Does anyone use Google Street View ?

[Sapling]

I use it for getting an idea of where to turn corners in unfamiliar places, and also for location hunting. It's very handy especially when combined with Google Earth.

Also it is free. this is a good thing.

[Ringoroses]

for location hunting

Sounds exciting. What sort of location hunting - for tv, film that sort of thing...?

Can imagine street view's practically revolutionised that job 

[Sapling]

Exactly that. Of course if you're looking for somewhere out in the sticks you still have to get out there with a camera, but for urban areas it's fantastic

[Nick29]

Hi Nick

 I also have used it to find where my ancestors once lived but found all the houses they had lived in have all been demolished

Fortunately the house where I was born is still there, and the one where I grew up, so I suppose I'm quite lucky really ! 

[johngirl]

Hi Nick,

Yes that is great.Mine is also still standing but has been taken over by the aborigine community as part of there heritage.
It was in the hands of the Parks and Wildlife as it was in a State Forestry area and when they had it you could visit the house but now as I`m not aborigine I can`t go there.
I have a photo so I suppose that will have to do.

Its not on google street view either.

  Johngirl

[gazania]

Yes I use it a lot, both for present day relatives and for the ancestors.  My OH must have been washing the car or the grand kids were playing in the garage as the car is parked in the front garden of our present house. 

The house I spent my teenage years in an outback mining town has not changed much although there is now kerbing, guttering, footpaths and parking areas  instead of the rough stoney dusty goat track.  The trees we planted and tried to keep alive are thriving and there is even a bit of lawn.  My brother and I have since played "do you remember when".  Other houses nearby have made way for shopping centres.

Happy hunting, Gazania

[Cell]

I would if they filmed any of the streets that I'm interested in.I gave up on street view ages ago for this reason -  I've just checked it again after reading this thread  and they still haven't filmed any of my streets in the UK - so I won't hold my breath

 Street view is non existent for both mine and hubbies  addresses  in  S. Wales and Ireland (most of  the addresses are not in the sticks - most of them are in well populated areas). All  that I can look at is the city where I used to work.

Australia has very good coverage compared to many places in the UK. Our street and house is on it  - I haven't come across any streets that are not on there in our area ( North Brisbane) except for the very new ones that they have very recently built


Kind regards

[Nick29]

They are adding stuff all the time - but I agree that there are still a lot of areas that haven't been covered, even in the bigger cities.  They are getting around, though - I even saw a Google camera car in a very remote area of Norfolk the other day 

Last night I did a bit more "armchair wandering" - I was looking around the Lewisham area of London, where I lived in 1973, when first married.  In those days there was a very big independent department store called Cheesemans, with a big Co-Op store beside it.  These have both been bulldozed, and in their place is a shiny new huge POLICE STATION, complete with huge electric gates and mounted police outside in the open yard.  I think this tends to suggest what the thriving industry is in Lewisham these days ! 

I'll have to stop doing this - it's getting too depressing !