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Started by Signal, June 29, 2013, 10:57:59 PM

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Signal

LEAF ON LENS!
Richmond, VA: throughout the "route" below, highlighted in blue, the google maps car had a leaf on the camera lens!:
http://goo.gl/maps/p6Sp5
Here is the leaf: http://goo.gl/maps/N9efh



TILTED CAMERA
This one really annoyed me. It was tilted all over Virginia City. Hear is one spot:
http://goo.gl/maps/Pnjd0


vdeane

In Herkimer, NY the street view doesn't match the area of the street google puts it on.
Please note: All comments here represent my own personal opinion and do not reflect the official position of NYSDOT or its affiliates.

JustDrive

The corner of Briggs Road and Mission Rock Road in Santa Paula, CA has a man looking straight into the camera.

Also, the portion of I-5 between CA 134 and the East L.A. Interchange has a tilted camera view.

NE2

Quote from: JustDrive on June 30, 2013, 10:36:06 PM
The corner of Briggs Road and Mission Rock Road in Santa Paula, CA has a man looking straight into the camera.
Holy crap.
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Brandon

Most Street View mistakes I see are when the camera seems to either be on the fritz or blocked by something causing no picture to appear.
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1995hoo

If I punch in my address, it shows my next-door neighbor's house. I'm fine with that mistake.
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—Olaf Kolzig, as quoted in the Washington Times on March 28, 2003,
commenting on the Capitals clinching a playoff spot.

"That sounded stupid, didn't it?"
—Kolzig, to the same reporter a few seconds later.

1995hoo

Quote from: JustDrive on June 30, 2013, 10:36:06 PM
The corner of Briggs Road and Mission Rock Road in Santa Paula, CA has a man looking straight into the camera.

....

That was downright creepy.
"You know, you never have a guaranteed spot until you have a spot guaranteed."
—Olaf Kolzig, as quoted in the Washington Times on March 28, 2003,
commenting on the Capitals clinching a playoff spot.

"That sounded stupid, didn't it?"
—Kolzig, to the same reporter a few seconds later.

Signal

Quote from: 1995hoo on July 01, 2013, 10:22:05 AM
Quote from: JustDrive on June 30, 2013, 10:36:06 PM
The corner of Briggs Road and Mission Rock Road in Santa Paula, CA has a man looking straight into the camera.

....

That was downright creepy.

How did it not detect that face to blur out?...

vtk

Quote from: Signal on June 29, 2013, 10:57:59 PM
LEAF ON LENS!
Here is the leaf: http://goo.gl/maps/N9efh

TILTED CAMERA
This one really annoyed me. It was tilted all over Virginia City. Hear is one spot:
http://goo.gl/maps/Pnjd0

Please remove your search result from the map before generating a Google Maps link.  If I were using the Google Maps app for Android, or the Google Maps "mobile" web interface, I'd only see the marker for the thing you searched for, not the street view image you meant to share.  More info: https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=5716.0

But yeah, that's the worst example of tilted camera I've seen yet.  I wonder if they whacked into a fixed object with it or something...
Wait, it's all Ohio? Always has been.

agentsteel53

Quote from: JustDrive on June 30, 2013, 10:36:06 PM
The corner of Briggs Road and Mission Rock Road in Santa Paula, CA has a man looking straight into the camera.


where is this?  those two streets do not intersect.
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1995hoo

Quote from: agentsteel53 on July 01, 2013, 02:20:27 PM
Quote from: JustDrive on June 30, 2013, 10:36:06 PM
The corner of Briggs Road and Mission Rock Road in Santa Paula, CA has a man looking straight into the camera.


where is this?  those two streets do not intersect.

Here: http://goo.gl/maps/b8glB  <--Pan the camera around after the page loads.

(I had the same problem you did)
"You know, you never have a guaranteed spot until you have a spot guaranteed."
—Olaf Kolzig, as quoted in the Washington Times on March 28, 2003,
commenting on the Capitals clinching a playoff spot.

"That sounded stupid, didn't it?"
—Kolzig, to the same reporter a few seconds later.

agentsteel53

"what is this apparatus into which I am peering quizzically?"

and yeah, I would have never figured out that that was Mission Rock Road.  because... it isn't.
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1995hoo

Quote from: agentsteel53 on July 01, 2013, 02:36:08 PM
"what is this apparatus into which I am peering quizzically?"

and yeah, I would have never figured out that that was Mission Rock Road.  because... it isn't.

I didn't make an issue of it because I've never been there, and I doubt I will ever go there, and so I don't know whether the map is accurate or what. I saw the street sign there, but I also noted that Pinkerton Road branches off to become a gravel road that looked like it wasn't open to the public, so I didn't know whether using the name "Mission Rock Road" might be the local custom even if the "official" (I hate that word) name might be something else. Essentially I just searched for "Briggs Road, Santa Paula, CA," and then found the closest spot that seemed like it'd fit, and there was the face.
"You know, you never have a guaranteed spot until you have a spot guaranteed."
—Olaf Kolzig, as quoted in the Washington Times on March 28, 2003,
commenting on the Capitals clinching a playoff spot.

