Google Street View active in the UK

MadMossy · 19 Mar 2009 at 16:51

rayer said:
Well I just had a look at my workplace and I am shocked to find myself and my mate standing outside round the back of work skiving with a coffee staring at the camera. We are as clear as day and no matter where it travels up and down the road, we are there staring back

Best hope your boss dont see it otherwise "BUSTED"

misterPK · 19 Mar 2009 at 16:53

MadMossy said:
Going by how much the photo's have improved quality wise from the US to the UK, by the time they get to map my street, we'll have super awesome mega 3d o'vision!

Please dont flash your man-boobs at us then!

PK!

Solari · 19 Mar 2009 at 17:07

It seems that a lot of the popular views that are going around are being deleted

I guess Google are monitoring hits on particular views, seeing why they are so popular, and then deleting if there's anything that could potentially cause trouble?

Either that or people are seeing themselves and asking for the evidence to be removed

Daveyboy · 19 Mar 2009 at 17:10

How do I get a detailed link like the ones others have posted? when I look up my road and adjust it to see my house it doesn't show up in the address bar as any different?

Dsteviedee · 19 Mar 2009 at 17:14

I'll try this on my G1 on the way home.

But I don't think my area is covered yet.

TheOtherOption · 19 Mar 2009 at 17:17

Daveyboy said:
How do I get a detailed link like the ones others have posted? when I look up my road and adjust it to see my house it doesn't show up in the address bar as any different?

There's a link button in the top right that you click and it gives you a direct link to the location you are currently observing.

Daveyboy · 19 Mar 2009 at 17:21

TheOtherOption said:
There's a link button in the top right that you click and it gives you a direct link to the location you are currently observing.

Tried that but it still seems to go to the generic location of number 31 up my road

Dakotacs · 19 Mar 2009 at 17:24

Fantastic stuff! Could easily spend a few hours on this researching places in advance. I'm lost no more!

Conscript · 19 Mar 2009 at 17:42

Solari said:
Image no longer available?

It's a conspiracy I tell you....Im gonna be hustled off in the night never to be seen again.

westie17 · 19 Mar 2009 at 17:44

Hmmm Amsterdam's RLD is pretty dead during the day...

TheOtherOption · 19 Mar 2009 at 17:47

westie17 said:
Hmmm Amsterdam's RLD is pretty dead during the day...

That it is lol - if only they did it at night then it would be much more "lively" - although they'd need some sort of X rated google version to do that lol

Lethal` · 19 Mar 2009 at 17:58

Solari said:
It seems that a lot of the popular views that are going around are being deleted I guess Google are monitoring hits on particular views, seeing why they are so popular, and then deleting if there's anything that could potentially cause trouble?

Either that or people are seeing themselves and asking for the evidence to be removed

Yeah, there was a load of strange/funny/wierd views on a site I found earlier that had been deleted by google or replaced - but the site had kept local copies of the view

asim18 · 19 Mar 2009 at 18:02

lol:

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en...p=12,81.67253349845016,,0,-17.285714285714278

Edit: it's gone now :/

dantheman213 · 19 Mar 2009 at 18:53

Awesome! Just found my car on there. Arent No. plates meant to be smudged out though?

skankmaster · 19 Mar 2009 at 22:34

Fantastic - I now have evidence I was at work - I can see my car! haha! The elevated height of the cameras is fantastic - I can see I need to clean up the guttering!

Muffin` · 19 Mar 2009 at 22:41

asim18 said:
lol:

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en...p=12,81.67253349845016,,0,-17.285714285714278

Edit: it's gone now :/

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en...=51.549598,0.001684&spn=0,359.991267&t=h&z=17

Lazy ****'s.

Kennysevenfold · 19 Mar 2009 at 22:46

Got caught countless times in college for being on thus.! :rolleyes:

xb8browney · 19 Mar 2009 at 22:49

My city isn't on it. Newcastle is and the quality is great seems a lot better than the U.S.A one

KASM · 19 Mar 2009 at 22:54

Was trying to figure out when some of the photo's were taken around Nottingham and twigged that petrol station prices would be a good indicator, the Murco station in Old Basford shows 114.9 for unleaded so points towards last summer certainly, then again so does the number of pedestrians in t-shirts so no great revelation.

arknor · 19 Mar 2009 at 22:59

wow my parents house is on there in nottingham

, doesnt look like much has changed in around 10 years since i left lol.

the whole area looks as i remember it mostly, it was pretty cool having a virtual wander around.