Comments on: Street View Comes Unstuck http://googlesightseeing.com/2009/04/08/street-view-comes-unstuck/ Why bother seeing the world for real? Fri, 19 Mar 2010 14:44:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: The Z http://googlesightseeing.com/2009/04/08/street-view-comes-unstuck/comment-page-1/#comment-205316 The Z Thu, 09 Apr 2009 17:32:06 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/?p=5487#comment-205316 <p>Well, one could ask whether you actually need a <i>street</i> to have a "Street View"...</p> <p>Also, I started going up & down the roads there, and it seems like the driver was clearly lost (this in spite of having GPS). There are spots of "surveyage" all up & down the roads there... <a href="http://googlesightseeing.com/maps?p=&c=&t=h&hl=en&ll=-30.541195,145.09017&z=14&layer=c&cbll=-30.541286,145.08928&cbp=11,278.9473684210525,,0,10.999999999999988" rel="nofollow">example</a></p> <p>pat :)</p> Well, one could ask whether you actually need a street to have a “Street View”…

Also, I started going up & down the roads there, and it seems like the driver was clearly lost (this in spite of having GPS). There are spots of “surveyage” all up & down the roads there… example

pat :)

]]> By: The Z http://googlesightseeing.com/2009/04/08/street-view-comes-unstuck/comment-page-1/#comment-205315 The Z Thu, 09 Apr 2009 17:18:09 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/?p=5487#comment-205315 <p>I followed the road the vehicle was on west all the way to a town called "Tilpa", and found to my surprise a small part of "downtown" had been surveyed! It looks like the tail vehicle followed the survey vehicle all the way there, but the survey vehicle wasn't surveying. Maybe towed, when the survey vehicle was started, no doubt it started surveying, and the vehicle pulls into the local store, with the trailing vehicle at first staying at the intersection, then following behind the survey vehicle. <a href="http://googlesightseeing.com/maps?p=&c=&t=h&hl=en&ll=-30.936115,144.416571&z=16&layer=c&cbll=-30.936284,144.41664&cbp=11,238.63157894736838,,0,41.8421052631579" rel="nofollow">link</a></p> <p>Not sure whether the person in the pic is from the survey or trailing vehicle.</p> <p>pat :)</p> I followed the road the vehicle was on west all the way to a town called “Tilpa”, and found to my surprise a small part of “downtown” had been surveyed! It looks like the tail vehicle followed the survey vehicle all the way there, but the survey vehicle wasn’t surveying. Maybe towed, when the survey vehicle was started, no doubt it started surveying, and the vehicle pulls into the local store, with the trailing vehicle at first staying at the intersection, then following behind the survey vehicle. link

Not sure whether the person in the pic is from the survey or trailing vehicle.

pat :)

]]> By: james http://googlesightseeing.com/2009/04/08/street-view-comes-unstuck/comment-page-1/#comment-205311 james Thu, 09 Apr 2009 14:05:59 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/?p=5487#comment-205311 <p>is it my imagination that the guy looks like he is wearing a really bad Halloween mask?</p> is it my imagination that the guy looks like he is wearing a really bad Halloween mask?

]]> By: Kevin Batdorf http://googlesightseeing.com/2009/04/08/street-view-comes-unstuck/comment-page-1/#comment-205308 Kevin Batdorf Thu, 09 Apr 2009 04:53:00 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/?p=5487#comment-205308 <p>That guy really does look like Larry David! haha</p> That guy really does look like Larry David! haha

]]> By: Chet http://googlesightseeing.com/2009/04/08/street-view-comes-unstuck/comment-page-1/#comment-205305 Chet Wed, 08 Apr 2009 19:35:38 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/?p=5487#comment-205305 <p>I'm sure the streetview driver was wondering the same thing as he realised he was stuck!</p> <p>Is it just me or does everyone choose to believe that they only have one driver covering the entire planet?</p> I’m sure the streetview driver was wondering the same thing as he realised he was stuck!

