http://gislounge.com/street-view-not-welcome-in-north-oaks/ Geographic Information Systems, Maps, GPS, and GIS Jobs Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:18:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://gislounge.com/street-view-not-welcome-in-north-oaks/#comment-279 Drew Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:01:55 +0000 http://gislounge.com/?p=800#comment-279 A very interesting story. I wasn't aware anyone could stand up to the Google corporation but congrats to North Oaks. As a geographer I love Google earth. Its free and has many interesting layers. I do, however, find streetview to be strange and excessive. The first time I zoomed in on streetview it had the wow factor. Now I find the concept puzzling as to where Google will go next. It is my hope that any more personal actions will be accompanied by the public's right to opt out. Confine streetview to highways and away from residential streets. We are beginning to know way too much about one another. If knowledge is power I'd rather some people not have info on me. If I want someone to know details of my street I will describe it to them myself. A very interesting story. I wasn’t aware anyone could stand up to the Google corporation but congrats to North Oaks. As a geographer I love Google earth. Its free and has many interesting layers. I do, however, find streetview to be strange and excessive. The first time I zoomed in on streetview it had the wow factor. Now I find the concept puzzling as to where Google will go next. It is my hope that any more personal actions will be accompanied by the public’s right to opt out. Confine streetview to highways and away from residential streets. We are beginning to know way too much about one another. If knowledge is power I’d rather some people not have info on me. If I want someone to know details of my street I will describe it to them myself.

]]> http://gislounge.com/street-view-not-welcome-in-north-oaks/#comment-278 Paul Tue, 03 Jun 2008 18:37:06 +0000 http://gislounge.com/?p=800#comment-278 This is a very interesting article. The technology is almost too good when you can zoom from outer space down to the street level and literally look through windows in some cases. I for one say lets just go with it. There's definitely a fine line when it comes to GIS/ Earth models and the information that they're capable of displaying and invasion of privacy, but so far I'm OK with Street View. Once Google walks through my front door with a high resolution camera, I'll have to draw the line. This is a very interesting article. The technology is almost too good when you can zoom from outer space down to the street level and literally look through windows in some cases. I for one say lets just go with it. There’s definitely a fine line when it comes to GIS/ Earth models and the information that they’re capable of displaying and invasion of privacy, but so far I’m OK with Street View. Once Google walks through my front door with a high resolution camera, I’ll have to draw the line.

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