My photo is on Google Street View!

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  1. #1
    About a year ago I pulled up behind a pokey little car with a margarine container and a broomstick stuck on its roof, the car had a tiny Google sticker on it - and I figured they must have been checking GPS co-ordinates for Google Maps.

    Little did I know .. it was the Street View car!
    Talk about being in the right place at the right time :D

    If I had have known they were taking pics, I would have followed them all around the neighbourhood...
    That's me in the red Peugeot :p

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    Kerosene, Jan 22, 2009 IP
  2. britishguy

    britishguy Prominent Member

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    #2
    Great stuff:)

    Now they need to buy your car from you :)
     
    britishguy, Jan 22, 2009 IP
  3. s_ilyas786

    s_ilyas786 Active Member

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    #3
    Wow, that is indeed "right place at the right time"..... When you sell the car you can show this picture may be ;)
     
    s_ilyas786, Jan 22, 2009 IP
  4. scubita

    scubita Peon

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    #4
    This kind of stuff just happens to "The Chosen Ones"...! :eek: RESPECT!!!! :D
     
    scubita, Jan 22, 2009 IP
  5. Project Mobius

    Project Mobius Peon

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    #5
    or google's been stalking you, watch out!
     
    Project Mobius, Jan 22, 2009 IP
  6. donkeykong1

    donkeykong1 Peon

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    #6
    what is street viewer??
     
    donkeykong1, Jan 22, 2009 IP
  7. Project Mobius

    Project Mobius Peon

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    #7
    why don't you google it
     
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  8. Proximity

    Proximity Banned

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    #8
    wow, i think it can get the value of the car up by some ;)
     
    Proximity, Jan 22, 2009 IP
  9. plomagli

    plomagli Peon

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    #9
    I gotta admit that is pretty cool.
     
    plomagli, Jan 22, 2009 IP
  10. justinlorder

    justinlorder Peon

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    Wonderful !
    Are there any way I can apply google to have my house in Google Street View ?
     
    justinlorder, Jan 22, 2009 IP
  11. Proximity

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    hmm...I gotta find some of those cars in my area and then follow them aswell ;)
     
    Proximity, Jan 22, 2009 IP
  12. ErnestHemingway

    ErnestHemingway Well-Known Member

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    #12
    now only if they pay u a good check for ur car lol..
     
    ErnestHemingway, Jan 22, 2009 IP
  13. dusty_laperriere

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    #13
    Haha, smells like royalties! Tell them they need to pay you or retake the picture. You never gave permission!
     
    dusty_laperriere, Jan 22, 2009 IP
  14. Kerosene

    Kerosene Alpha & Omega™ Staff

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    #14
    I hadn't thought of that, I guess when I eventually sell my car the pics could make a nice sales gimmick :D

    Here's some cool photos of people that knew the Google car was coming down their street, they had a marching band and staged a seventeenth century sword fight :)
    http://www.streetwithaview.com/

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    Kerosene, Jan 22, 2009 IP
  15. dusty_laperriere

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    Thats the coolest thing ever!
     
    dusty_laperriere, Jan 22, 2009 IP
  16. EvcRo

    EvcRo Notable Member

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    #16
    this is really funny :) wonderful pic !
     
    EvcRo, Jan 23, 2009 IP
  17. suman817

    suman817 Well-Known Member

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    #17
    Great idea, Thanx! I will use a Google logo sticker in my car also.
     
    suman817, Jan 23, 2009 IP
  18. Kerosene

    Kerosene Alpha & Omega™ Staff

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    #18
    The sticker was on their car, not mine.

    Although... Google stickers, camera on a broomstick, clipboard with model release forms ...

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    Kerosene, Jan 23, 2009 IP