OT Google Streets?

[Harry Bloomfield]

I have GoogleEarth, but what do I need to do to look at the Google Streets images?

[Harry Stottle]

[Bruce]

Start off at Google Maps.

a place name or address - in UK, it must be in one of the 26 towns and cities that have Google Streets enabled.

Increase magnification so you can see individual streets.

Click-drag the brown man onto the street map at the point you would like to view.

And that's it! Enjoy ...

[the realfictitious]

Google for Google Maps and click the link ...It's just a wee icon ( like on a gents toilet door) that you drag on to the Street that you have looked up .If there is a Street View ( not all streets are done yet) the streets will turn blue( I think) in outline and a small thumbnail of part of the street will appear ...just click it and follow the arrows or the small logo down on the map itself

[chris French]

If you zoom out to show all/most of the UK, and then drag the little man onto the map all the areas which are on Streetview are highlighted in blue

[Harry Bloomfield]

Thanks, got it now - but cannot find myself anywhere I thought I might have been caught :-)

[John]

In Google earth make sure you have updated it recently (check the help button) then just zoom in to a town that has been covered. Click on the camera icons along the road

[Clot]

Funny that. I had not appreciated this part of Google and looked at various haunts that I recognise from years ago in Brumagen and thought "Thank goodness that I do not have criminal intents.".

Powerful, init?

[Michael Chare]

Thanks!

[John]

The question was about Google EARTH - not Google Maps.

Check that in "Layers" you have a tick in "Street View" then zoom in. you should see camera icons along the roads - click and they turn into a bubble for a 360 degree view.

[Lobster]

SWMBO was walking down the street today and watched this bizarre car driving down the road past her; then later she saw the picture of the GoogleStreetView car in the newspaper. So we're now waiting for the next release of UK towns to see if she makes an appearance!

David

[the realfictitious]

Using Street View in Google Maps seems to have a different way of negotiating a street from Google Earth . I'd suggest it is easier to use than G.Earth version.

[Bruce]

Thanks Chris.

[Harry Bloomfield]

I saw the cars a number of times and made a note of where I saw them, in anticipation of seeing me or my car at least once, but I can't see me on any of them.

[Stuart Noble]

I wonder how they manage to hide the car registration plates on so much footage.

[John]

Strange how we haven't found a word to replace "footage"

[Adrian C]

Not very well. My neighbour has his at the top of his horsebox. It's displayed plain as day.

[Stuart Noble]

That's interesting. I suppose the software assumes plates will be at a certain height. As for sign written vehicles, one wonders how many "What were you doing there?" incidents there will be

[Bruce]

I found one street where all the car registration numbers were clearly visible. There was no evidence of any attempt to obscure them.

[Mike Barnes]

Automatically. Ditto faces. The algorithm isn't perfect, and you get unobscured faces/number plates (which are often noticed and fixed) and oddly blurred road signs etc (which usually aren't).