Two Google "Street View" camera cars in Edinburgh

In Johnston Terrace under the Castle. A close up view of the camera head can be seen here.

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smokeonit says:

the VDC unit is the first shot, the AYD unit has been photographed 2 times, both times in edinburgh as well;-)
Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )

VerseVend says:

I'd love them to visit a retail park with a low headroom limiting beam! "Hey Fred, let's nip in to here for a McDonal- Owwwwww!" Chortle!
Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )

i think the first thing they get taught in their 1st day/intro is that their clearance is x amount.... i wouldn't be surprised if there's also a sticker on the dash reminding them...:-)
Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )

Ghiribizzo says:

Interesting that they are UK registered cars but Opel not Vauxhall. Google must've decided to go for a cheap grey import.
Mebbe they googled for a cheap deal...
Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )

zzathras777 says:

Thank goodness I wasn't in Edinburgh this week.
Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )

smokeonit says:

ghiri: they're converted to right hand by GM/opel and will be converted back to left hand after the lease or the SV job is done (my guess)
Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )

Ghiribizzo says:

hehe - more likely they were bought via an overseas agency. Ireland gets UK style RHDrive cars, but are badged Opel - not Vauxhall.
I'll be off to Italy in 3 weeks. Guaranteed the only black 'Vauxhall' Astra in Lombardia! ;-)
Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )

smokeonit says:

i didn't know that opel is sold in ireland, thanks for the info! then it's clear, those are irish opel astras....!!! simple as that;-) google ireland seems to have made the purchase for the left side traffic side of the EU, which ist ireland and UK only. and some islands in the mediterranean like malta.... which i doubt will be "street viewed"....
Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )

smokeonit says:

Ghiribizzo: there could be other UK tourists with their astra in lombardia while your there, or does the astra sell very badly in the UK???? normally it's one of the topsellers in the EU, no matter right or left hand drive....
Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )

Ghiribizzo says:

:-D No, the Astra does not sell particularly badly in UK but I very seldom see UK registered cars when we are there. I guess most people fly over and hire Italian registered cars. I normally do that.
I shall look hard for UK registered Astras! ;-)

- These cars were registered by the Wimbledon, London registration office - the registrations start 'LJ'.

(Not Irish registered cars -Ireland is not part of Great Britain)
Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )

smokeonit says:

of course not irish, UK plates look very different from irish plates, LOL...

google bought/leased them in ireland!!!
Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )

kyz says:

An excellent find, Chris!

I, for one, welcome our new Google overlords...
Posted 13 months ago. ( permalink )

Ian Porter says:

I hope I'm not the first to have to do a double take here. At first sight it looks exactly like the produced image on google maps, where you sometimes see a double image of a following vehicle. Who do you suppose choreographed the drivers?
Posted 13 months ago. ( permalink )

chdot says:

cyclingedinburgh.info/2009/03/19/google-stree t-view-arrives
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

Ghiribizzo says:

Spotted one car this morning heading south from Dundee over the Tay bridge.
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

smokeonit says:

photo?
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

zzathras777 says:

There goes the neighbourhood...
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

Dan Farrimond says:

Hey, I used this pic on my blog today, I hope you don't mind.

retroyakking.today.com/2009/04/09/google-stre et-view-comi...

If you have any problems let me know and I will remove it :)
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

Chris_Malcolm says:

I see you credited it to me, so no problem.
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

JeromesPOV says:

I have seen this image used here, with a direct link:
www.geek.com/articles/news/data-protection-au thority-in-g...

However, it says "(image courtesy of Flickr)", and does not mention your name directly. Since when does Flickr provide courtesy instead of the photographer? Flickr does not own our copyrighted photos, do they?

I also noted that they hosted your photo on their own server:
www.geek.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/stree tview_cars.jpg

--
Seen on your photo stream. (?)
Posted 6 months ago. ( permalink )

smokeonit says:

yes, the credit should ALWAYS be the name of the photographer, and a direct link to the flickr page... jst mentioning flickr or a flickr link is not ok! a link with the name is ok...!
Posted 6 months ago. ( permalink )

Chris_Malcolm says:

Thanks for the alert! How ironic that a staff writer of an article on data protection should do this! I'll take it up with them.
Posted 6 months ago. ( permalink )

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