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Google Sneak View

A curtain-twitcher's charter
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A development of Street View that allows anyone with a webcam to suppy a link to their camera, accessible through Street View.

Want to know what's happening right now in Hilldrop Crescent or Rillington Place ? Navigate yor way there on Street View and then look for the "Eye" icon.

8th of 7, Nov 25 2010

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       Sounds like an excellent idea to me. How do you ensure, though, that the address and the location of the webcam are coincident?
DrBob, Nov 25 2010
  

       Simply compare the webcam's image with the "static" image stored in Street View.
8th of 7, Nov 25 2010
  

       Ah, the penny drops. You are thinking of cameras looking out into the street aren't you? I wasn't!
DrBob, Nov 25 2010
  

       they serve a good cup of tea on rillington place
Percy_Bollard, Nov 25 2010
  


 

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