my name is mwd

Yesterday on my walk to work I spotted someone stood on top of their car erecting upon it what looked like a ship’s superstructure. I had my suspicion as to what this might be, so I went to have a chat with the guy, and my guess was confirmed – it was the Google Streetview Car!

This is the setup that Google are using to get street level pictures of as much of the world as they can. The chap setting it up was very good and happily explained what he was up to. Indeed, I’m not that concerned with the privacy issues of it all, but he was somewhat proactive in assuring me Google would blur our faces etc. – I suspect he’s ran into people that were someone against the idea. Anyway, whilst I think it’s right that people question things like this, I think it’ll be fairly interesting to see how the data can be used to help things like map directing online.