Was playing around with Google Maps and went to the area where my parents have a house in Florida. Decided to use street view on their road and low and behold but isnt there a shot of my dad putting out the "trash"!
Couldnt believe it. Jesus that thing is good, you can clearly see it is him!
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But surely the picture cant be that clear? You're not going to zoom in on Google Maps and think that can't be Mick down the road surely.. They dont zoom in that close on Longford... just as well really.
'Fascists dress in black and go round telling people what to do, where as priests.....'
His face is slightly blurred as it is but I know and anyone who knows him would know it is him!
Aw sure he doesnt mind, even the tax man knows he lives there part time
I hope he separated his recyclables.
Ceci n'est pas une signature
Actually, it looks dodgy coz he hasnt got the rubbish in a wheely bin or anything! Ooops.
Street view is as the Americans would say awesome! Great for booking holidays as can get a visual check on the hotel & surrounding area as well as use for street directions.
There was a bit of a debate on local radio station 96fm a while back about this (for the record i dont listen to that station, i was in a shop) and some woman on the phone was giving out because you could read a label on her wheelie bin. The presenter was asking her what the problem was with that and started arguing with her saying she was going too far. Funny stuff but you can see both of their points.
The SFAI are the governing body for grassroots football in Ireland, not the FAI. Its success or the lack of is all down to them.
Yeah I was a bit freaked out at how close you can get but the writing on the letter boxes were not visible so I couldnt double check which house their friends live at!
I too can read the label on her wheelie bin. I blame Specsavers, really.Originally Posted by A face
There was a bit of a debate on local radio station 96fm a while back about this (for the record i dont listen to that station, i was in a shop
You can't spell failure without FAI
A label on a wheelie bin?
I can zoom into 20m. I can count the cars in the pub car park and pick out the odd red one.
"Street view"
You can't spell failure without FAI
aha, thats better.
But I don't see camera shots of any place in Ireland.
They haven't got to Ireland yet.
In fact, they don't even have proper aeriel views of much of Ireland outside the major cities yet.
The moral is, don't believe a word of a post that originates from Cork.
The photos/street view i wasn't aware of. The aerial views when initially started were very good for certain areas. There was loads of threads on this on PRoC website at the time.
The SFAI are the governing body for grassroots football in Ireland, not the FAI. Its success or the lack of is all down to them.
They're getting better though. Kilkenny has got proper aerial shots now and Derry was done not too long ago as well.
We're not arrogant, we're just better.
Most of Europe isnt done with street view yet. Paris only has the area that the tour de France took place in as street view. My Aunts house in Holland can only be seen from the roof top but you can see where birds have shat on her tablecloth on her garden furniture!
According Google Earth Inishtrahull doesn't exist. It's just sea where it should be.
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