Is There a Way to Have One's Address Removed From Google Maps?

07.10.08 | chickensoup

[Chickensoup]

Is there a place to write or call to remove one's address and satelite photo from Google Maps. I do not wish my satelite pictures nor my address to be listed.

I find it to be an invasion of privacy of the first degree.

[Chickensoup]

Am I the only one?

[cripplecreek]

LOL what the heck were you doing the day they took the pic?

[Pinetop]

It you are objecting to Google Streetview, then there are challenges pending. But, if you are talking about aerial overflight views, they are perfectly legal.

[texson66]

No, Barbara Streisand feels like you do.....

[Califreak]

I’m guessing it would be a stalker’s paradise.

It’s kind of scary.

[xDGx]

I would guess the only homes not on the site are those of the Google elite and their political pals.

Everyone else is just so much chum.

[nhoward14]

Moooooooooommmmmmmm! Billy keep looking at me!!!!!!!! Make him stop!

[Chickensoup]

It you are objecting to Google Streetview, then there are challenges pending. But, if you are talking about aerial overflight views, they are perfectly legal.

I didnt say they were illegal, I just want to be removed from the maps. Where would I begin to address this. It is a tremendous invasion of privacy to those of us who value our privacy and have paid dearly for it.

[Chickensoup]

Even a stopped clock is right twice a day. BABs or not, I do not want to particpate in Google’s mapping game. I want out.

[Spktyr]

Aerial maps have been ruled NOT an invasion of privacy by the courts.

[the invisib1e hand]

a couple of years ago, if you entered a telephone number into the search field, you'd get a map showing the location of the building with the phone.

I notice that doesn't happen anymore.

[xjcsa]

I didnt say they were illegal, I just want to be removed from the maps. Where would I begin to address this.

Well, you could try asking Google, but they might say no. I'm not sure you have any recourse beyond that.

[ameagle]

Speaking of google, are there any conservative search sites?

Google is scrubbing any negative Obama press. Someone should come up with a conservative search engine to combat google’s liberal bias.

[Chickensoup]

I’m guessing it would be a stalker’s paradise.

It is a stalkers and robbers paradise, no one would know my house is back here and now google screws it up. I want out.

[I see my hands]

"Am I the only one?"

Nope, you're one in three hundred million. Just a single bird in the flock, and birds flock so to remain individually unseen.

That's my perspective anyway, you might disagree.

[Gondring]

See The Six Step Google Street View Removal Program

[Chickensoup]

I would guess the only homes not on the site are those of the Google elite and their political pals.

Well I am not an elite. I am just me.

I want out. Doesnt anyone else find it objectionable. it isnt like we couldnt find things BEFORE Google maps.

[Spktyr]

You will need to phone the US Geological Survey and the French private firm that does landmapping - because Google isn’t the only one getting aerial or orbital maps from them..

Microsoft, Mapquest, and Yahoo have similar products.

[Chickensoup]

Moooooooooommmmmmmm! Billy keep looking at me!!!!!!!! Make him stop!

Billy isnt looking at me. He is invading my privacy.

[Chickensoup]

Aerial maps have been ruled NOT an invasion of privacy by the courts.

Any particular makeup on that court. Is this a leftist thing?