Thread: Google Street View!

Originally Posted by melvbot

Don't bother Reading any posts by Loy Toy then! he does the same!

I was just going to say the same Mely!

Thanks for following my posts..........you must be my biggest fan!!!!!!!

Originally Posted by Missismiggins

What a disgrace to let places get to this state..fucking Paki Landlords! Thesev places were beautiful terraced streets at one time!

Just took a ' virtual drive ' around the area. As you say, what a waste of housing.
Nothing wrong with a Victorean terrace if they are looked after but these are pretty grim. 5 years ago I nearly bought a place like this in Burnley for 7000 quid as I figured the land would be worth something but my funds were a bit low so I let it pass. Mistake. The local authority renovated the whole street and they now go for around the 50,000 mark.
Still....looking on the bright side, even in a rundown area like this, there were not too many discarded plastic bags about....the bane of Thailand.

As for google streetmaps, I took a pleasant virtual drive around the countryside north of Clitheroe last night. If you get close up to the screen its so realistic you're almost at home. Next time I'll get the gf to stand over me with the watering can to make it more realistic.

Originally Posted by Fabian

Originally Posted by Missismiggins

Here we see the spacious living room and the fucking trees growing out of the front of the house!


This breaks my heart!

Google Maps

If you manage to download the luxury surroundings, you can actually pan around to take in the entire scenic view!

What happened there? This looks worse than some parts of eastern Germany.

Believe me, Eastern Germany was a dream compared to this place..........What happened? PEOPLE! This place USED to be a "select" area! belive it or not.

Originally Posted by Missismiggins

it is in like a high resolution too

When you say it's like a high resolution, it's similar but not high resolution?

Medium Resolution, better than medium resolution but quite high resolution?

It's bad enough when people add this superflouous word when talking but when typing as well??????????

Originally Posted by Bobcock

Originally Posted by Missismiggins

it is in like a high resolution too

When you say it's like a high resolution, it's similar but not high resolution?

Medium Resolution, better than medium resolution but quite high resolution?

It's bad enough when people add this superflouous word when talking but when typing as well??????????

It's probably superflous to add 10 fucking question marks after yout unintelligible drivel too, but bye the bye!
Is This English? Is it understandable?

Define High Resolution? It is pretty high resolution compared to a digital camera of 10 years ago!

Please, what is tyhe point you are trying to make?

Maybe I should just say "it looked okay" but it wasn't that simple, I looked at the google street view of the Uk and of australia, one of them was a "Higher Resolution", so how would you have me phrase it? please elaborate as to your view of High Resolution? is the fucking hubble telescope "high resolution" define it.

No...you would have said 'it LIKE looked okay'....the point being the use of the word 'like'....

If it was HR, it was HR, but you said it was LIKE HR.... so what is like HR but presumably not HR?

It's rather sad hearing people stick the word into normal speech when it's not needed, but to type it.... really like rather sad don't you think?

Originally Posted by Bobcock

No...you would have said 'it LIKE looked okay'....the point being the use of the word 'like'....

If it was HR, it was HR, but you said it was LIKE HR.... so what is like HR but presumably not HR?

It's rather sad hearing people stick the word into normal speech when it's not needed, but to type it.... really like rather sad don't you think?

I type the same as I speak in most cases, "BADLY" That's just me, sorry.

Originally Posted by Missismiggins

Originally Posted by Carnwadrick

Thanks Misses, I've used google maps for ages but never knew about the little brown boy, showed my wife the house I grew up in Thornliebank, Glasgow..I think she called her Mum and asked for a plane ticket home 555. seriously that is a great feature, how current is it?

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Originally Posted by Bobcock

No...you would have said 'it LIKE looked okay'....the point being the use of the word 'like'....

If it was HR, it was HR, but you said it was LIKE HR.... so what is like HR but presumably not HR?

It's rather sad hearing people stick the word into normal speech when it's not needed, but to type it.... really like rather sad don't you think?

