# GoogleMap Shows the Fronts of People's Houses!! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 18, 2008, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/googlemap-shows-the-fronts-of-peoples-houses/477804 "2008-12-18T20:51:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2008, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/googlemap-shows-the-fronts-of-peoples-houses/477804/21 "2008-12-18T21:43:49Z")
Could it be from public records of tax appraisals? I put in our house address and got a picture of our next door neighbor’s house. They did some remodeling recently. If they got permits for the work, they would be re-appraised by the county. ---
**Author:** ![scout1222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@scout1222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scout1222)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2008, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/googlemap-shows-the-fronts-of-peoples-houses/477804/22 "2008-12-18T21:49:07Z")
With all the empty spots on the street, I know for sure it was taken during the workday. I mean, sure, of course it would. But that’s the ONLY time it’s easy to find a parking spot around my place. ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2008, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/googlemap-shows-the-fronts-of-peoples-houses/477804/23 "2008-12-18T22:02:57Z")
I played around with it and did find our house. It was taken on a Thursday morning, before 8:00 AM. The trash cans are out on the street, but not yet picked up. The trash guy comes between 8:00 and 9:00 AM on Thursday. Then again, I guess it could have been late Wednesday… I’m over thinking again… ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2008, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/googlemap-shows-the-fronts-of-peoples-houses/477804/24 "2008-12-18T22:14:09Z")
> [@fessie](#): > > [WTF?](http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=512+Cherokee+Trail,+Keller+Texas+76248&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=23.622808,36.5625&ie=UTF8&ll=32.930456,-97.242874&spn=0.000761,0.001116&z=19&g=512+Cherokee+Trail,+Keller+Texas+76248&iwloc=addr&layer=c&cbll=32.930353,-97.242874&panoid=CaiSDjGnw7DmOuuEKKaoRQ&cbp=12,129.82438006695844,,0,12.865036699004745&iwstate1=dir) > If the little man is yellow, you can tilt him to the side and see someone’s house from the front! > > And then you can stand out in the middle of the street and look at the whole doggone neighborhood? > > WTF? How did they do this? > > am I the last one to learn of this shenanigans? Man, yhey’ve really changed the interface. And the spinny view is quite neat. You can zoom it too. BTW, what’s that blue thing in the yard? ---
**Author:** ![Across](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Across](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Across)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2008, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/googlemap-shows-the-fronts-of-peoples-houses/477804/25 "2008-12-18T22:19:51Z")
> [@picunurse](#): > > I played around with it and did find our house. > It was taken on a Thursday morning, before 8:00 AM. The trash cans are out on the street, but not yet picked up. The trash guy comes between 8:00 and 9:00 AM on Thursday. Then again, I guess it could have been late Wednesday… I’m over thinking again… Yeah, they did my street on bin day too. It’s only one day a week - you’d think that they’d organise their schedule so they didn’t hit neighbourhoods during trash pickup. It isn’t the view of my street I’d like immortalised. ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2008, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/googlemap-shows-the-fronts-of-peoples-houses/477804/26 "2008-12-18T22:25:31Z")
[Mapjack](http://www.mapjack.com/?L54mWG8wbFkA) will even go for a stroll in the park for you. (Unfortunately, it won’t always link properly, though.) ---
**Author:** ![Capcha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/82dd89/32.png) [@Capcha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capcha)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2008, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/googlemap-shows-the-fronts-of-peoples-houses/477804/27 "2008-12-18T22:25:50Z")
That is so cool! and creepy! ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2008, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/googlemap-shows-the-fronts-of-peoples-houses/477804/28 "2008-12-18T22:26:18Z")
> [@Across](#): > > It isn’t the view of my street I’d like immortalised. Me, too. They caught my shit-headed neighbors involved in their favorite activity - standing out on the driveway fighting. What a high-class neighborhood! ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2008, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/googlemap-shows-the-fronts-of-peoples-houses/477804/29 "2008-12-18T22:27:52Z")
> [@Across](#): > > Yeah, they did my street on bin day too. It’s only one day a week - you’d think that they’d organise their schedule so they didn’t hit neighbourhoods during trash pickup. It isn’t the view of my street I’d like immortalised. Ha! Maybe we’ve hit upon it! The trash guys are taking the pictures! or not. ---
**Author:** ![SCSimmons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e495f1/32.png) [@SCSimmons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCSimmons)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2008, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/googlemap-shows-the-fronts-of-peoples-houses/477804/30 "2008-12-18T22:29:09Z")
Wild. The picture of my house is between 1 and a half and two years old; I can easily date it based on the rate I burn through junky used cars. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Santo\_Rugger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@Santo\_Rugger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Santo_Rugger)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2008, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/googlemap-shows-the-fronts-of-peoples-houses/477804/31 "2008-12-18T22:47:15Z")
> [@fessie](#): > > Yeah but… > > … > > … now I can’t see THEM seeing me. Not all of us would have been able to see you if you hadn’t, you know, posted the address to your house. :eek: > [@picunurse](#): > > I played around with it and did find our house. > It was taken on a Thursday morning, before 8:00 AM. The trash cans are out on the street, but not yet picked up. The trash guy comes between 8:00 and 9:00 AM on Thursday. Then again, I guess it could have been late Wednesday… I’m over thinking again… Or under thinking. 😉 Which way are the shadows going? ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2008, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/googlemap-shows-the-fronts-of-peoples-houses/477804/32 "2008-12-18T23:03:23Z")
