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Pre trip tool
03-30-2008, 00:51
Post: #6
Pre trip tool
T.S.
Go to Google maps to the top you should see "street view". Not all
areas are covered.If the area is covered on the US map a camera icon
shows,zoom in and the streets are highlighted in blue.
Mario 1985fc35 in MV (Back tommorow on the right coast)

--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "thomas_sorrentino"
wrote:
>
> Greg,
>
> I've tried, but can you tell me how to access that tool that lets
you
> walk down the street etc... All I can get is an arial view. We are
> looking at property far away and this would be very useful.
>
> Tom Sorrentino
> 1987 PT38
> Bedford Hills, NY
>
>
> --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Gregory OConnor"
> wrote:
> >
> >
> > I may be the last to see this but that does not diminish
> my 'amazement
> > at the value' and 'fear of the intrusion' of the tool
> >
> > I went to google maps to look at an arial view of a realeastae
> listing
> > of interest. To my surprise a small pic of the home taken from
the
> > street showed up. I clicked the thumbnail pic and was given the
> tools
> > to walk down the street turn corners and rotate the camera
360deg.
> I
> > entered my home address and too was able to see and walk the
> streets .
> > I clicked "STREETS" ( their is a glitch where you must close
> Googlemaps
> > and reopen it for another search??)
> >
> > The tool is so manuverable that I was able to walk pass a tree
that
> was
> > blocking the view of a truck on the side of my house , spinn the
> camera
> > and identify that the truck belonged to a contractor who worked
in
> my
> > house 4 months ago.
> >
> > I used the tool to ;measure access for a project by scaling a
fence
> > comparitive to a standard garage door ;check for the ability to
> turn my
> > rig in a residential area; and qualify my interest in makeing a
> sales
> > call to an address. I can see that it might help qualify or add
> > credability to a ebay purchase trip or help presight a RV
Park. I
> can
> > also see that it could be used to harm.
> >
> >
> >
> > This is way cool, may save someone a trip , fuel and money
> >
> > GregoryO'Connor
> >
> > 94ptRomoland
> >
>
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Messages In This Thread
Pre trip tool - Gregory OConnor - 03-28-2008, 19:03
Pre trip tool - Curt Sprenger - 03-29-2008, 03:37
Pre trip tool - mariopatti1 - 03-29-2008, 15:23
Pre trip tool - Pete Masterson - 03-29-2008, 15:39
Pre trip tool - thomas_sorrentino - 03-29-2008, 22:15
Pre trip tool - mariopatti1 - 03-30-2008 00:51
Pre trip tool - Ryan Wright - 03-30-2008, 06:43
Pre trip tool - Leroy Eckert - 03-30-2008, 07:19
Pre trip tool - Pete Masterson - 03-30-2008, 13:56



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