Using Street View For Data "Reenactment"

[HardOCP News]

What do you do when someone steals your smartphone? Use the location data from the phone and Google Street View to make a data reenactment to locate the criminal.

 

[dandirk]

awwww I was hoping for a pic of the house then a mugshot.

 

[Ualdayan]

awwww I was hoping for a pic of the house then a mugshot.

I think we all were a bit disappointed he didn't post the guy's address at the end.

 

[sfsuphysics]

so why is it going backwards at parts on the freeway? Did his homemade code just snap the wrong side of the freeway to take pictures from?

 

[Kaitian]

so why is it going backwards at parts on the freeway? Did his homemade code just snap the wrong side of the freeway to take pictures from?

No, that's what's the nearest picture available for that exact spot. It's going "1-way" to the destination but sometimes it flips over to the other side. You can go "backwards" on google map in some spots.

 

[Insula Gilliganis]

I almost got car sick watching that!

 

[larryBird44]

Uh, the thief ransomed the phone back to the woman he stole it from? Why not call the cops and nab that fucking asshole?

 

[Kaspre]

LOL. From the comments, "Dude drives like an asshole."