When did I miss this? Tulsa is now nearly all hooked up on Google's Street View. They have missed random areas between Harvard and Yale (ie. my house!) but have 90% of the area covered. I feel so connected :P
I'm guessing they were doing Riverside in December, as Johnson park is still intact where the brush pile was. Also the BOk center seem to be about that same time frame. I "drove" by the fairgrounds, a couple schools, and a bank looking for a marquee that would give it away but failed...
But, go forth and explore!
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Tulsa,+OK&layer=c&ie=UTF8&ll=36.167329,-95.980682&spn=0.046425,0.075188&z=14&cbll=36.151792,-95.988887&panoid=sChLiHHbWS2bIxO76swo3A&cbp=1,347.91778299921185,,0,3.6575314443568954
Streetview.
It's so weird you brought this up! A few minutes ago I was sending a google map to someone who wanted to look at our house and found the street view. Pretty cool!!
I spotted my car. Judging by the trees that are no longer there, this was taken before the ice storm. This will keep my occupied for hours.
There's something called the "fall ball" advertised on the sign outside the Blank Slate downtown. It definitely looks like gloomy fall weather on the parts I've looked at.
This fall ball event took place on November 10.
http://www.cityoftulsa.org/News/Archives/SCBACA11-10-07.asp
Bell's is still gone...whimper whimper...lol
late november for certain... based on the t-giving decor'...
my (now deceased) german shepherd is sitting in my driveway in front of our gate watching him drive by...
kinda freaky, but very cool...
My block appears as late fall, on a Monday or Thursday afernoon as everyone's empty trashcans were at the curb. Probably mid-afternoon, 3 to 4pm based on sun position and many of the cars on my block being at work. Quite a few leaves down, but the Bradford Pears and Elms still had leaves. My Cannas had not frozen yet.
My house is in mid January. My son is on the front porch with his long shot Nerf blaster that he got for Christmas.
My (old) house has christmas decorations up so either Dec/Jan would be my guess.
My block looks like late fall.
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Bell's is still gone...whimper whimper...lol
Camelot is there, though.
Gas was only $2.99!
My old beater 95 Lumina is still in the driveway. I lost that car to a spun bearing in November; it appears to be parked in it's regular spot as if it were still drivable. My neighborhood appears to have been taken pre-November.
My brother, on the other hand, lives in BA; I see all kinds of limbs out on peoples curbs down his street. Obviously post-ice-storm.
Nothing good can come from this. I already feel pressured to go out and mow my yard. Because all the world is my stage!
My house is post-thanksgiving but pre Christmas, and right before the ice storm. A co-worker in Sand Springs had her picture taken after the ice storm, with piles of limbs and trees in her yard.
So how exactly, did Google do this? Did they drive down the entire street grid with a video camera? It's a little creepy, if you ask me.
I checked my mother's house near 61st & Harvard & there's a pile of tree debris at her curb and newly cut firewood on the lawn, that would have been about a week after the ice melted off, she paid to have her limbs hauled quick as she could.
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So how exactly, did Google do this? Did they drive down the entire street grid with a video camera? It's a little creepy, if you ask me.
As long as it's on a public street, you can take all the images you like.
I did notice that on my street, the camera image of my car parked near my house blurred out the license plate number. So it appears Google has taken some precautions.
Here's a section on Wikipedia that explains the program and how it does it:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Street_View
Long story short, it's a 360-degree camera mounted on a car.
Go to the corner of 105th & Sandusky and you can see a shadow of the car's roof-top. Looks more like a space ship...LOL
My house is pre-ice storm, but my parents old house in Owasso is post-ice storm. This is amazing.
Pretty cool. I'd heard of Street View but never played with it. Thanks for the link!
My house is post ice storm. There are still huge piles of limbs in my yard and holes still in my fence.
oh boy, now all of the orange cones downtown will be immortalized forever. yee haw.
google should have waited.
on the upside I now see that living in a gated community has its benefits. my neighborhood leaves the gate open during the day but I guess if they see a gate they don't go through.
