Are you on Google Earth?

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11-03-2010, 07:26 PM
LMS16

Are you on Google Earth?

Alright so I saw many of my friends on Googles 'Google Earth', to see if they are on there, to their amazement, they wasn't, maybe their nextdoor neighbor or sister, girlfriend, boyfriend...

So I had a think and I remembered walking down my street to see a black astra with a massive black camera attached to the top, I thought nothing of it at the time, but then I thought maybe I will be on 'Google Earth', I am on google earth.

So, I made this thread to see how many of you guys are on google earth just like me, if possible, take a screenshot and post it here?

Heres mine...
http://i41.tinypic.com/15fizwg.png
and (In the blue coat)...
http://i40.tinypic.com/1zgxkiu.png

I apologise if this is in the wrong section, mods... maybe you should sticky this as people may be interested to see..?

Lew.
11-03-2010, 07:51 PM
Gibs960

Is that your post code on that :S
11-03-2010, 07:56 PM
LMS16

yes, it doesnt matter :P doesnt state where i live, only the street ;)

Lew.
11-03-2010, 07:57 PM
Pyroka

I'm not directly on it... I might be actually, at college but I majorly doubts it lol.
11-03-2010, 08:22 PM
DJ-Ains.T

I'm on it! On my trampoline! -gets picture
11-03-2010, 08:25 PM
DJ-Ains.T

We don't have google street, but this is me:

https://habbox.com/assets/images/70tampgoog.png

Edited by MattGarner (Assistant General Manager): Please do not multiple post.
11-03-2010, 08:30 PM
LMS16

LOL! You should download google earth, miles better? :P
Goo picture though

Lew.
11-03-2010, 08:33 PM
Caution

No. But on one my gran's standing outside her house lol.
11-03-2010, 08:35 PM
DJ-Ains.T

That is off google earth, I aint on that google street, I just checked. :/ It has my old car on it.
11-03-2010, 08:46 PM
LMS16

Oh my bad :)

Its a very interesting thing to look at lol :)

Lew.
11-03-2010, 08:48 PM
The Professor

The picture on streetview with my house on it has been cut out "/ the houses to the left and right of mine have images but there's a break in the pictures where my house is. Idk why because no-one in my house has requested anything like that!
11-03-2010, 08:52 PM
Jordy

Hmm he's not really a mate but I found a kid in the year below not far from my school. Seeing as there's only about three Asians in my whole school, he really wasn't difficult to identify.

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&so...32.64,,1,19.92
11-03-2010, 09:18 PM
Describe

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jordy

Hmm he's not really a mate but I found a kid in the year below not far from my school. Seeing as there's only about three Asians in my whole school, he really wasn't difficult to identify.

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&so...32.64,,1,19.92

Are you telling me that's a guy?
11-03-2010, 09:33 PM
Arron

i didnt know where I was when our Street View was taken.
how come most people were looking up towards the camera?
i dont understand how google did this :/
11-03-2010, 09:36 PM
Echo54321

Quote:

Originally Posted by ArronMUFC

i didnt know where I was when our Street View was taken.
how come most people were looking up towards the camera?
i dont understand how google did this :/

drove around every road in the world in this

http://i.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/m...w_1212782c.jpg
11-03-2010, 09:38 PM
Recursion

Quote:

Originally Posted by ArronMUFC

i didnt know where I was when our Street View was taken.
how come most people were looking up towards the camera?
i dont understand how google did this :/

Theres a 360 degree camera mounted to the top of black Astras that drive around saving images to a laptop.

All I could find are random ducks on our driveway...

[img]http://skitch.*****.co.uk/ducks.PNG[/img]
12-03-2010, 01:13 AM
Black_Apalachi

Cba getting Google Earth on but had a quick look around Street View and can't see myself. Most of the images seem to be taken at quiet times - for example my old school car park is empty. I also checked a place where I remember seeing one of their cars once, but nothing.
12-03-2010, 01:17 AM
Blinger1

Quote:

Originally Posted by Echo54321

drove around every road in the world in this

http://i.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/m...w_1212782c.jpg

What? No they didn't :S

Quote:

The car was grey / blue, something like a Ford or Toyota and was turning right from North Road into Nepean Highway in Brighton East. I was waiting to cross the lights so may be in the photo if it was active.

source
12-03-2010, 03:53 AM
Black_Apalachi

They used many different vehicles in the UK alone. I'm guessing they didn't use British vehicles (i.e. Astras) in foreign countries.
12-03-2010, 08:36 AM
xxMATTGxx

It would depend on the country but it was a car similar but they would have used more then one. Probably a fleet of cars to even do the UK, I believe we had like over 25 Astras doing the UK alone.

http://www.google.co.uk/help/maps/st...treettrike.jpg

http://www.google.co.uk/help/maps/st.../streetcar.jpg
12-03-2010, 09:58 AM
The Professor

Quote:

Originally Posted by Black_Apalachi

They used many different vehicles in the UK alone. I'm guessing they didn't use British vehicles (i.e. Astras) in foreign countries.

