Buzz Newsroom » google maps http://buzznewsroom.com Get the buzz and the latest headline news Fri, 19 Mar 2010 06:08:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Google Tricycle automatically blurs faces http://buzznewsroom.com/photos/google-tricycle-automatically-blurs-faces/ http://buzznewsroom.com/photos/google-tricycle-automatically-blurs-faces/#comments Fri, 14 Aug 2009 14:00:45 +0000 Christo http://buzznewsroom.com/?p=24790





So the Google Tricycle is hitting Europe, going off road. The California search engine leader has hired two cyclists to ride through Paris gardens, historical sites and other pedestrian-only areas on the device to take thousands of digital photos. For example, the are biking through the gardens of France’s Chateau de Versailles. The only difference this time, they are blurring the faces of the people they drive by:

To respect people’s privacy, Google has installed software that recognizes license plates and people’s faces and automatically blurs them, Dauba-Pantanacce said. Google will then choose the best photos among the thousands taken. The blurring comes to meet privacy concerns. – from MSNBC

]]> http://buzznewsroom.com/photos/google-tricycle-automatically-blurs-faces/feed/ 3 Google Maps tracking of Swine Flu http://buzznewsroom.com/tech/google-maps-tracking-of-swine-flu/ http://buzznewsroom.com/tech/google-maps-tracking-of-swine-flu/#comments Mon, 27 Apr 2009 03:34:54 +0000 Christo http://buzznewsroom.com/?p=15025 Beginning in Mexico, it seems the biggest health currently is the outbreak of Swine Flu. Watch as it spreads across America with Google Maps, and where to avoid. Google user Niman with a listed occupation of biomedical research has created a Google Maps mashup that shows all of the locations where a Swine Flu case has been reported. See it on the map below or see in large view by clicking on the following link: Google Map tracking occurrences of swine flu


View H1N1 Swine Flu in a larger map

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