Google Street View Now Live in Toronto!

Kind of a nice snapshot of the summer. My roommate's bike, which was stolen from our front porch, is there in the image they captured when passing by. Too bad the dick who stole it isn't in the shot!

I blame curious George and the man with the yellow hat for Jerrold's mistake.

iPhones are working too!

Nice to see that SOME of the Keele graffiti wall was captured... too bad the west half wasn't...

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&;source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=keele+station,+toronto&sll=43.655376,-79.407248&sspn=0.007607,0.013561&g=Toronto,+Toronto+Division,+Ontario,+Canada&ie=UTF8&hq=keele+station,&hnear=Toronto,+ON,+Canada&ll=43.655837,-79.456971&spn=0,359.998305&t=h&z=19&layer=c&cbll=43.655948,-79.456999&panoid=pWIgH0VupFDkCJzOX-H3Yg&cbp=12,106.33,,1,-2.33

I see what you mean -- some suburban cul-de-sacs are covered while some more major streets aren't (or are only partially Street-Viewed). I'm guessing they'll get to it eventually -- Toronto's a pretty big city. Lot of ground to cover.

Nice! First thing I did was find my house.

I've been immortalized!!! Search for the address 602 RATHBURN @ Elmcrest in Etobicoke just near Centennial Park, make sure you're travelling West, swing the camera around and you'll see me on my motorcycle waving at the camera, and as it drives away my rear end!

I recognized the Google car and camera setup so I knew to start waving, and look at that. LOL!

Unfortunately I'm using my iPhone right now so I can't copy the map link. I was wondering why there was a little person icon on my addresses this morning.

<b>EDITOR'S NOTE: </b>here's a <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&;source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=602+RATHBURN,+toronto,+on&sll=37.771101,-122.411865&sspn=0.010177,0.022724&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=602+Rathburn+Rd,+Toronto,+Toronto+Division,+Ontario,+Canada&z=16&layer=c&cbll=43.647458,-79.586919&panoid=CREqo6l0Bi0YtDwXKz22qA&cbp=12,158.98,,1,25.7">LINK</a>.

This is great but I'm kind of feeling a little creeped out - I just had a quick look at my office address and you can see my boss sitting at his desk through his window.

So, a tear in the space-time continuum?

http://maps.google.ca/maps?ie=UTF8&;ll=43.643249,-79.532905&spn=0,359.97086&z=15&layer=c&cbll=43.643324,-79.533008&panoid=7UtjcoaIlbhOJK-FG_AWoQ&cbp=12,117.93,,0,24.62

Nice!

I know that Realtors have had a similar offering through TREB for a few months now, the end result is very impressive. I'm pretty sure that is provided by Microsoft or through a third party partnership.

Google loves to democratize the shit out of everything -which is great!

This is wicked, but i agree with Monique, it is a little creepy. I looked up my house and was able to zoom in on it. That means other people can too...

Here's a good one. Google Street View captures
<a href="http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&;hq=&hnear=&layer=c&cbll=43.665816,-79.422308&panoid=et3gXTm-2UwXdJ5rENSqmA&cbp=12,190.1,,1,14.81&ll=43.665854,-79.42214&spn=0,359.954553&z=15"> guy on bike pinching his nose and looking at garbage strike heap</a> at Christie Pits.

Kids up to no good near Hillcrest Park: http://maps.google.com/maps?ie=UTF8&;hq=&hnear=&ll=43.676656,-79.424704&spn=0,359.990816&t=h&z=17&layer=c&cbll=43.676691,-79.424551&panoid=zABzwc-ijGPCnfcIOj1HIQ&cbp=12,144.36,,1,20.71

that's my son - wtf is he doing with the pylon? That's it......

Patrons of the adult arts:

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&;source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=368+Yonge+St,+Toronto,+ON&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=52.505328,113.994141&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=368+Yonge+St,+Toronto,+Toronto+Division,+Ontario,+Canada&ll=43.658605,-79.381886&spn=0.011829,0.027831&t=h&z=16&layer=c&cbll=43.658524,-79.38185&panoid=KjZ-KdYp72z26Cb9m_fSNg&cbp=12,97.75,,0,5.21

Another tear in the space-time continuum:

http://maps.google.ca/maps?ie=UTF8&;layer=c&cbll=43.67071,-79.384603&panoid=gzFnNYn3sjFdYnNQDy8cSg&cbp=12,161.22,,0,5&ll=43.670681,-79.384739&spn=0,359.961419&z=15

67 Broadcast Lane in Cabbagetown. Toronto oxmen graffiti on the back door to the east!

so if this is what is available to everyday people, think of what else is out for government use.

big brother is watching you

Horrible.

too bad this is not live.. or we can see who is going to strip joint or bathhouse

