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too bad google doesn't street-view railroad lines
Posted by ntrainride on Sat Feb 10 12:44:25 2018 just a thought.
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Re: too bad google doesn't street-view railroad lines
Posted by Lou From Middletown NY* on Sat Feb 10 13:33:05 2018, in response to too bad google doesn't street-view railroad lines, posted by ntrainride on Sat Feb 10 12:44:25 2018.* The mechanics of getting it done would be interesting, to say the least...
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Posted by AlM* on Sat Feb 10 13:52:09 2018, in response to Re: too bad google doesn't street-view railroad lines, posted by Lou From Middletown NY on Sat Feb 10 13:33:05 2018.* I've seen regular motor vehicles outfitted with steel wheels so that somehow you lower one set of wheels or the other, and it can run on rails or on the road. I guess they could do the same with the Google van if Google and the railroads were both willing.
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Re: too bad google doesn't street-view railroad lines
Posted by ntrainride* on Sat Feb 10 20:10:53 2018, in response to Re: too bad google doesn't street-view railroad lines, posted by AlM on Sat Feb 10 13:52:09 2018.* right. google speeders :) or cams attached to locos?
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Re: Too bad Google doesn't comprehensively capture Street View imagery of railroad lines
Posted by Kevin from Midwood* on Sun Feb 11 10:24:10 2018, in response to too bad google doesn't street-view railroad lines, posted by ntrainride on Sat Feb 10 12:44:25 2018.* They do, but just a few bits and pieces. Portuguese railways Swiss Alps
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Re: Too bad Google doesn't comprehensively capture Street View imagery of railroad lines
Posted by TransitChuckG on Sun Feb 11 11:16:19 2018, in response to Re: Too bad Google doesn't comprehensively capture Street View imagery of railroad lines, posted by Kevin from Midwood on Sun Feb 11 10:24:10 2018. Thanks for posting! Really neat!
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Re: too bad google doesn't street-view railroad lines
Posted by Henry R32 #3730* on Sun Feb 11 22:16:51 2018, in response to Re: too bad google doesn't street-view railroad lines, posted by ntrainride on Sat Feb 10 20:10:53 2018.* Simpler, outfit a flatcar with the streetview equipment and request it run as a tail car on a freight train.
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Posted by ntrainride* on Sun Feb 11 23:41:57 2018, in response to Re: too bad google doesn't street-view railroad lines, posted by Henry R32 #3730 on Sun Feb 11 22:16:51 2018.* now if that works i suppose the question of whether a railroad r.o.w. is considered a "public highway" would come up. if owned by a private company they obviously posess the private property...but it's in plain sight to everyone else. i'm no lawyer but my gut feeling is no, they can't legally prevent anyone from viewing the property. however, street view is showing the pedestrian pov...and walking the tracks is illegal. maybe the railroads would offer a pay-per-view product.
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Re: too bad google doesn't street-view railroad lines
Posted by BILLBKLYN* on Sun Feb 11 23:55:40 2018, in response to too bad google doesn't street-view railroad lines, posted by ntrainride on Sat Feb 10 12:44:25 2018.* I've often thought the same thing.
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Re: too bad google doesn't "street-view" railroad lines
Posted by Olog-hai* on Mon Feb 12 11:23:17 2018, in response to too bad google doesn't street-view railroad lines, posted by ntrainride on Sat Feb 10 12:44:25 2018.* Wouldn't that be "Track-View"? That is, except for street-running rails. And Google would have to get permission from the railroad companies, since those are private property and/or government property depending on the system. Interestingly enough, you can get a "street view" of Kilauea's Iki Crater, which was full of red-hot lava back in 1959 when an eruption occurred there.
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Re: too bad google doesn't street-view railroad lines
Posted by GP38/R42 Chris* on Mon Feb 12 11:34:14 2018, in response to Re: too bad google doesn't street-view railroad lines, posted by ntrainride on Sun Feb 11 23:41:57 2018.* It's similar to why Google stops short of entering some communities where the roads are privately owned.
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Posted by orange blossom special* on Mon Feb 12 15:26:54 2018, in response to too bad google doesn't street-view railroad lines, posted by ntrainride on Sat Feb 10 12:44:25 2018.* To do such a thing would violate Googles deal with using local independent contracts. The logistics wouldn't work.
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Re: too bad google doesn't ''street-view'' railroad lines
Posted by ntrainride* on Mon Feb 12 21:04:21 2018, in response to Re: too bad google doesn't "street-view" railroad lines, posted by Olog-hai on Mon Feb 12 11:23:17 2018.* nice.
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Posted by ntrainride* on Mon Feb 12 21:34:11 2018, in response to Re: too bad google doesn't street-view railroad lines, posted by orange blossom special on Mon Feb 12 15:26:54 2018.* and it would interest nobody except for railways, i got it. be cool though, a real world microsoft train simulator. someone somewhere will do something similar with go-pro drones anyway. leads to another legal question: do railroads own the airspace above the tracks?
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Re: too bad google doesn't street-view railroad lines
Posted by orange blossom special* on Tue Feb 13 10:27:38 2018, in response to Re: too bad google doesn't street-view railroad lines, posted by ntrainride on Mon Feb 12 21:34:11 2018.* Depends on the locality and how high you are talking about. Plus a lot of drone issues haven't been ironed out yet all around. But, are you going to violate some terrorism law for I wonder.
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