The car in blinger's post is an Opel Astra; they aren't sold in Britain :P
12-03-2010, 10:05 AM
xxMATTGxx

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Professor

The car in blinger's post is an Opel Astra; they aren't sold in Britain :P

Very true and the UK Astra just has a different name badge and such.

List of Google Street cars spotted in the UK:

Quote:

BP57 VUX Opel Astra Black London 01/08/08
LJ08 AYB Opel Astra Black Birkenhead 18/09/09
LJ08 AYD Opel Astra Black Edinburgh 01/09/08
LJ08 AYE Opel Astra Black Acton 28/07/09
LJ08 AYG Opel Astra Black Kentish Town 06/06/08
LJ08 AYL Opel Astra Black Hornsey, London 20/09/09
LJ08 AYN Opel Astra Black Edinburgh 11/09/08 Bath 21/08/08
LJ08 AYS Opel Astra Black Woolwich 14/07/08
LJ08 AYV Opel Astra Black Nelson 25/04/09 Forres 20/08/08
LJ08 AYW Opel Astra Black Birmingham 14/07/08
LJ08 VBU Opel Astra Black Cwmbran 13/09/08
LJ08 VBX Opel Astra Black Blackheath 17/07/09
LJ08 VBY Opel Astra Black Chingford 11/07/08
LJ08 VBZ Opel Astra Black Tamworth 05/05/09
LJ08 VCA Opel Astra Black Southampton 31/07/09 Winchester 31/03/09 Newport IOW 07/07/09 Bournemouth 22/04/09
LJ08 VCE Opel Astra Black Stevenage 20/04/09
LJ08 VCG Opel Astra Black Potters Bar 22/04/09 High Wycombe 10/07/08 Wickford, Essex 29/01/09
LJ08 VCM Opel Astra Black Colwick, Nottingham 15/07/08 Methilhill, Scotland 17/05/09
LJ08 VCP Opel Astra Black Leamington 23/08/08 A44,Llandegley, Powys 23/09/09 10:35
LJ08 VCU Opel Astra Black Brentford 11/07/08
LJ08 VCW Opel Astra Black St Andrews, 23/05/09
LJ08 VDC Opel Astra Black Churchill Road,Kington, Herefordshire 25/09/09 15:46 Edinburgh 08/09/08
LJ08 VDD Opel Astra Black Malvern 07/09/08
LJ08 VDE Opel Astra Black Deansgate, Manchester 15/07/09 Southend 26/07/09
LJ08 VDF Opel Astra Black Monkton, Ramsgate 20/03/09 Canterbury 24/03/09
LJ08 VDG Opel Astra Black Glasgow 24/07/08 Troon, Scotland 16/10/08
12-03-2010, 10:23 AM
xxMATTGxx

I would edit but not allowed! Anyway;

Bigger picture of the Google bike, pretty cool. The man calling google for assistance? Haha.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3504/...c67ab036_b.jpg
12-03-2010, 03:51 PM
Eoin

http://i44.tinypic.com/25yudd2.jpg

back when i was working on the subway station in partick last year.
didnt even notice the camera car till my boss pointed it out, by that time it was the other end of the street.
12-03-2010, 03:54 PM
Echo54321

Quote:

Originally Posted by Eoin

http://i44.tinypic.com/25yudd2.jpg

back when i was working on the subway station in partick last year.
didnt even notice the camera car till my boss pointed it out, by that time it was the other end of the street.

nice stance you got going there.
12-03-2010, 03:56 PM
Special

i remember seeing a car with a massive camera on it but no, in not on google earth :(
15-03-2010, 03:02 AM
Black_Apalachi

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Professor

The car in blinger's post is an Opel Astra; they aren't sold in Britain :P

Whatever, just proves my point really lol :P

Quote:

Originally Posted by MattGarner

Very true and the UK Astra just has a different name badge and such.

List of Google Street cars spotted in the UK:

I thought I saw a Smart Car last year but obviously not! I have to say, Birkenhead is pretty random on that list.. especially with the likes of London on there (Birkenhead is a town local to me, tiny compared to London).
15-03-2010, 03:03 AM
Blinger1

Quote:

Originally Posted by MattGarner

I would edit but not allowed! Anyway;

Bigger picture of the Google bike, pretty cool. The man calling google for assistance? Haha.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3504/...c67ab036_b.jpg

He is getting directions from google maps.
15-03-2010, 05:10 AM
Hiro

I can come stalk you now. You're in HU8, I'm in HU7 ;)
And no, I'm not on Street View.
16-03-2010, 05:00 AM
Blinger1

is there a difference between google earth and streetview :S?
16-03-2010, 06:01 AM
Black_Apalachi

Quote:

Originally Posted by Blinger

is there a difference between google earth and streetview :S?

I believe Google Earth is an application which you download and is mainly satellite images of the Earth, while Street View is just a view within Google Maps.