Author Topic: Google streetview is now everywhere (Read 22522 times)

Riggers · « **Reply #100 on:** 19 March, 2010, 05:12:40 pm »

Ha! Got it now! Away with that question mark Flatters!!

Riggers · « **Reply #101 on:** 19 March, 2010, 05:13:19 pm »

Brilliant flatters!

Riggers · « **Reply #102 on:** 19 March, 2010, 05:14:32 pm »

Hey, wait a minute. That's John Street, Brighton, Police station on the right.

Cunobelin · « **Reply #103 on:** 19 March, 2010, 07:00:14 pm »

My wife and I out shopping

thing1 · « **Reply #104 on:** 19 March, 2010, 09:16:41 pm »

Quote from: The Seldom killer on 19 March, 2010, 10:28:55 am

Although, and I realise that this flies in the face of the perception of the ludditism of audaxers, some riders do own some very technically advanced phones that could be used to look up answers.

You don't need a very advanced phone. Street view runs on google maps on a 'bog standard' Nokia N95 or Sony Ericsson W whatever, you just need a data plan. And at £20 for 6 months unlimited data on T-Mobile, that's pretty accessible too these days

(Hmm IIRC there maybe some limitation with zooming in on non-touch screen phones. That would limit its usefulness. Guess I could send a patch for that

)

Zipperhead · « **Reply #105 on:** 19 March, 2010, 09:27:31 pm »

Any idea why pretty much the whole of Europe has been done, but not the republic of Ireland?

Sigurd Mudtracker · « **Reply #106 on:** 19 March, 2010, 09:32:22 pm »

Quote from: Cunobelin on 19 March, 2010, 07:00:14 pm

My wife and I out shopping

One of the advantages of having a distinctive bike. If anyone finds someone riding a red Kettwiesel in the North of Scotland, it's almost certainly me.

rogerzilla · « **Reply #107 on:** 20 March, 2010, 04:00:34 pm »

The South West's premier dogging spot, Shab Hill:

Popular even by day

Greenbank · « **Reply #108 on:** 20 March, 2010, 05:32:04 pm »

Quote from: The Seldom killer on 19 March, 2010, 10:28:55 am

Although, and I realise that this flies in the face of the perception of the ludditism of audaxers, some riders do own some very technically advanced phones that could be used to look up answers.

The canny organiser will pick info controls that

(a) are unreadable from Streetview (easy for them to check)
(b) have changed since the Streetview images were taken

It may be easy to cheat to get the name of the pub, but that was the name of the pub back in 2008 or whenever the Google car drove past.

Or you may miss out on very recent changes. The sign containing the answer to the info control on the Upper Thames in 2007 was tricky to answer as the sign (that would be pointing to the right) went missing in the week after Phil had routechecked it.

Providing the correct answer would have been a little suspicious...

Cunobelin · « **Reply #109 on:** 20 March, 2010, 07:45:42 pm »

Quote from: rogerzilla on 20 March, 2010, 04:00:34 pm

The South West's premier dogging spot, Shab Hill:

Popular even by day

Gives a new meaning to the google bicycle!

little miss mac · « **Reply #110 on:** 22 March, 2010, 02:59:54 pm »

My dad is in it!

getting something out of the car

Regulator · « **Reply #111 on:** 22 March, 2010, 03:14:46 pm »

Quote from: Zipperhead on 19 March, 2010, 09:27:31 pm

Any idea why pretty much the whole of Europe has been done, but not the republic of Ireland?

Ireland objected on privacy grounds...

Though it may have been more to do with the fact that there are still very active armed groups in the more remote areas, who might not want you seeing what they're up to.

Zipperhead · « **Reply #112 on:** 22 March, 2010, 04:40:59 pm »

Quote from: Regulator (a.k.a. DUG) on 22 March, 2010, 03:14:46 pm

Though it may have been more to do with the fact that there are still very active armed groups in the more remote areas, who might not want you seeing what they're up to.

Well I do regularly travel to the more remote border areas of the republic, and I have been known to use guns from time to time (purely for entertainment), but I haven't objected.

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #113 on:** 24 March, 2010, 07:44:19 pm »

But according to this

Quote from: road-runner on 16 March, 2010, 09:30:19 pm

Quote from: JohnP on 11 March, 2010, 09:13:06 am
I think StreetView is amazing BUT they seem to have kept it at bay in Germany. Can anybody else get it to work over there? Much of the rest of Europe seems to be covered.

The blue areas show where streetview is available, so although most of Britain is covered it is nowhere near everywhere.

NB. The forum has a maximum image size limit so click here to see the image.

they havent' done most of Europe yet, only a few parts of Western Europe and Scandinavia. Almost all of Germany has yet to be done, for instance.

Tourist Tony · « **Reply #114 on:** 25 March, 2010, 09:07:40 pm »

Belgium is also free.

Zipperhead · « **Reply #115 on:** 25 March, 2010, 09:29:25 pm »

I thought that on the map that Lester posted here[url] it had covered more of Europe, but now I look again I can see the gaps. Although France, Spain, Italy, Corsica, Sardinia, GB, Holland and those other scandy bits is still an awful lot.

Moloko · « **Reply #116 on:** 26 March, 2010, 04:47:05 pm »

Today I passed right alongside Dicky Mo...

He's too big to completely capture with my camera directly alongside him.

clarion · « **Reply #117 on:** 26 March, 2010, 04:52:23 pm »

Who or what is Dicky Mo?

I reckon that's Whale Tankers, but I don't know any more than that...

nicknack · « **Reply #118 on:** 26 March, 2010, 04:54:07 pm »

Dicky Mo.
Moby Dick.
Geddit?

clarion · « **Reply #119 on:** 26 March, 2010, 04:57:01 pm »

d'Oh!

Oh dear oh dear. It really is friday afternoon, isn't it?

I don't usually spend much time wondering about where people's usernames come from.

Moloko · « **Reply #120 on:** 26 March, 2010, 04:59:24 pm »

Dicky d'Oh.

JohnP · « **Reply #121 on:** 26 March, 2010, 05:00:35 pm »

Quote from: Tourist Tony on 25 March, 2010, 09:07:40 pm

Belgium is also free.

I'd missed that. Maybe Belgium wasn't very interesting ?

clarion · « **Reply #122 on:** 26 March, 2010, 05:04:51 pm »

Bij Nat Vor Wegdek is about all I remember from Belgium. And I've probably spelled that wrong

L Hedley · « **Reply #123 on:** 26 March, 2010, 05:10:25 pm »

scarey stuff! Must have been at home when they did our street too as the window was open!!! oh, time to waste a bit more time browsing..thanks for that you lot....not!

Wowbagger · « **Reply #124 on:** 02 April, 2010, 11:54:28 am »

Not streetview, but related.

Mrs. Wow came in from walking the dog just now and wanted a nose at the estate agent's blurb on this house.

The decor is really tasteless in places, but there's a pedestrian in view through this window.

Who's that then?

Author Topic: Google streetview is now everywhere (Read 22522 times)

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