Buttocks, thongs, and bullsh*t: Street Viewers cop an eyeful

According to an illuminating report yesterday, Google's new Street View might, if deployed across Europe, provoke a flurry of litigation from unfortunates caught in compromising positions by the facility's all-seeing eye. Well, we haven't yet seen any snaps of couples going at it like jackrabbits in New York doorways, or nude …

[Aram]

The correct term for an exposed thong...

... is "whale tail"

[Emma]

Delighted!

I think this is uber funny! It's made my day. Forget reality t.v, the world will be hooked on their streets, watching their neighbours..

hmm maybe this is not such a great idea after all.

[Andrew Dodd]

No more hunting for helicopters

Yes we are all doing it now... no more looking for blackhawk helicopters we are looking for the best whale tail on the block

[Dillon Pyron]

OTOH, Google Earth can't get my address right

A friend sent me a link to my house. Good thing he didn't try driving there, because they have the wrong house.

[Anonymous Coward]

13th Floor

Maybe the world does end?

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=l&hl=en&q=museum&near=San+Francisco,+California,+United+States&ie=UTF8&view=map&om=1&layer=c&cbll=37.5119,-122.349501&cbp=1,148.244882686897,0.5366192816876,0&ll=37.546755,-122.339973&spn=0.068051,0.159645&z=13

[Anonymous Coward]

Another Bogus Public Urination photo

If you track forward and back along the street and pan toward the guy you can see he's doing something with a bicycle and takes something (possibly a phone) out of his pocket. He's not upright long enough to be urinating. An earlier pic in S.F. looks like it is actually a woman using a mirror or an ipod when you track up and down the street and pan toward them. It seems that any picture of a person facing away from camera who is alone and could be a man is assumed to be a guy urinating in public.

[Anonymous Coward]

Whale Tail

The only correct usage of the term whale tail is when describing the rear spoilers of Sierra/Escort Cosworths, or early mental Porsche engine covers/spoilers.

Or whales feet, for that matter.

There is a similar phot-mapping system at the council I work at, I did try to find embarressing snaps, but alas, nothing.

I was gutted.

[Anonymous Coward]

Re: Whale Tail

The correct term for these rear spoilers is "pram handles"

[Alan Welk]

He has a different type of leak

If you go down the street a bit you can see he's fixing a puncture on his bike.

[Andrew Steer]

Look at the posture before jumping to conclusions

From the position of his arms, I'd immediately guess his hands were in front of his belly - not "down below".