[discostu]

I like street view. It’s nice going into a neighborhood you haven’t been to for a while, see the landmarks for the turn. Especially nice for some chunks of Marana that like to stick the road signs way far away from the cross street so they’re nearly impossible to read. There’s no right to privacy out on the public street, or viewable from the public street.

[Milton Miteybad]

Street View is a useful tool. I use it to get the lay of the land before I drive onto a highway or street I haven't visited before.

For those who are concerned about "privacy" issues, what is the difference between photos taken by Google Street View from the public ROW and the aerial photographs taken by taxing jurisdictions for mapping and assessment purposes? Very little, really; perhaps the vantage point from which the images are taken (one taken from the air, the other from the ground.) The data for both, however, eventually end up in the public domain.

Some might say, "But Google Street View makes it so easy for somebody to find a picture of my house!" Well, I guess that's true. But then again, if Google Street View did not exist, still, somebody would be able to drive past your house, take a picture and publish the same via any number of means.

I guess the lesson to be learned here is: "Don't use your front yard as a junk car lot, keep the grass cut, pick up the trash, fix all those issues the HOA has been writing you about...because you never know when somebody going to wander past with a camera, whether on foot or in a Google Street View Van."