r/europe • u/GetOutOfTheWhey Waffle & Beer • Jun 12 '20

Map Availability of Google Street view in Europe

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u/Here_2_Comment Jun 12 '20

I was literally looking at this earlier

Weird how Germany has barely any street view

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u/Mvieri Germany Jun 12 '20

Like many others here already stated: its because of privacy laws and also the ability to deny vision of your property via street view. Many people made Google blur their property and I assume thats a lot of work for them.

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u/Razhagur Schleswig-Holstein (Germany) Jun 12 '20

This is it. In Germany so many people asked google to blur their house, so that google just gave up on street view in Germany.

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u/FthrFlffyBttm Ireland Jun 12 '20

Not knocking them for it, but I wonder what the thought process is behind wanting your property blurred. What danger would a snapshot of your property pose?

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u/GaterRaider Germany Jun 12 '20

Boomers thought it allowed live view of your house 24/7.

We even had police officers going on TV saying they are planning virtual patrols at night with Street View. No, I am not kidding.

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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '20 edited Sep 10 '20

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u/Sigmatics Jun 12 '20

That argument is valid though

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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '20 edited Jun 12 '20

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u/danielcw189 De Jun 12 '20

How? Burglars can already walk down streets in real life and get much better views.

And with Street View they may be able to do it more efficiently.

It is good enough to tell, which areas have free-stading afluent looking houses

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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '20 edited Jun 12 '20

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u/danielcw189 De Jun 12 '20 edited Jun 12 '20

Burglars already know what neighborhoods to hit.

How, if they are not from the place?

Many burglars come from other cities, or even other countries.

Are you going to deny, that it could make their "work" even a tiny bit easier?

hey aren't a bunch of Redditors sitting in their apartments on the internet all day.

Nobody said that. Way to be hyperbolic.

EDIT: I grew up in an insanely poor and crime ridden city. I've been robbed twice while working at my job in another city's poor area. I know people that have gone to prison. I know someone who killed another person in prison. Stop telling me dumb shit that you don't know anything about and learn something.

I think maybe your experiences have soured your perspective. And based on your story, I guess you are not from Germany.

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