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See your home on Google Street View today

7:43am Thursday 11th March 2010 in


The most comprehensive 360-degree map of Sussex yet recorded goes online today.

Google Street View was rolled out across the country in the early hours, allowing users to view street-level imagery.

The system allows people to explore a total of 238,000 miles of public road, including rural roads in Sussex.

It is almost a year since the Google car, with its distinctive cameras mounted on the roof, was first spotted in Brighton.

After initial concerns that the system would record private details, the internet giant said it had gone to great lengths to safeguard privacy, including blurring licence plates and faces.

However, users have the option of removing themselves, their car or their house from Street View.

They can use the report a problem tool for flagging up inappropriate or sensitive imagery for review or removal.

Don't miss Friday's Argus for a full report and pictures from Google Street View.

If you spot any issues, have problems accessing the system or want images removed, contact The Argus on 01273 544519 or email news@theargus.co.uk.

We will also be producing a map on our website to flag up all the issues plus amusing images that arise.

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Comments(18)

steveP2009 says...
8:32am Thu 11 Mar 10

Brillant, waiting for this for ages! I'm so nosey! Ha!

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Tye says...
8:52am Thu 11 Mar 10

so which saddo is going to do the "free advert" complaint or the "my bedsit is not there so the argus is lying" route?

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wis says...
9:11am Thu 11 Mar 10

This is terrible! People will be able to see what my house looks like from the street now! I'm going to end up burglarised and robbered! This is the end of civilisation as we know it! Before this, my house was secure, you could only view it from above and see sneaky ways into the property not from the street, and see what I have in my garden that might be of value. But now THIS! A picture of the FRONT of my house. It's a disgrace. I'm writing to my MP! I'm getting the Daily Mail round!

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jagiwatch says...
9:48am Thu 11 Mar 10

LOL !!!

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Jayne says...
9:51am Thu 11 Mar 10

Nice to see an Argus car parked in a loading bay on St James Street!

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notaconspiracy says...
9:52am Thu 11 Mar 10

Brilliant. I'm flat-hunting right now and I've been using this, this morning, to hunt down places I'm interested in.

Oh, and, yay, there's my house with my car outside.

Great fun!

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oldskool_raver says...
10:06am Thu 11 Mar 10

My front garden looks very nice! I am glad that there was a curtain on the line out the back though, rather than my knickers!! ;0)

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Dan Gleballs says...
10:40am Thu 11 Mar 10

Right go to Gardeners Road in Fishergate, right at the junction with St Aubyns Crescent is a blue van. the guy is sticking his middle finger up.

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Andre Spooner says...
11:08am Thu 11 Mar 10

I have found myself atop my Mighty Horse with this canny web gadget! Bravo!

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AngelicDevil says...
11:19am Thu 11 Mar 10

Brilliant! Although I can see my old, since stolen, motorbike outside.

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Acheron says...
1:01pm Thu 11 Mar 10

I think if you zoom in on the NCP car park close enough you can see Cllr Theobald's car parked in the disabled bay! lol

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Stu says...
2:34pm Thu 11 Mar 10

Sorry, but why would I contact the Argus if I wanted an image removed? There's a "report" button on the google maps website to do this. What does it have to do with the Argus?

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Tye says...
4:53pm Thu 11 Mar 10

Stu wrote:
Sorry, but why would I contact the Argus if I wanted an image removed? There's a "report" button on the google maps website to do this. What does it have to do with the Argus?
ok - whos going to explain it to stu?

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lorj says...
5:27pm Thu 11 Mar 10

Yay! I've been waiting for this for ages!

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kkj says...
6:44pm Thu 11 Mar 10

Well, I've looked at my house (strangely enough, I've been doing this for years by standing on the pavement outside) and looked at where I work. Now I'm bored with it!

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UglyAmerican says...
8:40pm Thu 11 Mar 10

Must say, I really enjoy this. I can take a stroll down my favorite streets when I am pining for Brighton from across the pond......

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Whitedot says...
9:37pm Thu 11 Mar 10

notaconspiracy wrote:
Brilliant. I'm flat-hunting right now and I've been using this, this morning, to hunt down places I'm interested in.

Oh, and, yay, there's my house with my car outside.

Great fun!
Another nail in the coffin for estate agents, hurrah!

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Skippah says...
11:49pm Thu 11 Mar 10

NOW ALL THEM KIDS WITH THEM PLASTIC TOYS...I MEAN GUNS, WILL KNOW WHERE I LIVE AND HOW TO ROB ME!! IM DOOOOMED!!! BAN IT NOW!!!!

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