Comments on: Google Street View privacy-filter blurs out tiki head on restaurant roof http://boingboing.net/2010/12/02/google-street-view-p.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sun, 19 May 2013 16:00:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: voicegy http://boingboing.net/2010/12/02/google-street-view-p.html#comment-957263 voicegy Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-957263 You mean the Park Manor Inn? : ) You mean the Park Manor Inn? : )

]]> By: voicegy http://boingboing.net/2010/12/02/google-street-view-p.html#comment-957269 voicegy Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-957269 Native Sandy Eggan here, that was from one of the "Homegrown" albums put out by KGB, yes? I still have all of them. Nice to see a little bit of my town on Boing Boing - even if it is blurred out. : ) Native Sandy Eggan here, that was from one of the “Homegrown” albums put out by KGB, yes? I still have all of them. Nice to see a little bit of my town on Boing Boing – even if it is blurred out.
: )

]]> By: voicegy http://boingboing.net/2010/12/02/google-street-view-p.html#comment-957271 voicegy Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-957271 I've lived in University Heights all my life - and, yes, Brunch at the Bali was (and, after a recent great remodel) still is! http://www.orchidsandonions.org/2010/08/31/bali-hai-restaurant I’ve lived in University Heights all my life – and, yes, Brunch at the Bali was (and, after a recent great remodel) still is!

http://www.orchidsandonions.org/2010/08/31/bali-hai-restaurant

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/12/02/google-street-view-p.html#comment-955743 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-955743 to bad Bali Hai doesn't look like that anymore. its way nicer now to bad Bali Hai doesn’t look like that anymore. its way nicer now

]]> By: sdmikev http://boingboing.net/2010/12/02/google-street-view-p.html#comment-956001 sdmikev Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-956001 We almost got married there. :) Opted for a hotel across from Balboa Park instead.. We almost got married there. :)
Opted for a hotel across from Balboa Park instead..

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/12/02/google-street-view-p.html#comment-957284 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-957284 Saw the same thing happen to ol' Saint Nick here (you might have to zoom in): http://bit.ly/feZT4f Even though his face is obscured, I can still tell it's him. Saw the same thing happen to ol’ Saint Nick here (you might have to zoom in): http://bit.ly/feZT4f

Even though his face is obscured, I can still tell it’s him.

]]> By: franz http://boingboing.net/2010/12/02/google-street-view-p.html#comment-957540 franz Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-957540 I found a nice one too. Anonymous Blue Man Group in Berlin: http://bit.ly/hosW0C I found a nice one too. Anonymous Blue Man Group in Berlin: http://bit.ly/hosW0C

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/12/02/google-street-view-p.html#comment-961651 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-961651 Google Street View Can't Blur Japanese Citizens Wearing Gas Masks: http://www.streetviewfunny.com Google Street View Can’t Blur Japanese Citizens Wearing Gas Masks:

http://www.streetviewfunny.com

]]> By: sillygolem http://boingboing.net/2010/12/02/google-street-view-p.html#comment-955767 sillygolem Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-955767 My family has an auto repair shop with a muffler man out front. He was also obscured, although only his eyes were blurred out. His head is made of a very not-human-shaped 12" glass pack. My family has an auto repair shop with a muffler man out front. He was also obscured, although only his eyes were blurred out. His head is made of a very not-human-shaped 12″ glass pack.

]]> By: Donald Petersen http://boingboing.net/2010/12/02/google-street-view-p.html#comment-958077 Donald Petersen Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-958077 Fourth generation SD native here (though now I'm an expat dwelling in far-flung exotic Pasadena). A genuine pleasure to find someone who knows the Homegrowns! My collection has dwindled down to just two copies of Homegrown III, but I'm the only person I know to have Rose and the Arrangement in his iTunes library. (singing) "Well you go to La Jolla, San Diego, You get onnn Harbor Driiiive. Down to the end, Around the bend, Puts! you! on! High! way! Five! You're back in Chula Vista, Chula Vista. Chula Vista, Chula Vista. Chula Vista, Chula Vista." (dunk. dooiinnk! dunk. dooiinnk!) Fourth generation SD native here (though now I’m an expat dwelling in far-flung exotic Pasadena).

A genuine pleasure to find someone who knows the Homegrowns! My collection has dwindled down to just two copies of Homegrown III, but I’m the only person I know to have Rose and the Arrangement in his iTunes library.

(singing)
“Well you go to La Jolla,
San Diego,
You get onnn Harbor Driiiive.
Down to the end,
Around the bend,
Puts! you! on! High! way! Five!

You’re back in
Chula Vista, Chula Vista.
Chula Vista, Chula Vista.
Chula Vista, Chula Vista.”
(dunk. dooiinnk! dunk. dooiinnk!)

