Comments on: Google Maps’ Street View Helps Fight Crime! http://www.velvetblues.com/web-development-blog/google-maps-street-view-helps-fight-crime/ Velvet Blues offers a wide variety of website-related services such as: complete websites, eCommerce, design, XHTML/CSS slicing, search engine optimization, and content management with custom or open source software such as WordPress, Joomla, and Drupal. Take a look at our portfolio and see for yourself. Thu, 29 Dec 2011 17:15:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Julie Foreyhttp://www.velvetblues.com/web-development-blog/google-maps-street-view-helps-fight-crime/#comment-6715 Julie Forey Tue, 07 Jun 2011 09:24:01 +0000 http://www.velvetblues.com/?p=1972#comment-6715 We use google maps combined with streetview to provide a UK crime reporting site that allows incidents to be immediately and instantly geo-located.The main site page is on: http://www.citizensreportuk.org/The crime reporting page on: http://www.citizensreportuk.org/report_crime.htmlThe site got an endorsement from a UK government crime reform report by Baroness Newlove at the end of March 2011 We use google maps combined with streetview to provide a UK crime reporting site that allows incidents to be immediately and instantly geo-located.

The main site page is on:
http://www.citizensreportuk.org/

The crime reporting page on:
http://www.citizensreportuk.org/report_crime.html

The site got an endorsement from a UK government crime reform report by Baroness Newlove at the end of March 2011

]]> By: Velvet Blueshttp://www.velvetblues.com/web-development-blog/google-maps-street-view-helps-fight-crime/#comment-2495 Velvet Blues Mon, 19 Jan 2009 13:52:59 +0000 http://www.velvetblues.com/?p=1972#comment-2495 <b>@Ben</b>: Yes, Google is doing big things! :-) @Ben: Yes, Google is doing big things! :-)

]]> By: Ben Peihttp://www.velvetblues.com/web-development-blog/google-maps-street-view-helps-fight-crime/#comment-2447 Ben Pei Sun, 18 Jan 2009 03:56:40 +0000 http://www.velvetblues.com/?p=1972#comment-2447 Wow haha this is cool.. I didn't know it happened! Wow haha this is cool.. I didn’t know it happened!

]]> By: Velvet Blueshttp://www.velvetblues.com/web-development-blog/google-maps-street-view-helps-fight-crime/#comment-2204 Velvet Blues Fri, 09 Jan 2009 14:34:25 +0000 http://www.velvetblues.com/?p=1972#comment-2204 <b>@Ajith</b>, true. Anything can be used the wrong way. And yes, Google better not get more invasive! haha. :-) @Ajith, true. Anything can be used the wrong way. And yes, Google better not get more invasive! haha. :-)

]]> By: Ajith Edassery | DollarShowerhttp://www.velvetblues.com/web-development-blog/google-maps-street-view-helps-fight-crime/#comment-2196 Ajith Edassery | DollarShower Fri, 09 Jan 2009 09:18:23 +0000 http://www.velvetblues.com/?p=1972#comment-2196 There are definitely good and bad things about any innovation. If used judiciously anything can be good. However, miscreants and terrorists can actually use it the wrong way. I thought this was a pretty good stuff and so is Google Earth (Though many countries now fear that any property is pinpointed even by a common man.As long as Google doesnt come up with Google Bedroom View or Google Bathroom View I am okay with it :lol: There are definitely good and bad things about any innovation. If used judiciously anything can be good. However, miscreants and terrorists can actually use it the wrong way. I thought this was a pretty good stuff and so is Google Earth (Though many countries now fear that any property is pinpointed even by a common man.

As long as Google doesnt come up with Google Bedroom View or Google Bathroom View I am okay with it :lol:

]]> By: Velvet Blueshttp://www.velvetblues.com/web-development-blog/google-maps-street-view-helps-fight-crime/#comment-2161 Velvet Blues Thu, 08 Jan 2009 15:10:29 +0000 http://www.velvetblues.com/?p=1972#comment-2161 <b>@Wei Liang</b>, I suppose it could save terrorists a lot of work and suspicion by letting them survey areas via Google Maps.But in terms of all of these lawsuits, I think that they are unwarranted. For the most part, these homes are on public streets and anyone walking by could just as easily take a snapshot... It is not like Google is showing people things that cannot already be easily obtained by taking a walk with a camera. @Wei Liang, I suppose it could save terrorists a lot of work and suspicion by letting them survey areas via Google Maps.

But in terms of all of these lawsuits, I think that they are unwarranted. For the most part, these homes are on public streets and anyone walking by could just as easily take a snapshot… It is not like Google is showing people things that cannot already be easily obtained by taking a walk with a camera.

]]> By: Wei Liang | Earn Money Onlinehttp://www.velvetblues.com/web-development-blog/google-maps-street-view-helps-fight-crime/#comment-2157 Wei Liang | Earn Money Online Thu, 08 Jan 2009 13:54:12 +0000 http://www.velvetblues.com/?p=1972#comment-2157 The street map is good for daily usage but I heard that it is a dangerous doing as well. It is easy for terrorists to execute their planning when intending to attack an area. Not realyl sure how true it is but it does make senseWei Liang The street map is good for daily usage but I heard that it is a dangerous doing as well. It is easy for terrorists to execute their planning when intending to attack an area. Not realyl sure how true it is but it does make sense

Wei Liang

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