Map makeover

[Forlo12345]

Royce Hall @ UCLA

[Supuhstar]

bing maps already did it. :U

[TravvyG]

Google Earth images are deffenently out of date... The town I currently live in hasn't been updates since 2003

[belagiorgo]

GOOGLE EVIL zionith

[NarutoSSj6]

google is going to take over the world!

[borttrollad]

Ye thats right you like old dudes looking at you when your in school with all the webcams , you like the idea that old men watch you , it turns you on i guess

[gjljhjb1]

this is disgusting.

[roidroid]

@gjljhjb1 is it 3D pig disgusting?

[Booshibonton]

technology is beautiful! :D i hope aliens are actually floating around in our skys... it'd be cool... lol... to like... join the galactic federation of light... or whatever... let's pretend it's real and see what happens :V!

[IdleGod]

hahaha, people were all "look at bing maps, its soo cool". Then google comes in and goes "nice theoretical, manual labour intensive idea, now eat curb as we show you how its done".

[Graaardor]

Big brother is watching you

[DoctorPlausible]

They already have GoogleMoon and GoogleMars. I wonder when someone will invest in a Historical Google Earth, in which you could see what the Earth was like at a certain point in the past. That would be nice.

[Zoiros85]

@DoctorPlausible

It exists. There are overlays you can use to see old maps of places.

[asumazilla]

So in the end we wont need turn to look out of the window.

[roidroid]

@asumazilla not "look" out the window - FLY out the window.

[Konve]

"Google Earth Live"

[VancouverDriver]

1. set up a webcam

2. have google link to it and trust it after a while.

3. wait for the right moment... swap pictures.

4. Propose to someone with google earth / or a smartphone. ... or just pull a prank.

[akaCharlieG]

Bing Maps is already doing this in the form of Photosynths.

and it looks 100 times better.

CHeck it out.

[mrHBski]

This is a bad idea. They better go wikipedia style on their accuracy checks.

[roidroid]

@mrHBski you're not far off. Wikipedia as a collaborative web 2.0 website is entirely user generated content, and also user "accuracy checked".

[Darkfire889]

that is cool

[TheRationalOracle]

Google will take over the world, muahahahaha!

Nah, but this is pretty cool stuff.

[johanz128]

add penis on buildings

[pumpbreaks]

would be taken down.

[WooDooDK]

I agree - or just make 3d penises instead

[ZzDe0]

The technology itself is cool but i don't like the idea of being watched. At least it's Google and not big brother.

[cbr6864]

@ZzDe0

didnt know there was a difference

[N7a7v7i]

I don't see the problem, though. They can't see anything that anyone standing on the sidewalk in front of your house couldn't see already. And if the feds want to watch you, they'll do exactly that in a car at night with night-vision and everything. There's no real added potential for misuse.

[ZzDe0]

The fact that they're watching you for no reason is misuse. They shouldn't be there in the fist place unless you're doing something suspicious.

[asumazilla]

except this is 100000 times cheaper and can watch everyone.

[theirishhateyou]

I really don't like the direction this is going in. I thought it was creepy enough when I could see my house on this shit. ): Do not want!

[TheLyther]

Anybody walking by your house can see it. Doesn't mean they are going to invade your house.

[theirishhateyou]

@TheLyther

It's more the direction things are heading in, seems like we're heading towards less privacy. You never used to be able to find out what houses all over the world look like. I realize most people probably are just using it to find a restaurant they need to drive to or whatever, but it just seems like this has more potential to be used maliciously than a simple map. Maybe it's just me, though (although, judging, by some of the comments here, I don't think it is)!

[netsoj]

wow epic...

And I disagree Google Earth is an awesome application... So much information with it... People who do not like GE must be retards...

[Shalek]

This is actually pretty cool.

[newcoleco]

So, instead of having a static picture that never change based on the weather and season, Google Earth can uses webcam to be constantly updated.

I know it's a not funny question but what will happend if one of these building is in fire or collapsing? will we see that in real time too with Google Earth?

[XtremMortz]

you can allready on any webcam...

[h3adcrabbio]

No retard

[newcoleco]

See my intervention as an ethical question.

If anyone can see these places in real time, don't you see a potential problem? Not technically, but still a problem.

[roidroid]

@newcoleco yes, you will see it realtime

[Livenderrr]

I make a picture of my penis and replace the eifeltower with my dick.

[drealm]

The extrapolated outcome of this is simple:

At some point in the future we'll be able to view the entire world, everything and everything, in real time, from any view whatsoever.

Welcome to a brave new world.

[Nexus974]

And when you add facial recognition software to the mix you can potentially watch anyone, anywhere, at any time.

Welcome to 1984.

[themilkmister]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA i love that book, but i hate you and your comments, you are insane

[theirishhateyou]

@Nexus974

Right on, this shit scares the fuck out of me. Google Earth itself isn't too bad, but street view scares the fuck out of me.

[chaincells]

Your face is blurred, shithead.

[gjljhjb1]

if your face is blurred isnt it possible that someone has acess somewhere and just not the people? Like the ELITE Hmmmm

[Aaberg123]

@gjljhjb1

I am the elite, and I've seen you naked. You won't be monitored in the future.

[theirishhateyou]

@chaincells

My house isn't. :/ Plus, someone has to be doing the face blurring, it's not like NO ONE sees my face.

But honestly it's not even that, it's just that we're heading in this direction - less and less privacy. Your house number was never on a map the public could buy, and they could never find a picture of your house in one, it just kinda seems like we're heading in a bad direction, not so much that Google earth ITSELF is all that terrible.

[chaincells]

... The face blurring is automatic. Dolls also get blurred. Also car-numbers.

[theirishhateyou]

@chaincells Ah, I did not know that. Thank you haha.

[roidroid]

@theirishhateyou If you are that concerned about your face being seen in public, why don't you wear a burqa?

You don't - because you're not. Because deep down you understand what the destinction between public areas and private areas means.

[zx1011]

@drealm everything AND everything?? wow...

[steffankaizer]

lol that was a classic^^

[InfinitelyCool]

Yeah... It might do that but it does a shitty job... Google earth is a piece of shit... I shut on google...

[Paavo93]

Penis

[sladeoss]

Amazinggg

[beeqool]

that is france african country yeeeeh

[pubtor]

ohh

[ObliviuxProductions]

what is this i dont even

[Iggyhopper]

old

[MerlijnBt]

cool!

[blindguardian87]

now THAT is awesome

[TheBilly]

Out of spite, marked as not spam, voted up