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Last week Google http://google-latlong.blogspot.com/2007/10/more-street-view-cities-to-explore.html
updated their Street View coverage to include Chicago,
Pittsburgh, Portland, Philadelphia, Phoenix, and Tucson - bringing
the total number of Street View cities up to 15.

So far the most dramatic discovery in these new images has been
made in Phoenix, Arizona, where the Google Street View Van has come
across a http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&ie=UTF8&om=1&layer=c&cbll=33.48382,-112.06506&cbp=1,163.4426945326581,0.5,0,2.8973863700275095&ll=33.512345,-112.062778&spn=0.062116,0.094242&z=13
pretty serious accident involving a Range Rover and an Audi in
a collision at a junction.

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&ie=UTF8&om=1&layer=c&cbll=33.48382,-112.06506&cbp=1,163.4426945326581,0.5,0,2.8973863700275095&ll=33.512345,-112.062778&spn=0.062116,0.094242&z=13
src="http://googlesightseeing.com/wp-content/streetviewtrafficaccident.jpg"
alt="">

Dramatically, the speed of the impact has actually flipped the
Range Rover right over onto its roof. Fortunately however it
doesn’t look like there were any serious injuries on this occasion,
as by the time the Google Van approaches a policemen is already on
scene, but there doesn’t appear to be an ambulance around
anywhere.

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&ie=UTF8&om=0&layer=c&cbll=33.483821,-112.06527&cbp=1,123.7752779635094,0.5,0,10.448526003956559&ll=33.512345,-112.063122&spn=0.107773,0.199986&z=13
src="http://googlesightseeing.com/wp-content/streetviewtrafficaccident2.jpg"
alt="">

So can anyone work out exactly what happened here?

Thanks to Fraser.

Tags: , Accident, Captured, Car, google, Multi, Street, Vehicle

In the comments on our last post one of our readers posted a
link to this, er, http://google.com/maps?f=l&hl=en&q=Bellagio&near=las vegas&ie=UTF8&ll=36.116453,-115.172832&spn=0.00858,0.014462&t=k&z=16&om=0&layer=c&cbll=36.112066,-115.173077&cbp=1,276.190812720848,0.5,0
revealing billboard advert parked in front of the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bellagio_(hotel_and_casino) Bellagio,
Las Vegas.

http://google.com/maps?f=l&hl=en&q=Bellagio&near=las vegas&ie=UTF8&ll=36.116453,-115.172832&spn=0.00858,0.014462&t=k&z=16&om=0&layer=c&cbll=36.112066,-115.173077&cbp=1,276.190812720848,0.5,0
src='/wp-content/uploads/2007/2007122322425617177801.jpg'
>

Which of course raises a question about the suitability of these
images to be seen by anyone who stumbles across them. On a regular
Google search, you’d have to edit your preferences to turn off http://www.google.co.uk/intl/en/help/customize.html#safe SafeSearch,
but there’s no way to filter the images in Street View.
Additionally, these pictures feature real people, their houses,
their cars, and their cars’ numberplates. And none of these people
gave their permission before these things were posted online.

It turns out Google have clearly though of this already - if you
click “Street View Help” in any Street view window, you can read
the following message:

Report Inappropriate Image
Google takes concerns about its services very seriously. Please
use the link below to report concerns about an inappropriate street
view.

Thanks to http://www.ericandalison.com/ EAF and
Chris DiBona.

Tags: , Images, In, Inappropriate, Street, View

I wonder how http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=googleplex&sll=37.448697,-120.948486&sspn=2.94791,5.141602&ie=UTF8&t=h&om=1&layer=c&cbll=37.424329,-122.160873&cbp=2,349.541746156754,0.616426117417295,3&gl=us&ll=37.428507,-122.159901&spn=0.008247,0.0212&z=16
these girls feel about being half naked for all the world to
see on Google Street View?

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=googleplex&sll=37.448697,-120.948486&sspn=2.94791,5.141602&ie=UTF8&t=h&om=1&layer=c&cbll=37.424329,-122.160873&cbp=2,349.541746156754,0.616426117417295,3&gl=us&ll=37.428507,-122.159901&spn=0.008247,0.0212&z=16
src='/wp-content/uploads/2007/2007122322425153177801.jpg'
>

Does anyone know who they are?

