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OKCDrummer77
06-10-2008, 02:17 PM
For anyone who may be interested, Google's Street View imagery of Oklahoma City & Tulsa just went online today.

Google Maps (http://maps.google.com)

CuatrodeMayo
06-10-2008, 02:28 PM
Holy. Crap.

metro
06-10-2008, 02:31 PM
about time.....

Intrepid
06-10-2008, 02:51 PM
The view of my block looks like it was taken right from our driveway!

hipsterdoofus
06-10-2008, 03:04 PM
Nice...will have to take a look at it..unfortunately their aerial shot of downtown is about 5 years old, which is a shame since Google claims to update them every 2-3 years.

CuatrodeMayo
06-10-2008, 03:09 PM
The street view shots are from early this spring.

OKCTalker
06-10-2008, 03:32 PM
Holy crap is right! I need to clean out my gutters!

hipsterdoofus
06-10-2008, 03:35 PM
The street view shots are from early this spring.


Actually I believe them to be spread out across a longer period. It appears some of them were taken in the fall.

John
06-10-2008, 03:35 PM
Glad they finally got around to getting OKC.

Pretty good coverage of the metro, as well.

FritterGirl
06-10-2008, 03:36 PM
Yikes! Scary. And awesome. Or is that Awesome. And scary.

bandnerd
06-10-2008, 04:24 PM
Well, I can tell by the photo in front of the school where I work, that they took those photos in April.

We had picked up a 12-passenger white rental van that day for band contest the next and it was parked in front of the school :)

Doug Loudenback
06-10-2008, 04:40 PM
I guess that I don't get it. I've been using google maps, including satellite imaging, for at least 3 years. Is there something new that I'm missing?

OKCMallen
06-10-2008, 05:31 PM
Amazing.

soonerfan21
06-10-2008, 05:34 PM
these look more current as recently we looked at some downtown maps and the Ches. Boathouse wasn't even on it. they showed the site but no building was there.

Blazerfan11
06-10-2008, 05:35 PM
you might need to upgrade to the latest ver. Doug...I think street view is only supported in latest versions.

NikonNurse
06-10-2008, 05:51 PM
Our street was taken the day we hung christmas lights...saw the google van circle our cul de sac....

BradR
06-10-2008, 07:15 PM
They came to Purcell on a Friday...I know because that's trash day and my garbage can is in the street
http://afilecabinet.com/images/files/google.jpg

Intrepid
06-10-2008, 07:22 PM
I took another look at the view of our block and I can see my car in the drive way.

Kinda creepy and cool at the same time.

Pete
06-10-2008, 07:31 PM
I love this kind of thing... I actually paid for a tool called Keyhole before there were bought out and became Google Earth.

But it really is rather Big-Brother-ish. So much information and photos are out there now it's a little scary.

Kerry
06-10-2008, 08:04 PM
Doug and the others that are still looking at the aerials - you need to go to Google (http://www.google.com) and click on Maps and then Street View. Prepare to be blown away.

FritterGirl
06-10-2008, 08:21 PM
I was pretty blown away how you can "drive" down the street with the directional arrows. I practically pulled right up in my own driveway.

Kerry
06-10-2008, 08:29 PM
Anyone notice how the world seems to devoid of all people in the photos?

Doug Loudenback
06-10-2008, 08:32 PM
Ok, got it. Pretty amazing stuff!

MestaParkMan
06-10-2008, 08:50 PM
They got my street on a what looks like a pretty spring morning. Very cool.

I plan on using this when I put house hunting into gear here in a few months.

Platemaker
06-10-2008, 09:05 PM
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHA

OKC and Tulsa BOTH got streetview before Seattle!

hipsterdoofus
06-10-2008, 09:10 PM
Can pretty much pinpoint my old house in The Village was snapped in September or October. In-Law's house in Tulsa was taken in December or January, shortly after the ice storm as debris is still present.

Karried
06-10-2008, 10:32 PM
omg.. how the heck did they do this?

Pics definitely taken during the winter, everything is brown! yuk.. but still mind blowing..

How wonderful when house shopping to be able to pull up every house in the neighborhood before going to look at it!? wow.

OKCDrummer77
06-10-2008, 10:38 PM
I've seen it on TV once or twice. They have a van with cameras on the roof that take pictures in all directions at once. Apparently, they drive down every street they can and take a picture every few feet or so.

