How to Hide Your House on Google Maps.

http://www.offthegridnews.com/2013/10/30/how-to-hide-your-house-from-google-maps/


How to Hide Your House

The bad news is that there is no way to keep your address off of Google Maps. The good news is that you can get Google to blur out your property so Google Maps users will not see it. Here’s the process which is outlined at Google.

How to get your property blurred:

• Go to Google Maps and type in your address
• Bring up the street view of your property
• Look to the bottom right hand corner of the screen you should see an Icon Labeled: “report a problem.”
• Click on “report a problem.”
• You will get a page labeled “report inappropriate street view.”
• Look for the words “Privacy Concerns” and click on them.
• If you want your house blurred, click on “my house.” Then choose the option: “I have a picture of my house and would like it blurred.”
• Adjust the image and show Google which part of the photo needs blurred.
• Type the verification code at the bottom of the page into the box provided and click submit.
• Check back in a few days to see if the image has been blurred.

 

Hey, that's pretty neat!

Wonder if we could somehow fight against Google Maps by getting them to blur out everything... there's already a lot of criticism about privacy and their system in many places...

Could be interesting to see what they'd do if a mayor came and asked them to blur out an entire town or city...

 

Now THERE is an interesting question!

 

With the proliferation of spy gadgets all over the world, Google maps might just be a foot note in a global collaboration to remove ones right to privacy. A house is a house like a tree is a tree. To agree to blur the house but leave the address imo does nothing to ensure privacy though it could instill curiosity in a perps mind as to "why that house is blurred, lets go look". Privacy in this day and age? LOL There is none for anyone.