Google Street Views - spooky !

[Bluekiwi]

Dont need to get in a car or even get out of my chair to view a property anymore.

Can even cruise the streets around the area as well like you are driving your car around the area.

Not saying its good, or bad, just "Spooky".

[drelly]

http://maps.google.co.nz/help/maps/streetview/index.html

[muppet]

Hahahahaha found my driveway.

http://maps.google.co.nz/

[Bluekiwi]

Hahahahaha found my driveway.

http://maps.google.co.nz/

Thats not your best friend parked in the driveway is it ?

I heard these pics were taken during office hours.

[Marc]

Man! I can see the backyard of the house we lived in while in Melbourne!

Cheers

Marc

[muppet]

Thats not your best friend parked in the driveway is it ?

Nah mate, that's our factory lowered Pearl(Honda Accord 2.3 vtec station wagon)

[Wayne]

now all we need is this in near real time and I can keep an eye on the tenants:-)

[cube]

Amazing - I found out that Street View was available in NZ browsing You Tube.

Come to PT, and you'all know already!

Scary, really - among the rumours flying around about the Mumbai attacks was that they used Google Earth to familiarise themselves with the area

cube

[cube]

How long till a mash up of White/Yellow pages and Street View appears?

[spurner]

That's a very cool tool to use, didn't realise it was operational yet.

Something odd though, I looked at a building I was interested in. Everything looks normal, then I changed the viewing angle; and part of the face of the building has been ripped off, exposing the framing. I guess it must have fallen off between the pics, even though it's in the same spot.

[Bluekiwi]

That's a very cool tool to use, didn't realise it was operational yet.

Something odd though, I looked at a building I was interested in. Everything looks normal, then I changed the viewing angle; and part of the face of the building has been ripped off, exposing the framing. I guess it must have fallen off between the pics, even though it's in the same spot.

You must have switched on the x.ray vision option
They have blurred out the faces of all the drunks and fornicators

[spurner]

How boring then. I was looking forward to someone spotting the first drug deal, theft, robbery, passionate embrace, or indecent act on NZ Google streets...

[Perry]

Not much good for back sections!
Halation in some shots makes the
view just a relief. Must've been taken
early morning/late evening, when the
sun was low in the sky.

[whitt]

I have a Porsche Cayenne out side me in the street map.

[Keithw]

I think street view is a huge step forward for the property industry.
I spent some time yesterday checking links to streetview for listings on this developers site (www.dariusrealestate.com)& I found it gave me a much better appreciation of the properties and surrounding areas, most of which I have not seen & have only had pictures or google maps to look at previously. It really helps in getting an initial feel of the place / area.

I think it will be great for those of us wanting to get a good understanding of a remote property, before going to visit it. (as long as it is not a back section, or down over the edge of a hill)

I note there are still areas to be completed, one being the area that my ex tenant scarpered too