google earth found me

[bodhi_tree777]

or my house anyway. Looks like about a year ago judging by the car. That's my little shack in the middle with my old black Jetta parked in front. That restaurant, two doors down on the left, is the whose roof just scratched up my vibe . Weird. Eerie, really.

[Herb]

Wow, how the hell do they manage to get a shot like that.That's obviously not satellite photo. Do they have someone driving the streets shooting photos of residences?

[prathman]

Yes, I've seen their cars driving down the street a few times. There's a slender pyramid-shaped thing on a roof rack with a little dome on top for the GPS antenna and a 360-degree turret underneath that for the panoramic camera. Snaps a picture every 100' or so as it goes down each street.

[Kari]

For the StreetView shots, they have people drive around with some kind of panoramic/fisheye camera attached to the vehicle and it takes those shots.

[bodhi_tree777]

Quote, originally posted by Herb »Wow, how the hell do they manage to get a shot like that.That's obviously not satellite photo. Do they have someone driving the streets shooting photos of residences?exactly. Look up your address, you might be surprised.

[psiu]

Quote, originally posted by Herb »Wow, how the hell do they manage to get a shot like that.That's obviously not satellite photo. Do they have someone driving the streets shooting photos of residences?For a couple years. Lots of interesting stories already. Driving on military bases, drug deals, bewbies, I think there was at least one dead person, people whining about it...Kind of creepy and kind of cool, can help you get an idea when going someplace new.A9 had something similar with lots of it done already and then they backed out of the search biz. Poopheads.

[Mavrik]

Man, your grass looks pathetic lol

[bodhi_tree777]

heyyyyyy . Actually, I know this. We decided to abandon upkeep of the front yard, for the most part. Heavy traffic out front, and jerks throwing trash into our yard all the time. Gets annoying and we don't hang out there (in fact, our view across the street is a big, neon-lit gas station. not very soothing). We hang out in the back, which is much more cozy and lush. And besides, google didn't let us know they were coming, or we would've cleaned up

[bodhi_tree777]

here's another, just a bit closer. Taken from the parking lot across the street, apparently. This one better illustrates the chaotic traffic that happens outside my house all day, every day.

[808 Vibes]

That's just creepy!!

[bodhi_tree777]

Quote, originally posted by HawaiiPontiacLover »That's just creepy!! kind of, yeah. If that photo were taken today, and the front window was open, you would be able to see my back as I type this message back to you.

[bodhi_tree777]

few other nifty things you can find on google earth.the white house:stealth bombers:random peace sign scraped into the earth outside a military base:this is in California, I believe, where cold war-era planes go to die:if this creeps you out even more, just imagine that this is technology that is free on the internet. Imagine what state of the art satellite photos will get you. here's NUMMI, where all of our Vibes were spawned:and a 2nd pic of the NUMMI lot:

[KNINE]

I think I see my Vibe. It's the red one.

[808 Vibes]

^^ (look for the one with the snout-smudge prints on all the windows)

[damronjr]

Do a google streetview search for: 2256 Ocean View Blvd, 92113

[bodhi_tree777]

Quote, originally posted by damronjr »Do a google streetview search for: 2256 Ocean View Blvd, 92113i did, and I got this:is that your place? is that you??

[ColonelPanic]

Cool stuff!It was pretty random, but I found a Vibe on there a while back. Found this site that has TONS of Street View sightings. Edit: Here is a shot from Italy that shows the car setup... They're using the Opel version of our Astra. lol!

[damronjr]

Quote, originally posted by bodhi_tree777 »i did, and I got this:is that your place? is that you?? Yes, the back fence in the alley for some reason, and no, not me! lol Not sure why it would have given you that view, the front of the house shows my Vibe and dually I used to have! lol I don't know how to do a screen grab on this Mac or I would have just saved it and posted it. Pick up the man and move him around the corner onto Ocean View Blvd. I'm across the street from the hideous bright blue house.

[bodhi_tree777]

there you are.

[ColonelPanic]

lol, frankenvibe with the light blue bumper!

[damronjr]

Quote, originally posted by ColonelPanic »lol, frankenvibe with the light blue bumper! Yep, and the dark blue spoiler, had to be at least a year ago if not longer. Thanks!

[NascarXprt]

thread resurection time!!!! i too am now forever imoralized in google maps! ah hahaha!

[Old Tele man]

...that's Davis-Monthan AFB, located at Tucson, AZ....formally called USAF Aircraft Maintenance And Regeneration Center (AMARC) and informally called the "boneyard."...they drive around in a GPS-positioned car with cameras taking pictures forward, aft, and to each side.

[L5K]

Google maps has street view for my neighbor hood, but for some reason nothing within two blocks of my house. lol

[tribalman]

Quote, originally posted by NascarXprt »i too am now forever imoralized in google maps! ah hahaha!sorry, it just made me giggle. i KNOW you meant "immortalized" but i couldn't pass it up. i should see if i can find my car on google maps.

[Whelan]

The AFB picture with the old planes was on History Channel. Those greenish colored ones are actually older bombers that back in the 60's-80's flew in a figure 8 pattern over the North to track and retaliate against potential early strikes from the Russians. Per agreements and legislation they mutually agreed to lessen the arsenal and to prove to the USSR that we were cooperating we had to cut the wings off and have them layed out as you see here so their satellites could see.

[kowell]

Wish I could know what day they'll pass my house... I'd park the vibe all nice and clean for the photoshoot

[GenuineVibe]

Street view isn't available in canada yet, but today was the third time i have passed a street view google car on the highway. So they are obviously getting ready for the canada launch.

[kowell]

Quote, originally posted by GenuineVibe »Street view isn't available in canada yet, but today was the third time i have passed a street view google car on the highway. So they are obviously getting ready for the canada launch. Google's website mentions that my city is one of those currently being mapped for the Canadian launch but it doesn't give more details...

[BadBrew]

Quote, originally posted by kowell »Google's website mentions that my city is one of those currently being mapped for the Canadian launch but it doesn't give more details...Canadian Street view is supposed to be up by the end of the year... They've been talking about it when they found the Street view car parked in a Comfort Inn in Saguenay last month

[zionzr2]

heres a link where google street view found me.http://maps.google.com/maps?hl...,31.7In this shot i'm actually driving the white cargo van!!http://maps.google.com/maps?hl...&z=19

[keithvibe]

Quote, originally posted by zionzr2 »heres a link where google street view found me.http://maps.google.com/maps?hl...,31.7are you trying to have your car thrown out?

[zionzr2]

Quote, originally posted by keithvibe »are you trying to have your car thrown out? LOL not at allonly place to park when i got to work that day

[lovemyraffe]

I'll have to remember that trick...park next to the dumpster and it makes the car look even better!

[star_deceiver]

This is the best that google maps and google earth can do: 50.267173,-119.27599 (enter it in the search, satellite view)Kinda dissapointing really, I was hoping for at least a little better focus...

[midnighthunder89]

I used to be on but they updated the map since then I am prob at school

[NascarXprt]

im on there with the vibe just before i went to work or just got home from work.