I noticed, however, that the blue lines indicating where images are available stop at the gates of Gaillardia and Oak Tree.

soonerfever
06-10-2008, 10:38 PM
omg.. how the heck did they do this?

From what I have read Google had several people driving around with cameras mounted on the vehicles. Microsoft Street and Maps has a similar version but it isn't as detailed IMO. Kind of makes you wonder what the CIA has?

andy157
06-10-2008, 11:42 PM
From what I have read Google had several people driving around with cameras mounted on the vehicles. Microsoft Street and Maps has a similar version but it isn't as detailed IMO. Kind of makes you wonder what the CIA has?They have pictures of the inside of your house.

soonerfever
06-11-2008, 12:02 AM
They have pictures of the inside of your house.

Yeah they are probably watching me right now!!!

DavidGlover
06-11-2008, 06:30 AM
They are watching you right now. :)
YouTube - Google Maps (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPgV6-gnQaE) fPgV6-gnQaE

DelCamino
06-11-2008, 07:56 AM
Very cool. And a little disturbing. lol

Looks like my street picture was taken last Fall: mums in planters on my front porch and the street trees that I lost in the ice storm are in place.

Karried
06-11-2008, 08:13 AM
I noticed, however, that the blue lines indicating where images are available stop at the gates of Gaillardia and Oak Tree

Gated Communities - probably didn't have the code to gain access.

CuatrodeMayo
06-11-2008, 08:23 AM
I did notice where they were in a few gated communities in Edmond that kept the gates open during the day.

OKCTalker
06-11-2008, 08:29 AM
It's not CIA-ish, it's simply saving you a trip in the car. Nothing you can see here that you can't see by driving down the street.

bombermwc
06-11-2008, 09:00 AM
Its totally freaking weird to be able to do that. Now I can see places I've never actually driven to before.

Think about it, you are going to meet someone somewhere and youre not sure what the place looks like. StreetView it and BAM, no you know exactlly where you are going!

And IN YOUR FACE to getting in before Seattle.

PennyQuilts
06-11-2008, 09:33 AM
I did notice where they were in a few gated communities in Edmond that kept the gates open during the day.

Casing the joints? :)

CCOKC
06-11-2008, 10:37 AM
I live on a corner and the picture of my house looking north is from after the ice storm but before the leaves came out and the view looking west is from the fall ith orange leaves on the trees.

traxx
06-11-2008, 11:12 AM
They took the picture of my house in the winter or early spring. It shows bare trees and brown grass. I wish they'd taken these pics after everything turned green. Everything looks better when trees and grass are green. I hate that it all looks so brown and ugly.

centaurian
06-11-2008, 11:35 AM
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHA

OKC and Tulsa BOTH got streetview before Seattle!


Yes :laughing_

Seattle has something else to whine about now.

mmonroe
06-11-2008, 03:01 PM
I was playing with this yesterday when I got the google alert for it. Kind of creepy. I wonder how long they had to wait to get shots if someone was outside or something. I don't believe they can have people out and about with them taking pictures. I do remember the car with the giant poll on top, I was driving behind it on the highway headed east on I-40. Then it got off on Sooner Road. Fun stuff.

Andrew4OU
06-11-2008, 03:24 PM
Check out the OU campus/south oval. I managed to spot a professor I had for Freedom In Rome. Creepy! If anyone knows who Dr. Fears is - type in 718 Van Fleet Oval Norman, OK. The stick he was carrying gave it away!

Kerry
06-11-2008, 03:44 PM
I live in a gated communty in Jax that has 24 hour gate attendant and they got in. I think it is cool so it doesn't bother me in the least but I know some of my fellow resdents will be all freaked out.

Pete
06-11-2008, 03:54 PM
Also, keep in mind they probably won't update these photos for several years.


Another cool feature... If you go to the downtown streets, you can pan up and see the top of even the tallest buildings. Pretty darn slick.

OKCMallen
06-11-2008, 04:01 PM
I've seen it on TV once or twice. They have a van with cameras on the roof that take pictures in all directions at once. Apparently, they drive down every street they can and take a picture every few feet or so.

I noticed, however, that the blue lines indicating where images are available stop at the gates of Gaillardia and Oak Tree.

