A sobering Google Streetview journey

Oberon · 04-29-13, 10:33 PM

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&...&cbp=12,0,,0,0

Start here, and then follow the road wherever you want, this is inside the 'Restricted Zone' of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, on the road you will pass wrecked cars, silent reminders of the tsunami that swept across the road you're on, two years ago. If you travel a bit to the west, you will find the town of Namie, once home to over twenty two thousand people, now grass grows high through the pavement, no children play in the grounds of the elementary school and rubble lies where it fell. There are still people who live in Namie, no-one really knows how many, nor how much radiation they've taken in.

Stealhead · 04-29-13, 11:20 PM

Notice that an area right at the start point on the bridge is blurred out?

Between the 10th and 11th pole for the railing on the right side.
Curious looks like it just fuzzes there for some reason moving away a bit and looking at the same spot its more clear.

Oberon · 04-30-13, 12:05 AM

It could be Googles 'face/numberplate recognition software' being a bit overzealous, I have noticed in other places where it's blurred something completely randomly.

Herr-Berbunch · 04-30-13, 06:50 AM

The sobering thought is that they still have better roads than in the UK.

Jimbuna · 04-30-13, 11:35 AM

Struggling to find Namie tbh

Oberon · 04-30-13, 11:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Jimbuna

Struggling to find Namie tbh

Zoom out into Google maps and go to the north-west, you should be able to see it there.

Onkel Neal · 05-01-13, 06:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Herr-Berbunch

The sobering thought is that they still have better roads than in the UK.

And Houston. We need a new mayor. Streets here are like 3rd world country.

Jimbuna · 05-01-13, 07:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Neal Stevens

And Houston. We need a new mayor. Streets here are like 3rd world country.

I did notice back in 2008

Onkel Neal · 02-19-14, 08:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Herr-Berbunch

The sobering thought is that they still have better roads than in the UK.

And Texas!

Tango589 · 02-19-14, 02:49 PM

Why can't I find a streetview of Chernobyl?

TarJak · 02-18-14, 03:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Jimbuna

I did notice back in 2008

I thought it was hurricane damage.

04-29-13, 10:33 PM	#1
Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	A sobering Google Streetview journey http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&...&cbp=12,0,,0,0 Start here, and then follow the road wherever you want, this is inside the 'Restricted Zone' of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, on the road you will pass wrecked cars, silent reminders of the tsunami that swept across the road you're on, two years ago. If you travel a bit to the west, you will find the town of Namie, once home to over twenty two thousand people, now grass grows high through the pavement, no children play in the grounds of the elementary school and rubble lies where it fell. There are still people who live in Namie, no-one really knows how many, nor how much radiation they've taken in.

04-30-13, 06:50 AM	#4
Herr-Berbunch Kaiser Bill's batman Join Date: May 2010 Location: AN72 Posts: 13,203 Downloads: 76 Uploads: 0	The sobering thought is that they still have better roads than in the UK. __________________

04-30-13, 11:35 AM	#5
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,473 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Struggling to find Namie tbh __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

02-19-14, 02:49 PM	#10
Tango589 Still crazy as ever! Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: A little south of sanity Posts: 3,375 Downloads: 180 Uploads: 1	Why can't I find a streetview of Chernobyl? __________________ Hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way...

04-29-13, 11:20 PM	#2
Stealhead Navy Seal Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Kentucky Posts: 5,421 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	Notice that an area right at the start point on the bridge is blurred out? Between the 10th and 11th pole for the railing on the right side. Curious looks like it just fuzzes there for some reason moving away a bit and looking at the same spot its more clear.

04-30-13, 12:05 AM	#3
Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	It could be Googles 'face/numberplate recognition software' being a bit overzealous, I have noticed in other places where it's blurred something completely randomly.