This morning, on Station Rd, Forest Hall, I saw the Google street 
camera on patrol. It was an ordinary car, with the camera on a stand 
on the roof, with only the driver in it, going along the street, going 
down each side-road, left and right in turn.

I don't know what to feel about it. Anger at an intrusion? Pleased to 
see my town recognised? I don't know.

Mixed feelings.

Michael Bell

Michael Bell wrote:
> 
> This morning, on Station Rd, Forest Hall, I saw the Google street
> camera on patrol. It was an ordinary car, with the camera on a stand
> on the roof, with only the driver in it, going along the street, going
> down each side-road, left and right in turn.
> 
> I don't know what to feel about it. Anger at an intrusion? Pleased to
> see my town recognised? I don't know.
> 
> Mixed feelings.
> 
> Michael Bell

there's already quite a slice of newcastle area on google street. We
spotted the car a few times in north shields a little while  back but
apparently it takes months to set up. 

I am sure I heard tell that if you wish they will blur out your house
etc.

-- 
Paul  (we break easy)  
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Stop and Look 
http://www.geocities.com/dreamst8me/

In message 
          Paul Heslop  wrote:

> Michael Bell wrote:
>> 
>> This morning, on Station Rd, Forest Hall, I saw the Google street
>> camera on patrol. It was an ordinary car, with the camera on a stand
>> on the roof, with only the driver in it, going along the street, going
>> down each side-road, left and right in turn.
>> 
>> I don't know what to feel about it. Anger at an intrusion? Pleased to
>> see my town recognised? I don't know.
>> 
>> Mixed feelings.
>> 
>> Michael Bell

> there's already quite a slice of newcastle area on google street. We
> spotted the car a few times in north shields a little while  back but
> apparently it takes months to set up.

> I am sure I heard tell that if you wish they will blur out your house
> etc.

My house won't be on it. It's on a pedestrian walkway. Unless they do 
the back lanes as well....

Michael Bell


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Michael Bell wrote:
> 
> In message 
>           Paul Heslop  wrote:
> 
> > Michael Bell wrote:
> >>
> >> This morning, on Station Rd, Forest Hall, I saw the Google street
> >> camera on patrol. It was an ordinary car, with the camera on a stand
> >> on the roof, with only the driver in it, going along the street, going
> >> down each side-road, left and right in turn.
> >>
> >> I don't know what to feel about it. Anger at an intrusion? Pleased to
> >> see my town recognised? I don't know.
> >>
> >> Mixed feelings.
> >>
> >> Michael Bell
> 
> > there's already quite a slice of newcastle area on google street. We
> > spotted the car a few times in north shields a little while  back but
> > apparently it takes months to set up.
> 
> > I am sure I heard tell that if you wish they will blur out your house
> > etc.
> 
> My house won't be on it. It's on a pedestrian walkway. Unless they do
> the back lanes as well....
> 
> Michael Bell
> 
> --

There are areas they don't cover but a lot that they do. If you put
newcastle on google maps and drag the little orange bloke from the
zoom thingy over the area you will see the places viewable as a blue
outline. I think it goes right to Wallsend one way and north
walbottle(?) the other. Drop the fella somewhere where you think there
might be some lanes and stuff and see if they show up.

-- 
Paul  (we break easy)  
-------------------------------------------------------   
Stop and Look 
http://www.geocities.com/dreamst8me/

In message , Paul Heslop 
 writes:
>Michael Bell wrote:
>>
>> In message 
>>           Paul Heslop  wrote:
>>
>> > Michael Bell wrote:
>> >>
>> >> This morning, on Station Rd, Forest Hall, I saw the Google street
>> >> camera on patrol. It was an ordinary car, with the camera on a stand
>> >> on the roof, with only the driver in it, going along the street, going
>> >> down each side-road, left and right in turn.
>> >>
>> >> I don't know what to feel about it. Anger at an intrusion? Pleased to
>> >> see my town recognised? I don't know.
>> >>
>> >> Mixed feelings.
>> >>
>> >> Michael Bell
>>
>> > there's already quite a slice of newcastle area on google street. We

. Indeed. ..

>> > spotted the car a few times in north shields a little while  back but
>> > apparently it takes months to set up.

I was most surprised, in January I think it was, to see it on a farm 
track in the wilds to the west of Morpeth (Rivergreen Mill, near 
Molesworth): I know I and my friends will certainly be on the pictures!
>>
>> > I am sure I heard tell that if you wish they will blur out your house
>> > etc.

They try to automatically detect faces and car numberplates (and then 
blur them), and it works moderately well, though the software tends to 
pick up on and blur street names as well, since they are often a bit 
like numberplates. I understand they will remove pictures if requested, 
though I have heard it alleged that they insist on the request coming 
from the property _owner_ (I don't know if this is so).
>>
>> My house won't be on it. It's on a pedestrian walkway. Unless they do
>> the back lanes as well....