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Originally posted by inteller
oh boy, now all of the orange cones downtown will be immortalized forever. yee haw.
google should have waited.
on the upside I now see that living in a gated community has its benefits. my neighborhood leaves the gate open during the day but I guess if they see a gate they don't go through.
Gat's open during the day? Sort of like a minimum security prison, I guess.
What's the point in leaving the gate open? Is that so illegals can come and go freely to mow the lawns?
So, can we pay them to come back to Tulsa in April and May, when everything's blooming and green?!
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Originally posted by inteller
my neighborhood leaves the gate open during the day but I guess if they see a gate they don't go through.
If you consider most burglaries occur during the day when people are at work, the gates are little more than an illusion of security.
(Sorry for the tangent).
I noticed in my area the camera didnt go to the end of some dead-end streets.
Must be low-bidders :-)
That's great. I guess google is not finished yet doing Tulsa. I hope they get my city done soon. I think it's great, it's like touring a city without leaving your armchair. I used this street leve google alot.[:)]
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So, can we pay them to come back to Tulsa in April and May, when everything's blooming and green?!
That's what I'd like to know. The Midtown views are fine, but most everything else is in the dead of winter or super early spring when everything is so stinking brown. I have looked at many of the other cities they have on Streetview around the country and the only ones with a significant winter coverage are OKC, Greenville, SC, and Huntsville, AL. It leaves a bad impression IMO.
Hey Gang~ they have my hometown of Columbus, Ohio done too, Must of just got done, I looked a few weeks ago & Columbus, Ohio was not done.. Today it's Street level all over the metro Columbus area... I was thinking on the google satellite photos my vehicle must be on them somewhere since I always park outside and when that photo was taken I had to be somewhere in Columbus. So far I have not been able to locate my vehicle, I looked at my apartment complex parking lot, my work parking lot and stores I shop at and did not see my old heap on any satellite pictures. I work 2nd shift so all the cars in the parking lot at my job are first shift workers.[xx(] [B)]
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So, can we pay them to come back to Tulsa in April and May, when everything's blooming and green?!
That's what I'd like to know. The Midtown views are fine, but most everything else is in the dead of winter or super early spring when everything is so stinking brown. I have looked at many of the other cities they have on Streetview around the country and the only ones with a significant winter coverage are OKC, Greenville, SC, and Huntsville, AL. It leaves a bad impression IMO.
Your Correct, Check out the D/FW area it's done in the middle of summer, great sunny weather. We have ours done too in Summer in Columbus, Ohio [B)]
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So, can we pay them to come back to Tulsa in April and May, when everything's blooming and green?!
With the new Google facility going in near Pryor, maybe "they" will take a trip or two to the big city (Tulsa) and find out it's not so bad.
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Originally posted by inteller
my neighborhood leaves the gate open during the day but I guess if they see a gate they don't go through.
If you consider most burglaries occur during the day when people are at work, the gates are little more than an illusion of security.
(Sorry for the tangent).
I noticed in my area the camera didnt go to the end of some dead-end streets.
Must be low-bidders :-)
more vandalism happens at night though, which is what our gates are intended to prevent. plus there are a lot of old people in the neighborhood that are on the neighborhood watch.
Even if they came back during the pretty part of the year....I don't think it will improve the huge pot hole in the middle of my street.
In April 2008, Google Street View cars were spotted in Italy with laser scanners added to the scanning array on the car. These would be used for gathering 3D data as well as images
Beware the Google Street View....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPgV6-gnQaE
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Bell's is still gone...whimper whimper...lol
Camelot is there, though.
Some of the houses on the N side of I-44 between Peoria and Lewis were in the process of being moved when the pictures were taken.
Judging by the lack of automobiles parked at some of the businesses, it appears that the pictures of the 41th and Sheridan industrial district were taken on a holiday, or else very early in the morning. However, a USPS truck is visible on E 46th St S, so who knows.