Street Views?

[3930dave]

Just watch out for all the street info being scrambled......... might be Skynet's first move.......

Am I the only one thinking the selfie generation would be puzzled by this thread ?

Please let us know how promptly Bing responds Steve.

Rgds, D.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

I had my picture on streetview once, waving at the camera as they drove down the road. They have now updated to a newer version minus me. They show my private driveway.

 

[tractchores]

I live on a long private drive, which is not labelled as such (long story there). As soon as it crosses onto my property I put a no trespassing sign, which I'm told is obeyed by Google / Bing / etc specifically for the purpose of keeping those vehicles out. I don't really want photos of what I have in my yard on the internet... (no I don't have anything that exciting).

We now have a gate, which does a better job with random people (though believe it or not some people will walk in the woods around it!!). For satellite photos we have lots of trees. Weirdly I found myself on one satellite photo in my boat on a very remote lake (just good timing I guess).

I have issues with Google as well. In my area they show "lot lines", which are wrong and show conservation land that is next to me on my land. Some of my neighbors take Google very seriously and have made a short cut across my land and a trail because they believe it's "town owned"... can't wait until that one is fixed.

 

[sixdogs]

Can I "post" my 300 ft private drive?

 

[tractchores]

Can I "post" my 300 ft private drive?

If you own it all. If its owned in common with others then you have to agree with them (that's why mine isn't posted)

 

[MossRoad]

... This has me concerned, as I am in the witness protection program.

Steve

I thought you were in California?

 

[sixdogs]

If you own it all. If its owned in common with others then you have to agree with them (that's why mine isn't posted)

It's really more of a drive. Will posting keep the vermin out?

 

[MossRoad]

My farmhouse (in NC) is located on a private drive that is about 1000' in length. I share the first 500' or so with a neighbor.

Late last fall, a car with a roof-top camera showed up at my farmhouse while I was working in the yard. The driver informed me that he was working for Bing and that street views of my homestead would show up on the Bing site in three months or so. However, he gave me the info that I would need to contact Bing in order to have the views deleted when they are posted. I plan to have the views deleted.

I suppose that I have been remiss in not posting a "Private Drive" sign, but I am not sure that would have deterred the driver.

I am curious about how others who live on private drives feel about having photos of their homesteads showing up on the Internet.

Steve

If they can see if from the street they have a right to take a picture of it. If they can't tell its a private road, you can expect them to drive on down. If its clearly marked as a private road, I would consider it an invasion of privacy, but I wonder how it would come out in court. Best to have a gate, I suppose.

 

[tractchores]

It's really more of a drive. Will posting keep the vermin out?

According to a policy I read somewhere (was awhile ago, can't recall where - might have been an article) they don't go down driveways that say 'no trespassing', do it'll keep them out. Probably won't keep out all the other random people that want to convert you or sell you something though. I've certainly said "can't you read?" more than a few times to pushy salesmen who just ignore the signs.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

My quarter mile driveway also ends with a gate. Keeps nosy people at arm's length.

Not so much luck with the satellite pictures. The previous version showed me on my tractor, busily using the back hoe to break into a septic line (oops). I'm happy that has been updated, but the new picture shows the muddy ruts my thoughtful neighbor left in my pasture when he drove his car off his driveway one rainy Easter morning. When I asked him why he didn't just use his own tractor to pull it back onto the road, he replied that he was late for church. Real Christian of him.