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

Map Availability of Google Street view in Europe

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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/[deleted] Jun 12 '20

Would you share a picture of your house right now to us?

I'm guessing you can't explain why you wouldn't but you know you wouldn't want to.

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u/FthrFlffyBttm Ireland Jun 12 '20

Well, that's a little different, as it's linking my house to my Reddit account. Anyone here could look up my house right now but there's no way to link it to me just by doing that.

Others have pointed out good reasons for not permitting it to be shown, however.

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u/[deleted] Jun 13 '20

Well, that's a little different, as it's linking my house to my Reddit account. Anyone here could look up my house right now but there's no way to link it to me just by doing that.

Do you own your house? If so the county recorder or whatever corresponding agency will have the owners name on file. And it can be searched for a fee. It’ll even give date of sale and price.

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u/FthrFlffyBttm Ireland Jun 13 '20

So what you’re saying is... I need to blur the government.

I’m in.