I think he meant to say that it was low resolution 72dpi.

Originally Posted by Missismiggins

obviously not third world countries like Thailand

Google Street View Coming to Thailand
September 2nd, 2011

Google is on the way of adding another country to one of its most controversial but undoubtedly useful projects, Street View, Thailand. The company plans to start shooting in the country and is looking for suggestions on where to start.

Thailand is a very popular tourist destination, but it can be hard to get information online about the many great places.

What's more, it's a lot harder to get any real, unbiased views of what it's actually like in some places, beyond what the tourism brochures and hotel websites allow you to see.

This is where Street View could come in. With Street View anyone can visit any place in the world and get a real-life view of what it's like.

Google has already started shooting in some of the biggest cities in the country, including Bangkok. But Google wants to go beyond the obvious places and shoot popular tourist spots and interesting locations.

It's partnered with the national Tourism Authority of Thailand and will start a program to receive suggestions on places where to shoot.

"Tourism is such an important contributor to Thailand's economy and with the help of features like Google Maps with Street View we can support our partner, TAT, in their efforts to promote sustainable tourism domestically and internationally by giving people a whole new way to experience Thailand," Google's Pornthip Kongchun said.

"Street View has so many different uses - for urban development planners, law enforcement agencies, house hunters, travelers, etc - it lets users check out restaurants before arriving, make travel plans and arrange meeting points," he added.

Google Street View is already available in several tens of countries and is moving into more. It's not always welcomed though, it has been forced to stop shooting in India recently, for example.

news.softpedia.com

^ That should be great. Just a single picture from parts of Bangkok will have to suffice as the camera car can't get anywhere due to traffic.

Originally Posted by Satonic

^ That should be great. Just a single picture from parts of Bangkok will have to suffice as the camera car can't get anywhere due to traffic.

Should be some interesting shots of fat, vest-wearing slobs on Beach Road though

Originally Posted by Mid

it's a lot harder to get any real, unbiased views of what it's actually like in some places

That'll probably lower the tourist numbers a bit.

Originally Posted by Mid

TAT, in their efforts to promote sustainable tourism domestically

Hilarious!

MapJack - Your City Online has a pretty good street view of quite a few places in Thailand, including Pattaya and Chiang Mai.

The Phils mapping is old, most shoot taken in 2005 and many areas unclear !?!-!!

Yes, the Pattaya photos are quite old as well, probably around 2005 as well.

Google Street View arrives in its 50th country, now covers more than 5 million miles
Matt Brian
April 23, 2013



Google's latest expansion of its Street View mapping service has seen it enter Hungary and Lesotho to mark 50 countries in which the feature is now available. The company has also pushed its "largest single update" of new and updated mapping images for over 350,000 miles of roads across 14 of its supported countries, which include France, Italy, Poland, Romania, Russia, Singapore, and Thailand.

In October, Google pushed updated imagery for over 250,000 miles of road, expanding coverage in the US, Great Britain, Italy, and Sweden, among other areas. Today's update sees the company add more special collections to its service, which now includes popular spots like the Pena National Palace in Portugal, the Sha Tin Che Kung Temple in Hong Kong, and the Kilkenny Castle in Ireland — all of which were captured using Google's Street View Trike.

Today's update covers 350,000 miles of roads across 14 countries
Google Street View launched in 2007 in five U.S. cities, growing to cover 5 million miles of the world in six years. While the company has come under fire for privacy violations — which include Google's recent settlement with 38 US state attorneys general — Street View continues to set the benchmark for on-the-ground mapping services, which its rivals are scrambling to match.

theverge.com

Room for some fun here. This enterprising young Aussie couple saw the Google Street View car, sped ahead and immortalised themselves....

Originally Posted by dirk diggler

When the Google Street View Car catches you off-roading any chance you get.

A 9.5 year bump...to make no sense.

It's not that hard to decipher

^^ Go back to bed, I have no interest in engaging with you on this forum.

He does love a sarcastic pop