Go Back   DealershipForum.com > Dealer Talk > General Discussions

Notices

General Discussions Car People talking about something other than the Car Business – Is there life outside of the Dealership?

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
Old 06-22-2012, 12:18 PM   #1
XDCX
Administrator
 
Join Date: Nov 2007
Posts: 14,869
Default Google Street View Car spotted in Lake Havasu, AZ

I've heard about the fleet of Google Street View cars for years but yesterday was the first time I ever actually saw one.





The car was parked at a CVS Pharmacy in Lake Havasu. It appeared to be a KIA and it was plated with California license plates.

If you've ever wondered how Google ended up with a picture of the front of your house (Google Street View - as part of Google Maps) this is how they do it.

In fact, when Google is driving through the neighborhood they also monitor and record WiFi access points. If you own an Android Phone and you wondered what you were agreeing to when you allowed "Google location tools" to help identify your location this is how they do it. If Google knows what WiFi access points your phone can access and they know where all of the WiFi access points are they can determine your location.

While I'm definitely "pro-Google" and I love Google Maps and Street View it is somewhat intimidating all of the information Google has been able to amass.
XDCX is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump

Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
2013 Dodge Dart spotted in Lake Havasu, AZ XDCX Sales 16 10-15-2012 05:21 AM
Road Trip - Heading to Lake Havasu for IJSBA Races XDCX General Discussions 13 05-16-2012 01:32 PM
Ron Bloom's view of Bankruptcy The StraightShooter Automotive Discussions 5 01-06-2011 08:01 AM
My view on the future of CJD CarguyCO Sales 11 12-30-2009 05:37 AM


All times are GMT -7. The time now is 10:40 PM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.5
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Copyright DealershipForum.com - 2008 - 2016