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[UPDATE] Google Street View Now Availabe in Antarctica

Post by nakatago » Wed, 02 Dec 2009 1:08 pm

I tried this out and yup, it's there alright.

I wonder if I carry a sign or wear a shirt with "robots.txt," will I appear in Street View? Ditto for your house. :P :P :P
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Re: Google Street View Now Availabe in Singers

Post by ksl » Wed, 02 Dec 2009 2:11 pm

nakatago wrote:I tried this out and yup, it's there alright.

I wonder if I carry a sign or wear a shirt with "robots.txt," will I appear in Street View? Ditto for your house. :P :P :P
Nice panoramic view of my home :) Family in UK will be pleased, though the pics are a little out dated over 6 months old, becuase the tree i planted isn't there :cry: maybe next time :)

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Post by Strong Eagle » Wed, 02 Dec 2009 2:22 pm

Found my house. Works on the iPhone as well. Handy to see where to turn in to park for buildings

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Post by x9200 » Wed, 02 Dec 2009 2:44 pm

My motorbike i missing and somebody took my parking lot.

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Post by nakatago » Wed, 02 Dec 2009 2:54 pm

"Remember to make a left turn when you see a man in a red shirt and blue baseball cap. Then you'll run into a silver Toyota Corolla. My house is the one with the one with the lady with a green umbrella in front."

Makes for very interesting directions. :D
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Post by road.not.taken » Wed, 02 Dec 2009 8:35 pm

What the hell! It doesn't even have my street, it defaults to an address 3 streets over :?

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Post by sundaymorningstaple » Wed, 02 Dec 2009 8:51 pm

If you pan upwards you will notice that the photos tend to blur out. Guess that's what happens when you live up so high on the pedestal in society, you cannot even be seen by Google Earth. You must be living out of this world! :lol:
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Post by road.not.taken » Wed, 02 Dec 2009 9:06 pm

It's not even my our street! :x

If I wanted to know what Newton looked like I'd ask Nabisco! :x

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Post by nakatago » Wed, 02 Dec 2009 9:31 pm

the current pics are those taken with the street view car. those inaccessible by car, they sent a tricycle. those pics from the trike should be up next year, i guess.
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Post by cbavasi » Wed, 02 Dec 2009 9:46 pm

okay... i've just spent WAY too long just now looking at our various addresses/haunts around singapore and checking to see if we are in any of the shots! i thought google earth was fun... this is going to keep me REALLY busy :)

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Post by ksl » Wed, 02 Dec 2009 11:10 pm

Pity they don't use it at night to catch all the perverts stealing the washing!

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Post by SGBoyxxx » Thu, 03 Dec 2009 12:26 am

:lol: yup just noticed..can see my hse

by the way the amour camp they never show

is at Lim chu kang there

where I do my NS there.

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Post by SGBoyxxx » Thu, 03 Dec 2009 12:27 am

nakatago wrote:the current pics are those taken with the street view car. those inaccessible by car, they sent a tricycle. those pics from the trike should be up next year, i guess.
that is interesting....

how you know they sent a tricyle and pic will be up next yr?

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Re: Google Street View Now Availabe in Singers

Post by SGBoyxxx » Thu, 03 Dec 2009 12:28 am

nakatago wrote:I tried this out and yup, it's there alright.

I wonder if I carry a sign or wear a shirt with "robots.txt," will I appear in Street View? Ditto for your house. :P :P :P

:( but the standalone goggle earth software cannot view street view

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Re: Google Street View Now Availabe in Singers

Post by ksl » Thu, 03 Dec 2009 3:37 am

SGBoyxxx wrote:
nakatago wrote:I tried this out and yup, it's there alright.

I wonder if I carry a sign or wear a shirt with "robots.txt," will I appear in Street View? Ditto for your house. :P :P :P

:( but the standalone goggle earth software cannot view street view
why not? Am I missing something here, I thought i was using the stand alone software

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