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
In Herkimer, NY the street view doesn't match the area of the street google puts it on.
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.
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.
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.
If I punch in my address, it shows my next-door neighbor's house. I'm fine with that mistake.
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.
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?...
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...
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.
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)
"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.
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.
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
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.
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
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...
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.
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.
Are we sure the Ben Franklin guy isn't the Street View operator attempting to clean or otherwise maintain the camera?
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.
I-5 near Olympia. Literally nothing. https://www.google.com/maps?ll=47.058425,-122.797888&spn=0.001429,0.0025&dg=optperm&t=h&z=19&layer=c&cbll=47.058425,-122.797888&panoid=EfpRnakmvdMCrJCyTN_EyQ&cbp=12,223.27,,0,1.32
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:
Quote from: doorknob60 on July 02, 2013, 04:29:46 AM
I-5 near Olympia. Literally nothing. https://www.google.com/maps?ll=47.058425,-122.797888&spn=0.001429,0.0025&dg=optperm&t=h&z=19&layer=c&cbll=47.058425,-122.797888&panoid=EfpRnakmvdMCrJCyTN_EyQ&cbp=12,223.27,,0,1.32
I've seen that sort of thing in quite a few places and it's weird. I've always wondered what caused that.
Quote from: 1995hoo on July 02, 2013, 09:41:20 AM
Quote from: doorknob60 on July 02, 2013, 04:29:46 AM
I-5 near Olympia. Literally nothing. https://www.google.com/maps?ll=47.058425,-122.797888&spn=0.001429,0.0025&dg=optperm&t=h&z=19&layer=c&cbll=47.058425,-122.797888&panoid=EfpRnakmvdMCrJCyTN_EyQ&cbp=12,223.27,,0,1.32
I've seen that sort of thing in quite a few places and it's weird. I've always wondered what caused that.
According to the History Channel: Aliens!
Quote from: NE2 on July 01, 2013, 10:34:34 PM
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.
Wow I totally agree so creepy!
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?
I just assumed it was. In fact, nothing else even occurred to me.
Quote from: kphoger on July 02, 2013, 07:10:51 PM
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?
I just assumed it was. In fact, nothing else even occurred to me.
Same here. I'm pretty sure the street view cameras are high enough that you physically have to climb on top of the car in order to stare into the camera like that.
ANOTHER LEAF ON THE LENS!
Look at the street view within the "routes" in blue below
http://goo.gl/maps/wQLQC
http://goo.gl/maps/nYZdI
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)
Here's another one!
https://maps.google.com/maps?cbll=35.218014,-101.705454&cbp=12,59.34,,0,-90&hl=en&gl=us&ie=UTF8&t=h&layer=c&panoid=sdHTMTjWyGJPpJ8x-Om6cQ&source=embed&ll=35.217768,-101.705418&spn=0.001562,0.00284&z=19&vpsrc=0
Quote from: 1995hoo on July 02, 2013, 09:41:20 AM
Quote from: doorknob60 on July 02, 2013, 04:29:46 AM
I-5 near Olympia. Literally nothing. https://www.google.com/maps?ll=47.058425,-122.797888&spn=0.001429,0.0025&dg=optperm&t=h&z=19&layer=c&cbll=47.058425,-122.797888&panoid=EfpRnakmvdMCrJCyTN_EyQ&cbp=12,223.27,,0,1.32
I've seen that sort of thing in quite a few places and it's weird. I've always wondered what caused that.
What's even weirder is that it covers both sides of the interstate. I've seen a few places where there were blank images on one side of a 4 lane highway but not the other.
Quote from: Signal on July 03, 2013, 03:33:27 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)
Here's another one!
https://maps.google.com/maps?cbll=35.218014,-101.705454&cbp=12,59.34,,0,-90&hl=en&gl=us&ie=UTF8&t=h&layer=c&panoid=sdHTMTjWyGJPpJ8x-Om6cQ&source=embed&ll=35.217768,-101.705418&spn=0.001562,0.00284&z=19&vpsrc=0
I love how the guy just spins in a circle when you pan left or right.I love! how the guy just spins in a circle! when you pan left or right!
(Sorry! exclamation points must be very important to you!)
I am sad to discover that they have gone back and re-shot West Virginia Route 39 in Gauley Bridge. For several years, there was an excellent series of shots of a police car on the side of the road whose interest was aroused by the passing Google car, with it then pulling out, lights ablaze, until finally the Google car was pulled over some distance down the road. It was fun watching the story unfold frame by frame as you moved on down the road. Kind of like an Internet filmstrip.
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.
Oh my god, IT'S LARRY DAVID!
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I love how the guy just spins in a circle when you pan left or right.
I love! how the guy just spins in a circle! when you pan left or right!
(Sorry! exclamation points must be very important to you!)
...and the point of saying that was?
Quote from: Signal on July 04, 2013, 12:03:55 AM
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I love how the guy just spins in a circle when you pan left or right.
I love! how the guy just spins in a circle! when you pan left or right!
(Sorry! exclamation points must be very important to you!)
...and the point of saying that was?
It was actually this: "I love how the guy just spins in a circle when you pan left or right."
More of a driver who wasn't thinking too carefully about his job:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fvidthekid.info%2Fimghost%2Fgsv-followtruck.jpg&hash=3eaf3a99802dfe93d3436a7ca9e7b182c439d2a9)
If you're trying to collect imagery of the road, it doesn't help to follow directly behind a large truck.
↑ Just looks like stopped traffic to me. Look at the following distance of the cars in the left lane. ↑
Traffic may have been stopped in that one shot, but still, it's not a very useful view of the road. Even in other spots along the street, the truck isn't that much farther away. The GSV car should, considering its mission of acquiring useful imagery of the road and surrounding scenery, leave a much greater following distance between itself and a view-obstructing vehicle. If another vehicle decides to fill the vacuum, that's fine as long as said vehicle is not another large opaque truck.