Google Japan animates Street View concerns
Wednesday, October 14th, 2009
Yes I know I’m a bit late on this one but I couldn’t resist these posting these awesome videos.
When Google Japan debuted its new Street View service in August 2008, there was such an uproar that by May 2009, Google announced that it would re-shoot all of Street View data it had captured in Japan and also lower the height of the Street View car’s camera pole.
The concerns centred on the fact that the height of the Street View camera allowed a clear view over the fence of residential homes and for the intensely private Japanese, this was just not acceptable. Also raised at the time were the views of car license plates, people’s faces and private information on letterboxes.
So if you’re Google Japan what do you do when things get tough? That’s right – you wheel out a cute animated video to smooth things over. The video shows the steps Google Japan have taken to protect everyone’s privacy from blurring of private data plus how you can raise any concerns you have with Google’s Street View.
I have to admit this style of video is one of the things I love about Japan – their design aesthetic.
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