Map to your house

[thunder53]

type your phone numbre into the Google search engine and it will probably produce your address and a map to that address.
use your zip code and no spaces

like this 6584348471

It will even give the address of a fax machine or a cell phone user.

J

[Soul Hunter]

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thanks for the info! i punched in my number and sure enough it came back with my full name and address. immediately went to the link they provide to have it removed.

[Nanook]

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EEEK! I went and got rid of mine too! Thanks for the heads up Thunderhead!

[Rebycman]

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Once you learn how to search for stuff on the net the world opens up to you. Its amazing how much information is really at your fingertips when you type something into google. Even when you remove a webpage from the net it often resides in a cache on the net for years in some cases. Its kinda cool to look up pages I designed 10+ years ago lol.

Ya just have to learn where and how to look for data....its all out there!

-Reby

[dahjah]

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muss be an american thing [img]/forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

[Morpheous]

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Originally posted by Emperah dahJah:
[qb] muss be an american thing [img]/forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img] [/qb]

If you live in the UK then telephone number doesn't work but if you type in your full post code then....Wallaaaaaaa

I tried a few post codes -(zip codes) for you yankees, and all the addresses came up with a map of it's location!!

[3littlebirds]

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my # isn't availabe, guess cos its private. Reby, your right, it is amazing at the info. avaliable. For instance, I knew something was going on with my husband(now x) I knew he was cheating, but had so little info to go on, and of course he denied it. one evening I found a number laying by his wallet, where he had cleaned his pockets out. went straight to the computer, to anywho ~i think? and done the reverse number lookup, had never used it before, and sure enough~ bam! an address and a name.I went to him while he was sleeping told him to get up and go to ~rattled off the name and address i found on the internet, and watched the color drain out of him. i got what i needed after a month of knowing i finally had a name, so i guess in this case, the number lookup thing came in handy. It is scary to me though that ppl can just look up things like this on the internet.

[ohliz]

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Mine doesn't come up, I think because i asked it to be removed some time ago.

Google isn't the only one out there with this service though.

[cdmsunshine]

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mine is private also. but u r so right 3LB - but you know they do not call it e-mail for nothing ...for the e stands for everybody's mail

[jammin]

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Google unveils satellite map feature today


SAN FRANCISCO, California (AP) -- Online search engine leader Google Inc. has unveiled a new feature that will enable its users to zoom in on homes and businesses using satellite images, an advance that may raise privacy concerns as well as intensify the competitive pressures on its rivals.

The satellite technology, which Google began offering late Monday at http://maps.google.com/, is part of the package that the Mountain View-based company acquired when it bought digital map maker Keyhole Corp. for an undisclosed amount nearly six months ago.

This marks the first time since the deal closed that Google has offered free access to Keyhole's high-tech maps through its search engine. Users previously had to pay $29.95 to download a version of Keyhole's basic software package.

A more traditional map will continue to be the first choice served up by Google's search engine. Users will have the option of retrieving a satellite picture by clicking on a button.

The satellite maps could unnerve some people, even as the technology impresses others. That's because the Keyhole technology is designed to provide close-up perspective of specific addresses.

Keyhole's previous government ties also have raised anxieties.

Founded in 2001, Keyhole raised some money in 2003 from In-Q-Tel, a venture capital firm backed by the Central Intelligence Agency. Leading up to the Google sale, Keyhole's roughly 10,000 customers included a cross-section of government agencies.

There is little reason for people to be paranoid about the satellite maps because the images generally are six to 12 months old, said John Hanke, Keyhole's general manager. "And it's not like you are going to be able to read a license plate on a car or see what an individual was doing when a particular image was taken," he said.

Google believes most people will like the convenience of generating a satellite image with a few clicks of a computer mouse. The company envisions people using the service as a way to scout a hotel's proximity to the beach for a possible vacation or size up the neighborhood where an apartment is for rent.

Google's free satellite maps initially will be limited to North America, with images covering roughly half the United States, Hanke said.

Although Google is offering the satellite maps on a test basis, the feature will probably force its other online rivals to upgrade their technology, predicted search industry analyst Greg Sterling of the Kelsey Group. "To play in this space, you are going to need some robust mapping capabilities."

Sterling said Google's satellite maps pose the biggest threat to Mapquest, a service owned by Time Warner Corp. that has long operated the most popular Web site for finding directions.

The satellite maps also up the ante for the many challengers chipping away at Google's share of the lucrative Internet search engine market by adding more bells and whistles. For instance, Amazon.com Inc.'s A9 search engine earlier this year introduced a feature that includes an index containing 20 million street-level photographs of building exteriors in 10 major U.S. cities.

[djrosen1]

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Yep; there's my house:

http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=41.843880,-87.783625&spn=0.005547,0.007703&t=k&hl=en