You can fix that on the standard map screen. I don't know if it updates the streetview though.

spotted again

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&;source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=toronto&sll=43.655857,-79.380705&sspn=0.009315,0.022724&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Toronto,+Toronto+Division,+Ontario,+Canada&ll=43.655659,-79.384056&spn=0.111281,0.617294&z=11&layer=c&cbll=43.655659,-79.384056&panoid=_8f44zUSJ-XsNS_MSkB_Aw&cbp=12,114.73,,0,14.95

Ferrari

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&;source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=drake+hotel+toronto&sll=43.640051,-79.338455&sspn=0.247465,0.617294&ie=UTF8&hq=Drake+Hotel&hnear=Drake+Hotel,+Canada&ll=43.64651,-79.419651&spn=0,359.922838&z=14&layer=c&cbll=43.646382,-79.419642&panoid=ApvpS4J5kb94aBQmN6Qefw&cbp=12,37.25,,0,19.46

Mississauga is active, too. Found my childhood home on it. :D

This has a distinct "big brother" sort of feel to it. It makes me uncomfortable and uneasy, just the same as it did when I heard it was in other cities. One the novelty of "finding your own house" and "That's me in the park!" wears off, this is a lot of people watching a lot of other people, via a massive corporation. No thanks.

Looks like someone needed a hand while taking a pee.

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&;source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=toronto&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=45.736609,101.513672&ie=UTF8&t=h&layer=c&cbll=43.667653,-79.51994&panoid=uRHcUcwm-IJMP2ZmA-TLkQ&cbp=12,212.29,,2,10.84&hq=&hnear=Toronto,+Toronto+Division,+Ontario,+Canada&ll=43.667653,-79.51994&spn=0.147516,0.793076&z=11

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&;source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=toronto&sll=43.655857,-79.380705&sspn=0.009315,0.022724&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Toronto,+Toronto+Division,+Ontario,+Canada&ll=43.670233,-79.386755&spn=0.03725,0.090895&z=14

Concert Line Up!

Hrmm... my link-fu seems to be off, lets try that again:
<a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&;source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=drake+hotel+toronto&sll=43.640051,-79.338455&sspn=0.247465,0.617294&ie=UTF8&layer=c&cbll=43.642779,-79.425739&panoid=qtrwSDfzNS4xHHJb7S-B3A&cbp=11,321.31,,0,13.04&hq=Drake+Hotel&hnear=Drake+Hotel,+Canada&ll=43.642784,-79.425745&spn=0.023727,0.14308&z=14">Toronto's finest cracking down on Queen West

Technically, they're looking at a photo snapped many months ago, so I wouldn't call it Big Brother. For that it would have to be real-time feed 24/7

The guy beside him is picking his nose. He was probably an E-Health consultant billing $2,750/hour

VAN FIRE VAN FIRE!

I see that lady with the empties in my neighbourhood going through recycling bins all the time!

Cool! Jerrold is back, babyy!

http://maps.google.ca/maps?q=much%20music&;oe=utf-8&rlz=1R1GGGL_en-GB___CA345&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wl

Cops ticketing at Much Music

http://maps.google.ca/maps?f=q&;source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=toronto&sll=41.310824,-100.722656&sspn=46.536145,78.837891&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Toronto,+Toronto+Division,+Ontario&ll=43.659955,-79.374547&spn=0,359.980752&z=16&layer=c&cbll=43.660029,-79.374584&panoid=L1Vi80mr7qniNOAQF8DNUw&cbp=12,100.62,,1,12.71

cool bike

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&;source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=toronto&sll=43.655857,-79.380705&sspn=0.009315,0.022724&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Toronto,+Toronto+Division,+Ontario,+Canada&ll=43.669362,-79.390984&spn=0.013907,0.077162&z=14&layer=c&cbll=43.669412,-79.390824&panoid=4hMowuA5hbuxjk2MJZqxmA&cbp=12,338.6,,1,9.92

People, ya gotta use TINYURL or OW.LY to shorten those URLs. So much gobbely gook.

Beardo:

http://bit.ly/1QbhR8

Teenage Father of the Year:

http://bit.ly/19MwAV

Tons more sightings here:

http://streetviewgallery.corank.com/

Enjoying the view in Yorkville:

http://maps.google.ca/maps?f=q&;source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=cumberland,+toronto&sll=43.669716,-79.389406&sspn=0.008195,0.01929&g=bay+and+bloor,+toronto&ie=UTF8&hq=cumberland,&hnear=Toronto,+ON&ll=43.670045,-79.392378&spn=0,359.98071&z=16&layer=c&cbll=43.670085,-79.392256&panoid=9gflLW7ehXOWXqm4ba4cqA&cbp=12,182.34,,2,-1.3

Looks like they are starting to take down a few of them. The one I found is gone.

