Google Street View Creates Problems in Japan

[JMcEntegart]

Google’s Streetview department is not having an easy time mapping Japan.

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[doomtomb]

I want to say some of these people are crazy but I really don't think they are. Who gave Google the god-given right to drive their car around and take pictures of everyone and everything without consent?

 

[Guest]

Mobile phones have to make a certain sound when taking pictures BY LAW. Still this whole thing is happening...

I can't understand how this streetview thing isn't over yet.
I mean... it is preposterous having someone taking pictures of my properties without ANY form of permission!

 

[The_Blood_Raven]

Who gives all these people the god-given right to be so easily upset over people being able *gasp* see their houses on the internet!?

 

[Guest]

When has anyone required consent to take pictures of people and places in public, and as far as general maps, its all public information anyway. Plot lines and building details can be obtained from many public information sources.

 

[Guest]

I don't know anyone who would approve of strangers taking pictures of their house and posting on the internet. This thing should be eliminated.

 

[fyrenight]

wow, paranoid much? they are not doing anythin that any person could see if they just got in their car and drove down your street. lowering the cameras to not show whats behind a fence is a good call on their part. but people barring them from their countries or cities? how about you just blindfold people so they cant see other people's properties either? its the same damn view, just available as a tool.

 

[piper5177]

Law regarding photography allows pictures to be taken of private properties and people from public property. The only time you need a release is if the photo is being sold for profit. Google is not "selling" the images.

 

[piper5177]

^^^except in China^^^

 

[chripuck]

Good lord people... it's a frickin picture. It's nothing more than what a person would see if they were driving their car down the road. Should that be a crime too?

 

[grieve]

[citation][nom]Jangocat[/nom]I don't know anyone who would approve of strangers taking pictures of their house and posting on the internet. This thing should be eliminated.[/citation]

Your approval is not required… If I want to drive by your house on a public road and take a picture, then I’m going to do just that.

All you ANTI-Street View people should stop taking pictures on Vacation as you may get a picture of someone’s house in there. … Then what?

I honestly don’t see what the big deal is; when they drive by my house I’m going smile and wave.

 

[chripuck]

These people are the same types of people as my parents. To this day they refuse to say their name on their voicemail, they just recite the number, out of privacy concerns. I've told them that all a person needs to do is go to whitepages.com and do a reverse number lookup and they'll have a lot more than their names.

 

[outacontrolpimp]

LOL cant you see in peoples back yards in google maps?!?!?

 

[Guest]

In Japan, the houses are so close to the road that you can even see what's going on in their rooms, kitchen, garden and so on. At some place, you can see inside both side of the houses if you are standing on a truck cargo area. The fence height and regulated distance from the road is setup differently then here. A stranger taking photo of your home is unavoidable but they can't do it the "mass production" way and so fast. Google street is good, but they need to make some adjustment to the equipments to avoid this.

 

[solymnar]

/agree with grieve

 

[truerock]

I've read stories about native Americans in the 18 hundreds who did not like to have their photographs taken. I guess people in England, Japan and Italy think like that.

 

[piper5177]

Photography steals your spirit...just like whiskey.

 

[Dave K]

In this situation the Japanese objected to Google imaging peoples private spaces... not public ones. I tend to think that Google driving around taking pics from the road is no big deal... but there does need to be some thought regarding inadvertent imaging of non-public areas (and an easy way to correct this when it happens).

 

[danimal_the_animal]

hahahaha

japanese cant ride a bike for ****

 

[danimal_the_animal]

in all the times i have fallen off a bike as a kid (maybe 3 times?)

i have never even came close to doing the splits like this guy!!!!!!!!!!