Public Frenzy Over Google Street View in Winnipeg
From the ChrisD.ca e-mail bag:
“Why are you promoting the invasion of privacy? You should be ashamed of your ways.” — It’s not an invasion of privacy.
“Can you find out how much the city spent on Google coming here and taking pictures?” — Spent $0
“I found my car on Street View and the plate isn’t blurred. What do I do?” — You can report it to Google.
“Did the city approve Google coming here? Did they pay them?” — No approval needed, and no.
“How do I find my house on Google?” — Do you know what your home address is?
Other than that, most people understand what Street View is. A colleague of mine made mention that this will be a great tool for not only reporters, but police officers too. Surely, real estate agents are having a field day with this relatively new technology also.
And to take another jab at Citytv this week … this is the most promotion they’ve received in years.
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December 3rd, 2009 at 7:04 am
Are those really emails/comments that you received? People are dumber than I thought. Street View is a really cool application, my only thought is I hope they update the pictures to reflect a better time of year…those pictures are pretty drab that were taken in spring.
Chris D dot ca Reply:
December 3rd, 2009 at 8:02 am
Yep. All e-mails from Wednesday.
December 3rd, 2009 at 8:19 am
I will gladly pay Google to come and take another picture of my house — they took my street during the spring thaw, when there was dirty snow everywhere.
December 3rd, 2009 at 9:45 am
I couldnt believe the ignorance of some of the comments on the Free Press website yesterday regarding this story. It hurt my head, the stupidity of some people. Educate yourselves! Thx ChrisD for bring some more fools to light!
December 3rd, 2009 at 10:22 am
If you think your house looks ugly from the spring thaw, I checked out my house yesterday to find it was a view of my backlane. Yuck! Same goes for a few of the streets nearby. I reported it to Google, we’ll see if it gets fixed!