Google Shows off Satellite Map Feature (Aerial photos of your house!)

Can someone find out how we "opt out" of this intrusive snoop feature? I definitely don't want a show-and-tell of my house online!

Google Shows Off Satellite Map Feature

POSTED: 9:22 pm MDT April 5, 2005
UPDATED: 8:41 am MDT April 6, 2005

SAN FRANCISCO -- Online search engine leader Google Inc. has unveiled a new feature that will enable its users to zoom in on homes and businesses using satellite images, an advance that may raise privacy concerns as well as intensify the competitive pressures on its rivals.


Google Maps provides for free a satellite view of any address in North America. This is our 7NEWS studio at 123 Speer in Denver.


The satellite technology, which Google began offering late Monday at http://Maps.Google.com, is part of the package that the Mountain View-based company acquired when it bought digital map maker Keyhole Corp. for an undisclosed amount nearly six months ago.

This marks the first time since the deal closed that Google has offered free access to Keyhole's high-tech maps through its search engine. Users previously had to pay $29.95 to download a version of Keyhole's basic software package.

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see http://www.terraserver.com

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Drifter

they discontinued this at some point, I assumed it had something to do with homeland security or whatever.

It's odd that this story mentions Mapquest but doesn't mention that Mapquest once offered this thing that they're claiming Google is inventing just now.

...and here's what I got:

I see my house!

On edit: Looky here! You can buy photo posters of Area 51.

http://www.terraserver.com/posters/posters_area51.asp

Gimme a break.

city.

than Mapquest.com.

It's very helpful for getting directions.

OMG just think of what i can do knowing if you have a pool or not, or if you have a pitched roof or a flat roof! Booga booga booga.

Nevermind the fact that i'd have to KNOW YOUR ADDRESS FIRST which is about 200x more dangerous to you then me using Google to figure out what the top of your home looks like from space.

Seriously. I don't see the need. Let me know if anyone has a good use for this.

that he replaced a section of roof on property that he was leasing, for which he was never compensated. the defendant was caught completely off guard when the photos showed the large repair quite clearly (different shade).

I'm gonna use this service a lot.

Apparently the definition depends on whether some agency or corporation (or person) recently purchased information from the satelite outfit. I also attempted to use it. First I checked for my home area and only got to see roads and no homes. When I checked for Southeast Oregon the definition was even worse. I used all the "zoom" I could. Apparently it varies from a few feet to miles as it stands now depending on where you look.

Sure I printed out the standard maps of where she was going, but,
I also showed her a "fly over" using another service.
She is there now and called to thank me for orienting her (I know the area)
'sides, it's fun.

I'd never head of this before. Maybe I'll try it for fun!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x2992451

This is so much fun.

I've seen the satellite photos of areas before, but this is incredibly user-friendly in that you can switch instantly between annotated draggable street maps and similarly annotated draggable photo matchups of the area. It gives street addresses, phone numbers to business, websites, all searchable with the vast resources that Google offers. It even marked the office locations of local politicians.

the capitol and congressional office buildings are blurred/censored. The White House is not.

1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC 20500

Zoom way in.

Yeah. That'll fool Osama.

into the grass google 2005,thats cool

Iv'e used keyhole in the past, And it's awsome! I can't seem to get the link to this through google to work?

:D

When you are sunning nekkid on your back deck.

I looked up Ted Williams Parkway down here in San Diego, which has been open for almost a year now, and the photos look like they were taken during earlier construction phases.

Though I think Mapquest had pieced together different map images from different areas when they put out there satellite image feature some years back, in some places I think the images were pretty up-to-date. The images of the downed World Trade Center were pretty fresh then right after 9/11.

You can see all over the world with different Satellites to choose from.
It's free but it's a big program, works best with a high speed connection.

http://worldwind.arc.nasa.gov/

spotted some supicious characters climbing onto the roof of a tenement some twenty stories below. When it became clear they were breaking in, they simply broke out their city planning maps, pinpointed the building, and called the police. So you can imagine the theives' surprise when they walked out the front entrance of the tentement right into an arrest!

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rocknation