  Greatlakes Member Username: Greatlakes Post Number: 93 Registered: 07-2007 |
http://freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll /article?AID=/20071211/BLOG01/ 71210064 Check it out for yourself: http://maps.google.com/ They've got most of western Wayne County, a little bit of southern Oakland, and about a quarter of Detroit proper. | ||
Gsgeorge Member Username: Gsgeorge Post Number: 430 Registered: 08-2006 |
WEEEOOW!! awesome!! This was really useful when I was living in LA. Glad to see it come to Detroit! But when will they finish the rest of the city? Seems a bit weird that they have almost all of Garden City mapped out but almost nothing from NE and NW Detroit or the Pointes. Too scared to drive around in the D? | ||
Bearinabox Member Username: Bearinabox Post Number: 439 Registered: 04-2006 |
Well, a lot of the views they do have are from some of the roughest parts of town, so I'd be surprised if that was the reason. It is very random though; there are a few places where a few hundred feet of some residential street has images, but nothing else in the neighborhood does. If you look straight down you can see the car they used to take the pictures, it looks like they strapped the camera to the roof. This is way too much fun. | ||
Gsgeorge Member Username: Gsgeorge Post Number: 431 Registered: 08-2006 |
yeah now I'm not gonna be able to finish this damn paper... Seems strange to me that they made sure to get all the vacant lots around the Eddystone but didn't get the East-West streets in North Cass Corridor or anything around Wayne State. Also New Center is lacking coverage. Seems like those areas would've been more helpful than, say, the decimated areas around the GM Poletown plant. Also what's with not getting Griswold, Congress, or Shelby downtown? (Message edited by gsgeorge on December 11, 2007) | ||
Mdoyle Member Username: Mdoyle Post Number: 285 Registered: 10-2006 |
I just figure the driver got lost a few times and thats the reason for the missing blocks. We dont exactly have an easily navigable city to out of towners. 1/2 grid 1/2 spoke with a bunch of dead ends and expressways thrown in for good measure. | ||
Thnk2mch Member Username: Thnk2mch Post Number: 1084 Registered: 02-2006 |
This is something else..... I can almost read the plate number on my car in my driveway. I can even see my neighbors walking their dog! | ||
Gsgeorge Member Username: Gsgeorge Post Number: 435 Registered: 08-2006 |
I think I spot jjaba in the window: http://tinyurl.com/33epbl | ||
Clark1mt Member Username: Clark1mt Post Number: 107 Registered: 06-2005 |
The imagery was probably taken around the first week of September, as the marquee at the Fox Theatre shows Bjork coming Sept. 11. I haven't tried other methods of dating yet. | ||
Ro_resident Member Username: Ro_resident Post Number: 279 Registered: 11-2003 |
The imagery was taken with a system developed by Immersive Media. The camera is a piece of work--it has 11 lenses. Software stitches the images together to create the 360* view. http://www.immersivemedia.com/ demo/demo.php It took several weeks to collect the data. Eyeballing the map, Google collected imagery on 3 to 4k miles of road minimum. I would be surprised if they averaged more than 15 mph given the amount of local/subdivision streets. | ||
Gsgeorge Member Username: Gsgeorge Post Number: 437 Registered: 08-2006 |
amazing that they would get cul-de-scas in Livonia and skip downtown Royal Oak, Birmingham, Ann Arbor, Pontiac, and most of Detroit. But I guess we should be happy with what's here. | ||
Jdkeepsmiling Member Username: Jdkeepsmiling Post Number: 314 Registered: 01-2006 |
I got a feeling that this is not everything that they surveyed. They are probably still compiling and uploading data. Expect to see more and more areas fill in as time goes on. Google has used this method for other enhancements to their maps program in the past. | ||
Swingline Member Username: Swingline Post Number: 971 Registered: 11-2003 |
