Comments on: Google Street View in Elgin http://elginite.org/blog/2008/04/02/google-street-view-in-elgin/ Fri, 18 May 2012 12:27:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Rob http://elginite.org/blog/2008/04/02/google-street-view-in-elgin/#comment-44769 Rob Wed, 09 Apr 2008 04:35:21 +0000 http://elginite.org/blog/2008/04/02/google-street-view-in-elgin/#comment-44769 Looking around on their map there, so far in Elgin they've only mapped Randall Road, I-90 and State Street. But they've fully mapped Naperville, Aurora and Streamwood, so they either decided Elgin wasn't worth mapping (hooray?), or they haven't gotten here yet. Just enough time to mow your lawns, folks! Looking around on their map there, so far in Elgin they’ve only mapped Randall Road, I-90 and State Street. But they’ve fully mapped Naperville, Aurora and Streamwood, so they either decided Elgin wasn’t worth mapping (hooray?), or they haven’t gotten here yet. Just enough time to mow your lawns, folks!

]]> By: John http://elginite.org/blog/2008/04/02/google-street-view-in-elgin/#comment-44767 John Mon, 07 Apr 2008 18:16:26 +0000 http://elginite.org/blog/2008/04/02/google-street-view-in-elgin/#comment-44767 I recently applied for life insurance and they needed my life story in order to approve me. I could not remember the name of an emergency care place I went to in Lake In The Hills. Google search turned up nothing. So I went to google street view and "drove" there. Found the street sign by looking out the right hand window.... http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&ie=UTF8&om=1&layer=c&ll=42.204998,-88.322353&spn=0.045649,0.172005&z=13&cbll=42.1757,-88.330007&cbp=2,0.43511748532688443,,0,5 Saved me taking a real trip. Amazing really. As for privacy issues, I think they should honor requests to blur areas certain images. Maybe they could allow people to edit a limited number of frames themselves. I am going to see if my house is in there now :D I recently applied for life insurance and they needed my life story in order to approve me. I could not remember the name of an emergency care place I went to in Lake In The Hills. Google search turned up nothing.

So I went to google street view and “drove” there. Found the street sign by looking out the right hand window….
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&ie=UTF8&om=1&layer=c&ll=42.204998,-88.322353&spn=0.045649,0.172005&z=13&cbll=42.1757,-88.330007&cbp=2,0.43511748532688443,,0,5

Saved me taking a real trip. Amazing really.

As for privacy issues, I think they should honor requests to blur areas certain images. Maybe they could allow people to edit a limited number of frames themselves. I am going to see if my house is in there now :D

]]> By: frankwolftown http://elginite.org/blog/2008/04/02/google-street-view-in-elgin/#comment-44761 frankwolftown Thu, 03 Apr 2008 01:59:33 +0000 http://elginite.org/blog/2008/04/02/google-street-view-in-elgin/#comment-44761 The raod that lead to ny house was on that there and freaked me out! The raod that lead to ny house was on that there and freaked me out!

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