Google has given its Street View cars the green light to hit the streets and start snapping photos again, after spending the past few months parked over the Wi-Fi data debacle.
In May, Google admitted its camera cars were collecting Wi-Fi data as they drove around cities taking snaps for the Street View photo service in Google Maps. Along with that Wi-Fi data, Google also picked up personal information from unsecured connections, which the firm claims was unintentional.
The Street View cars are now back in business, but without any Wi-Fi detection equipment on board. "Our cars will no longer collect any Wi-Fi information at all, but will continue to collect photos and 3D imagery as they did before," said Brian McClendon, vice president of engineering for Google Geo, in a blog post, taking care to stress that Microsoft's Bing is also collecting such photos for its mapping service.
http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/359311/google-street-view-cars-back-on-the-road
I know - I stopped one on my way home from work, picked it up and dropped it in the boot of my car (let's face it, they aren't very big). I pop a packet of biscuits in there each morning so the driver doesn't starve. I'll let him out when he promises to stop spying on people.
Steve
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I had our home removed from streetview, if they come back its egging time for the cameras :evil:
Quote from: Gary on Jul 10, 2010, 12:29:30
I had our home removed from streetview, if they come back its egging time for the cameras :evil:
No need for eggs, Gary. Just introduce them to Mr Barrett (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qtzk8HNPzHY) :whistle:
Quote from: Ted on Jul 11, 2010, 17:30:22
No need for eggs, Gary. Just introduce them to Mr Barrett (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qtzk8HNPzHY) :whistle:
I like that idea Ted :evil: