House (and trampoline) appears in Google Street View

Posted Tuesday, April 8th, 2008 5:44 pm by Dave Moyer

Google Street View Slashdot reporting that a couple is suing over photos of their private residence (and trampoline) appearing on Google streetview. According to the Daily Picture’s post on the issue:

The Google Street View vehicle drove down a gravel road named Goldenbrook Lane. At the end of this lane, the street becomes a paved driveway for the private residence of the McKees. The vehicle drove up this private driveway, eventually passing the house’s front door and pulling up to the garage where it got an up close and personal view of the McKees’ very private trampoline.

I’m giving Google the benefit of the doubt, and assuming that the van, always taking pictures, unknowingly drove down the couple’s long gravel driveway, eventually ending up right in front of their house!

The pictures have been removed from Google Maps. I don’t think I’m going to post the pictures here, seeing as Gizmodo removed their post, and I don’t want to get wrapped up in lawsuits like Google. However, the Daily Picture post had them posted at the time of posting. (Google it.)

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