10-07-2009, 11:11 AM
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#61
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Join Date: Jul 2005
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Russic
Edit: Has anybody else noticed that in addition to this we also got google traffic this morning?
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I noticed it and was wondering how effective it would be.
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10-07-2009, 11:19 AM
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#62
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Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Calgary
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I love how they caught city workers doing what city workers do best 
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10-07-2009, 11:19 AM
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#63
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Backup Goalie
Join Date: Mar 2009
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Contest to find the more interesting Streetview images?
I was trying to find my car or motorcycle and found this "view": haha
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10-07-2009, 11:21 AM
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#64
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Dances with Wolves
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Section 304
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^^ god i love stampede week.
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10-07-2009, 11:55 AM
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#65
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Calgary, Alberta
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This is great! There was a picture of a friend of mine doing yard work. I sent a screen capture, telling him there is proof that he does yard work! I wouldn't have believed it, if not for Google Street View!
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10-07-2009, 12:41 PM
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#66
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Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Calgary
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Did they blur out that chick a$$crack?
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10-07-2009, 12:52 PM
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#67
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Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Boblobla
Did they blur out that chick a$$crack?
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LOL... I think the auto-face recognition thought her ass was from Edmonton.
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10-07-2009, 01:02 PM
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#68
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Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: In my office, at the Ministry of Awesome!
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Okay, why can't I find this?
I've used streetview before but I can't remember how to see the acutal views.
Anyone want to help out?
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10-07-2009, 01:04 PM
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#69
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Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: in your blind spot.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Bring_Back_Shantz
Okay, why can't I find this?
I've used streetview before but I can't remember how to see the acutal views.
Anyone want to help out?
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On the left hand side (NOT on the actual map, beside it) there is a "more..."
Click on that and choose Street View.
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—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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10-07-2009, 01:08 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2003
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Hmmmm, i can't see the "more" you speak of.
I can see the one on the map, but not the other one.
Could it be my browser or something?
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10-07-2009, 01:09 PM
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Bring_Back_Shantz
Okay, why can't I find this?
I've used streetview before but I can't remember how to see the acutal views.
Anyone want to help out?
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in google maps there is the zoom bar on the left, at the top of that is a little yellow dude, drag and drop him anywhere you want to street view.
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10-07-2009, 01:10 PM
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#72
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Redundant Minister of Redundancy
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Montreal
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Bring_Back_Shantz
Hmmmm, i can't see the "more" you speak of.
I can see the one on the map, but not the other one.
Could it be my browser or something?
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Or just zoom in all the way... at max zoom it will automatically switch to street view if its available.
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10-07-2009, 01:10 PM
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#73
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Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: In my office, at the Ministry of Awesome!
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Rad, thanks dude.
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10-07-2009, 01:12 PM
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#74
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Powerplay Quarterback
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I went on hoping to see our old place in McKenzie Towne but for some reason when you try to go up the street it bumps you back to the alley.
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10-07-2009, 01:18 PM
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#75
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Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Estonia
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Man, that must be a hell of a lot of work to blur out all the faces and license plates. I can't imagine how long that would take.
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10-07-2009, 01:20 PM
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#76
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Join Date: May 2004
Location: YSJ (1979-2002) -> YYC (2002-2022) -> YVR (2022-present)
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Quote:
Originally Posted by KevanGuy
Man, that must be a hell of a lot of work to blur out all the faces and license plates. I can't imagine how long that would take.
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I don't know for sure, but I assume Google uses image recognition software to scan for faces and license plates and blur them out automatically.
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10-07-2009, 01:23 PM
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#77
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Basement Chicken Choker
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: In a land without pants, or war, or want. But mostly we care about the pants.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by KevanGuy
Man, that must be a hell of a lot of work to blur out all the faces and license plates. I can't imagine how long that would take.
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I'm sure it's done automatically by a specialized program and then someone checks it for accuracy and those that are wrong are then done manually.
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10-07-2009, 01:27 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Estonia
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Wow, well that is a hell of thing too.
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10-07-2009, 01:27 PM
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#79
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Toronto, ON
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http://news.cnet.com/8301-10784_3-9943140-7.html
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The face-blurring technology took a year to develop and is based on prior research that took several more years, Hanke said. Face detection, which humans perform effortlessly with help from some dedicated neurons in the visual cortex, is a decades-old computer science problem. It's finally arriving in basic form in real-world applications, though, including digital cameras that use it to track and properly expose subjects or take a picture only when subjects are smiling.
There are some potential complications for Google Street View, though. False positives that blur billboards or works of art with faces could degrade Street View a bit, but missing some faces that are visible could pose privacy problems.
Google thinks its technology has struck the right technology balance in general.
"It does a good job of figuring that out. It uses a variety of technologies to filter," Hanke said, though it's "not perfect."
Many times computer algorithms struggle to recognize faces that aren't straightforward views. But that problem isn't as bad for Google: the faces that are obscured by hair, telephone poles, or oblique views are likely the ones identifiable already.
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10-07-2009, 01:28 PM
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#80
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Franchise Player
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Oh man, that's pretty cool, I just looked up the apartment building I used to live in when I was in Calgary many years ago. I'm getting all sentimental here, I loved that apartment.
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