Had the satellite flown over earlier this headline might have said 'google maps helps solve murder case'
so sad.
Dad says Google Maps shows son's dead body
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Re: Dad says Google Maps shows son's dead body
#42I used to live in this area several years ago. It's really quite a rough area with plenty of shootings and stray bullets to go around. These stories cropped up all the time. I remember discovering at one point that the crime in Richmond was worse than Compton. Not sure if it's still true or not.
Re: Dad says Google Maps shows son's dead body
#43Given Google blurs peoples faces, I suspect they are quite happy to blur / remove dead bodies. So not sure what the real issue is here? Has he actually asked for it to be removed?
Current first line:
"Google says it will replace a Google Maps image after a California father complained it shows the body of his teen-age son, who was shot to death in 2009."
EDIT: To remove my own snark as I realized the article was updated. Sorry!
Re: Dad says Google Maps shows son's dead body
#44Earlier quoted context omitted.
It's been blurred out now ( http://imgur.com/1GcROpY ). Also, the new maps interface is very unintuitive. I remember there used to be an option to create a shortlink to an exact coordinate: I can't figure out where that is now. There is a 'Save' button, but I think that just saves it to my local machine. How do I share a location?
Right click (option click on Mac?) and select 'What's here'. That gives you exact coordinates under the green arrow, with nearest street address under the pink map pin. In this case it's 37.951592,-122.36045. That may be a 14 year-old boy lying there dead and if true it is a terribly sad thing and I hope it is at least blurred out soon.
Opened these coordinates in 2 browsers, one shows old low res imagery with no body, one shows newer high res imagery with body. My guess/hope is that the older low res imagery is being pushed out and just isn't on all servers yet.
I think the main thing I got out of this story is that Rob Enderle is an ass.
Re: Dad says Google Maps shows son's dead body
#45Is that a popular place for bodies? I swear I can see a body at street level here: https://www.google.com/maps/preview#!data=!1m8!1m3!1d3!2d-12...
The area appears to have a high murder rate, as mentioned in some other news articles.
Re: Dad says Google Maps shows son's dead body
#46I understand the sentiment of the father.. I think it is appropriate for Google to remove it..