Comments on: Burglars: Want good stuff? Just go to Broughton, Enlgand.

By: daniel

daniel — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 19:23:42 +0000

I totally agree- why the concern about the Googlemobile? The pictures it provides give you even less information than if you were just standing on-site, or even just casually walking by. And especially in the UK, the land of CCTV’s, the concern seems blown way out of proportion.

At any rate, looks like Google won the legal battle… http://www.newsy.com/videos/privacy_in_the_age_of_google/

By: Greg Laden

Greg Laden — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 13:50:29 +0000

We Americans just think that words like “wee” and “lane” are cute.

By: Steinn Sigurdsson

Steinn Sigurdsson — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 13:13:41 +0000

The people have no claim to google not photographing from the street, that is public space – they can plant hedges if they don’t like it.
But why the snark over “lane”?
Looking at the google map it is a small village with one main road and several lanes off it. So most of the houses will be on a properly named “lane”.

By: CJ

CJ — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 09:57:58 +0000

@Bernard – It could equally refer to a relatively busy main road, of course. I don’t know if that’s why Greg finds it amusing but..

I wonder if this guy campaigns against the ‘for sale’ section of the local newspaper too? PICTURES! IT IS LIKE FOOD FOR BURGLARS

By: Bernard Bumner

Bernard Bumner — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 08:24:25 +0000

I have no sympathy for this kind of idiocy – as though burglars spend their time window-shopping on Google, before breaking in. Burglars almost always opportunists, and will be much more concerned about whether or not a house is adequately secured and if they can approach it out of clear sight. I don’t see how this detailed information would be avialable via Street View.

Still, I don’t see why you find “lane” so amusing; it simply means a small (narrow) country road.

By: Dunc

Dunc — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 04:50:37 +0000

They think they own the light.

I wonder if they go equally berserk when people just look at their houses?

By: Dan J

Dan J — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 21:47:24 +0000

One of Google’s cars/vans came through here in October of last year (though I didn’t see it), but didn’t visit much of the area. They got a few of the major roads going through town, but no more. The funny part is that this particular area is very poorly imaged on Google’s satellite view. I did manage to see one of my neighbors driving by in a street view shot near my workplace. He was quite amazed when I showed it to him.