Found my car on street view!

probedb · March 21, 2009, 08:39:03 PM

It\'s where I used to live....I don\'t use my car during the day

Anymore rexs on there?

chrisJDM · March 21, 2009, 08:44:04 PM

thats pretty cool, i gotta\\have a good look see if i can see my car now :Thumbsup!

gsb876 · March 21, 2009, 09:02:59 PM

Dont you think this gives theif\'s a head start ??

They can see how a car is kept on the premises and take it from there

m1tch · March 21, 2009, 09:10:44 PM

Quote from: gsb876;592618Dont you think this gives theif\'s a head start ??

They can see how a car is kept on the premises and take it from there

There are lots of complaints about this mapping service, they are mapping things such as police stations and army barraks that could be use for attacks if someone was so inclinded to do so.

nikp · March 21, 2009, 09:13:02 PM

Quote from: m1tch;592621There are lots of complaints about this mapping service, they are mapping things such as police stations and army barraks that could be use for attacks if someone was so inclinded to do so.

And what would stop someone from taking photo\'s of an army barracks themselves!? It\'s so stupid people complaining about this service.

m1tch · March 21, 2009, 09:24:44 PM

Quote from: nikp;592622And what would stop someone from taking photo\'s of an army barracks themselves!? It\'s so stupid people complaining about this service.

Cause they aren\'t on maps

L18M · March 21, 2009, 09:26:46 PM

heard about this on the news.. some guy was snapped walking into a xxx shop

then in good ol usa, a guy was found cheating with another gal lol

probedb · March 22, 2009, 12:19:04 AM

Quote from: gsb876;592618Dont you think this gives theif\'s a head start ??

They can see how a car is kept on the premises and take it from there

Er not really. They can see that anyways, it\'s a public highway. I can walk past your house and surrounding area and pick lots of targets....not that I would with those dogs of yours

The photo was also taken at some point last year so in what way is it useful to anyone? They know where my car was parked last year...outside a house I no longer live in. I mean as far as I know I own the only white and modified FD in Sheffield so it\'s not that difficult to locate it

gsb876 · March 22, 2009, 12:37:01 AM

Quote from: probedb;592647Er not really. They can see that anyways, it\'s a public highway. I can walk past your house and surrounding area and pick lots of targets....not that I would with those dogs of yours

The photo was also taken at some point last year so in what way is it useful to anyone? They know where my car was parked last year...outside a house I no longer live in. I mean as far as I know I own the only white and modified FD in Sheffield so it\'s not that difficult to locate it

no no you is missing the point Paul,

A theif could see where the car was parked and if there was a garage and also map a get away route all from home, if someone was taking pics outside your house you would notice, also if you think you knew where a certain car was parked but not sure you could check from the comfort of your own home.

I think its a bad idea myself.

probedb · March 22, 2009, 09:16:18 AM

I understand what you mean Gurj, but what you\'re saying would only apply if the photos were kept up to date but as it stands they\'re around 6 months old, i.e. I don\'t even live at that house any more.

If the photos were always up to date then I\'d have a problem but not the way it currently is

nikp · March 22, 2009, 08:55:22 PM

I know of a few nice cars around where I live, where they normally park them, and routes around. Didn\'t use Google for that. It\'s makes no difference if you ask me.

philiwily · March 23, 2009, 12:14:04 AM

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&ie=UTF8&om=1&layer=c&ll=55.952468,-3.112521&spn=0,359.99043&z=17&cbll=55.952545,-3.112424&panoid=EBD3u_yl08-1Rk05f5dDBw&cbp=12,49.613190512953764,,0,5.000000000000001
heres mine. ha ha

dwarfslapper · March 23, 2009, 03:32:05 PM

Quote from: nikp;592769I know of a few nice cars around where I live, where they normally park them, and routes around. Didn\'t use Google for that. It\'s makes no difference if you ask me.

Yep totally agree:cheers

RobbieRX-7 · March 23, 2009, 05:11:07 PM

Quote from: probedb;592665I understand what you mean Gurj, but what you\'re saying would only apply if the photos were kept up to date but as it stands they\'re around 6 months old, i.e. I don\'t even live at that house any more.

If the photos were always up to date then I\'d have a problem but not the way it currently is

Not a problem for you paul, but it is for me and most others on here who haven\'t move house in the past 6 months. Some of us won\'t be bothered and will dismiss it with the fact that anyone could walk past and eyeball your car up if they wanted to. I agree with gurj here. The point being, potential thieves do not have to risk eyeballing your car up anymore. They can do it for as long as they want whenver they want night or day from their computers whilst smoking a joint and drinking a can of special brew:guinness

I know what your going to say next. "well they drive past your house and have seen the car anyway so whats the difference?"

Well the difference being, if just one person who \'hasn\'t\' seen my car on the drive might happen to be eyeballing nice cars up on folks drives, by taking my car off streetview, i am less likely to fall victim to his car theft crime.

My road hasn\'t been googled yet, but i\'ll make sure i get my house removed off streetview. If my car wasn\'t on the drive, it wouldn\'t bother me.

probedb · March 23, 2009, 08:05:51 PM

Fair enough Robbie I understand your point

It\'s still a pretty big chance someone would be taking by assuming things like the fact that it was your car on your drive, that you still own the car, that you still live there etc. Bearing in mind that these photos are 6+ months old before they\'re put up and judging by googlemaps satellite view they don\'t get updated for years.

I guess I\'ll just have to agree to disagree!