks and commas?

To the best of my knowledge, what Google do is legally alright, as they do not enter private properties (they don't drive through the NUI Galway campus) and they get around the consent issue with face-blurring. As far as ethics go, there can (and has been) a million debates on the subject. But like it or not, the more prevalent Internet and location technologies become, the less privacy people are seemingly entitled to. Also the fact that Google Street View is "opt-out" as opposed to "opt-in".

chickendinner

You asked......

I suggested that a relation of the poor drunken fellow
might be reading the thread.

Robbo insuianting since I hath taken offence, that

I must be his son,

Robbo wrote: »

Son?

Wherefore I responded to Robbo, since he called me son

I interjected Yes Dad, wherefore implying he was the father,
ie the drunken man.

chickendinner wrote: »

Yes Dad

Now Robbo responded with a popular meme and informed me he was
disappointed

Robbo wrote: »

I am disappoint.

however he is the drunk and I have nothing to be ashamed of
so I responded using his preferred method of communication
rage faces,

clived2 wrote: »

What the Fu!k is this

Tl dr: overused internet phrases used back and forth to conjure up some form of wit, lame

desaparecidos

clived2 wrote: »

What the Fu!k is this

It's genius.

ben.schlomo

chickendinner wrote: »

You asked......

I suggested that a relation of the poor drunken fellow
might be reading the thread.

Robbo insuianting since I hath taken offence, that

I must be his son,



Wherefore I responded to Robbo, since he called me son

I interjected Yes Dad, wherefore implying he was the father,
ie the drunken man.



Now Robbo responded with a popular meme and informed me he was
disappointed





however he is the drunk and I have nothing to be ashamed of
so I responded using his preferred method of communication
rage faces,



Tl dr: overused internet phrases used back and forth to conjure up some form of wit, lame

Broken English, olde english, bad english. Very interesting.
Anywho, i dont understand why anyone would be offended/bothered by it. Why are you worrying about someone elses fellings that you do not know?

PopeBuckfastXVI

ScumLord wrote: »

Indeed, the curiosity is killing me, I'd almost drive to Galway just to see if it's blurry in real life.

Be curious no more...

http://www.bing.com/maps/?v=2&cp=swb02bg7bk0f&lvl=19.057511920806913&dir=96.50294764575014&sty=u&form=LMLTCC

Poor Bing, everyone forgets about Bing...

mikom

L is for langered

ciaranmac

chickendinner wrote: »

Its their family, I was concerned with

They don't look very concerned about their own families.

Galway K9

TheCosmicFrog wrote: »

I'd be worried that doing such a thing would actually attract more attention/curiosity to your house.

Thats not 57 as my grandparents are iup the road on right same numbers.

ScumLord

PopeBuckfastXVI wrote: »

Be curious no more...

http://www.bing.com/maps/?v=2&cp=swb02bg7bk0f&lvl=19.057511920806913&dir=96.50294764575014&sty=u&form=LMLTCC

Poor Bing, everyone forgets about Bing...

I don't know, that shows that the house itself may be fine (although from that distance the house may seem in focus) they may also have blurry walls.

Bawnmore

Robbo wrote: »

Son?

Robbocop....?! :eek::p

JohnCleary

Bawnmore wrote: »

Robbocop....?! :eek::p

:eek::eek::eek: