Comments on: Fear and Excitement as Google’s ‘Street View’ Hits Bremerton http://pugetsoundblogs.com/kitsap-crime/2008/11/17/fear-and-excitement-as-googles-street-view-hits-bremerton/ Josh Farley, the public safety and courts reporter, writes about crime and criminal justice issues. Fri, 25 May 2012 22:00:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Sharon O'Hara http://pugetsoundblogs.com/kitsap-crime/2008/11/17/fear-and-excitement-as-googles-street-view-hits-bremerton/comment-page-1/#comment-1821 Sharon O'Hara Tue, 25 Nov 2008 19:52:10 +0000 http://pugetsoundblogs.com/kitsap-crime/?p=475#comment-1821 Advances will never be stopped...that is the human condition in its (usually) finest sense. I'll just move my weedy garbage can. Advances will never be stopped…that is the human condition in its (usually) finest sense. I’ll just move my weedy garbage can.

]]> By: Kathryn Simpson http://pugetsoundblogs.com/kitsap-crime/2008/11/17/fear-and-excitement-as-googles-street-view-hits-bremerton/comment-page-1/#comment-1806 Kathryn Simpson Sun, 23 Nov 2008 23:08:48 +0000 http://pugetsoundblogs.com/kitsap-crime/?p=475#comment-1806 I was in Spokane last week (home now) and got a text message from Apple saying there was a software update available for my iPhone. One of the updates was the ability to use this Google feature. It is REALLY cool! Have you ever been in a big city and wondered where you "really" were? Sure, there are street signs, but if you can navigate strange cities solely by street signs, you are smarter than me. A few weeks ago I was in Seattle looking for 600 University Place. Good luck with that if you have never been there. ;-) I passed it at least six times because it is smack dab in the middle of the 1300 or 1400 block of something or other downtown. But this new feature of Google is REALLY cool! I played with it in Spokane and it was nice to be "oriented" instantly! I can hardly wait to use it in DC in a couple of months. Technology can be used for evil. But we can't stop advances just because we fear how people might use it. Regards, Kathryn Simpson I was in Spokane last week (home now) and got a text message from Apple saying there was a software update available for my iPhone. One of the updates was the ability to use this Google feature.

It is REALLY cool!

Have you ever been in a big city and wondered where you “really” were? Sure, there are street signs, but if you can navigate strange cities solely by street signs, you are smarter than me. A few weeks ago I was in Seattle looking for 600 University Place. Good luck with that if you have never been there. ;-) I passed it at least six times because it is smack dab in the middle of the 1300 or 1400 block of something or other downtown.

But this new feature of Google is REALLY cool! I played with it in Spokane and it was nice to be “oriented” instantly! I can hardly wait to use it in DC in a couple of months.

Technology can be used for evil. But we can’t stop advances just because we fear how people might use it.

Regards,
Kathryn Simpson

]]> By: Sharon O'Hara http://pugetsoundblogs.com/kitsap-crime/2008/11/17/fear-and-excitement-as-googles-street-view-hits-bremerton/comment-page-1/#comment-1761 Sharon O'Hara Wed, 19 Nov 2008 23:59:34 +0000 http://pugetsoundblogs.com/kitsap-crime/?p=475#comment-1761 I hope not Cean... If they do I'll have to find another spot for my garbage can full of weeds and leaves. I hope not Cean…

If they do I’ll have to find another spot for my garbage can full of weeds and leaves.

]]> By: Cean http://pugetsoundblogs.com/kitsap-crime/2008/11/17/fear-and-excitement-as-googles-street-view-hits-bremerton/comment-page-1/#comment-1749 Cean Mon, 17 Nov 2008 22:12:52 +0000 http://pugetsoundblogs.com/kitsap-crime/?p=475#comment-1749 I like the Street View feature! The Perry Avenue shopping area looks just the way it did the last time that I drove in there. Sharon, I suppose the robbers might be more likely just to drive around and look for open garage doors and such, rather than relying on a photo that might be months old. I'm looking forward to seeing Poulsbo and Silverdale photos soon. I like the Street View feature! The Perry Avenue shopping area looks just the way it did the last time that I drove in there.

Sharon,
I suppose the robbers might be more likely just to drive around and look for open garage doors and such, rather than relying on a photo that might be months old.

I’m looking forward to seeing Poulsbo and Silverdale photos soon.

]]> By: Sharon O'Hara http://pugetsoundblogs.com/kitsap-crime/2008/11/17/fear-and-excitement-as-googles-street-view-hits-bremerton/comment-page-1/#comment-1747 Sharon O'Hara Mon, 17 Nov 2008 18:31:50 +0000 http://pugetsoundblogs.com/kitsap-crime/?p=475#comment-1747 What could be better for robbers than to screen the streets and homes for easy access? My answer is NO. What could be better for robbers than to screen the streets and homes for easy access?
My answer is NO.

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