Also stopped at my mom's neighborhood gates (not as nice as Oak Tree or Gaillardia).

mmonroe
06-11-2008, 04:10 PM
The one I saw was a car, reminded me of a Jetta, was white, and only had black numbers on the door panel. I want this job.

BradR
06-11-2008, 04:30 PM
I was playing with this yesterday when I got the google alert for it. Kind of creepy. I wonder how long they had to wait to get shots if someone was outside or something. I don't believe they can have people out and about with them taking pictures. I do remember the car with the giant poll on top, I was driving behind it on the highway headed east on I-40. Then it got off on Sooner Road. Fun stuff.

I don't think it matters if people are in it, on my road one of my neighbors is outside getting stuff out of his car in the picture.

CCOKC
06-11-2008, 04:34 PM
My son first showed me this site a few months ago when there were only a few cities on it. He showed me several funny pictures that had people in them,
especially in Los Angeles. I'll see if he can't find them and link them here.

adaniel
06-11-2008, 11:15 PM
I would like to know the time frame for this. It must take a LOOOONNNG time to cover the majority of streets in an entire metropolitan areas. If you look at some pics of NW Expressway, it looks like the leaves are changing. Most pics of Norman show dead of winter. While in my grandparents neighborhood by the capitol, you can see the Bradford pears blooming, or whats left of them....

On that point, judging by some of the pics, I wish they wouldn't have done this right after the ice storm. Nothing like snaggled toothed trees and and piles and piles of branches to give your city a good impression :dizzy:

ourulz2000
06-12-2008, 07:45 AM
Why do people find this so creepy? I don't understand them. You can see the exact same thing in your car, except it's on the web.

I've actually been waiting a long time for this for Oklahoma City. I also can't wait until Microsoft Maps Live introduces Oklahoma City 3D maps. Ft. Worth and Dallas is pretty amazing in 3D: maps.live.com

HOT ROD
06-12-2008, 03:37 PM
I haven't seen it yet but is there any way we can petition them to take the pics when the grass is not brown (trees have not yet shed)?

I mean, OKC is actually pretty beautiful most of the year save the middle of summer and all of winter (unless it snows) - yet it seems as though these are the ONLY times Google/Microsoft/NASA takes pics of OKC.

Yet, I see other cities get pics during spring/fall settings (with green grass/trees). What's up with this? Why are they ASSISTING in perpetuating a 'false' image that OKC is brown and has no green?

PennyQuilts
06-12-2008, 06:43 PM
Ourulz, I agree!

Thunder
06-12-2008, 09:58 PM
WOW!

I put in my mom's address and saw my brother's car parked by the curb. The pix must be taken within the last year or two.

I tried looking at mine, but it does not seem to have any pictures available from the actual inside of the apt complex.

kevinpate
06-13-2008, 07:24 AM
One area of South OKC was taken sometime between October 20 and November 20 of last year, but I canna narrow it further than that.

brianinok
06-13-2008, 05:46 PM
They haven't done my neighborhood, and it's not gated.

okcpulse
06-14-2008, 01:34 AM
There are several parts of OKC where the images were taken during the green seasons. Can't tell if it was spring or summer.

mmonroe
06-19-2008, 10:56 PM
Google Maps (http://maps.google.com/maps?ie=UTF8&ll=35.451135,-97.433415&spn=0.001374,0.00339&t=h&z=19&layer=c&cbll=35.450447,-97.433537&panoid=YrkmUhp-g_P2V8bAzrqcZg&cbp=2,337.7687168806771,,0,10.331378591508262)


I KNEW IT!! I saw the google car on my way to midwest city one day getting off at 15th and I-40 east bound. I thought i'd look it up, sure enough, there is my red driving car. It's a 97 Pontiac Grand Am SE.

HOT ROD
06-20-2008, 01:41 AM
It was announced a few days ago that Google was here in Seattle just now taking pics for Seattle's streetview.

Just thought I'd rub that in (OKC [and even Tulsa] got theirs first).. ...

traxx
06-20-2008, 08:04 AM
It was announced a few days ago that Google was here in Seattle just now taking pics for Seattle's streetview.

Just thought I'd rub that in (OKC [and even Tulsa] got theirs first).. ...

Great. So Seattle will be all green and lush with leaves on the trees in streetview while OKC is brown, leafless and dead.