> [@teela\_brown](#): > > Gargh. I haven’t visited my family home in a couple of years, since my mom died. My brother lives alone there now, and I’ve strongly suspected that he may have become one of those hoarders who piles lots of crap in the backyard. A Google Map view from the street in back of the house shows me that this is true. I couldn’t even recognize the yard anymore. Heh. Same problem with my mom’s house in Seattle. One of my boys bought it and he hasn’t kept up the yard at all. Mom would be spinning. I haven’t been there since they tore down the house next door to make room for the Greenwood Library expansion. This is very cool! ---
**Author:** ![WormTheRed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bbe5ce/32.png) [@WormTheRed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WormTheRed)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2008, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/googlemap-shows-the-fronts-of-peoples-houses/477804/33 "2008-12-18T23:08:42Z")
This sucks ☹ You guys get way cool zooms and streetviews and all I get is a 200 ft view… But, it is really cool to do virtual walks all around the US! ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2008, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/googlemap-shows-the-fronts-of-peoples-houses/477804/34 "2008-12-18T23:14:06Z")
> [@Santo\_Rugger](#): > > Not all of us would have been able to see you if you hadn’t, you know, posted the address to your house. :eek: > > Or under thinking. 😉 > > Which way are the shadows going? This is Seattle… it’s cloudy, no shadows… ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2008, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/googlemap-shows-the-fronts-of-peoples-houses/477804/35 "2008-12-18T23:29:41Z")
They’ve done (parts of) Australia too. Behold the wonder of the glorious historic [Traralgon Post Office](http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=post+office+place+traralgon&sll=-38.195367,146.542157&sspn=0.005734,0.013947&ie=UTF8&ll=-38.194904,146.538155&spn=0.011872,0.027895&z=16&g=post+office+place+traralgon&iwloc=addr&layer=c&cbll=-38.194826,146.538173&panoid=7ZdREcZoKSdXWrAhfiM-Qg&cbp=12,251.24532658737436,,0,-4.2097908780264195), as seen on all the local tourism novelties for the 3 tourists a year who want something by which to remember their visit. ---
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2008, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/googlemap-shows-the-fronts-of-peoples-houses/477804/36 "2008-12-18T23:30:30Z")
I can even tell when they must have driven down my street, to within a few weeks. Our complex was having our garage doors replaced during the summer and fall of 2007, and on the Google map some of the garage doors are the old ones and some are the new ones. Ed ---
**Author:** ![NAF1138](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naf1138/32/3245_2.png) [@NAF1138](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NAF1138)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2008, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/googlemap-shows-the-fronts-of-peoples-houses/477804/37 "2008-12-18T23:41:01Z")
> [@Cazzle](#): > > They’ve done (parts of) Australia too. > > Behold the wonder of the glorious historic [Traralgon Post Office](http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=post+office+place+traralgon&sll=-38.195367,146.542157&sspn=0.005734,0.013947&ie=UTF8&ll=-38.194904,146.538155&spn=0.011872,0.027895&z=16&g=post+office+place+traralgon&iwloc=addr&layer=c&cbll=-38.194826,146.538173&panoid=7ZdREcZoKSdXWrAhfiM-Qg&cbp=12,251.24532658737436,,0,-4.2097908780264195), as seen on all the local tourism novelties for the 3 tourists a year who want something by which to remember their visit. Nice. That whole area is actually quite nice. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![torie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/77aa72/32.png) [@torie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/torie)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2008, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/googlemap-shows-the-fronts-of-peoples-houses/477804/38 "2008-12-18T23:56:05Z")
> [@Cazzle](#): > > They’ve done (parts of) Australia too. > > Behold the wonder of the glorious historic [Traralgon Post Office](http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=post+office+place+traralgon&sll=-38.195367,146.542157&sspn=0.005734,0.013947&ie=UTF8&ll=-38.194904,146.538155&spn=0.011872,0.027895&z=16&g=post+office+place+traralgon&iwloc=addr&layer=c&cbll=-38.194826,146.538173&panoid=7ZdREcZoKSdXWrAhfiM-Qg&cbp=12,251.24532658737436,,0,-4.2097908780264195), as seen on all the local tourism novelties for the 3 tourists a year who want something by which to remember their visit. Do you live in Traralgon? I’m American, but my father was contracted to work at the Loy Yang power plant, so we lived in Traralgon for a year and a half. I haven’t had a chance to get back since I left when I was 13, so it was nice to see the pictures. ---
**Author:** ![sparky\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/77aa72/32.png) [@sparky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sparky_1)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2008, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/googlemap-shows-the-fronts-of-peoples-houses/477804/39 "2008-12-18T23:57:53Z")
This comes in handy when apartment hunting. Quite a few apartments seemed really good on craigslist, only to see on Street View that they’re absolute dumps. ---
**Author:** ![fessie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c37758/32.png) [@fessie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fessie)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2008, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/googlemap-shows-the-fronts-of-peoples-houses/477804/40 "2008-12-19T02:01:01Z")
> [@Santo\_Rugger](#): > > Not all of us would have been able to see you if you hadn’t, you know, posted the address to your house. :eek: :snort: That wasn’t MY house. Not even my state. What, you tink I is teh stupdiz? (so I don’t know what the blue thingie is, sorry) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/googlemap-shows-the-fronts-of-peoples-houses/477804.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/googlemap-shows-the-fronts-of-peoples-houses/477804.md?page=3)