09-16-2007, 12:35 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: in your blind spot.
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Google streetview in Calgary
I was driving south down 36th St NE, stopped to 20th Ave, and a car pulled up beside me in the turning lane (turning onto Rundlehorn Dr). This was at around 12:15.
There was something weird on the roof, lookes like one of the trailer hitch bike racks but strapped to the roof. Then I noticed the passenger door. It had a sign with the Google logo on it. The plates were from California. That thing on their roof was the camera - it had a bunch of wires from it going in the backseat window on the driver's side.
So if anyone sees a Chevy Cobalt with California plates and something strapped on the roof, be sure to wave!
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"The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance--it is the illusion of knowledge."
—Daniel J. Boorstin, historian, former Librarian of Congress
"But the Senator, while insisting he was not intoxicated, could not explain his nudity"
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09-16-2007, 12:38 PM
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Not a casual user
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: A simple man leading a complicated life....
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So we can expect to see your mug shot on Google streetview in the not to distant future? 
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09-16-2007, 12:39 PM
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Such a pretty girl!
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Calgary
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Wonder why they would use a low car such as a cobalt instead of the higher up van.
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09-16-2007, 12:43 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: in your blind spot.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by BlackArcher101
Wonder why they would use a low car such as a cobalt instead of the higher up van.
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No idea, although the thing on the roof sticks up 2 1/2, 3 feet.
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"The problem with any ideology is that it gives the answer before you look at the evidence."
—Bill Clinton
"The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance--it is the illusion of knowledge."
—Daniel J. Boorstin, historian, former Librarian of Congress
"But the Senator, while insisting he was not intoxicated, could not explain his nudity"
—WKRP in Cincinatti
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09-16-2007, 12:51 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Calgary, AB
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Mental note: Stay away from porn shops and strip clubs for the next few days.
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Turn up the good, turn down the suck!
Last edited by getbak; 09-16-2007 at 12:54 PM.
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09-16-2007, 12:51 PM
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Powerplay Quarterback
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I swear I saw the vehicle a couple of months ago from the train along Memorial. I waved, but I fear the glare from the sun might hide me.
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09-16-2007, 02:18 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: not lurking
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I was sitting on my porch a couple weeks ago when one of these vans drove by, except that it wasn't google. It had an orange and white logo of a young girl riding a canada goose. I typed in the name of the company and sure enough it was a street mapping company, but I've drawn a blank on the name right now.
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09-16-2007, 03:04 PM
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Oct 2005
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I read in some article that there were already had images of the bigger cities in Canada. Some imaging company based out of here is doing a lot of the work on it. Can't find the article though...
Be famous. Give the camera the finger
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09-16-2007, 03:25 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: in your blind spot.
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There was no doubt about this one - Google was written on the passenger door.
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"The problem with any ideology is that it gives the answer before you look at the evidence."
—Bill Clinton
"The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance--it is the illusion of knowledge."
—Daniel J. Boorstin, historian, former Librarian of Congress
"But the Senator, while insisting he was not intoxicated, could not explain his nudity"
—WKRP in Cincinatti
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09-16-2007, 03:28 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Calgary
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Ran into these guys aabout 4-5 days ago getting into my car, except he was driving a VW with California license plates head buried in a map, google stamp on the side.
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09-16-2007, 08:24 PM
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#1 Goaltender
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I saw the car drive by my house near Huntington Hills
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09-16-2007, 08:58 PM
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Calgary, Alberta
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Quote:
Originally Posted by BlackArcher101
Wonder why they would use a low car such as a cobalt instead of the higher up van.
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They use the VW Beetle because the front of the car is out of the camera's view. I would assume that the reason that they use the Cobalt is the same.
The photographs, provided to Google by Immersive Media, an imaging company headquartered in Calgary
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09-17-2007, 02:57 PM
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by jolinar of malkshor
I saw the car drive by my house near Huntington Hills
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Does that mean I'll be able to look up your address and see you peering out from behind your bedroom curtains?
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09-17-2007, 03:12 PM
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#1 Goaltender
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Originally Posted by fredr123
Does that mean I'll be able to look up your address and see you peering out from behind your bedroom curtains?
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Nope, I was outside.
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09-17-2007, 03:53 PM
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Originally Posted by jolinar of malkshor
Nope, I was outside.
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Watering the front lawn, obviously.
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09-17-2007, 04:03 PM
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Playboy Mansion Poolboy
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Close enough to make a beer run during a TV timeout
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I just wish they'd get the satellite map updated. My house which will be 4 years old soon still shows up as a canola field.
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09-17-2007, 07:41 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Hell
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ken0042
I just wish they'd get the satellite map updated. My house which will be 4 years old soon still shows up as a canola field.
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ya me too..sick of seeing that old crappy wooden shed in my backyard...lol
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08-04-2008, 07:18 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Singapore
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Bump. Today Australia has been added to Google streetview and sure enough you can see our house and even zoom up on my girlfriend's and my balcony (thankfully we were not outside at the time). It is pretty cool though. (I won't tell you where my house is but if you want a hint it is across the road from the Canadian Consulate!)
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08-04-2008, 07:22 PM
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Retired
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xyz nm
Last edited by Kjesse; 08-04-2008 at 07:37 PM.
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08-04-2008, 07:40 PM
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Such a pretty girl!
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ken0042
I just wish they'd get the satellite map updated. My house which will be 4 years old soon still shows up as a canola field.
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At least you can still see a field. I can't believe Red Deer has the crappiest resolution of any place in Alberta. Of course the surrounding area is fine.
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Last edited by BlackArcher101; 08-04-2008 at 09:28 PM.
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