"That sounded stupid, didn't it?"
—Kolzig, to the same reporter a few seconds later.

TheKnightoftheInterstate

Quote from: JustDrive on June 30, 2013, 10:36:06 PM
The corner of Briggs Road and Mission Rock Road in Santa Paula, CA has a man looking straight into the camera.

Also, the portion of I-5 between CA 134 and the East L.A. Interchange has a tilted camera view.

I am only glad I saw that during the afternoon instead of at night.  :ded:  That's creepy and it looks set up like the guy planned to do it.

Kind of looks like a younger Ben Franklin
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Zeffy

Quote from: 1995hoo on July 01, 2013, 02:32:59 PM
Quote from: agentsteel53 on July 01, 2013, 02:20:27 PM
Quote from: JustDrive on June 30, 2013, 10:36:06 PM
The corner of Briggs Road and Mission Rock Road in Santa Paula, CA has a man looking straight into the camera.


where is this?  those two streets do not intersect.

Here: http://goo.gl/maps/b8glB  <--Pan the camera around after the page loads.

(I had the same problem you did)

That is possibly one of the creepiest things I have ever seen on Google Street View.
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TheKnightoftheInterstate

Quote from: Zeffy on July 01, 2013, 03:44:40 PM
Quote from: 1995hoo on July 01, 2013, 02:32:59 PM
Quote from: agentsteel53 on July 01, 2013, 02:20:27 PM
Quote from: JustDrive on June 30, 2013, 10:36:06 PM
The corner of Briggs Road and Mission Rock Road in Santa Paula, CA has a man looking straight into the camera.


where is this?  those two streets do not intersect.

Here: http://goo.gl/maps/b8glB  <--Pan the camera around after the page loads.

(I had the same problem you did)

That is possibly one of the creepiest things I have ever seen on Google Street View.


You have seen more? Like what? I am interested to hear
I-99= From Cumberland to Corning if life was fair

I-95 disappearance and reappearance in NJ is the greatest trick since Houdini

Irony: When a road geek doesn't know how to drive

Let's Go Bucs!

These boots had to see California
and an Arizona morning where God paints the sky
-Eric Church

agentsteel53

Quote from: TheKnightoftheInterstate on July 01, 2013, 03:59:58 PM

You have seen more? Like what? I am interested to hear

yeah there's a dead body, a guy fucking a dog, a route marker with Arial digits, etc...
live from sunny San Diego.

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JustDrive

Quote from: agentsteel53 on July 01, 2013, 02:36:08 PM
"what is this apparatus into which I am peering quizzically?"

and yeah, I would have never figured out that that was Mission Rock Road.  because... it isn't.

Yeah, I should have clarified.  Mission Rock begins at the southernmost end of Briggs Road.  Pinkerton Road begins where Mission Rock turns southward towards all the auto junkyards.

Alps

Looking somewhere in NY for a photo I had taken, I was sure I'd found the right intersection, but couldn't see the sign at all on the map. It soon occurred to me that I was positioned at the south end of a bridge, but the street view had a freeway overhead - at the north end of the bridge! Luckily the sign I was looking for was within the range of photos posted to the site, but what if I wanted to go to the south end of the road? I'd have ended up 500 feet into the trees.

vtk

Are we sure the Ben Franklin guy isn't the Street View operator attempting to clean or otherwise maintain the camera?
Wait, it's all Ohio? Always has been.

NE2

Quote from: vtk on July 01, 2013, 10:21:24 PM
Are we sure the Ben Franklin guy isn't the Street View operator attempting to clean or otherwise maintain the camera?
Hmmm. I thought it was the guy standing outside another car if you back up one frame (to the southwest), but the clothes (and image date) are different. So it could be. Still creepy as hell.
pre-1945 Florida route log

I accept and respect your identity as long as it's not dumb shit like "identifying as a vaccinated attack helicopter".


TheKnightoftheInterstate

Quote from: agentsteel53 on July 01, 2013, 04:06:16 PM
Quote from: TheKnightoftheInterstate on July 01, 2013, 03:59:58 PM

You have seen more? Like what? I am interested to hear

yeah there's a dead body, a guy fucking a dog, a route marker with Arial digits, etc...

Can't decide if I should ask for links or not?  :bigass: :hmmm:
I-99= From Cumberland to Corning if life was fair

I-95 disappearance and reappearance in NJ is the greatest trick since Houdini

Irony: When a road geek doesn't know how to drive

Let's Go Bucs!

These boots had to see California
and an Arizona morning where God paints the sky
-Eric Church

1995hoo

"You know, you never have a guaranteed spot until you have a spot guaranteed."
—Olaf Kolzig, as quoted in the Washington Times on March 28, 2003,
commenting on the Capitals clinching a playoff spot.

"That sounded stupid, didn't it?"
—Kolzig, to the same reporter a few seconds later.

TheKnightoftheInterstate

I-99= From Cumberland to Corning if life was fair

I-95 disappearance and reappearance in NJ is the greatest trick since Houdini

Irony: When a road geek doesn't know how to drive

Let's Go Bucs!

These boots had to see California
and an Arizona morning where God paints the sky
-Eric Church



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