Comments on: Minnesota town tells Google Maps to get lost

Private city tells the Internet search giant that no trespassing means no trespassing. City images are shortly thereafter removed from its Street View service.

[RabidQuillDotCom]

I'm just glad to see Google respecting property rights. Everyone's piling onto the people of North Oaks as if they've done something wrong, when they haven't.

The most important thing to note about this story is that yes, there is a place where roads are not government owned and no, there isn't chaos and anarchy.

Since so many people associate all-private ownership with wealthy communities, why is the policy frowned upon? Isn't it better (in material terms) to be well-off than it is to be poor?

[mpls123456]

Let?s say you owned 1 acre, or 2 or 1000 acres. Then let?s say you paid for the entire infrastructure with your own money, the roads, utilities, maintenance plus you paid for local police and fire service to come in as needed. In addition you still paid your due property taxes to the State and County. This is still your land no? It may not cheep, but it is an individuals or communities right to own land and do with it what they choose. This is a private parcel of land; the roads are not pubic, because the pubic has not paid for them. Google did not ask to come onto this private land. Google made the violation and corrected its mistake when asked to. Would you feel okay driving onto someone private property, past their no trespassing sign, and then proceed to take hundreds of photos to place on the internet, I don't think so? Do you complain that you are not allowed into your neighborhood county club when you have not joined or paid the dues? I do not believe that the land that North Oaks consumes or gets in the way of others any more than any other large empty or developed tract of land. The land owners of North Oaks pay taxes to the community in whole to help pay for things others outside of the community enjoy. The public does not pay for anything inside North Oaks. I give great credit to the bold visionaries of North Oaks for preserving a slice of the land in this way. I have been invited to visit there and I have seen how they have protected the land and lakes like other communities have not. I do not hold any grudge with those that can afford to buy a piece of it and enjoy the privacy it may bring them.

[benjaminstraight]

The start of many challenges to this type of invasion.

[mike45689]

Yes any where the problem with roads.There are no illegal issues are going about this.So it is becoming a big issue.

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mike5

Minnesota Drug Addiction