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Google street view car.

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  • 09-10-2014 11:00pm
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    topcat77
    Registered Users Posts: 748 ✭✭✭


    Think I spotted a Google street view car going past the town hall theatre today around 1pm. Not exactly sure, sliver BMW with German plates and spinning camera type thing on top. Anyone else spot this car?


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    Mrs OBumble
    Registered Users Posts: 25,950 ✭✭✭✭Mrs OBumble


    I think It was mentioned on one of the newspaper facebook pages a few days ago


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    Iwannahurl
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,156 ✭✭✭Iwannahurl


    I trust you comported yourself with appropriate decorum, OP.

    google-street-view-the-simpsons-1369101470.jpg


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    [Deleted User]
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    If it didn't have Google logo's on it, then it was likely a HERE maps car as they are doing the same thing


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    boardzz
    Registered Users Posts: 861 ✭✭✭boardzz


    It's not Google. Thats a test vehicle from Valeo in Tuam.


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    Not2Good
    Closed Accounts Posts: 318 ✭✭Not2Good


    My old banger of a car was in my in-laws driveway when the car came around in my part of the country ha ha ha ...


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    snubbleste
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    I saw it today on Bóthar na dTreabh three times! It had UK reg plates and was going slow (under 50kph)


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    TechmanTim
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    Possibly just under the speed limit there so :-)


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    Bobeagleburger
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    2 years to get around Galway.

    And people say there's no traffic problem :rolleyes:


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    biko
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    Google Maps gets updated occasionally and thus they need to re-scan the cities.
    It's not a once-off venture.


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    rabjoshu
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 182 ✭✭rabjoshu


    Why are these two houses blurred out?
    https://www.google.ie/maps/@53.2784856,-9.0247568,3a,75y,294.85h,75.6t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sCeNr0XbNpOwLtKVlrjmQfQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656


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    Atlantic Dawn
    Registered Users Posts: 82,616 ✭✭✭✭Atlantic Dawn
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    rabjoshu wrote: »
    Why are these two houses blurred out?
    https://www.google.ie/maps/@53.2784856,-9.0247568,3a,75y,294.85h,75.6t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sCeNr0XbNpOwLtKVlrjmQfQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

    A privacy request most likely from the owners.


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    Poxyshamrock
    Registered Users Posts: 4,849 ✭✭✭Poxyshamrock


    sugarman wrote: »
    Paranoid owners requesting it to be.

    Which inevitably just draws attention to said houses :pac:


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    inisboffin
    Registered Users Posts: 4,388 ✭✭✭inisboffin


    I know of someone who did this at her Aunt's house (not the photo above) as easy access to their oil tank was visible from the map, Oil theft was really common in that area, so they had since planted a bush that hid it from the actual road.. They got advice from 'a guard friend' that blurring it would make them less of a target, and that 'every step helps'.

    High tech scoping? Dunno if it happens but is possible.


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    biko
    Registered Users Posts: 81,220 ✭✭✭✭biko


    Burglar have used social media and streetview in the past to find out if you're home and how the property is laid out.
    Scumbags can be pretty computer savvy.


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    J.pilkington
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    biko wrote: »
    Burglar have used social media and streetview in the past to find out if you're home and how the property is laid out.
    Scumbags can be pretty computer savvy.

    A naive homeowner probably only drawing more attention to themselves. A burglar will probably learn more from the satellite view which is not blurred out, not to mention an actual drive by to find out why a homeowner wants to hide their otherwise normal house


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