# Virtual Turnpike...Find where you used to live! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 16, 2013, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/virtual-turnpike-find-where-you-used-to-live/650461 "2013-02-16T01:45:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2013, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/virtual-turnpike-find-where-you-used-to-live/650461/1 "2013-02-16T01:45:09Z")
This is a neat website that uses google maps and street views based on street addresses where you can look at surprisingly good resolution images of say, a home you used to live in. Try it out! [http://www.vpike.com/](http://www.vpike.com/) ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Downtown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Mr\_Downtown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Downtown)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2013, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/virtual-turnpike-find-where-you-used-to-live/650461/2 "2013-02-16T05:04:27Z")
Not sure how that’s different from [instantstreetview.com](http://instantstreetview.com) ---
**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:** [February 16, 2013, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/virtual-turnpike-find-where-you-used-to-live/650461/3 "2013-02-16T05:13:25Z")
[Looks like somebody’s been renovating.](http://www.vpike.com/?place=86+haroleans%2C+harahan%2C+la) ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2013, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/virtual-turnpike-find-where-you-used-to-live/650461/4 "2013-02-16T17:26:49Z")
I found a couple old places that I lived. Pops right up with a front view of the house. ---
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2013, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/virtual-turnpike-find-where-you-used-to-live/650461/5 "2013-02-16T18:30:53Z")
omg did that tug at my heart, much better pic than google sv. what happened to the royal palm tree in the front yard? that was my turf, my sidewalk, my live oak wtf happened to the live oak? hurricanes no doubt. Can’t see the backyard though is the poolstill there I wonder… ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2013, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/virtual-turnpike-find-where-you-used-to-live/650461/6 "2013-02-16T20:15:18Z")
It provided an obscure side view of my old house in upstate NY, partially hidden by trees. Not a front view of the house. Guess it’s still limited. [http://www.vpike.com/?place=114+latham+ridge+road%2C+latham%2C+ny&submit=Street+View](http://www.vpike.com/?place=114+latham+ridge+road%2C+latham%2C+ny&submit=Street+View) ---
**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:** [February 16, 2013, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/virtual-turnpike-find-where-you-used-to-live/650461/7 "2013-02-16T20:33:43Z")
Hee! Apparently the little kids that bought our old house didn’t believe us about sewers and root removal. That was an expensive mistake. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2013, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/virtual-turnpike-find-where-you-used-to-live/650461/8 "2013-02-16T20:42:47Z")
This is just showing Google street view? Am I missing something? ---
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2013, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/virtual-turnpike-find-where-you-used-to-live/650461/9 "2013-02-16T22:18:31Z")
“Street view not available”. For either of the old homes I tried. Geez, by this time I figured google would have covered the whole country. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2013, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/virtual-turnpike-find-where-you-used-to-live/650461/10 "2013-02-16T22:47:10Z")
The house I lived in from second grade to joining the Army sure looks different. I mean, the shape of the house is the same but it’s painted gray now. What really makes things different is the trees. We moved in when the house and neighborhood both were new. Trees weren’t very tall. Now the little pin oak behind the house can be seen from the street out front. Sigh. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2013, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/virtual-turnpike-find-where-you-used-to-live/650461/11 "2013-02-16T23:35:34Z")
Looks like Google Maps Street view with advertising added. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2013, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/virtual-turnpike-find-where-you-used-to-live/650461/12 "2013-02-16T23:41:55Z")
[House looks a lot better than it did when I lived there.](http://www.vpike.com/?place=1608+Cherryhurst+77006&submit=Street+View) I grew up in that house. My folks sold it when I was a sophomore in college and pretty much living full time in Austin. When we lived there, it was a plain, white, two story house. The house has been renovated several times since, including turning it into a two story duplex. The front used to be a yard with several trees instead of a driveway. My room was on the second floor in the back left corner. ---
**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:** [February 17, 2013, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/virtual-turnpike-find-where-you-used-to-live/650461/13 "2013-02-17T05:20:10Z")
> [@suranyi](#): > > “Street view not available”. For either of the old homes I tried. Geez, by this time I figured google would have covered the whole country. Every year I check and every year we don’t show up on Street View. I figure when we do it’s time to move :D. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2013, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/virtual-turnpike-find-where-you-used-to-live/650461/14 "2013-03-01T14:59:47Z")
> [@Muffin](#): > > Looks like Google Maps Street view with advertising added. Yeah, why is anybody using this? Why not just go to [maps.google.com](http://maps.google.com)? ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2013, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/virtual-turnpike-find-where-you-used-to-live/650461/15 "2013-03-01T15:32:38Z")
No place I lived qualified for photographs \ ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2013, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/virtual-turnpike-find-where-you-used-to-live/650461/16 "2013-03-01T16:26:50Z")
> [@Revtim](#): > > Yeah, why is anybody using this? Why not just go to [maps.google.com](http://maps.google.com)? Can someone (the OP?) take a swing at this? It’s been asked a couple of times, how is this different from google SV? ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2013, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/virtual-turnpike-find-where-you-used-to-live/650461/17 "2013-03-01T16:38:23Z")
Add me to the list of people not getting it. It looks like Google Maps with a bunch of features removed. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2013, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/virtual-turnpike-find-where-you-used-to-live/650461/18 "2013-03-01T17:44:54Z")
I think some of the images look clearer than GSV but that may just be coincidence. Its interesting that I cannot see many of the homes I used to live in as they were on US military bases and I assume the google camera cars are not welcome there… ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2013, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/virtual-turnpike-find-where-you-used-to-live/650461/19 "2013-03-01T17:51:44Z")
How can the images be clearer? They’re the same exact images. ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2013, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/virtual-turnpike-find-where-you-used-to-live/650461/20 "2013-03-01T18:07:58Z")
> [@chela](#): > > omg did that tug at my heart, much better pic than google sv. Erm, it _is_ Google Street View pics, as lots of people have pointed out. Is this thread just full of shills, or what? 😕 Anyway. [this](http://www.vpike.com/?place=4+tapton+bank+sheffield+uk) was my house in the second year of university. The room with the front door (number 4) opens straight into what was my bedroom (we used the back door as the main entrance). Coldest house I have ever lived in. Also, looks like whoever lives in my housemate Vicky’s old room (above mine) has a weird doll collection. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/virtual-turnpike-find-where-you-used-to-live/650461.md?page=2)