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took a 'drive' down Blackburn Rd from the Town center towards Church on the "new" Google street view , have to admit had to slow down a bit in places to get my bearings .... biggest surprise was when I got to Church ....theres 'nowt' left , all gone , and whats with all the roll down metal storm shutters on the shop windows along Blackburn Rd. makes the place look bad, if theres a need for security stuff like that they should use the accordian/scissor type open weave things (sorry , just an opinion) :D :D

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Hadn't realised they had released Accy in such detail, even our house is on it! :D

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Mine too.
I browsed a few of my marked places then it crashed - must be overloaded with people looking today

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Our house is on but the pic`s were taken early last year because my old car is on the drive...........

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Quite brilliant, but also somewhat depressing when you look at the waste land of Lonsdale St area where I lived for a number of years, at least the Maden St area of Church has been developed.
What is going to happen to the Lonsdale St area?

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Mine is there still - I have actually driven 3 miles in the last 3 months:)

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You all seem quite pleased about it. I only mention it as not so long back some people were kicking up a right royal stink about having their houses shown, said it encouraged burglars, made it easy to see which houses were alarmed, best access etc.

Just wondered if you Folks felt the same way ? do you see it as an invasion of your privacy ? an incursion into your personal space / Home ? or do you genuinely not feel bothered ?

I must admit I've used the "Street view" a couple of times while planning Holiday stays, looking for the Hotel we intended to use, the area it was in & how busy it was there, all innocuous reasons but as stated some feel it is prying ! Views please. :)

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IMO a burglar will walk around the streets, not use a poor view from Google to find houses to burgle.

You can see a lot more that way.

The street view is good though, its really good for people looking to move into an area to have a look around.

I had a look at the house my son is going to rent in Leeds t'other day.

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I'd guess Accy town centre was done early one Sunday morning.

Even that early there are cars parked badly, half on the pavements, on certain streches of Blackburn Road.

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:rolleyes:

And the shame of the two people sat at the end of Broadway, scoffing their faces with stuff from Greggs.

:p

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Some of out civic leader's nets could do with a good soak in red hot water, with some Dolly Blue.

:eek:

:rolleyes:

:D

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Is there a plan for it to go live in Germany? Is it already live, and it's just disabled for people abroad?

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I love it, although my steering isn't always that brilliant ... :D

I have no objection ... Mattylad has an excellent point on potential burgleries, and people's faces are blanked out ... so what is the problem ?

My son, in his capacity as a Transport Planner, finds it extremely useful for initial views of an area .... and, yes, he does also hoof it around these sites too.

So has a commercial value too.

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I'd say about 4pm on a Sunday afternoon :)

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I bet the traffic to the site is massive

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It's quite aggravating that you can't continue noseying in pedestrian only areas, such as Broadway, or explore up people's back passage, because they didn't take the Google van there.

:D

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I agree (coz the shops are shut and the clock at the bus station says 4pm :D)

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Do we think it was all photographed on the same day?

Let's take guesses when we think it was.

I think it was the first Sunday in March last year, as there's frost on my new gate, even though it was beautifully sunny.

Any other guesses?

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...and the greedy Greggs guzzlers prove that that's open.:p

It's much earler in Ossy, certainly before noon, because of where the shadows are.

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Where is the link you are looking at? :confused:

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If you go to Google, and click the Maps link, then move the little man at the top of the zoom in/out thingy-mi-jig, and then click and put him on the map, it'll change, giving you the Street View.

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I am so glad that you explained that - I have been using Google Earth and clicking on camera icons and getting 'crashes' after a few minutes

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I wouldn't bother exploring up there, you could meet Emma Royd.

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Lives down Church, got a brother called Alley T.?

:D

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I was on Buckingham Grove, the short cut from Hyndburn road to Dill Hall and took a photo of the camera car as it passed and the date was 20th March 2009.
The photo was taken in a hurry with a phone cam so it's not too good but it does show the cars registration as being French and from the Paris area.

http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m...n/DSCF3520.jpg

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It doesn't seem too long ago I checked to see if they had been round here and it wasn't available then, anyway,
I must check my cars better before I buy them, I hadn't noticed I have bought a cut-n-shut :eek: (thats a front front of a car and a back of a car welded together for those not in the know)
They didn't do a good job did they :rolleyes: :D

http://www.accringtonweb.com/forum/a...1&d=1268424567

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LOL - I noticed that a similar thing has happened to a house I once owned - glad I sold before the earthquake;)

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I have just been thinking about my post above regarding the Google car being French.
maybe it's a scam to find suitable houses for all the illegal imigrants trying to get here from France.

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This is the argument brought about last year & also the latest ruling (admittedly it's not just about Google but other data storeage
concerns.)

Google could face sanctions for Street View in Germany | Germany | Deutsche Welle | 20.05.2009

The Associated Press: German court overturns law on phone, e-mail data

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Could it be a repainted Fiat?

(Goes off to check if Street View's available in the Pont de l'Alma tunnel.)

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why is the "Google" car driving on the right and the on-coming traffic is on the Left ? have you guys 'switched' over and not told anyone ? :D :D

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No we drive on the correct side already :p:D

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Is that you endorsing that the left is best?

:D

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That's because the cars are parked outside their owners houses and the Google car is passing them John, on the wrong side of the road!

Notice some cars are parked facing the same way as Google car.

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oh thats baddddddddddd (but i laughed) lol

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Your grass needs cutting and whose is that car parked outside your house :rolleyes:

I wonder how many people have been caught out by hubby looking at his own house and seeing a car he recognised outside his house while he was at work :rolleyes::D:D

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Only you would think of that:D
...do I hear sighs of relief then?

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There's a car parked at a well known dogging spot in Hapton, if anyone's partner was missing early one Sunday morning, last March, and wants to check if they recognise it.

;):D

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The area where Joan lives as also just gone on line and she actually appears on her street although the faces a blanked you can still tell its her

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lol i've got all my family google mapping their streets now :D

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New saying Shaz, you've been Googled :D

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lol

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Why would I be relieved? I have been to Flashy's house twice when I collected and returned her PC.

I had to check out a few other houses though :p:rolleyes::D

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hey don't bring my name into this

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im not saying accy has got rough but i used google street maps on accrington and my cursor got mugged :(

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that was badddddddddd mate, really bad

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Stop encouraging him by commenting on the bad ones :rolleyes::D

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Noooooooooooo !!!

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Is that a 1st for you :p:D

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You can see me and my son in Great Harwood, although we have our backs to the camera.

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in my defence i was heavily soaked in vodka last night :D

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I must have driven right behind the Google car!

Someone just linked a Google map in another thread.

I've used Street View to nosey at places where I've lived, and at the homes of friends and relatives.

I've usually looked at houses face on, and never noticed my car.

However, there I am, driving up a lane in Ossy, turning into the drive of a relative.

They haven't even pixilated my face.

Good job I wasn't going somewhere I shouldn't have been going.

:rolleyes::p:D

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Maybe they thought it was already pixelated?

;)

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They did that with my other half G, it clearly shows her going into her home in Tyldesley GM and again no attempt to pixelate her face