What have you found on Google Streets?

Do we all look for our houses first?

Bob Collins filed Google Streets under Timewasters, but also promptly demonstrated it as a useful capture of media activity after the Minneapolis Bridge Collapse.
Future Tense discovered privacy campaigners furtively smoking forbidden cigarettes.
Minneapolis Blogger Aaron Landry featured Google Streets in an excellent post, from his house to underneath the (then existing) 35W Bridge, the state capitol and even a guy caught on film outside Sex World.

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Julia Schrenkler
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American Public Media
Objects in Mirror

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Money $. Dec 12, 2007, 11:05am UTC

Interesting. I've never played around with it.

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Julia Schrenkler Dec 12, 2007, 11:15am UTC

Careful, it is addictive.

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~ Frick! The Discount Musical Prankster™~ Dec 12, 2007, 11:42am UTC

It's kind of scary. I found my house and our car was out front. I wasn't able to make out the license plate number, but it's kind of scary. People could see my dead front lawn and our roof that needs to be replaced. How embarassing!!!

No one was loitering outside Fantasy Gifts on University Ave. though..

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Julia Schrenkler Dec 12, 2007, 12:03pm UTC

It can be scary...but I wonder how revealing it is. Has anyone spotted something wonderful?

Funny you should mention the lawn, Frick. My better half is obsessed with mowing, but I swear the Googlecars captured our lawn at it's most uh, er, uhm *cough* dormant.

"No one was loitering outside Fantasy Gifts on University Ave. though..." You mean loitering across the street from Wal Mart, don't you? Right? Because I'm betting everyone is waiting to cross the street right there.

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Susan Budig - Mindful Poet Dec 12, 2007, 12:36pm UTC

It doesn't have my street highlighted, so I'm not too bugged-eyed, yet. I don't think it's a good thing. Sure some positives can come of it, but it's too invasive of privacy.

My two cents: Back off, Google.

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Gary Fischbach Dec 12, 2007, 1:21pm UTC

They took the picture of my house before I had it painted a different color this August.

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Julia Schrenkler Dec 12, 2007, 1:33pm UTC

Susan, think they'll cover your street soon?

*grin* Figures, doesn't it. Did that make you do a double-take Gary?

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Susan Budig - Mindful Poet Dec 12, 2007, 2:06pm UTC

I suppose they might, Julia, but do you think they want snowy pictures? This makes me think of mischievious acts of shenanigans. I wonder what I could do to make an impact? Any ideas? I'm game for almost anything, plus I have four children who love to be naughty!

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Steviewest ;-) Dec 13, 2007, 11:09am UTC

Hey Julia, the Google Street people caught my wife checking the mailbox at our house when they went by. How funny is that!

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Julia Schrenkler Dec 13, 2007, 4:30pm UTC

Uh Susan I don't think I can suggest any shenanigans. That said, I have endless confidence in your creativity. *laughing*

What are the odds of that, Steviewest?!

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