I was looking for something and I decided to drop down to the "Strret View" on a google map. Does it seem excessive that the google street guy drove down every single parking row of this Walmart parking lot?
Google street view guy must get paid by the foot.
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sirbike
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Why aren’t the handicapped parking spots marked?!
I wonder if that's in compliance with a Google policy? I just checked a few shopping areas near me and found the same pattern:
Interestingly (or not; YMMV
), here's a place where they've visited the shopping centers and office complexes on one side of the NW/SE highway in the middle of the picture below, they've never bothered with the residential area on the other side (in red):
Interestingly (or not; YMMV
), here's a place where they've visited the shopping centers and office complexes on one side of the NW/SE highway in the middle of the picture below, they've never bothered with the residential area on the other side (in red):
Google Street View drivers make an estimated $23–$43 per hour, which includes base salary and additional pay. The average base salary is $26 per hour, and the average additional pay is $5 per hour.
Additional pay cash bonus, stock, commission, profit sharing, and tips.
Additional pay cash bonus, stock, commission, profit sharing, and tips.
That is interesting, because they did not always explore all the parking lots. I've looked at a lot of smaller malls and they simply drive right by on the public road. In fact, they have avoided some public smaller roads - lanes and alleys that are still public thoroughfares. Pick them up on the next cycle?
Wonder if they are updating their database?
Wonder if they are updating their database?
Nashcat
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How many of you have a picture of your SUV, pulling a trailer, on Street View? Corner of Knob Creek Rd and Dowell Branch Rd.
I saw the Google camera car, and a couple of days later, there I was.
John
I saw the Google camera car, and a couple of days later, there I was.
John
Andrew Shadow
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Strangely enough there is one little section of one dead-end road that was capture by street view- Maybe the Google guy lives there.Interestingly (or not; YMMV
That entire area is an HOA. Maybe Google avoided it because it is a private community, or maybe it's a gated community?
If they could hook up that camera system to an ST-1300, I'd love to have the job of riding everywhere.... all the tiny little residential roads, the industrial parks, the alleys in between the skyscrapers of a big city.
Well, not the forest service dirt roads up in the mountains. I'll pass on that, let some JEEP drivers get those images.
Well, not the forest service dirt roads up in the mountains. I'll pass on that, let some JEEP drivers get those images.
Thinking about driving for Google, would be something to do in retirement for extra money.
They do have quads and bicycle setups....
Quad bikes to collect 900kms of footpath data | City of Ballarat
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They have been using a backpack cam for 10+ years on Florida beaches.
Can't help but wonder.....how many perpetually distracted pedestrians stop him and ask what ice cream flavors he has?They do have quads and bicycle setups....
Quad bikes to collect 900kms of footpath data | City of Ballarat
www.ballarat.vic.gov.au
There's a video of a google car hitting a turning motorcycle.... from the google car cameras perspective!
Side note: I had a Google mapping car in my yard a few years back. He was from Ontario and mapping down our way. He stopped to buy an item I had for sale on Kijiji. It was an interesting setup.
Probably how they manage to direct me to the street exit from any parking space in a big parking lot.