[OSM-talk] Google StreetView From Bikes

[Lester Caine]

John Smith wrote:
> --- On Fri, 31/7/09, Lester Caine <lester at lsces.co.uk> wrote:
>> But the point I was trying to make was more that of 'We get
>> stopped and told 
>> we have to ask permission' while Goggle stick two fingers
>> up and just carry on 
>> regardless. It is about time there was a level playing
>> field, and just because 
>> one can throw silly amounts of money at a problem to make
>> it go away should 
>> not be acceptable :(
> 
>>From what I understand the rules are as much about intent as they are about anything else, google's intent is to photograph streets for use on the web, they aren't intentionally going out of their way to invade privacy. If you were to do the same thing I doubt you'd get stopped either, if on the other hand you were specifically aiming to invade privacy that is another matter.
> 
> So from a legal point of view I don't think there is an issue, morally however it is a lot more merky but there is no laws specifically about it.
> 
> On the other hand people have filled legal complaints about them doing street view down private access roads and they should be taken to task over these things.

Yep ...
But they COULD achieve their aim without pushing the camera up to a height 
that provides a view that the normal man in the street would not easily be 
able to achieve. They are providing a view of the world that is intentionally 
more inclusive than is necessary. So from my perspective they ARE 
intentionally going out of their way to invade privacy by showing views that 
are simply not normally visible? If we want to see what is over a wall we can 
now go to google .....

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