]]> By: Jonathan Badger http://boingboing.net/2010/12/02/google-street-view-p.html#comment-955775 Jonathan Badger Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-955775 The marina near this restaurant is where Craig Venter's boat Sorcerer II docks when it is in San Diego. And the Mai Tais at Bali Hai are heavy on the rum and light on the juice. The marina near this restaurant is where Craig Venter’s boat Sorcerer II docks when it is in San Diego. And the Mai Tais at Bali Hai are heavy on the rum and light on the juice.

]]> By: Pea Hix http://boingboing.net/2010/12/02/google-street-view-p.html#comment-955797 Pea Hix Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-955797 I definitely felt pretty blurry myself after having just eaten the thanksgiving buffet at the Bali hai last week... I definitely felt pretty blurry myself after having just eaten the thanksgiving buffet at the Bali hai last week…

]]> By: catgrin http://boingboing.net/2010/12/02/google-street-view-p.html#comment-955810 catgrin Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-955810 When I lived down in University Heights I used to hit the Sunday Brunch there a lot. Plenty of fresh fruit and spicy meat to keep everyone happy. The place is a blast! When I lived down in University Heights I used to hit the Sunday Brunch there a lot. Plenty of fresh fruit and spicy meat to keep everyone happy. The place is a blast!

]]> By: Lex10 http://boingboing.net/2010/12/02/google-street-view-p.html#comment-957090 Lex10 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-957090 Hooray for the Bali Hai! They have Demerara rum. Hooray for the Bali Hai! They have Demerara rum.

]]> By: Astragali http://boingboing.net/2010/12/02/google-street-view-p.html#comment-955830 Astragali Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-955830 Given the presence of spicy meat, I should imagine "blasts, plural". Given the presence of spicy meat, I should imagine “blasts, plural”.

]]> By: edwinx2 http://boingboing.net/2010/12/02/google-street-view-p.html#comment-955841 edwinx2 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-955841 I noticed random Kanji blurred out on street signs and shop names in GSV Tokyo. The same characters were not blurred on up-the-street and down-the-street pics of the same or similar signs, and there was no blurring of faces in any of the cosmetic ads or political posters that plaster walls and fences. So, the algorithm is cautious enough to blur out complex letters that have the same basic arrangement as a human face might, but not smart enough to blur out actual human faces that are too large in proportion to their surroundings. The latter may be intentional; faces in ads have no right to privacy, I suppose. I noticed random Kanji blurred out on street signs and shop names in GSV Tokyo. The same characters were not blurred on up-the-street and down-the-street pics of the same or similar signs, and there was no blurring of faces in any of the cosmetic ads or political posters that plaster walls and fences. So, the algorithm is cautious enough to blur out complex letters that have the same basic arrangement as a human face might, but not smart enough to blur out actual human faces that are too large in proportion to their surroundings. The latter may be intentional; faces in ads have no right to privacy, I suppose.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/12/02/google-street-view-p.html#comment-955862 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-955862 I love that auto-blur. They blur the phone numbers off shopping bags (were they thinking it was a number plate?), yet fail to blur the quirky old dude from my neighborhood holding it. http://bit.ly/hFck0w I love that auto-blur. They blur the phone numbers off shopping bags (were they thinking it was a number plate?), yet fail to blur the quirky old dude from my neighborhood holding it.
http://bit.ly/hFck0w

]]> By: Donald Petersen http://boingboing.net/2010/12/02/google-street-view-p.html#comment-956120 Donald Petersen Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-956120 I believe I went to dinner before my Prom at the Bali Hai. I miss my town. "San Diego (You're My Home). Everybody, yeah-yeah." ...anyone? I believe I went to dinner before my Prom at the Bali Hai.

I miss my town. “San Diego (You’re My Home). Everybody, yeah-yeah.”

…anyone?

]]> By: zk http://boingboing.net/2010/12/02/google-street-view-p.html#comment-956132 zk Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-956132 They do the same with the signboards in front of KFC. The Colonel's face is always blurred out. They do the same with the signboards in front of KFC. The Colonel’s face is always blurred out.

]]> By: madsci http://boingboing.net/2010/12/02/google-street-view-p.html#comment-956156 madsci Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-956156 One of the lamps in front of my house is apparently lifelike enough to be auto-blurred. I think it's actually a combination of features, including some well beyond the lamp itself, that must be face-like. I wonder if it's the same face recognition algorithm they use in Picasa. It's interesting to see the 'faces' it pulls out of years of vacation photos. Most are genuinely faces, albeit sometimes on statues or figureheads. On its first pass through, it must have found about a thousand random Chinese pedestrians from a few shots of downtown Shenzhen - which defeats some of the convenience of automatic face recognition. One of the lamps in front of my house is apparently lifelike enough to be auto-blurred. I think it’s actually a combination of features, including some well beyond the lamp itself, that must be face-like.

I wonder if it’s the same face recognition algorithm they use in Picasa. It’s interesting to see the ‘faces’ it pulls out of years of vacation photos. Most are genuinely faces, albeit sometimes on statues or figureheads. On its first pass through, it must have found about a thousand random Chinese pedestrians from a few shots of downtown Shenzhen – which defeats some of the convenience of automatic face recognition.

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