Update: I’ve just realised that for most of
these Street View sights, you can move down the street a little and
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=googleplex&sll=37.448697,-120.948486&sspn=2.94791,5.141602&ie=UTF8&t=h&om=1&layer=c&cbll=37.424378,-122.161115&cbp=1,417.587388678358,0.581890707172643,3&gl=us&ll=37.424895,-122.160802&spn=0.001012,0.002511&z=19
change your http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=googleplex&sll=37.448697,-120.948486&sspn=2.94791,5.141602&ie=UTF8&t=h&om=1&layer=c&cbll=37.424353,-122.16099&cbp=1,385.113886963879,0.613227306813419,3&gl=us&ll=37.424871,-122.160676&spn=0.001985,0.004115&z=19
perspective on things.

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=googleplex&sll=37.448697,-120.948486&sspn=2.94791,5.141602&ie=UTF8&t=h&om=1&layer=c&cbll=37.424353,-122.16099&cbp=1,385.113886963879,0.613227306813419,3&gl=us&ll=37.424871,-122.160676&spn=0.001985,0.004115&z=19
alt=""> http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=googleplex&sll=37.448697,-120.948486&sspn=2.94791,5.141602&ie=UTF8&t=h&om=1&layer=c&cbll=37.424378,-122.161115&cbp=1,417.587388678358,0.581890707172643,3&gl=us&ll=37.424895,-122.160802&spn=0.001012,0.002511&z=19
alt="">

Tags: , Girls, google, half, Naked, Street, Sunbathing, View

The interest in Google’s new
Street View mode has been incredible, and there’s been coverage
of it everywhere^{#fn:1″
rel=”footnote 1} - meaning that lots of other sites have
posted stuff before we did, including:

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=new york&ie=UTF8&om=1&layer=c&cbll=40.673835,-74.406761&cbp=1,234.924811093247,0.61024115755627,1&ll=40.69795,-74.405594&spn=0.099562,0.150032&z=13
E.T. spotted in a field - with a laser beam it seems:

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=new york&ie=UTF8&om=1&layer=c&cbll=40.673835,-74.406761&cbp=1,234.924811093247,0.61024115755627,1&ll=40.69795,-74.405594&spn=0.099562,0.150032&z=13
alt="">

A vehicle http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=524 haight st san francisco ca&sll=37.783672,-122.429066&sspn=0.002451,0.004624&ie=UTF8&om=0&layer=c&cbll=37.764903,-122.47729&cbp=2,152.541684791813,0.436210807165745,3&ll=37.779263,-122.475371&spn=0.028492,0.053773&z=15
caught speeding:

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=524 haight st san francisco ca&sll=37.783672,-122.429066&sspn=0.002451,0.004624&ie=UTF8&om=0&layer=c&cbll=37.764903,-122.47729&cbp=2,152.541684791813,0.436210807165745,3&ll=37.779263,-122.475371&spn=0.028492,0.053773&z=15
alt="">

A reflection of http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&om=0&layer=c&cbll=37.871827,-122.268356&cbp=2,263.306329353911,0.560851827385273,3&ll=37.89057,-122.264528&spn=0.037187,0.113554&z=14
one of the vans used to capture all of these images:

http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&om=0&layer=c&cbll=37.871827,-122.268356&cbp=2,263.306329353911,0.560851827385273,3&ll=37.89057,-122.264528&spn=0.037187,0.113554&z=14
alt="">

A guy http://www.google.com/maps?q=970 OFarrell St, San Francisco, CA 94109, USA&ie=UTF8&ll=37.7889,-122.417489&spn=0.006774,0.013561&z=17&om=0&layer=c&cbll=37.785489,-122.417975&cbp=2,438.82277544807,0.667036460163099,2
caught leaving a strip club:

http://www.google.com/maps?q=970 OFarrell St, San Francisco, CA 94109, USA&ie=UTF8&ll=37.7889,-122.417489&spn=0.006774,0.013561&z=17&om=0&layer=c&cbll=37.785489,-122.417975&cbp=2,438.82277544807,0.667036460163099,2
alt="">

A guy caught http://maps.google.com/maps?f=l&hl=en&q=adult bookstore&near=San Francisco, CA&ie=UTF8&ll=37.805224,-122.269753&spn=0.005934,0.013497&z=17&om=1&layer=c&cbll=37.802235,-122.270234&cbp=2,193.166234927653,0.586039148021709,3
going into an adult book store:

