Why does New Orleans look like a dump in Google Street View? (Claiborne: lawyer, home)

[joshisanonymous]

Originally Posted by PhenomenalAJ

Google never updates Street View in America anymore, they're mostly focusing on other countries like Russia now. They have images on there like 5 years old in a lot of places.

Originally Posted by carbon 12

I saw a street view car here in Baton Rouge about a year ago, so I guess they're still updating.

I know it's not a good measure but they certainly come through San Francisco fairly regularly.

I never realized the dates were at the bottom of each picture. I noticed that there's occassionally a 2009 watermark on the actual image, though. I've actually read that there were plans to update the street views for New Orleans around that time but I guess that never happened. You would think Google would be on top of this as they're all about activism and whatnot.

[Neworleansisprettygood]

I actually saw the Google car on St. Charles last year. So maybe some have been updated.

[whatisthedealwith]

Originally Posted by joshisanonymous

I know it's not a good measure but they certainly come through San Francisco fairly regularly.

I never realized the dates were at the bottom of each picture. I noticed that there's occassionally a 2009 watermark on the actual image, though. I've actually read that there were plans to update the street views for New Orleans around that time but I guess that never happened. You would think Google would be on top of this as they're all about activism and whatnot.

Honey, *everythang* comes through San Francisco that has anything to do with Google. New Orleans ain't SF.

I actually live in Berkeley and was in New Orleans for the first time last month. Stayed several weeks. Here is my advice: get over any impression you have of what "nice" looks like in gentrified terms.

Don't get it twisted-- I LOVED New Orleans. Think its one of the best places I have ever been. But its real. Hard real. Poor real. Different real. Not the polished up yuppie idea of real. There are people with money, sure. But there are lots more without it. The place is a city of artists of all stripes and they don't all have coin. Watch you some "Treme" first and THEN ask your question.

[confusedasusual]

Originally Posted by whatisthedealwith

Watch you some "Treme" first and THEN ask your question.

I LOVE this! Do it!

[joshisanonymous]

Originally Posted by whatisthedealwith

Honey, *everythang* comes through San Francisco that has anything to do with Google. New Orleans ain't SF.

I actually live in Berkeley and was in New Orleans for the first time last month. Stayed several weeks. Here is my advice: get over any impression you have of what "nice" looks like in gentrified terms.

Don't get it twisted-- I LOVED New Orleans. Think its one of the best places I have ever been. But its real. Hard real. Poor real. Different real. Not the polished up yuppie idea of real. There are people with money, sure. But there are lots more without it. The place is a city of artists of all stripes and they don't all have coin. Watch you some "Treme" first and THEN ask your question.

I'm confused. I put is a disclaimer that my example wasn't a good measure for New Orleans, and I didn't ask a question, and I haven't mentioned anything about the look of things. Is this advice meant for me?

I'll check out the show, though. Not because I'm ignorant of places that are "real" but because I've always heard good things about The Wire.

[annie_himself]

Originally Posted by PhenomenalAJ

Google never updates Street View in America anymore, they're mostly focusing on other countries like Russia now. They have images on there like 5 years old in a lot of places.

Calm your nerves. You can't update every image of every American city in just a couple years.

[KittyKattie]

Originally Posted by jenrtx

I mean no offense to anyone and I am trying to keep an open mind but every time I put in an Uptown address from a Craigslist ad into Google Maps I feel like I'm looking at the hood.

If I did the same for good neighborhoods in cities like Austin or Atlanta or DC, then the housing and street look normal.

I guess because it is...

[Neworleansisprettygood]

I hate "Treme". That is all.

[Pammyd]

Originally Posted by jenrtx

I mean no offense to anyone and I am trying to keep an open mind but every time I put in an Uptown address from a Craigslist ad into Google Maps I feel like I'm looking at the hood.
If I did the same for good neighborhoods in cities like Austin or Atlanta or DC, then the housing and street look normal.

Regarding New Orleans looking dumpy in google view...hmm?? Seems to me that they are still struggling to "fix themselves up" after Katrina devastated them. It has to be costing them more money than I will ever see in my lifetime to fix things. Something as simple as repaving a street or cleaning up fallen trees or replacing buildings will break a city's budget. The last thing I would ever do would be to refer to New Orleans as looking dumpy...how about saying BRAVE or DETERMINED?

[confusedasusual]

^^


You got that right.