Google Maps goes mega-high-resolution

The boys at Google have been a tad busy of late. Seems like there's a new announcement every day.

A Google SATELLITE? These guys started as a search engine, what geniuses! Real-time satellite capture has only got to be a few years away.

Google already has a real-time live feed. the public just can't access it for security reasons. They are always watching!!!

And Big Brother begins.

wow i think that thats really
cool because now i dont think
that theres gonna be anyone
whos gonna get lost now

Imagine what kind of satellite surveillance AT&T have and are using against you.

makes me wonder what sorts of technology is 'out there' that we don't know about (for security purposes, of course...).

i think that i am gonna start wearing aluminum foil on my head soon

1984

this is so the gov can crawl further up your ass and protect you from yourself... COMRADE. What has happened to America? Socialism.... what on the way on the way? thats where we are headed if you vote for what the fuck obama. we sure don't have much choice so bob barr has got my vote. REVOLUTION THIS!!!!!!

I can my house from here

This is awesome. My whole county is low resolution. As far as big brother goes, they're not really worried about you unless your doin something pretty bad. Honestly, some crazy shit would have to be going on in your back yard for the NSA to be interested in using a sattelite against you.

Creepy but advanced, I just hope that this doesn't get into the wrong hands.

google's got alot goin on huh?

Look alt better than what they have now. I just don't want them using it to spy on me!!

Wow, can't wait for it to update, i've had a trampoline in my back garden for the past year, but google maps still shows an old garden!

Woop woop for HD Maps

As long as they can't prove where I was last Tuesday night, I have no problem with this.

"This is awesome. My whole county is low resolution. As far as big brother goes, they're not really worried about you unless your doin something pretty bad. Honestly, some crazy shit would have to be going on in your back yard for the NSA to be interested in using a sattelite against you."

depends on what is considered 'pretty bad' by those in power. you'd think you'd have to do something 'pretty bad' in order to be pepper sprayed, beaten and arrested, or to be held in an offshore prison camp without charge, but it's all pretty arbitrary, which is why we have (or are supposed to have) civil protections

I wonder if they would be interested in buying my soul?

Googletastic.

Stalker-ish. and super CREEPY.

so google can check your number plate but 'aren't allowed'? haha, that's like giving a kid a toy and saying "don't play with it"

Why do they need a satellite anyway? For an online map service? pretty thin...