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Comments on: Google Street View is approved for the U.K.

U.K.'s privacy watchdog approves Google's photo-mapping plans for England, saying it is "satisfied" with the safeguards in place to blur faces and license plates.

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by Manhattan2 July 31, 2008 9:20 AM PDT
GPS Imaging will lead the way in street level views. There is power in numbers and the number of images we will have access to is staggering.
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by n3td3v July 31, 2008 10:20 AM PDT
The public get the water downed version of street view thats deemed publically acceptable, while the government get given the full view version of street view sent to them. We don't know what 'other' data the government get given, the cameras might have other capabilities we haven't been told about, like detecting heat sources, etc.
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by MapsRus9912 August 4, 2008 2:52 PM PDT
Almost as paranoid as us Canadians! Take a look at these French Google Street View privacy invasions:

http://streetviewgallery.corank.com
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by TheSuede October 20, 2008 4:27 AM PDT
"Never mind Google, we have Street Level View already, check out....
http://www.novaloca.com/blog/index.php/2008/10/17/view-londons-commercial-property-in-street-level-view-with-novalocas-maps/
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