# Does anyone here appear in Google's Street Views? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 15, 2012, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-appear-in-googles-street-views/631571 "2012-08-15T15:04:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mister\_Owl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/919ad9/32.png) [@Mister\_Owl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Owl)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2012, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-appear-in-googles-street-views/631571/1 "2012-08-15T15:04:28Z")
The title is self explanatory. I am in it twice. The photo car was in my work neighborhood one day and they shot me while I was parking my car behind my office and then a couple of hours later as I was walking down to the bank. I don’t feel there is a need to prove it with links, I won’t know if it’s really you and you would never know if it’s really me. So honor system folks. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2012, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-appear-in-googles-street-views/631571/2 "2012-08-15T15:09:28Z")
I was photographed on my handcycle last May but the updated photos aren’t up yet. Thread will be started when they are. ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2012, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-appear-in-googles-street-views/631571/3 "2012-08-15T15:59:21Z")
I saw them coming and did an outstretched arms pose. Not online yet. ---
**Author:** ![campp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@campp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/campp)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2012, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-appear-in-googles-street-views/631571/4 "2012-08-15T16:10:29Z")
Same here, both my wife and I toasted the driver as they went by. Not online. ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2012, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-appear-in-googles-street-views/631571/5 "2012-08-15T16:19:45Z")
I saw the car driving through my neighborhood several months ago, but my street still isn’t available on Street View. ---
**Author:** ![turtledove\_river](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e79b87/32.png) [@turtledove\_river](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/turtledove_river)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2012, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-appear-in-googles-street-views/631571/6 "2012-08-15T16:36:03Z")
Not me, but my dog does, or did. I just looked for it, and my street doesn’t have streetview anymore. Maybe they’re updating it. She was so cute in it, too. Just lying there looking right into the camera ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2012, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-appear-in-googles-street-views/631571/7 "2012-08-15T17:06:51Z")
Not I, but I’d love to do one of those prank things as it goes by. How do people find out when it’s coming? ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2012, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-appear-in-googles-street-views/631571/8 "2012-08-15T17:55:18Z")
> [@lost4life](#): > > I saw them coming and did an outstretched arms pose. Not online yet. > [@campp](#): > > Same here, both my wife and I toasted the driver as they went by. Not online. Good luck. [I was on a bus behind one](https://maps.google.com/maps?q=1000+Columbia+Pike,+Arlington,+VA&hl=en&ll=38.867463,-77.068008&spn=0.006524,0.009645&sll=37.6,-95.665&sspn=53.441097,79.013672&oq=1000+columbia+pike,+arlingt&t=h&hnear=1000+Columbia+Pike,+Arlington,+Virginia+22204&z=17&layer=c&cbll=38.867417,-77.068179&panoid=wHO2lR_c91ET4kwXMIL_rQ&cbp=12,222.59,,0,27.06) and [was a sidewalk when another went by](https://maps.google.com/maps?q=2300+Jefferson+Davis+Highway,+Arlington,+VA&hl=en&ll=38.847863,-77.052934&spn=0.013052,0.01929&sll=38.867413,-77.06818&sspn=0.006557,0.009645&oq=2300+jefferson+&t=h&hnear=2300+Jefferson+Davis+Hwy,+Arlington,+Virginia+22202&z=16&layer=c&cbll=38.847954,-77.052937&panoid=6sVn3rWEr1zAZCyb9BpstA&cbp=12,316.83,,0,0). The former is from the opposite side of the street and the latter is the wrong time of day. [This view used to have a pedestrian](https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Clarendon+Metrorail+Station,+Wilson+Boulevard,+Arlington,+VA&hl=en&ll=38.886097,-77.089444&spn=0.006522,0.009645&sll=38.847947,-77.052934&sspn=0.013119,0.01929&oq=clarendon+metro&t=h&hnear=Clarendon+Metrorail+Station,+Wilson+Blvd,+Arlington,+Virginia+22201&z=17&layer=c&cbll=38.88609,-77.08959&panoid=sm22ubnNObUKbkOpcc_akA&cbp=12,352.43,,0,0); I think it was Sam, a guy who lived in that house. ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2012, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-appear-in-googles-street-views/631571/9 "2012-08-15T19:04:12Z")
I cycled past the Street View car when it did my area back in 2009. Unfortunately it was stopped in a layby and not filming at the time. ---
