Google Street View Catches Tree Killers

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Google Street View has quite the reputation for catching naked people, hookers, drug deals in action and even sword fights. Well, now you can add environmental police to the list of what Street View can be used for.

By coincidence, a Google street-mapping truck caught the incident on film, although those images did not prompt the complaints. A specially equipped vehicle taking pictures for Google Street Views just happened to pass by at the time the trees were cut. The street view pictures are linked to Google's mapping program.
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Bad luck, but the neighbors were the ones to initiate the complaints.

Still funny.
 
He should state it was tree trimming and continue to make sure the trees grow. That way he cannot be charged. :)
 
azuldenial said:
That might be a bit hard to do, unless someone has found a way to keep a stump growing.
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I've seen stumps re-sprout. Of course not from where it was cut but from below it small branches would stem out upward.
 
Does not look any different than what the power company does to trees around here.
 
[holding up a photo of a guy with braces next to a stack of firewood]

"He's a TREE KILLER!"
 
galland1 said:
Glad I don't live in a place where you can't cut your own trees.
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i thought the same, but this has to do with old tree's so these tree's were likely pretty dam big, but then i would argu is the city going to pay for any damages when a huge branch snaps off and lands in my roof?


and another tree removal company alerted the city about tree removals.
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sneaky! complain about your competitors.
 
azuldenial said:
That might be a bit hard to do, unless someone has found a way to keep a stump growing.
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There are numerous ways depending on the tree. I am getting a degree in turf grass at the same time as two other degrees right now. Its a decent amount of effort to make it work but it can, and it would be worth his effort financially.
 
MrGuvernment said:
sneaky! complain about your competitors.
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If they are not following laws then why not. If you were an electrician and knew another local guy wasn't following codes wouldn't you report him?

They got a permit to remove 2 trees then removed them all. It might be a stupid law, but they knew they needed to get permission to remove the trees but didn't do so. Or they were told they could only remove 2 then removed them all.
 
When I was a younger man, I worked for a tree surgeon. You would be surprised at the amount of local and not so local ordinance you have to aware of.
 
Does it bother anyone else that the link to the article here takes you back to hardocp where you then have to click on the actual link? Why not just link to the real article on the forum post?
 
Ibanezfoo said:
Thats sad. I guess you really don't own your property there.
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I can't build a building on my land without a building permit, I guess I dont' own my land either. Can't burn tires in my yard either.... :p

Just because you have to follow a few laws doesn't mean that you dont' own the property.

sdy284 said:
Does it bother anyone else that the link to the article here takes you back to hardocp where you then have to click on the actual link? Why not just link to the real article on the forum post?
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It has always been like that. They always do that as some articles have pics or videos to go along with them that they post on the main page. It is one extra click, no big deal.
 
They were cutting down cedar trees. Holy enviro-nanny state Batman. When I bought my house all three sides in the backyard were overgrown with cedars and they were promptly removed. Glad the Google street mapping truck wasn't driving by :D

But it does make sense as this happened in Canada and we don't have outright land ownership.
 
Exavior said:
I can't build a building on my land without a building permit, I guess I dont' own my land either. Can't burn tires in my yard either.... :p

Just because you have to follow a few laws doesn't mean that you dont' own the property.
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If somebody else is telling you what you can and can't do on something you supposedly own, you don't own it. The very act of having to ask permission to do something tells you that you don't own the property. I can see not burning tires unless you have some means of containing the toxic smoke within the confines of your property, otherwise you will be polluting somebody else's property.
 
This is why Canada sucks really hard, it's a bunch of trees . . . . also they were on private property, why on earth should the government have the right to tell anyone what they can do with something they own, this is just dumb! Now if it was a leased, or a rented property then the actual owner (bank or private owner) would have something to complain and prosecute about. All that said . .. .


Makes you think though, never know who may be watching.
 
TH@TGUYUKNO said:
This is why Canada sucks really hard, it's a bunch of trees . . . . also they were on private property, why on earth should the government have the right to tell anyone what they can do with something they own, this is just dumb! Now if it was a leased, or a rented property then the actual owner (bank or private owner) would have something to complain and prosecute about. All that said . .. .


Makes you think though, never know who may be watching.
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It must be nice to live in a country where you don't have to pay property tax or get construction permits.or otherwise obey the laws of the country at large on your own premises. :rolleyes:

I'm pretty sure you'll find most places reserve a strip in front of 'private' lots for utilities and such.
 
srangara said:
It must be nice to live in a country where you don't have to pay property tax or get construction permits.or otherwise obey the laws of the country at large on your own premises. :rolleyes:

I'm pretty sure you'll find most places reserve a strip in front of 'private' lots for utilities and such.
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No I live in San Diego, California , the land that invented the bombardment of permits, and tree huger laws. But there is no law that says trees over a certain age or height, only trees of a specific type, the sate tree, and the red woods (I cut down a 42 foot eucalyptus tree in my front yard, and had the city called on me, and was told I was within my rights). That said, my property is just that mine, and I can do as I please with it, where as that doesn't seem to be the case in Vancoover.:rolleyes:
 
sdy284 said:
Does it bother anyone else that the link to the article here takes you back to hardocp where you then have to click on the actual link? Why not just link to the real article on the forum post?
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It's called advertising and it helps foot the bills on top of what you pay in for using the place.
 
TH@TGUYUKNO said:
No I live in San Diego, California , the land that invented the bombardment of permits, and tree huger laws. But there is no law that says trees over a certain age or height, only trees of a specific type, the sate tree, and the red woods (I cut down a 42 foot eucalyptus tree in my front yard, and had the city called on me, and was told I was within my rights). That said, my property is just that mine, and I can do as I please with it, where as that doesn't seem to be the case in Vancoover.:rolleyes:
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I wonder why you need services like this, then:
San Diego real estate lawyers: trespass, boundary line, access problems

Here's the third bullet under Access to Property:
Government and utility rights. The government may be able to limit your use of your property and deny you a permit for your fence or construction plans, and can tear down any unauthorized construction. You also can't interfere with public roads, or you may face fines and lose the structure you built that crosses into the road. Additionally, the government and utilities may have rights to use your property. Even so, we may be able to help prevent the government or utility company from using your land when its actions go beyond what the law allows.
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That last statement gives some hope, but note "what the law allows." I.e. Your local laws allow government and utilities some use of your property.

Google is your friend.
 
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