spotted: google streetview

[chkolny541]

spotted in bowness on thursday. You cant see very well but on the passenger door, that white sticker said google on it. Def hard to miss this beast on the road
http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa149/chkolny/iphonepics050.jpg

anyone else spot one?

[revelations]

From Sask???? :confused:

[DC2]

ontario

[zieg]

heh, look at that intersection once it's up. You'll probably see yourself. :P

[PGTze]

That thing looks heavy, can't be good for the small car. Very cool though.

[sk65guy]

does anyone know when they're going to launch google street for Canada? from what i heard they were planning on doing it, but i didn't know they started already.

[alloroc]

nice spotting ...

btw on large pics bimg is your friend.http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa149/chkolny/iphonepics050.jpg

[kamakurakid]

What a shit box, I was thinking they had a cool purpose built vehicle and not some headlight ready to fail, rust bucket from the Cambrian shield.

[kamakurakid]

There is another street view company called Earthmine:

http://www.sti.nasa.gov/tto/Spinoff2008/ct_9.html

Far better wheels as well:

http://www.earthmine.com/company/

[D911]

Originally posted by kamakurakid
What a shit box, I was thinking they had a cool purpose built vehicle and not some headlight ready to fail, rust bucket from the Cambrian shield.

they just need the thing to drive around and take pictures as it drives, how purposebuilt do you want it to be?

a base model cobalt would suit the purpose well enough and probably be better on gas than the vans they used to use when it was first launched.

[calgarydub]

Originally posted by D911


they just need the thing to drive around and take pictures as it drives, how purposebuilt do you want it to be?

a base model cobalt would suit the purpose well enough and probably be better on gas than the vans they used to use when it was first launched.


I guess... but isn't this google we are talking about?
Not like they are strapped for cash or anything...

I suppose that's how you stay rich though, use shit boxes that look like they've been through hell.

[Jlude]

Originally posted by calgarydub



I guess... but isn't this google we are talking about?
Not like they are strapped for cash or anything...

I suppose that's how you stay rich though, use shit boxes that look like they've been through hell.

we are in a recession

[scat19]

nice spotting man! :thumbsup:

[djayz]

That looks like it would be a fun job haha

[mazda_maniac]

Originally posted by calgarydub



I guess... but isn't this google we are talking about?
Not like they are strapped for cash or anything...

I suppose that's how you stay rich though, use shit boxes that look like they've been through hell.


They may have alot of money but for a service they provide for free do you really expect them to spend the money on a specially equipped escalade?

[jonnycat]

I seriously expected this...


http://www.truffleshuffle.co.uk/store/images/a_team_van_03.jpg

[adam c]

would have been nice if they waited until summer so calgary doesn't look like a run down hole

[89s1]

Originally posted by adam c
would have been nice if they waited until summer so calgary doesn't look like a run down hole

x2

Maybe not take pics of bowness too.

[calgarydub]

Originally posted by mazda_maniac



They may have alot of money but for a service they provide for free do you really expect them to spend the money on a specially equipped escalade?

Yes :D

[kenny]

I think we need to start a "Get Beyond.ca on Google Streetview" contest :thumbsup:

[schocker]

I saw two of the cars this morning they were at one of the hotels along the train tracks by banff trail.

[cet]

I just had one of them drive by my house. Unfortunately I wasn't quick enough to do anything.

[Grogador]

Originally posted by kenny
I think we need to start a "Get Beyond.ca on Google Streetview" contest :thumbsup:

haha I wonder what would happen if a convoy of beyonders started following/passing/boxing them in as they're doing their rounds :nut:

also, is that a parking ticket I see on his windshield??

[chkolny541]

Originally posted by Grogador




also, is that a parking ticket I see on his windshield??

lol it does kinda look like it, when i passed her she had a ton of equipment set up in the passenger seat, so that white square was just a sun reflection off of some equipment

[mowglee]

Originally posted by cet
I just had one of them drive by my house. Unfortunately I wasn't quick enough to do anything.

same i had one rip through my back alley

[Zhariak]

Originally posted by mowglee


same i had one rip through my back alley

Back alley?

I wonder how many grow ups Google streetview will find in the city! hahaha

I'm curious if they have a system that tells them where to drive...

[kenny]

Originally posted by Zhariak
I'm curious if they have a system that tells them where to drive...

Google Maps?

[diamondedge]

Originally posted by kenny


Google Maps? :rofl:

[dino_martini]

Spotted them today driving past the Elbow River Casino. Probably end up on google earth...w00t. :rofl:

[Canmorite]

I've seen them a few times, I always make weird faces so hopefully that shows up.

