# Has anyone ever been "Busted" by google street view? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [August 16, 2012, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-ever-been-busted-by-google-street-view/631688 "2012-08-16T17:25:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![drachillix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/48db29/32.png) [@drachillix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drachillix)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2012, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-ever-been-busted-by-google-street-view/631688/1 "2012-08-16T17:25:14Z")
I mainly mean wanted criminals who may have been identified as now living on other cities or escaped convicts. Although stories of being caught on vacation with the mistress when you were supposed to be on a business trip would be viable alternatives as well. ---
**Author:** ![Gedd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gedd/32/4938_2.png) [@Gedd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gedd)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2012, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-ever-been-busted-by-google-street-view/631688/2 "2012-08-16T17:34:38Z")
[There was a kid in the Netherlands who found his mugging had been caught on Street View.](http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31448232/ns/technology_and_science-tech_and_gadgets/t/twin-thieves-busted-google-street-view/) It led to two arrests. Maybe not exactly what you were looking for, but I think they use software to blur faces. ---
**Author:** ![campp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@campp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/campp)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2012, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-ever-been-busted-by-google-street-view/631688/3 "2012-08-16T19:44:09Z")
I’m not going to look for it, but wasn’t there a story about some guy peeing on his house when the View Car went by? ---
**Author:** ![Fubaya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@Fubaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fubaya)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2012, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-ever-been-busted-by-google-street-view/631688/4 "2012-08-16T23:48:06Z")
[Here](http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article2350771.ece) is one story where a wife saw her cheating husband’s vehicle parked at her friends house. ---
**Author:** ![qualityleashdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/9f8e36/32.png) [@qualityleashdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/qualityleashdog)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2012, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-ever-been-busted-by-google-street-view/631688/5 "2012-08-17T00:02:23Z")
On News of the Weird (Chuck Shepherd), there were reports of various municipalities using Google Earth to spy on residents to see who had illegal pools, new construction, or additions without getting the proper permits. ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2012, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-ever-been-busted-by-google-street-view/631688/6 "2012-08-17T00:38:16Z")
> [@campp](#): > > I’m not going to look for it, but wasn’t there a story about some guy peeing on his house when the View Car went by? There’s a website called [Streetviewfunny.com](http://Streetviewfunny.com), and there are a few pics of people peeing there (and other things.) ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2012, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-ever-been-busted-by-google-street-view/631688/7 "2012-08-17T02:58:16Z")
I wondered about that. In many areas there are notorious “strolls” where streetwalkers congregate, and when I was going street by street thru SF for another project i noticed with a shock that somehow they had avoided taking any pics of streetwalkers. ---
**Author:** ![drachillix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/48db29/32.png) [@drachillix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drachillix)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2012, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-ever-been-busted-by-google-street-view/631688/8 "2012-08-17T04:17:09Z")
> [@qualityleashdog](#): > > On News of the Weird (Chuck Shepherd), there were reports of various municipalities using Google Earth to spy on residents to see who had illegal pools, new construction, or additions without getting the proper permits. Actually IIRC we have a doper who works in software that will automate the process of finding new construction via aerial imagery.