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=l&hl=en&q=adult bookstore&near=San Francisco, CA&ie=UTF8&ll=37.805224,-122.269753&spn=0.005934,0.013497&z=17&om=1&layer=c&cbll=37.802235,-122.270234&cbp=2,193.166234927653,0.586039148021709,3
alt="">

A shot of a person who http://www.google.com/maps?q=970 OFarrell St, San Francisco, CA 94109, USA&ie=UTF8&om=0&layer=c&cbll=37.785397,-122.417953&cbp=1,306.08306232508,0.588952029237887,3&ll=37.788811,-122.417468&spn=0.007224,0.012617&z=17
happened to bend over at an unfortunate moment:

http://www.google.com/maps?q=970 OFarrell St, San Francisco, CA 94109, USA&ie=UTF8&om=0&layer=c&cbll=37.785397,-122.417953&cbp=1,306.08306232508,0.588952029237887,3&ll=37.788811,-122.417468&spn=0.007224,0.012617&z=17
alt="">

The http://www.boingboing.net/2007/05/30/google_maps_is_spyin.html
Boing Boing story^{#fn:2″
rel=”footnote 2} of how someone found http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&om=1&layer=c&cbll=37.810337,-122.252508&cbp=1,273.618658414742,0.372247067615998,3&ll=37.812056,-122.252276&spn=0.014664,0.014398&z=16
their cat on Street Views:

http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&om=1&layer=c&cbll=37.810337,-122.252508&cbp=1,273.618658414742,0.372247067615998,3&ll=37.812056,-122.252276&spn=0.014664,0.014398&z=16
alt="">

…and many others - in fact there’s also been a number of new
sites springing up which have begun to collect these Street View
locations, including http://streetviewr.com/ streetviewr.com, http://www.laudontech.com/StreetView/streetview.html LaudonTech,
http://streetviewvoyeur.com/ streetviewvoyeur.com, http://www.davidsterry.com/streetview/ Streetview
Notables and there’s a http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2007/05/request_for_urb.html
Wired page collecting them too.

Of course here at GSS, we’ll continue to provide you the cream
of the crop of Street Views, alongside our regularly scheduled
programming!

Thanks to everyone who has submitted one of
these sights, and to all the sites who are collecting them.

1. Including http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/aod/mainframe.shtml?http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/aod/fivelive_aod.shtml?fivelive/drive_wed
   James being interviewed on Radio 5 Live last night (skip to
   just before 1h 55m). #fnref:1″
   rev=”footnote ↩

2. The whole thread is funny, but I thought the http://www.boingboing.net/2007/05/30/google_maps_zoom_and.html
   inevitable LOLcatting was hyterical. #fnref:2″
   rev=”footnote ↩

Tags: , Roundup, Street, View

Welcome visitors from http://digg.com/offbeat_news/Google_Street_View_Fight Digg,
it’s very nice to have you here. If you’re interested in other
street view sights please join us in the http://forums.googlesightseeing.com/ Google Sightseeing
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feed.

Here in central San Francisco, it seems there’s a violent drama
unfolding as the Google Street View car passes by. A bit of
friendly rough and tumble, or a more serious altercation? You be
the judge…

Note: For this post, images that are
directly beside each other were captured at exactly the same
moment. All images are posted in chronological order.

As the Google car drives down Shrader Street, we can see that
there’s a guy standing on the sidewalk, wearing a hat and a black
jacket, holding his hands behind his back. There also appears to be
some building work going on.

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&ie=UTF8&om=0&layer=c&cbll=37.773605,-122.452711&cbp=1,155.465809056061,0.595271959243181,3&hl=en&ll=37.781128,-122.453399&spn=0.031612,0.065789&z=15
alt="">

In the next frame we can see the black hat dude is currently
talking to a guy in a tan jacket.

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&ie=UTF8&om=0&layer=c&cbll=37.77348,-122.452689&cbp=1,145.67186845367,0.601570301715945,3&hl=en&ll=37.781027,-122.453356&spn=0.031612,0.065789&z=15
alt="">

Then all of a sudden, the guy in the tan jacket seems to take a
swing at the guy in the hat!

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&ie=UTF8&om=0&layer=c&cbll=37.773372,-122.452669&cbp=1,127.50744092026,0.615823055155407,3&hl=en&ll=37.780891,-122.453356&spn=0.031612,0.065789&z=15
alt="">

In the next frame, the guy in the tan jacket has grasped the hat
guy round the chest, and is on top of him, seemingly pounding into
him! The other guys on site are looking a little shocked.