I don't know if that link worked. But it's at 16 Ossington if someone else wants to try...

I'm really sad I never saw the street view car—I carried a sweet homemade sign around in my bag for a while, hoping for my own chance at immortality. And I figured if I didn't have that, I'd secure my e-fame by dropping trou.

Those bastards took me down!

This is for you, Google!

http://tiny.cc/FNv9l

Google has started to remove some of these.

Apparently shots of giving the middle finger, and children in their underwear are not to remain on the site! :P

You can still see the original images here if you're interested:

http://streetviewgallery.corank.com/

Nope Katy Perry concert :)

First "PIMPED" Caravan I've ever seen. Eglinton West @ Glen Erin in Mississauga

http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&;ll=43.553487,-79.71259&spn=0,359.952536&t=h&z=15&layer=c&cbll=43.553614,-79.712453&panoid=mnmm7_X_mQxMzHfVdptoGg&cbp=13,236.52,,1,11.58

Sweet, finally! I saw the camera car drive by earlier this year while I was shooting hoops and here I am!

http://maps.google.ca/maps?f=q&;source=s_q&hl=en&q=1700+Broadoak+Crescent,+Pickering,+Durham+Regional+Municipality,+Ontario&ie=UTF8&cd=1&geocode=Fc29nAIdopdI-w&split=0&sll=49.891235,-97.15369&sspn=16.71875,56.536561&hq=&hnear=1700+Broadoak+Crescent,+Pickering,+Durham+Regional+Municipality,+Ontario&ll=43.826354,-79.128535&spn=0.012168,0.033023&z=16&layer=c&cbll=43.826245,-79.128491&panoid=2CblZ5v8h2J8cfIzuMVl7A&cbp=12,63.87,,0,6.46

So just about anyone with a stange device on top of your car can drive below the airport runways

http://maps.google.ca/?ie=UTF8&;layer=c&cbll=43.666095,-79.634615&panoid=3lXpDrwjQeB_eT9eF0bnCQ&cbp=11,104.65,,0,8.27&ll=43.666102,-79.634614&spn=0.010555,0.055575&t=h&z=15

Sure enough google may have some issues with privacy concerns. But there are various other websites hosting street views for Toronto that get around this by focusing only on the buildings. Take a look at the following to see an example:

http://www.pixelcity.ca/?segId=295&;imgId=61&zoom=3&type=3

PixelCity focuses on a panoramic view rather than a 360 view which avoids privacy issues. On top of that, its much quicker to move up and down a street of interest then Google's 360 street viewer

But Streetview doesn't have absolutely awful quality...Hence the appeal.

Any idea what this guy is doing? http://tinyurl.com/yeflxvu

How much pollution and carbon do you think is produced in producing the meticulous Street Views images?

seriously? one truck driving around the city? you are worried about one truck driving around the city taking pictures as if this is going to tip the balance some way? If only that Google truck hadn't driven around Toronto the Earth would be OK today....

Check out Yonge and Isabella...right by the House of Lords.

Parks are not Dumps! - http://tinyurl.com/yft6f2c

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&;hl=en&q=21+Carlton+St,+Toronto,+ON&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=21+Carlton+St,+Toronto,+Toronto+Division,+Ontario,+Canada&ll=43.64129,-79.354644&spn=0.014938,0.038581&t=h&z=15&layer=c&cbll=43.641237,-79.354766&panoid=9QEl9TWPahjMIKQGxiqrBg&cbp=12,290.06,,1,-3.96

Nice shot of toronto!

Lunch break

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&;source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=kennedys+gentlemens+club,+mississauga+ontario&sll=43.987687,-79.459946&sspn=0.011517,0.01929&g=240+Edward+street,+aurora+ontario&ie=UTF8&hq=kennedys+gentlemens+club,&hnear=Mississauga,+ON,+Canada&ll=43.642124,-79.676923&spn=0,359.995177&t=k&z=18&layer=c&cbll=43.642073,-79.676861&panoid=eS-5xf4vmD4aBbg3gK3ygA&cbp=12,37.41,,3,1.1

spotted.googlecar.com - http://tinyurl.com/yh5f244

Hahaha I could look at this all day! Hmm I like dragging the little man on the map, it's funny when he sways his legs. :p

Great! First we have to find a DeLorean...I saw one at the Shoppers by the Queensway in Etobicoke a little while ago. I think I have a spare flux capacitor in my closet too! Smash smash smash!

1 year post Downsview Explosion - house beside site - http://tinyurl.com/ygvj8x5
Actually zoom up and down this street - most houses are boarded up

Explosion site wreckage - http://tinyurl.com/ylahqs9

I thought I had already seen the stupidest comments about Street View, but then Zed showed up late to deliver the trump comment. The time travel jokes where good though. ^____^

It must be terrible to see amazing inventions and get upset and scared about it.

