Google Earth Street View of BM

Post by **mdmf007** » Mon May 25, 2009 7:53 pm

Whats with Google? how do you get a response from these guys that is not a bot response?

I have droped emails to more than a few at Google about the possibility of getting Street View to drive BM in 2009. I envisioned a car driving ahead of them letting people know that Street View was 60 seconds behind them so they can put on their war face, or hide - whatever they wish.

Problem is that I cannot get a single response from Google! Is it possible that I barked up the wrong tree that many times?

BM has a huge following in tech - someone out there has to know someone that knows someone who knows a Google employee in the know about street view.

I am wiling to pay for a street view rigs ticket, food, and a place to stay to get this done.

later.

Oldguy · Post by **Oldguy** » Mon May 25, 2009 8:43 pm

I suggest that you write them a nice letter. I googled Google and got their mailing address. They must get a googolplex of e-mails every day.
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The four core buildings, totaling (47,038 mÂ²), were built for and originally occupied by Silicon Graphics (SGI). The office space and corporate campus is located within a larger 26-acre (110,000 m2) site that contains Charleston Park, a 5-acre (20,000 m2) public park; improved access to Permanente Creek; and public trails that connect the corporate site to Shoreline Park and the Bay Trail. The project, launched in 1994 to reclaim a former industrial brownfield, was a creative collaboration between SGI, STUDIOS Architecture in San Francisco, SWA Group of San Francisco and Sausalito, and the Planning and Community Development Agency of the City of Mountain View. The objective was to develop in complementary fashion the privately-owned corporate headquarters and adjoining public greenspace. Key design decisions placed parking for nearly 2000 cars underground, enabling SWA to integrate the two open spaces with water features, shallow pools, fountains, pathways, and plazas. The project was completed in 1997. The ASLA noted in 1999 that the SGI project was a significant departure from typical corporate campuses, challenging conventional thinking about private and public space.

The former SGI facilities were leased by Google beginning in 2003. In June 2006, Google purchased some of Silicon Graphics' properties, including the Googleplex, for $319 million.

Since the buildings are of relatively low height, the complex covers a large area. The interior of the headquarters is furnished with items like shade lamps and giant rubber balls. The lobby contains a piano and a projection of current live Google search queries. The facilities include a gym (Building 40), free laundry rooms (Buildings 40 and 42), two small swimming pools, a sand volleyball court, and eleven cafeterias of diverse selection. Google has also installed replicas of SpaceShipOne and a dinosaur skeleton.

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theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Mon May 25, 2009 9:55 pm

Are you sure you don't want to interrupt Sergei Brin's vacation on the playa to annoy him with your scheme, and have it up in 2010?

oneeyeddick · Post by **oneeyeddick** » Mon May 25, 2009 10:01 pm

I saw the Google camera Van in Lovelock last weekend on my way back from Elko.

Our city is way bigger than thiers.....it just seems unfair !!!

Sail Man · Post by **Sail Man** » Tue May 26, 2009 1:50 pm

Tis a brilliant idea MDMF, hope you can get through to them.

VelcroChicken · Post by **VelcroChicken** » Tue May 26, 2009 2:55 pm

I voted no at first, I'm not sure why. I just had an initial distaste for the idea. But now that I think about it some more, it seems like it would be pretty cool. Especially if they could do it yearly. Would provide hours of entertainment going down each road to see what all you could find.

Although, Google is likely to take pictures of some things they'd want to censor.

Post by **mdmf007** » Tue May 26, 2009 3:23 pm

VelcroChicken wrote:I voted no at first, I'm not sure why. I just had an initial distaste for the idea. But now that I think about it some more, it seems like it would be pretty cool. Especially if they could do it yearly. Would provide hours of entertainment going down each road to see what all you could find.

Although, Google is likely to take pictures of some things they'd want to censor.

Their software automatically blurs faces - and its easy enough to get them to edit a photo, there is a link right on each photo in Street View to object. License plates are also automatically blurred. I envisioned a car 60-90 seconds in front of the Street View car to warn folks. That is more than enough time to hide completely or run like hell to get in the shots.

My thinking anyways; I am naive to the process other than whats blurred and how to object to a photo. There are tons of nekkid peoples on Street view, murders in progress, car crashes, house fires, a woman being crushed between two cars, bank robberies. police chasing subjects on foot, arrests being made, people humping, homeless people pooing, suicides and on and on. BM would be another nutty addition.

I liek the idea of seeing the camp again at will.

SilverOrange · Post by **SilverOrange** » Tue May 26, 2009 4:41 pm

mdmf007 wrote: BM has a huge following in tech - someone out there has to know someone that knows someone who knows a Google employee in the know about street view.

If you don't have any luck let me know. I used to do business with them and could probably get a few numbers. They wouldn't be involved with street view, but I'm sure they would probably be willing to point you in the right direction. Everyone I met there seemed pretty cool and I'm sure there's some burners there.

wedeliver · Post by **wedeliver** » Tue May 26, 2009 4:50 pm

I have been very frustrated recently, google kinda teases me, shows me what I want but won't go there.

google, "tionesta, ca" it will show a small map of tionesta, ca. there it is, the lava beds national monument. all right there in that little map, but what happens when a person clicks on that little map... the next page says.. do you want tionesta, pa NO. I wanted tionesta, ca. you showed me tionesta, ca, but then you ask this stupid question and there is NO WAY IN THE WORLD TO MAP TIONESTA, CA

(darn thing)

Oldguy · Post by **Oldguy** » Tue May 26, 2009 6:03 pm

try this:

http://roadsidethoughts.com/ca/tionesta-map.htm#map

I double clicked down on map seven times to get 1 mile scale USGS map.

Simon of the Playa · Post by **Simon of the Playa** » Wed May 27, 2009 6:23 am

Although, Google is likely to take pictures of some things they'd want to censor.

like Tiannemen square?

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