#GoogleMaps

Just noticed that #Google finally got around to obscuring the #StreetView of my house on Google Maps after multiple requests.

Don't know exactly how long this took but it took more than a couple of days which is suggested in some articles about the process.

I've made the request multiple times over several years but haven't checked on the last those requests for at least a year. Stopped checking because nothing was done after a week so when I checked on the earlier requests.

If you'd like to do this for your house, there are many articles telling you how to do it. This is just one of them:

https://lifehacker.com/tech/how-to-blur-your-house-on-google-maps

A Comprehensive Framework For Evaluating The Quality Of Street View Imagery
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jag.2022.103094 <-- shared paper
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“HIGHLIGHTS
• [They] propose the first comprehensive quality framework for street view imagery.
• Framework comprises 48 quality elements and may be applied to other image datasets.
• [They] implement partial evaluation for data in 9 cities, exposing varying quality.
• The implementation is released open-source and can be applied to other locations.
• [They] provide an overdue definition of street view imagery..."
#GIS #spatial #mapping #streetlevelimagery #Crowdsourcing #QualityAssessmentFramework #Heterogeneity #imagery #dataquality #metrics #QA #urban #cities #remotesensing #spatialanalysis #StreetView #Google #Mapillary #KartaView #commercial #crowsourced #opendata #consistency #standards #specifications #metadata #accuracy #precision #spatiotemporal #terrestrial #assessment

IMO Aspen Movie Map (1981) has still better concepts than google maps & #streetview today.

left video via: https://mprove.de/chrono3d?q=39.19068,-106.81934&z=17.13&r=98&t=69&d=0&s=1&i=1
right: https://www.google.com/maps/place/39%C2%B011'27.1%22N+106%C2%B049'12.3%22W/@39.1909152,-106.8200994,3a,60y,94.01h,95.62t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1s5FFPJFs9kWvdhGgmUUmiuQ!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fcb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile%26w%3D900%26h%3D600%26pitch%3D-5.617753428994192%26panoid%3D5FFPJFs9kWvdhGgmUUmiuQ%26yaw%3D94.00903749570698!7i16384!8i8192!4m4!3m3!8m2!3d39.19086!4d-106.82008?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDUxMy4xIKXMDSoJLDEwMjExNDUzSAFQAw%3D%3D

Left to Wonder What is Ahead
Saint Louis, Missouri, USA

Are there any open alternatives to Google Street View? Like the Wikipedia or OpenStreetMap of Street View.

Divisions

#ShadowPlay #ConcreteJungle #StreetView #UrbanTextures #ArchitecturalPhotography #UrbanDetails #Cityscape #StreetPhotography #BrickWalls #UrbanPhotography

Millesima, Bordeaux, France (2018)
Photo Dietmar Bachmann
Leica Q (Typ 116)

Green and Purple

#DriveByPhotography #QuirkyHomes #StreetView #VibrantColors #HousePortrait #ColorfulHomes

Google Street View is… otherworldly, at times.