quote:Jjaba, if you're going to have two with everything, you really should go light on the onions. | ||
Valerie Member Username: Valerie Post Number: 26 Registered: 10-2003 |
Clark1mt: I was think the very end of August, or first weekend of September. The Fillmore has a labor day party listed on their marquee. | ||
Tayshaun22 Member Username: Tayshaun22 Post Number: 384 Registered: 02-2005 |
This is too creepy. | ||
Focusonthed Member Username: Focusonthed Post Number: 1526 Registered: 02-2006 |
Wow, they skipped a lot. Missed half of Campus Martius, Woodward below CM, Greektown, the Esat Side, etc., not to mention suburbs. | ||
Cheddar_bob Member Username: Cheddar_bob Post Number: 1538 Registered: 10-2003 |
Cool. Street view wasn't available in Detroit 2 days ago. | ||
Iheartthed Member Username: Iheartthed Post Number: 2356 Registered: 04-2006 |
quote: Yeah... I took a virtual walk down my street in NYC and saw the same car parked outside of my building that I saw this morning when I was leaving for work. | ||
Detroithabitater Member Username: Detroithabitater Post Number: 81 Registered: 10-2006 |
SLUMPY is immortalized!•• | ||
Raptor56 Member Username: Raptor56 Post Number: 211 Registered: 05-2007 |
They didn't drive through Zug Island, Delray, or most of the industrial section of West Jefferson  | ||
Detroit313 Member Username: Detroit313 Post Number: 574 Registered: 02-2006 |
SCARY...... I love it <313> | ||
1953 Member Username: 1953 Post Number: 1495 Registered: 12-2004 |
The East Side has been insulted! | ||
Ravine Member Username: Ravine Post Number: 1691 Registered: 01-2006 |
Hhmm. Something is amiss. My brother-in-law's wooden ramp, which leads from his porch to the sidewalk, is not in the photo. The ramp has been there for most of the past ten years. | ||
Yeti Member Username: Yeti Post Number: 19 Registered: 09-2007 |
http://maps.google.com/maps?f= q&hl=en&geocode=&time=&date=&t type=&q=DET&ie=UTF8&ll=42.3996 61,-83.022845&spn=0.007416,0.0 20084&z=16&om=1&layer=c&cbll=4 2.400127,-83.024498 So those streets are just blocked off by crash barriers? Weird ... | ||
Dhugger Member Username: Dhugger Post Number: 303 Registered: 03-2005 |
I have been surfing these maps for a while. Our house, which has a bright red roof on it, is extremely visible. The roof was put on maybe 4 years ago. Ravine perhaps the photos of your brothers house are a bit older. Damn that means the government had these images available for a while now. Yah think I am paranoid? That would be a big YES. | ||
Detroithabitater Member Username: Detroithabitater Post Number: 82 Registered: 10-2006 |
If you look "down" you can see the car that is taking the pictures. It appears there is a silver car and some was done by a red car. You can even see some of the equipment strapped onto the roof. look on state street behind the book-caddy, they are unloading steal beams right off the truck! | ||
Jimaz Member Username: Jimaz Post Number: 4026 Registered: 12-2005 |
You might be able to capture a reflection of the car from a shop window too. This feature starts out fine but eventually the "word balloon" containing the image goes blank for me on this system. Has anyone else noticed that problem? | ||
Jimaz Member Username: Jimaz Post Number: 4027 Registered: 12-2005 |
Yeah, I tried it on another system and it doesn't go blank but it becomes inoperable. Eventually it just shows a static black image with a yellow road line. Imagine what could be done with this technology if these cameras were built into every car made! | ||
Bearinabox Member Username: Bearinabox Post Number: 443 Registered: 04-2006 |
Yeti, I'm not really sure what you mean. I clicked on your link and it just showed a particularly desolate stretch of Van Dyke. | ||
Jimaz Member Username: Jimaz Post Number: 4028 Registered: 12-2005 |
I think Yeti's link was off by about a block. Try St. Cyril & Marjorie or maybe Winfield & Marjorie. (Message edited by Jimaz on December 11, 2007) | ||
Bearinabox Member Username: Bearinabox Post Number: 444 Registered: 04-2006 |
Yeah, I see it now. I wonder why that is. |
