The ethics of cameras

[Geoff Sykes]

Google just buys the maps from the government approved or sponsored third
parties. NAVTEQ pretty much provides the map data to all the online maps
including Google, Mapquest, Yahoo!, MSN etc.
 
If you think satellite data is an infringement, take a look at the
California Coastline Project. They flew a helicopter just offshore for the
entire length of California and photographed the entire coastline. Not
nearly as close a look at peoples homes as Google's Street View but still
pretty amazing. See:
 
http://www.californiacoastline.org/
 
Once you are outside of your home, with few exceptions, you are pretty much
in the public domain. 
 
I've seen the Google Street View camera driving around. Looks very other
worldly. It's just a clamp on rack that goes on top of the cars roof. It's a
black box with a small post sticking out of it and sitting on top is a black
spinning ball about 8" or 10" in diameter. The driver is just driving
around, probably following a pre-laid out route, and this thing just spins
and takes a photo in every direction about once a second or so. 
 
-- G
 
 



• Geoff Sykes, RPT
• 626-799-7545
• www.ivories52.com <http://www.ivories52.com/>  

-----Original Message-----
From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of Scott Jackson
Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2008 3:23 PM
To: 'Pianotech List'
Subject: RE: The ethics of cameras


Fenton,
If you found that people were upset with you for photographing their
property, then how did USA residents react to Google Maps Street View
(http://maps.google.com/)? It seems that Google has no qualms taking
pictures of peoples property.
 
I must say that I was taken aback to find that they have been secretly
filming everyone's front door in Australia. Satellite pictures were bad
enough, but these close-up street-scapes do make you feel uneasy. How and
why are they financing such a huge undertaking?
Scott Jackson
Mt Keira, NSW, Australia. 

-----Original Message-----
From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of Fenton Murray



On this topic, but slightly off topic. 10 years ago I was doing a lot of
flying and would take up photographers from time to time. I got the idea to
shoot some of the more interesting homes belonging to my clients, then
approach them with the idea of selling some of these photos. BAD IDEA!! Not
only were they not interested in the photos, they were upset with me taking
pictures of their property. Lesson learned.
Fenton

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