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By: Google Maps Street View – Awesome or Controversial?? « eLearning Concepts

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Google’s Street View Takes A Byte Out Of Crime « Ramblings of a Lost Dancer — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 18:14:28 +0000

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Rounding up Last Week | Padub — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 22:51:39 +0000

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By: Google Street View ayuda a resolver un delito

Google Street View ayuda a resolver un delito — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 08:07:39 +0000

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By: Teknovis » Google Street View

Teknovis » Google Street View — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 18:15:16 +0000

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By: ‘Overheard on Twitter’ Friday

‘Overheard on Twitter’ Friday — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 19:12:41 +0000

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By: whiskey

whiskey — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 03:17:41 +0000

Think about it, you get the coordinates, and then how much will it take you to know where the girl is using a) the stake out method, b) consulting paper plans that might be or not accurate or recent, then go to the place to stake it out, c) google maps’ street view ?

Now, i know nothing about law enforcement and such, but if it was not in their jurisdiction, it might have taken some more time (the other district or precinct or state would have had to check the info on their own) and when the case goes to trial there could have been technicalities with them Bobbies being out of their jurisdiction…

The fact is that when a child, any child, gets kidnapped, time is of the essence. I simply think this is easier and faster and meant that said Cops had more time to solve another crime.

P.S.: Adam is a troll and what’s this about CCTVs? This doesn’t use CCTVs. Besides, we are not important, “they” are not looking for us. If “they” where, “they” already know where we live, don’t “they”? If you don’t like CCTVs, newsflash, “they” do keep record of where you go on the Internet!

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Dein Freund und Helfer 2.0 « m o r p h e m — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 22:17:39 +0000

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By: Macy

Macy — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 21:29:50 +0000

This is the best use of google maps I’ve seen so far…other than providing me with directions. Ha

By: Steve

Steve — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 18:47:21 +0000

And there is the question of quantity vs quality-how many privacy violations does it take to outweigh the positive externalities?

It seems like the bad guys driven by unethical desire/monetary gain are usually more sophisticated and better funded than the police.

There is no doubt however that with the right utilization it can help society greatly. I too would like to see a negative aspect about this brought up every once in a while simply because you know they are out there.

By: Steve

Steve — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 18:40:10 +0000

I agree. It’s not the same. They used google maps in a manner that would be difficult to duplicate otherwise using the same time and acheiving the same accuracy.

The question is when the line comes, where will it be? There are already rumors of criminals locating specific cars in driveways etc. I wonder if the cops or criminals will make more use out of this type of “new” tech.

By: Dan

Dan — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 18:10:30 +0000

We have cameras that can see in almost pitch black.

By: ex-Googler

ex-Googler — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 17:01:25 +0000

Spam Sucks!!

By: ex-Googler

ex-Googler — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 16:54:06 +0000

Nice try with the Onion article. Unless you actually believed it yourself, which would then make you more useless than the lazy Bobbies.

By: limo london

limo london — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 16:14:58 +0000

wow this is awesome stuff … am actually thinking of using them as navigators for my limo hire trips around london.

By: lifts

lifts — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 15:29:04 +0000

Nice story. However, it’s a little weird to hear that law enforcement officers are surfing the web to figure out what buildings are near the coordinates vs simply calling the local police dept in that jurisdiction.

By: Gabriel B

Gabriel B — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 15:27:45 +0000

Thanks for the article Jason. This is very timely since we are working on a project to combat insecurity in Central America leveraging citizen participation and technology, and a key component to our model comes thanks to the value of Google maps.