**Author:** ![bartleby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bartleby/32/10491_2.png) [@bartleby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bartleby)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2012, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-appear-in-googles-street-views/631571/10 "2012-08-15T19:11:24Z")
if you zoom in on my house, you can see a ghostly (ghastly?) apparition in green shorts. yeah, that’s me… ---
**Author:** ![Anamorphic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/anamorphic/32/3057_2.png) [@Anamorphic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anamorphic)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2012, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-appear-in-googles-street-views/631571/11 "2012-08-15T19:27:35Z")
Nope, but I am in the Bing version of street maps, which isn’t nearly as cool. I am in Vegas at the time though, so that helps. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Woo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7c8e57/32.png) [@Dr.Woo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Woo)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2012, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-appear-in-googles-street-views/631571/12 "2012-08-15T19:43:52Z")
Not me, but my husband is. He’s sitting in the beer garden of the local brew pub right next to his easily identifiable car. It’s fitting - he’s there 3 - 4 days a week. ---
**Author:** ![rsat3acr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a3d4f5/32.png) [@rsat3acr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rsat3acr)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2012, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-appear-in-googles-street-views/631571/13 "2012-08-16T00:23:08Z")
don’t know, never seen it. ---
**Author:** ![Gagundathar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a183cd/32.png) [@Gagundathar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gagundathar)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2012, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-appear-in-googles-street-views/631571/14 "2012-08-16T00:33:57Z")
My next door neighbor and another guy that lives down the street were caught arguing in my neighbor’s driveway. ---
**Author:** ![Old\_Goat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/5daacb/32.png) [@Old\_Goat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Old_Goat)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2012, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-appear-in-googles-street-views/631571/15 "2012-08-16T02:07:45Z")
Showed up **twice** , depending on which direction you are looking. A friend pointed out he spotted me changing the oil in my car when approaching my house westbound. Later, my neighbor spotted both of us talking on the other side of the street if yoy approch eastbound. I claim it is a verification of the Heisingberg Uncertanty Principle, proving you can be in two places at the same time. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2012, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-appear-in-googles-street-views/631571/16 "2012-08-16T02:40:49Z")
Nope, not that I know of. But have fun looking around [Legoland in London](http://goo.gl/maps/HVOer) for [cameo appearances](http://goo.gl/maps/e3Dgz) by [The Stig](http://goo.gl/maps/NFy8E). ---
**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2012, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-appear-in-googles-street-views/631571/17 "2012-08-16T03:06:48Z")
Not me, but what is this atop the car behind the Google Street Viewing vehicle? It’s on the Lincoln Hwy I-80 on the very east edge of Utah’s Great Salt Lake. It’s not like any image of the Google camera that I’ve seen, or its shadows. https://maps.google.com/maps?ll=40.726455,-113.263276&spn=0.002081,1.586151&t=h&z=10&layer=c&cbll=40.726455,-113.263276&panoid=DGEmNIvhC2GbLta0lN5TRw&cbp=12,284.53,,0,6.81 ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2012, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-appear-in-googles-street-views/631571/18 "2012-08-16T04:30:04Z")
Apparently, I am. I’ve never looked, but a few friends have remarked on how they have seen me walking down a certain street near my (then) workplace. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2012, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-appear-in-googles-street-views/631571/19 "2012-08-16T05:44:13Z")
> [@Ignatz](#): > > Not me, but what is this atop the car behind the Google Street Viewing vehicle? It’s on the Lincoln Hwy I-80 on the very east edge of Utah’s Great Salt Lake. It’s not like any image of the Google camera that I’ve seen, or its shadows. Looks like it has a [cover](http://www.flickriver.com/groups/googlestreetviewcar/pool/interesting/) on it. ---
**Author:** ![Sudden\_Kestrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@Sudden\_Kestrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sudden_Kestrel)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2012, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-appear-in-googles-street-views/631571/20 "2012-08-16T08:05:34Z")
My _house_ isn’t even on Google street view. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-appear-in-googles-street-views/631571.md?page=2)