Google amusement
Mar. 4th, 2009 08:06 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
altivoI've heard people complaining just because Google's street views has a photo of their house. How many can say it has a photo of THEM personally? I just found out that the street views of the square over in Woodstock was taken during a farmer's market and has a photo of my mate and his friends performing on the corner. They've been one of the live music groups for the market for several years now. Judging by the location they're in, the photo is about two years old.
To see them, go to Google Maps and ask for "S Johnson St and W Van Buren St, Woodstock IL" then select street view. Let the image focus. You'll be facing north up Johnson St. and they are under the rightmost white pavilion roof on the right hand side of the street (NE corner.) Zoom in once, and look right for a closer view. Now they are centered in the image. You can zoom in again, but the resolution isn't great.
Instead, zoom back out to the original resolution. Put your mouse pointer on the arrow that appears going north up Johnson St. and click once. Now turn right for a better view. Zoom in. Gary has his back to you, wearing red suspenders and a straw hat. His partner Rob from Bear Creek is to his right, wearing a tan vest. Google blurs faces on purpose, but we can also tell that Amy and Neal, who make up the Kishwaukee Ramblers with Gary, are in the image. Neal is facing the camera, with a dark shirt and white t-shirt showing in a "V" around the collar. The small lady on the right, sitting in a chair and listening, is our friend Izetta from up near Hebron. I usually arrive as they are finishing up to have lunch with the group, but it looks as if I wasn't there yet.
Does this mean they've used up their 15 minutes of fame?
[EDIT: Direct link to best image]
To see them, go to Google Maps and ask for "S Johnson St and W Van Buren St, Woodstock IL" then select street view. Let the image focus. You'll be facing north up Johnson St. and they are under the rightmost white pavilion roof on the right hand side of the street (NE corner.) Zoom in once, and look right for a closer view. Now they are centered in the image. You can zoom in again, but the resolution isn't great.
Instead, zoom back out to the original resolution. Put your mouse pointer on the arrow that appears going north up Johnson St. and click once. Now turn right for a better view. Zoom in. Gary has his back to you, wearing red suspenders and a straw hat. His partner Rob from Bear Creek is to his right, wearing a tan vest. Google blurs faces on purpose, but we can also tell that Amy and Neal, who make up the Kishwaukee Ramblers with Gary, are in the image. Neal is facing the camera, with a dark shirt and white t-shirt showing in a "V" around the collar. The small lady on the right, sitting in a chair and listening, is our friend Izetta from up near Hebron. I usually arrive as they are finishing up to have lunch with the group, but it looks as if I wasn't there yet.
Does this mean they've used up their 15 minutes of fame?
[EDIT: Direct link to best image]
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Date: 2009-03-04 03:03 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-03-04 04:25 pm (UTC)We are sufficiently obscure for the moment that street views hasn't reached us at all.