Private Neighborhood Wants Off Google's Street View, Google Complies
The neighborhood, North Oaks, is completely privately owned. This even includes the streets, meaning that just casually turning in for a quick tour could see you on the wrong side of the law. There are prominent "no trespassing" signs posted at every entrance, and apparently the Googlemobile ignored these and went in anyway. Neighborhood representatives complained, and you are now unable to scope out the neighborhood via Street View any longer.
Victory for privacy advocates everywhere, or an overly insulated community throwing a fit? Either way, it's no real loss; we can't see too many people wanting to visit there. [Source: StarTribune]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Caukin @ Jun 2nd 2008 11:54AM
The real question is, what is this town hiding?
Alien Invasion @ Jun 2nd 2008 12:56PM
I heard a UFO landed there in 1962...and they are still apparently covering it up.
Mapper99 @ Jun 2nd 2008 2:13PM
Totally crazy idea. If they don't like the pictures, get them removed. There are a whole pile of Google Street Views that have been censored already:
http://streetviewgallery.corank.com