Well, a week or two ago I saw a picture in a newspaper of a 
google-camera-equipped tricycle they were using to take pictures of 
Stonehenge, where cars can't go ... (There was also the village who 
decided against it, and wouldn't let the car in. Allegedly.)
>>
>> Michael Bell
>>
>> --
>
>There are areas they don't cover but a lot that they do. If you put
>newcastle on google maps and drag the little orange bloke from the
>zoom thingy over the area you will see the places viewable as a blue
>outline. I think it goes right to Wallsend one way and north
>walbottle(?) the other. Drop the fella somewhere where you think there
>might be some lanes and stuff and see if they show up.
>
Stops on the way to Ponteland though. Or did last time I looked.
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On Thu, 27 Aug 2009 14:46:27 +0100, Michael Bell wrote:

> In message 
>           Paul Heslop  wrote:
> 
>> Michael Bell wrote:
>>> 
>>> This morning, on Station Rd, Forest Hall, I saw the Google street
>>> camera on patrol. It was an ordinary car, with the camera on a stand
>>> on the roof, with only the driver in it, going along the street, going
>>> down each side-road, left and right in turn.
>>> 
>>> I don't know what to feel about it. Anger at an intrusion? Pleased to
>>> see my town recognised? I don't know.
>>> 
>>> Mixed feelings.
>>> 
>>> Michael Bell
> 
>> there's already quite a slice of newcastle area on google street. We
>> spotted the car a few times in north shields a little while  back but
>> apparently it takes months to set up.
> 
>> I am sure I heard tell that if you wish they will blur out your house
>> etc.
> 
> My house won't be on it. It's on a pedestrian walkway. Unless they do
> the back lanes as well....
> 
> Michael Bell

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/pda/2009/may/18/google-google-street-view

The Street View Trike packs the same 3D camera usually mounted on 
Google's road-travelling Vauxhall Astra cars, but it's instead fixed on a 
three-wheeled bike designed to negotiate footpaths and dirt tracks.

-- 
You cannot simply assume someone is honest
just because they are not an MP.

I suspect that Ialdabaoth created Imperfection so that on this day Thu, 27 Aug
2009 13:56:36 +0100, one purporting to be Michael Bell
 could write :

>This morning, on Station Rd, Forest Hall, I saw the Google street 
>camera on patrol. It was an ordinary car, with the camera on a stand 
>on the roof, with only the driver in it, going along the street, going 
>down each side-road, left and right in turn.
>
>I don't know what to feel about it. Anger at an intrusion? Pleased to 
>see my town recognised? I don't know.
>
>Mixed feelings.
>
>Michael Bell

Don't worry! It won't steal yer soul!

"J. P. Gilliver (John)" wrote:
> 
> In message , Paul Heslop
>  writes:
> >Michael Bell wrote:
> >>
> >> In message 
> >>           Paul Heslop  wrote:
> >>
> >> > Michael Bell wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> This morning, on Station Rd, Forest Hall, I saw the Google street
> >> >> camera on patrol. It was an ordinary car, with the camera on a stand
> >> >> on the roof, with only the driver in it, going along the street, going
> >> >> down each side-road, left and right in turn.
> >> >>
> >> >> I don't know what to feel about it. Anger at an intrusion? Pleased to
> >> >> see my town recognised? I don't know.
> >> >>
> >> >> Mixed feelings.
> >> >>
> >> >> Michael Bell
> >>
> >> > there's already quite a slice of newcastle area on google street. We
> 
> . Indeed. ..
> 
> >> > spotted the car a few times in north shields a little while  back but
> >> > apparently it takes months to set up.
> 
> I was most surprised, in January I think it was, to see it on a farm
> track in the wilds to the west of Morpeth (Rivergreen Mill, near
> Molesworth): I know I and my friends will certainly be on the pictures!
> >>
> >> > I am sure I heard tell that if you wish they will blur out your house
> >> > etc.
> 
> They try to automatically detect faces and car numberplates (and then
> blur them), and it works moderately well, though the software tends to
> pick up on and blur street names as well, since they are often a bit
> like numberplates. I understand they will remove pictures if requested,
> though I have heard it alleged that they insist on the request coming
> from the property _owner_ (I don't know if this is so).
> >>
> >> My house won't be on it. It's on a pedestrian walkway. Unless they do
> >> the back lanes as well....
> 
> Well, a week or two ago I saw a picture in a newspaper of a
> google-camera-equipped tricycle they were using to take pictures of
> Stonehenge, where cars can't go ... (There was also the village who
> decided against it, and wouldn't let the car in. Allegedly.)
> >>
> >> Michael Bell
> >>
> >> --
> >
> >There are areas they don't cover but a lot that they do. If you put
> >newcastle on google maps and drag the little orange bloke from the
> >zoom thingy over the area you will see the places viewable as a blue
> >outline. I think it goes right to Wallsend one way and north
> >walbottle(?) the other. Drop the fella somewhere where you think there
> >might be some lanes and stuff and see if they show up.
> >
> Stops on the way to Ponteland though. Or did last time I looked.

I quite like the idea of the trike. I was looking at Edingburgh and it
stops before it really gets near enough to the castle, which is a
shame. Of course they may have not given permission but as I find it
hard to get out and about there are some places it would just be nice
to see kind of 'live'


-- 
Paul  (we break easy)  
-------------------------------------------------------   
Stop and Look 
http://www.geocities.com/dreamst8me/

Michael Bell wrote:
> This morning, on Station Rd, Forest Hall, I saw the Google street 
> camera on patrol. It was an ordinary car, with the camera on a stand 
> on the roof, with only the driver in it, going along the street, going 
> down each side-road, left and right in turn.
> 
> I don't know what to feel about it. Anger at an intrusion? Pleased to 
> see my town recognised? I don't know.
> 
> Mixed feelings.
> 
> Michael Bell

A large chunk of Tyneside is already on Google Street Maps, and has been 
for about 6 months.