Post a mapquest picture of your house

Pu-239 · Post by **Pu-239** » 2003-02-01 06:13pm

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Robert Treder · Post by **Robert Treder** » 2003-02-01 06:43pm

EDIT: Stupid Mapquest.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2003-02-01 06:46pm

It's the dark structure at the end of the line of trees near the centre: my parents' house. This would have to have been taken about ten years ago, AFAIK.

And how the fuck did you post yours directly as an image? That doesn't work for me, and as a link, the picture would move around.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2003-02-01 06:47pm

Rob, I'm seeing my property in your images.

Robert Treder · Post by **Robert Treder** » 2003-02-01 06:49pm

Spanky The Dolphin wrote:Rob, I'm seeing my property in your images.

Hmmm...then my plan of conquest is complete!!! MUAHAHA!

Oh wait...that sucks. It shows up fine over here, anyhow. Lemme see what I can do.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2003-02-01 06:57pm

This is my dorm building. It's in the rectangular building in the centre with the little house next to it (which has been demolished) and a parking lot along the side.

I've noticed that both times MapQuest totally fucked up on the location of the address. They had to be off by at least several hundred metres.

Again, I had to save this and put in on my GeoCities account for the fucking thing to work.

The Dark · Post by **The Dark** » 2003-02-01 07:02pm

There are no pictures of either my house or my dorm building on MapQuest...strange.

Ted · Post by **Ted** » 2003-02-01 09:05pm

SUCESS!

I do not exist on that database!

Post by **Darth Wong** » 2003-02-01 09:21pm

Revealing the location of your house on the Internet might not be the greatest idea.

Darth Garden Gnome · Post by **Darth Garden Gnome** » 2003-02-01 09:29pm

Darth Wong wrote:Revealing the location of your house on the Internet might not be the greatest idea.

This is hardly "revealing the location" of your house. I don't think anybody could trace this picture of your house, of which I might add isn't very detailed, to the state or city, OR adress of your house. Unless of course you were to give it away in your post, in which case.....

*loads toliet paper and eggs into trunk*

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2003-02-01 10:50pm

Well, I made sure that mine (at least my house: my dorm building could be considered more public) is close enough that you can't make out what road it's on.

Besides, the picture of my house is at least ten years old, as the driveway is still gravel and the workshop hasn't been built yet.

DPDarkPrimus · Post by **DPDarkPrimus** » 2003-02-02 01:38am

Geez Spanky, your place looks even more secluded from the air then it does driving to it.

IRG CommandoJoe · Post by **IRG CommandoJoe** » 2003-02-02 02:50am

How's this for secluded?

Cookie to those who can find my house!

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2003-02-02 03:07am

Is it the big red X on the white square?

Arthur_Tuxedo · Post by **Arthur_Tuxedo** » 2003-02-02 03:11am

Darth Wong wrote:Revealing the location of your house on the Internet might not be the greatest idea.

No kidding. Remember, Big Brother is watching you.

Robert Treder · Post by **Robert Treder** » 2003-02-02 05:51am

Darth Wong wrote:Revealing the location of your house on the Internet might not be the greatest idea.

Call me crazy, but I trust people...

...I trust them to be too lazy to do anything with information such as an address.

2644 Barkley Ave
Santa Clara, CA 95051

Do something. I dare you. (not you, personally, DW...the impersonal 'you')

Post by **Dalton** » 2003-02-02 07:05am

If you own a domain name, your home address is easy to find.

Post by **Sea Skimmer** » 2003-02-02 07:59am

The survey mapguest uses for much of the country dates to 1992-93 IIRC. Some areas like NYC have been updated with much more recent pictures, they changed it within a few days of 9/11 to show the aftermath.

I'd imagine its the same for other big cities, aerial photos do have practical uses for city planning and that sort of thing.

As for those you who foolishly posted, PARTICLE BEAM CANNON READY FOR FIRING!

Wicked Pilot · Post by **Wicked Pilot** » 2003-02-02 11:10am

Thanks for the overheads, I'm loading the bombs right now.

Tsyroc · Post by **Tsyroc** » 2003-02-02 11:45am

To make things a little bit easier for aerial bombing I marked my house with a red dot (laser designator if you like

). Hit right there and you'll either put one down my chimney or through my bedroom.

DPDarkPrimus · Post by **DPDarkPrimus** » 2003-02-02 12:02pm

Tsyroc wrote:To make things a little bit easier for aerial bombing I marked my house with a red dot (laser designator if you like ). Hit right there and you'll either put one down my chimney or through my bedroom.

"Orbital laser is targeded, sir!"

"Commence attack."

Sorry, couldn't resist.

2000AD · Post by **2000AD** » 2003-02-02 12:02pm

Is it only available for US homes or does it have other countries too?

Post by **Zaia** » 2003-02-02 01:19pm

Robert Treder wrote:
Darth Wong wrote:Revealing the location of your house on the Internet might not be the greatest idea.
Call me crazy, but I trust people...

...I trust them to be too lazy to do anything with information such as an address.

2644 Barkley Ave
Santa Clara, CA 95051

Do something. I dare you. (not you, personally, DW...the impersonal 'you')

Wow, I would never do that. Ever. Evvvvvvvvvver.

Post by **Darth Wong** » 2003-02-02 01:34pm

Dalton wrote:If you own a domain name, your home address is easy to find.

Or contact address, or business address. There's no need to use your home address for your domain registration.

Post by **Sea Skimmer** » 2003-02-02 01:43pm

Tsyroc wrote:To make things a little bit easier for aerial bombing I marked my house with a red dot (laser designator if you like ). Hit right there and you'll either put one down my chimney or through my bedroom.

[img]http://members.aol.com/Tsyroc/thouse.jpg[img]

If you could paint your roof in a mix of high contrast colors to aid my Autonomous target recognition SLAM-ER's, or perhaps add an infrared beacon to help out the Gunships FLIR that would be nice.