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Old 05-08-2008, 06:15 PM
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I'm having that same discussion with my wife tonight! Wish me luck...

It was the "handyman" that my neighbor's wife hired...or so my Wife insists
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Old 05-08-2008, 06:36 PM
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Yayyy Swan Hill is on the map and there is no big shed on there but there is now hahaha so they need to update already lol
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Old 05-08-2008, 09:16 PM
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Old 05-08-2008, 09:24 PM
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Eric & Scott - it is probably the butcher,baker or candelstick maker

Our lasthouse must have been snapped last year, as we can still see our car in the driveway at Shepparton

Our new place must have been snapped at the end of this summer, as we can see our car again - Though our kids find it strange our car could have been in two places at once, they only wish they could see themselves outside the house
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Old 06-08-2008, 02:31 PM
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you know whts freaky bout this?

apart from the invasion of privacy, i found my car in 2 spots... freaky!
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Old 06-08-2008, 02:37 PM
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I've just found out that the tenant in my rental house is parking his truck on the front lawn. No wonder it's dying

[Hmm, I'm now getting we are sorry,but we don't have imagery at this zoom level for this region when I access any map.]
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Old 06-08-2008, 03:12 PM
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yeah its slow due to over use of sumpin i think...
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Old 06-08-2008, 03:19 PM
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Hey, I can drive all over Australia without using any petrol or leaving my chair! Just follow the blue lines! Bit slow but - about the equivalent of a houseblock every 5-10 seconds?


Edit: - Sorry Darwin, cannot "visit" yet.
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Old 06-08-2008, 06:33 PM
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Here's a few privacy issues I can think of to start with:

I can see what is in someone's yard two houses up.
He can see what is in mine. A bloody great observatory.
Isn't that why people put 6ft colourbond fences up.
For privacy. Why bother with fences anymore?

Someone a few doors away has built a pool over an obvious
easement. Big NO NO.
If I was feuding with the guy, should I tell council?

Google would have to drive on private roads to take housefront
pics of all addresses.
Don't you need permission to drive on a private road?



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Old 06-08-2008, 09:06 PM
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Fortunately I must have just whipper-snipped and mowed the front lawn in the day or so before my street was imaged.
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Old 06-08-2008, 11:50 PM
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Unfortunately for me, the opposite is true. My son-in-law (wonderful fellow) hadn't mowed my lawn in a few weeks and it looks like, well, to be honest I can't think of a description bad enough.
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Old 07-08-2008, 02:45 AM
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Apparently they were taken in November last year.
Aye- most likely, that fits with my house photo anyway... was somethime after our roof tiles were (finally)done, and before I (finally)removed the bricks from the front gence/gate that my husband so skillfully knocked over.

*never back a trailer in a hurry*

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Old 07-08-2008, 10:17 AM
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So now one can case a joint before they knock it over, without even going there and showing thier face.

I can see the bins are out so its a business day. If I know the suburb I will know what day that is. I can pan around and see what driveways and carports have cars in them. Couldnt do this from sattelite pics but now you can. So I can pick a street where I now reasonably know who will likely be home and who will not...... Not happy about this at all. I certainly wasnt consulted before they stood in 5 different spots all around my front yard and panoramic snapped my windows, doors, car, observatory, gates...shall I go on. Thanks Google, for making my place an easier target.
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Here is my place from the street. If you look hard you might be able to see some of the outline in amongst the trees.

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Old 07-08-2008, 01:16 PM
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So now one can case a joint before they knock it over, without even going there and showing thier face.

I can see the bins are out so its a business day. If I know the suburb I will know what day that is. I can pan around and see what driveways and carports have cars in them. Couldnt do this from sattelite pics but now you can. So I can pick a street where I now reasonably know who will likely be home and who will not...... Not happy about this at all. I certainly wasnt consulted before they stood in 5 different spots all around my front yard and panoramic snapped my windows, doors, car, observatory, gates...shall I go on. Thanks Google, for making my place an easier target.
Almost all the imagery on google earth is old, and it may only be updated once every few years. The street view data they put up was captured over the last year or so, so there is no sense of this being 'live' information that is useful. If a theif wants to risk casing a joint because the owner left their bin out 6 months ago then they'd be taking a big risk!
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Old 07-08-2008, 03:04 PM
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Almost all the imagery on google earth is old, and it may only be updated once every few years. The street view data they put up was captured over the last year or so, so there is no sense of this being 'live' information that is useful. If a theif wants to risk casing a joint because the owner left their bin out 6 months ago then they'd be taking a big risk!
Actually, the photo is quite recent as I can see some old desks I left out the front to be taken away.

My point is, so, its not live, but you can still get a good "feel" for a neighborhood by doing this, regardless of the finer points. A lot more than you could from satellite pics.

My family lives here so I naturally feel protective and a little bit violated that all my entry points can now be seen by any sicko who so desires.

When you design a safe, you need to try to think like someone who wants to break into it, and do what you can to make it harder for the theif.

Street view is not the axe that busts down the door, but it is one of the tools that make the job preparation and target selection that much easier.

It's not the things I can think of that I worry about as much as the things I can't think of that scares me. As I said, this is our family safety at stake. Anything that threatens that is a concern.

Naievety is dangerous.
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Old 07-08-2008, 03:19 PM
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I can see a market for cardboard cutout big fierce dogs to stand up in your front yard before the camera next comes down the street!
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shame they don't give you prior warning so you could mow your lawn, put your bins away or press your bum up to your lounge room window
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Old 07-08-2008, 03:43 PM
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shame they don't give you prior warning so you could mow your lawn, put your bins away or press your bum up to your lounge room window
ROFL!!!!
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Old 07-08-2008, 03:55 PM
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Now you mention it (well your derrière anyway), of the millions of images they have taken, there must be some interesting scenes captured? I don't think they have carefully inspected every image? Just ran a tool over them to identify faces and numberplates and blur them?
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