Google to the rescue!Police in the Netherlands have arrested two men after a boy they are alleged to have mugged saw a picture of them on Google's internet map service.
The police believe it is the first time the Google Street View application has been used in a Dutch criminal case.
It began last year when the boy, 14, claimed he had been attacked and robbed of 165 euros ($230,£140).
Months later he contacted police again, saying he had seen himself and the alleged assailants in a Google image.
"For us, it is unique," said a police spokesman in Groningen, in the north of the country.
"The picture was taken just a moment before the crime."
Because the faces of the people in the Street View photo were blurred, the police contacted Google, seeking the original image.
The company complied, and the alleged attackers - twin brothers - were arrested.
The Street View function has expanded to cover many towns worldwide, since its launch in 2007.
But it has attracted complaints from a number of individuals and institutions photographed.
The Pentagon in the US, for example, has banned Google from including American military bases.
yay o/
Why is everyone suddenly posting o/
What the fuck does that even mean
What the fuck does that even mean
Mek, it's a penis.
You're meant to cross swords when it is posted, like so:
\o
You're meant to cross swords when it is posted, like so:
inoriteGooners wrote:
yay o/
\o
penis battle
o/ \o
o/ \o
It's half of a high five.
o = a headMekstizzle wrote:
Why is everyone suddenly posting o/
What the fuck does that even mean
/ = an arm
o/= high five
geddit ?
Not in Nazi Germany.Gooners wrote:
o = a headMekstizzle wrote:
Why is everyone suddenly posting o/
What the fuck does that even mean
/ = an arm
o/= high five
geddit ?
ic wat u didthar
Hmm. The last AFB my family and I were stationed at is still visible. (Eglin AFB, Florida)bennisboy wrote:
Google to the rescue!The Pentagon in the US, for example, has banned Google from including American military bases.
The pics actually have a couple C-130s, couple F-16 and F-15 flights, and even an A-10.
Man, I miss the military life. Air force brat FTW.
maybe they're just banned from google street view?