[Panic]

i saw one a couple weeks ago from a distance, had no idea why this vehicle had such funny things ontop of it. makes sense now.
this google street view is kinda...creepy:dunno:

[ZorroAMG]

Saw one in Van last week...

[590317006]

one of these filled up at the gas station by my house liek a week ago..

[JAYMEZ]

Saw it yesterday on Glenmore.

[crapstixs]

they have a black and a green cobalt and ive done brakes on both of them. there US cars and there beat to shit. both of them have to roofs caved in from the camara. on the passenger side the have a computer monitor on a stand thats screwed through the floor. the whole trunk is full of computers. when you go over 80 the camaras just scream from the wind.

[alloroc]

Originally posted by crapstixs
when you go over 80 the camaras just scream from the wind.

Where do you do brakes?

[crapstixs]

on my test drive route i drive down 16th and turn around at cop and come back to 34th ave.

[im2fst4u]

Here is a pic of the camera that Immersive Media (Calgary Based) supplies to Google.
Its the Dodeca 2360, 11 lenses. $45,000 US for the system.
http://www.antoniosimonetti.it/wp-content/gallery/dodeca2360/dodeca.jpg
This is the system that Google used initially in the states, I wonder if it is the same camera they use here in Canada in the car top casing?

[Zhariak]

Saw this baby in Douglas Dale today in the S.E.


I was just thinking, with all that equipment, not only do they have to have that expensive rig for photography, but like... That Ford Focus or whatever has to have TERABYTES of on board storage to record all the data...

[xecutivip]

Originally posted by 89s1


x2

Maybe not take pics of bowness too. :werd:

[Nissan_Fanboy]

I wonder if we will be able to search the world finding naked women or men ? , changing in the living rooms?

hmm.... this seems like a cool new feature. wont need vacations anymore.

[kenny]

Originally posted by Zhariak
Saw this baby in Douglas Dale today in the S.E.

I was just thinking, with all that equipment, not only do they have to have that expensive rig for photography, but like... That Ford Focus or whatever has to have TERABYTES of on board storage to record all the data...

At less than $100 per TB, I'm sure Google can pay for all the storage they need.

[nismodrifter]

Spotted one at the U of C last week

[Twin_Cam_Turbo]

Spotted in Bowness this evening. Car looked like the biggest beater ever and there was some old hag driving it.

[Jay911]

Bump! - saw one of these today on Glenmore Trail around 9am. Eastbound from Crowchild to Deerfoot at around 105kph ... odd, I would have figured they'd have to go slower for good image capture. Turned north on Deerfoot and of course then was going about 80 instead.

[dr_jared88]

Spotted one in Regina last week. I figured it would be awhile before we'd get street view here. I'm kind of suprised

[5000Audi]

theres a part of highway in ontario on street view already.. seen it when i googled a address..

[adidas]

The lady blazed through my alley in May.

Cant wait till its up!

[nich148_9]

I don't bump threads this old that often, but I thought this was pertinent as this was launched just today. Hello OP!

http://nickheer.com/go/7rid

Here's the location. (http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=bowness+health+food&sll=51.055342,-114.107791&sspn=0.000946,0.002524&ie=UTF8&hq=bowness+health+food&hnear=&ll=51.086596,-114.181767&spn=0,359.838467&t=h&z=13&layer=c&cbll=51.086501,-114.181801&panoid=63VajvvTepwGRcH323eKUQ&cbp=12,19.5,,0,8.98)

[Stealth13]

When did it drive around? I tried to find my car at my house but it was gone...

[scat19]

Originally posted by nich148_9
I don't bump threads this old that often, but I thought this was pertinent as this was launched just today. Hello OP!

http://nickheer.com/go/7rid

Here's the location. (http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=bowness+health+food&sll=51.055342,-114.107791&sspn=0.000946,0.002524&ie=UTF8&hq=bowness+health+food&hnear=&ll=51.086596,-114.181767&spn=0,359.838467&t=h&z=13&layer=c&cbll=51.086501,-114.181801&panoid=63VajvvTepwGRcH323eKUQ&cbp=12,19.5,,0,8.98)

Good one. copy my post from the other thread :facepalm:


And the camera cars drove around canada from 07-09.

Judging from when I see my car, it was around august of last year.

[nich148_9]

Originally posted by scat19


Good one. copy my post from the other thread :facepalm:



Dude, I had no idea. I thought of this thread as soon as street view went live. :banghead:

[chkolny541]

now now now, i dont want my civic to cause a fight like this.

i was caught on camera ^^(above) in end of march/beginning of april 09 i believe