This Is Why Some Amsterdam Homes Are Blurred On Sreet View
You have probably walked virtually through your own street via Google Street View. Very nice, right? You may have come across a striking phenomenon while online: houses that are ‘blurred’ and therefore you can’t see. Several houses in Amsterdam have been blurred on Street View. How about that?
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First: how does Google even get these kinds of images of your street? By making them yourself. Every now and then a car from Google (you know: such a car with a camera on the roof) through the city. That camera takes 360-degree photos of everything it encounters. In a car-free zone, employees walk around taking pictures. So not only houses, but also people and cars are recorded. Can that just happen? In short: yes, you can. Legally, you can photograph public places and post them on the internet.
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When you virtually walk through Amsterdam, you will probably notice that many ‘parts’ have already been blurred. Have a look at the faces of this municipal employee and passer-by in the Rivierenbuurt. Their faces have been made unrecognizable.
coins are also for license plates: those. Google is taking several steps to protect people’s privacy when Street View images are published on Google Maps. policies†
Why the blurry houses?
What about houses then? They are not blurred. Still, it happens that you come across faded houses on Street View in Amsterdam. The reason for that? Simply put, it comes down to this: when a resident wants to blur their home, Google will take care of it. For example, because you are concerned about privacy. The specific reason for not knowing Google.
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I want to fade my house
What about houses then? They are not blurred. Still, it happens that you come across faded houses on Street View in Amsterdam. The reason for that? Simply put, it comes down to this: when a resident wants to blur their home, Google will take care of it. For example, because you are concerned about privacy. The specific reason for not knowing Google.
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