Is it just me or does everyone choose to believe that they only have one driver covering the entire planet?

]]> By: Brainsmith http://googlesightseeing.com/2009/04/08/street-view-comes-unstuck/comment-page-1/#comment-205304 Brainsmith Wed, 08 Apr 2009 19:31:56 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/?p=5487#comment-205304 <p>I didn't know Dick Cheney was in Australia now.</p> I didn’t know Dick Cheney was in Australia now.

]]> By: Brainsmith http://googlesightseeing.com/2009/04/08/street-view-comes-unstuck/comment-page-1/#comment-205303 Brainsmith Wed, 08 Apr 2009 19:29:06 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/?p=5487#comment-205303 <p>The guy that pulled him out must have really been going fast down that road, or the SV car was going really slow. If you go back here: http://googlesightseeing.com/maps?p=&c=&t=h&hl=en&ll=-30.911982,144.658613&z=15&layer=c&cbll=-30.91048,144.662592&cbp=11,48.52026390197927,,0,25.44297832233741 You can't even see the guy. Here http://googlesightseeing.com/maps?p=&c=&t=h&hl=en&ll=-30.911982,144.658613&z=15&layer=c&cbll=-30.912596,144.658528&cbp=11,48.520263901979256,,0,25.44297832233741 you can just make out the shape of his truck. Closer: http://googlesightseeing.com/maps?p=&c=&t=h&hl=en&ll=-30.913823,144.652004&z=15&layer=c&cbll=-30.916271,144.647407&cbp=11,83.80772855796418,,0,25.78228086710651 and finally, just before he gets stuck: http://googlesightseeing.com/maps?p=&c=&t=h&hl=en&ll=-30.913566,144.625611&z=15&layer=c&cbll=-30.912468,144.627315&cbp=11,72.61074458058436,,0,25.697455230914226</p> <p>Yes, I have no life...</p> The guy that pulled him out must have really been going fast down that road, or the SV car was going really slow. If you go back here: Placemark: Google Maps / Google Earth You can’t even see the guy. Here Placemark: Google Maps / Google Earth you can just make out the shape of his truck. Closer: Placemark: Google Maps / Google Earth and finally, just before he gets stuck: Placemark: Google Maps / Google Earth

Yes, I have no life…

]]> By: cookie monster http://googlesightseeing.com/2009/04/08/street-view-comes-unstuck/comment-page-1/#comment-205301 cookie monster Wed, 08 Apr 2009 18:32:01 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/?p=5487#comment-205301 <p>Can some one enlighten me why Google have gone to the time and expense of streetviewing some god for saken empty roads in the middle of bloomin nowhere? It sort of defeats the object of Street View.*</p> <p>*i'm still not sure what the object of Street View is quite yet but you get my point i hope.</p> Can some one enlighten me why Google have gone to the time and expense of streetviewing some god for saken empty roads in the middle of bloomin nowhere? It sort of defeats the object of Street View.*

*i’m still not sure what the object of Street View is quite yet but you get my point i hope.

]]> By: RobK http://googlesightseeing.com/2009/04/08/street-view-comes-unstuck/comment-page-1/#comment-205297 RobK Wed, 08 Apr 2009 17:25:08 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/?p=5487#comment-205297 <p>One thing I missed earlier - as the Street View car gets pulled out, there's a woman standing at the side of the road watching:</p> <p>http://googlesightseeing.com/maps?p=&c=&t=h&hl=en&ll=-30.912351,144.626105&z=16&layer=c&cbll=-30.912199,144.624578&cbp=11,46.99452191235075,,1,4.2156374501992015</p> <p>A passenger from the 4x4? Or could it even be the Street View driver standing at a safe distance?</p> One thing I missed earlier – as the Street View car gets pulled out, there’s a woman standing at the side of the road watching:

Placemark: Google Maps / Google Earth

A passenger from the 4×4? Or could it even be the Street View driver standing at a safe distance?

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