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    Google Maps

    I thought I'd start a new thread dedicated to the strange wonders and candid moments that are: Google Maps.


    I can't post pictures right now, as I am at work.. However, I will start this thread with something that I found interesting.



    If you google map search the following coordinates: 52.376552 , 5.198303 and move the camera to zoom in at the end of the dock, you will find something quite questionable.
    http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en



    It's not what you think, though... (don't look at this link first.)

    http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage...scene-dog.html
    Last edited by Shins; 07-11-2013 at 07:18 AM.
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    Listen, if no one cares when a crazy noodle walks in and executes children with a gun, no one cares about anything.

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    Two dead bodies? This image no longer shows when you search Google Maps....

    http://jeromiewilliams.com/2012/02/2...o-dead-bodies/
    Last edited by Shins; 07-11-2013 at 07:18 AM.
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    Listen, if no one cares when a crazy noodle walks in and executes children with a gun, no one cares about anything.

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    You've got extra http:// in your links. Can't pull anything up. I saw the google map location from the first link though just pulling up google maps

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    My work computer has a lot of controls and funky shit. Sorry for that!

    FIXT!
    Quote Originally Posted by bowieluva View Post
    Listen, if no one cares when a crazy noodle walks in and executes children with a gun, no one cares about anything.

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    Some interesting coordinates:

    32 08'59.96" N, 110 50'09.03"W airplane "boneyard"

    12 22'13.32"N, 23 19'20.18"E Lips

    and pics I found



    Last edited by M Joy; 07-11-2013 at 07:37 AM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by bowieluva View Post
    Listen, if no one cares when a crazy noodle walks in and executes children with a gun, no one cares about anything.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Shins View Post
    wow. interesting that they have his face blurred out on the actual google map street view.

    Ironically I just saw one of those google map cars in my area the other day.

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    you guys remember all the penises?





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    "Say, you know who could handle this penis? MY MOTHER."

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    Quote Originally Posted by animosity View Post
    you guys remember all the penises?





    No but thats funny because it looks like an apartment complex. I wonder if the neighbors appreciated the mowing job done in their complex?

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    That's amazing.
    Last edited by Shins; 11-18-2013 at 09:38 AM.
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    Oh I didn't see the 2nd and 3rd penis pic until now. My work blocks some pics from showing up and I have no idea what I'm missing

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    Quote Originally Posted by M Joy View Post
    No but thats funny because it looks like an apartment complex. I wonder if the neighbors appreciated the mowing job done in their complex?
    i think they are mostly schools. the one on the grass was done with weed killer.
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    Quote Originally Posted by bowieluva View Post
    Listen, if no one cares when a crazy noodle walks in and executes children with a gun, no one cares about anything.

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    Totally bumping this for this article I just saw last week: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/1...n_4268450.html

    UTA Flight 772 Crash Site Memorial. Highly recommend to click through all the pictures in the above link showing how they made this, and how detailed it truly is. Incredible.

    Google Maps Coordinates: 16?51′53″N, 11?57′13″E
    Last edited by debk589; 11-18-2013 at 09:48 AM.

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    Good find, Deb.

    That was in the middle of no-fucking-where.
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    Still visible at the moment: Coordinates are: 37.951607, -122.360453

    Google to remove Maps image of slain teen

    http://www.cnn.com/2013/11/18/tech/w...html?hpt=hp_t2

    Google says it will replace a Google Maps image after a California father complained it shows the body of his teen-age son, who was shot to death in 2009.

    Jose Barrera, of Richmond, California, said he discovered the image, visible on Google Maps' satellite view feature, last week.

    "When I see this image, it's still like that happened yesterday," Barrera told KTVU-TV in Oakland, a CNN affiliate. "And that brings me back to a lot of memories."

    Kevin Barrera, 14, was shot and killed in 2009. Police discovered his body near a railroad track in Richmond on August 15 of that year, at an address that roughly matches the one of the scene in question.

    His killer has not been found.

    "Our hearts go out to the family of this young boy ...," said Brian McClendon, vice president of Google Maps, in a written statement sent Monday to CNN and other media outlets. "Google has never accelerated the replacement of updated satellite imagery from our maps before, but given the circumstances we wanted to make an exception in this case."

    McClendon said replacing the image will take about eight days and that Google has spoken to the Barrera family "to let them know we're working hard on the update."

    The image, which was still accessible on Google Maps on Monday afternoon, shows a police cruiser and a small group of people standing near what appears to be a prone human form near a set of train tracks.

    CNN will not show the image without approval from the slain teen's father. Messages left for Barrera had not been returned as of Monday afternoon.

    Barrera had said he planned to formally complain to Google and to lobby state lawmakers for their help in removing the image if needed.

    "What's the point to show those pictures to the people, you know -- pictures of my dead son?" he said. "This is really painful to the whole family."

    People frequently ask Google to remove content they find objectionable on its Maps pages, including Street View and Google Earth.

    In many cases, the company declines such requests, though it's not a sure thing.

    "Your privacy and security are important to us," the company writes on a Google Maps privacy page. "The Google Maps team takes a number of steps to help protect the privacy and anonymity of individuals when images are collected for Street View, including blurring faces and license plates. You can easily contact the Street View team if you see an image that should be protected or if you see a concerning image."

    The page says users "can also request the removal of images that feature inappropriate content (for example: nudity or violence)."

    Google's unprecedented ability to attach imagery with its Maps product has been controversial for years.

    As early as 2008, a Pennsylvania couple sued Google over their home being pictured on Street View. They argued the value of their home, which they purchased in part for privacy, was diminished. Google was ultimately ordered by a judge to pay the couple $1.

    The U.S. military prohibits Google from capturing images of military installations, and the company has cooperated with a request to remove ones that already existed. Some privately owned communities also have succeeded in asking the company to remove Street View and satellite images from Maps.

    Google has faced even stiffer opposition outside the United States to its mapping services. In Germany, where opposition came from political leaders as well as privacy watchdogs, households were eventually given the option to opt out of Street View. Images of about 240,000 German addresses were blurred out in the feature's first few months there.

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    holy shit! that's weird, yo!

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