Still going here? Here's a serial killer relaxing in Kensington Market:

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&;source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=augusta+and+dundas,+toronto,+on&sll=45.502783,-73.570182&sspn=0.007835,0.021973&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Dundas+St+W+&ll=43.655018,-79.399438&spn=0.008088,0.013797&z=16&layer=c&cbll=43.654996,-79.39957&panoid=NbDVlVlNhWv4lOyGIvYrIg&cbp=12,151.9,,2,16.43

Giant knight on a horse around the corner from my house:
http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&;ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=24+Harris+Ave,+Toronto,+Toronto+Division,+Ontario,+Canada&ll=43.693399,-79.307814&spn=0,359.986696&z=16&layer=c&cbll=43.693314,-79.307772&panoid=tsjOtV3OkCN53uMoijoo-A&cbp=13,276.22,,1,-1.43

This is so amazing! When the aliens collect archived images of our fallen society, they will truly see us for who we are - in all our nose-picking, van-burning, half-naked glory - thanks to Google Street View.

Was the Google car pulled over by the cops on Bloor?
http://ow.ly/u4Ij
http://ow.ly/u4IV

Rotate the photo and you can see the service truck. The fellow(?) is working on the electrical services for the street lights and signals.

Forgot to include the URL: here it is:

http://tinyurl.com/ygk9p7a

Looking for Help, actually begging for help. Yesterday evening on or about 8:00 pm on Lakeshore Blvd West, right in front of the Beer store, there was an accident with a Red VW and with a TTC Streetcar, it hit the Red VW from behind while it was waiting to turn left into the beer store. The red VW got charged with changing lanes in front of the TTC Street car. I was charged, and it is not fair, I have a witness in my car and the police office says that he is not a viable witness, so now I need a witness. If anyone has seen this accident at all, please write me back. I am in trouble because a TTC Drive would not bother to slow down and wait for me to take a left turn. I need help, I am only looking for the TRUTH. The TTC Driver has witnesses, that says I came around him and cut him off. please please. My name is Doreen Zita, Email: dzdee@hotmail.com.

Thanks.

When would the imagery for Toronto be updated?

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Of course others are free to disagree with what others say, but if we are all campaigning for freedom of speech, then we should allow others to have the same right, even when, in fact especially when they disagree with what we think.
We all know democracy is a fallacy; however we should at least uphold the principles behind it if that’s what we stand for, i.e. equality and freedom for all.
Here is what Ivan Fraser said regarding Icke:
"My own role in the Biggest Secret saga was that I was asked by David to help him check spelling and offer any further information to his initial draft of the book.
It was following my input that David was introduced to Arizona and heard her revelations, which subsequently became a focal point within the book and used as ‘evidence’ to support various themes outlined therein.
Having discussed my concerns with David’s wife and having sent David e-mails outlining my concerns over errors in his book and a feeling I have that he has been set up with misinformation and been the target of psychic manipulation, over a period from before publication to very recently (September 1999), and as yet having absolutely no feedback from David about any of the major concerns, I decided to publish my findings at the David Icke website forum.
Consequently, I was banned from attending that forum by David Icke."
Now I don’t know how much of this is true, however if it is, this is absolutely disgraceful.
The moderators on this forum should be ashamed of themselves.
How dare they censor others when they too demand the right to be heard?
I have had several threads shut down myself regarding the "DAVID ICKE LEGAL DEFENSE FUND" which despite several communications with forum moderators, I am still highly suspect of. We were told we would hear the full story one day, and so far have been told nothing.
I personally donated over L100 to this cause, and I feel that I, as well as everybody else who donated to the fund, deserve a full explanation of what happened.
Here is what I found on Google regarding the defense fund.
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Eventually he removed the donation pages from his website, but never announced the outcome of the 'court case'. Did Richard Warman withdraw his threat to take David to court, or did he go ahead with it?
That in a nutshell was what I politely asked via his forum.
The next day, not only was my post removed from the forum, but my username was totally deleted.
It's laughable.
Since then, there has been another court case involving 'Royal Adams', a person, who we are told, used to work closely with David Icke."
Now, a couple of years back I opened a forum regarding the first case, within minutes I had 50+ responses from people in agreement.
An hour later, the thread was closed down.
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I also received personal message from 6 other individuals saying that their threads on the same subject had also been shut down; in fact one member said he was never going to use the David Icke forum again and I have never seen or heard from him again.
Recently, I opened another thread on the same subject, which was closed within minutes.
I spoke to the moderator who said that this had been discussed in detail before and that there was no need to reopen it.
He also said that there were so many people criticizing and pointing accusations at David Icke, that this would only add fuel to the fire.
Now that’s fair enough, but I still argue my right to be heard.

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