Comments on: From the Earth to the Moon http://www.edparsons.com/2010/03/from-the-earth-to-the-moon/ The blog of Ed Parsons, Geographer. Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:11:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: From The Earth To The Moon Results | Worldwide News http://www.edparsons.com/2010/03/from-the-earth-to-the-moon/#comment-2068 From The Earth To The Moon Results | Worldwide News Mon, 15 Mar 2010 04:58:17 +0000 http://www.edparsons.com/?p=1190#comment-2068 [...] From the Earth to the Moon | edparsons.comFrom the Earth to the Moon. March 11 2010. by Ed. Today some 230000 miles of Street View coverage has gone live in Google Maps, which represents arguably the most detailed map of the UK every produced. I say this because of the amount …Read more [...] [...] From the Earth to the Moon | edparsons.comFrom the Earth to the Moon. March 11 2010. by Ed. Today some 230000 miles of Street View coverage has gone live in Google Maps, which represents arguably the most detailed map of the UK every produced. I say this because of the amount …Read more [...]

]]> By: Ed http://www.edparsons.com/2010/03/from-the-earth-to-the-moon/#comment-2067 Ed Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:23:40 +0000 http://www.edparsons.com/?p=1190#comment-2067 Hey Brian, I agree there is huge historical significance in this snapshot of the nation, I hope we can find a way to protect our digital heritage ? Hey Brian, I agree there is huge historical significance in this snapshot of the nation, I hope we can find a way to protect our digital heritage ?

]]> By: Ed http://www.edparsons.com/2010/03/from-the-earth-to-the-moon/#comment-2066 Ed Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:21:36 +0000 http://www.edparsons.com/?p=1190#comment-2066 Hi Bob, Yes I think you are in a very small minority, and to clarify people cannot peer into you house they can only see the outside of your house as it was the day the car passed. If even this troubles you, and you wish to have your house removed completely then this is of course an option available to you. ed Hi Bob,

Yes I think you are in a very small minority, and to clarify people cannot peer into you house they can only see the outside of your house as it was the day the car passed. If even this troubles you, and you wish to have your house removed completely then this is of course an option available to you.

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]]> By: Brian http://www.edparsons.com/2010/03/from-the-earth-to-the-moon/#comment-2065 Brian Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:03:33 +0000 http://www.edparsons.com/?p=1190#comment-2065 I am not certain that I agree with the privacy advocates, because my wife was complaining just last night about the street where she grew up having the name changed, and she wanted to find her home in Atlanta. Her only recourse is to send letters to local historians requesting info on name changes to streets that they might recall, so it would be much better if there was a place where she could access the maps directly. And, what will happen to those sharp images? Blurred for privacy or not- will they just fade away into history? I don't know that there is a simple answer to this question.... I am not certain that I agree with the privacy advocates, because my wife was complaining just last night about the street where she grew up having the name changed, and she wanted to find her home in Atlanta. Her only recourse is to send letters to local historians requesting info on name changes to streets that they might recall, so it would be much better if there was a place where she could access the maps directly.

And, what will happen to those sharp images?

Blurred for privacy or not- will they just fade away into history?

I don’t know that there is a simple answer to this question….

]]> By: Bob http://www.edparsons.com/2010/03/from-the-earth-to-the-moon/#comment-2064 Bob Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:37:20 +0000 http://www.edparsons.com/?p=1190#comment-2064 Quote ed It is disappointing that the raw images used to create street view will have to be destroyed at the request of the European Union Data Protection Working Party, leaving only the privacy blurred published versions for future generations to accesses, still that is the balance we need to achieve between providing useful services and protecting privacy. Actually, I find the ability for people to peer into my house via these images quite an invasion of privacy. Opting 'in' rather than 'out' of these sorts of images should be the rule to protect privacy. Am I in the minority? Quote ed
It is disappointing that the raw images used to create street view will have to be destroyed at the request of the European Union Data Protection Working Party, leaving only the privacy blurred published versions for future generations to accesses, still that is the balance we need to achieve between providing useful services and protecting privacy.

Actually, I find the ability for people to peer into my house via these images quite an invasion of privacy. Opting ‘in’ rather than ‘out’ of these sorts of images should be the rule to protect privacy.

Am I in the minority?

]]> By: Lrae http://www.edparsons.com/2010/03/from-the-earth-to-the-moon/#comment-2063 Lrae Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:22:43 +0000 http://www.edparsons.com/?p=1190#comment-2063 Well said Ed. And to top it off... you can put the entire library of images, maps, directions and the wealth of encyclopedic knowledge in your pocket and access it from almost any place you want, day or night. Well said Ed.
And to top it off… you can put the entire library of images, maps, directions and the wealth of encyclopedic knowledge in your pocket and access it from almost any place you want, day or night.

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