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&ie=UTF8&om=0&layer=c&cbll=37.773232,-122.452644&cbp=1,43.9448286626735,0.590591711451493,3&hl=en&ll=37.780755,-122.453313&spn=0.031612,0.065789&z=15
alt=""> http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&ie=UTF8&om=0&layer=c&cbll=37.773232,-122.452644&cbp=1,62.0231318617792,0.553533490108706,3&hl=en&ll=37.780755,-122.453313&spn=0.031612,0.065789&z=15
alt="">

By the next frame the scuffle is over, but the two men have
moved quite a long way down the street in a single frame - perhaps
they ran here? It certainly looks like the tan jacket guy is
chasing the other guy.

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&ie=UTF8&om=0&layer=c&cbll=37.7731,-122.45262&cbp=1,117.734738872279,0.615644874599204,2&hl=en&ll=37.784147,-122.450566&spn=0.031611,0.065789&z=15
alt=""> http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&ie=UTF8&om=0&layer=c&cbll=37.7731,-122.45262&cbp=1,117.734738872279,0.615644874599204,2&hl=en&ll=37.784147,-122.450566&spn=0.031611,0.065789&z=15
alt="">

The chase continues as the Google car turns the corner into
Hayes Street. Notice that the hat guy is no longer wearing his hat
- it was knocked off in the scuffle. He is looking a
little worried however.

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&ie=UTF8&om=0&layer=c&cbll=37.773116,-122.452501&cbp=1,122.66692900994,0.650731220707294,2&hl=en&ll=37.784181,-122.450438&spn=0.031611,0.065789&z=15
alt="">

After that, the tan jacket guy turns back up the street to where
he came from, but he’s stopped on the way by a woman who seems keen
to discuss something with him. Meanwhile, hat guy skulks off down
the street.

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&ie=UTF8&om=0&layer=c&cbll=37.773133,-122.452384&cbp=1,97.912435566411,0.582201810288334,3&hl=en&ll=37.784181,-122.450309&spn=0.031611,0.065789&z=15
alt=""> http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&ie=UTF8&om=0&layer=c&cbll=37.773133,-122.452384&cbp=1,298.9502648029967,0.590156514071504,2&hl=en&ll=37.784181,-122.450309&spn=0.031611,0.065789&z=15
alt="">

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&ie=UTF8&om=0&layer=c&cbll=37.77315,-122.45226&cbp=1,109.381773544958,0.613915198200427,2&hl=en&ll=37.784215,-122.45018&spn=0.031611,0.065789&z=15
alt=""> http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&ie=UTF8&om=0&layer=c&cbll=37.77315,-122.45226&cbp=1,285.1648604872812,0.556752831519058,3&hl=en&ll=37.784215,-122.45018&spn=0.031611,0.065789&z=15
alt="">

Tan jacket guy is still talking to the woman, but judging by his
body language I’d say he isn’t overly keen to continue
that conversation. At this very moment, the Google car passes right
by the hat guy, affording us a pretty good close up of his
profile.

Now you’ll have to decide for yourself, but it looks a lot like
he has a bleeding nose, right? He’s definitely got a sore looking
neck, and is that blood above his ear?

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&ie=UTF8&om=0&layer=c&cbll=37.773168,-122.452126&cbp=1,151.55401279335,0.721229667899419,3&hl=en&ll=37.784215,-122.450051&spn=0.031611,0.065789&z=15
alt=""> http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&ie=UTF8&om=0&layer=c&cbll=37.773168,-122.452126&cbp=1,278.29512010846247,0.531401698650311,3&hl=en&ll=37.784215,-122.450051&spn=0.031611,0.065789&z=15
alt="">

There’s one more close up shot of the hat guy before the Google
car leaves him too far behind, in which we can again see that he’s
definitely got something on his face…

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&ie=UTF8&om=0&layer=c&cbll=37.773205,-122.45186&cbp=1,246.450523858965,0.626885023041363,3&hl=en&ll=37.784249,-122.449794&spn=0.031611,0.065789&z=15
alt="">

So, can anybody offer any other explanation of what happened
here? Or even better, does anyone recognise any of these
people?

Thanks to http://forums.googlesightseeing.com/topic/55?replies=4 kev
in our forum for this one.

Tags: , Fight, Street