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Faroe Islands fit cameras to sheep to create Google Street View (2016)

74 points by wglb 8y ago

kzrdude 8y ago
The story is from 2016, here's a follow up, where they collaborate with Google Street View: https://visitfaroeislands.com/sheepview360/google-has-arrived/ https://visitfaroeislands.com/sheepview360/google-has-arrive...
keithpeter 8y ago
People who grow grass on the roof of their house are pretty resourceful. Reminds me of the remote churchyard in Yorkshire that had a problem keeping the grass between the graves cut - they asked local farmers to put sheep in the burial ground. Achieved the desired result with minimum effort. Google Goodiepal for some Faroese sound art
- ghaff 8y ago
  Some wineries will bring in sheep to trim grass and weeds as well.
alex_young 8y ago
There really should be a Google sheep view
gabcoh 8y ago
Same topic but a different article: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15644083 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15644083
toomuchtodo 8y ago
More Libre options for those interested: https://www.mapillary.com/app/?focus=map&lat=62.07836377706337&lng=-6.844390488075533&z=9.310386312225665 https://www.mapillary.com/app/?focus=map&lat=62.078363777063... EDIT: Removed OpenStreetCam link due to no data for Faroe Islands yet. Disclaimer: OSM|GIS enthusiast Sidenote: If anyone from Backblaze, Telenav/OSC, and/or Mapillary sees this, would love to have a chat about setting something up to pool street view imagery collection efforts.
teddyh 8y ago
Fake & marketing gimmick. As I quoted 6 months ago¹, when another article about the same thing was featured²: “Most images ended up being captured by humans […] Sheepview was charming, but it was at heart a marketing bid […].” 1. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15647524 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15647524 2. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15644083 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15644083
- Froyoh 8y ago
  Dammit you ruined my 'feel good" moment.
Rainymood 8y ago
Can sheeps consent?
- labster 8y ago
  No, so their images should be public domain, at least in the US. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/04/monkey-selfie-lawsuit-finally-ends-court-affirms-adorable-macaque-cant-sue/ https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/04/monkey-selfie-la...

74 points by wglb 8y ago

The story is from 2016, here's a follow up, where they collaborate with Google Street View: https://visitfaroeislands.com/sheepview360/google-has-arrived/ https://visitfaroeislands.com/sheepview360/google-has-arrive...

keithpeter 8y ago

People who grow grass on the roof of their house are pretty resourceful. Reminds me of the remote churchyard in Yorkshire that had a problem keeping the grass between the graves cut - they asked local farmers to put sheep in the burial ground. Achieved the desired result with minimum effort. Google Goodiepal for some Faroese sound art

ghaff 8y ago
Some wineries will bring in sheep to trim grass and weeds as well.

alex_young 8y ago

There really should be a Google sheep view

gabcoh 8y ago

Same topic but a different article: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15644083 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15644083

toomuchtodo 8y ago

More Libre options for those interested: https://www.mapillary.com/app/?focus=map&lat=62.07836377706337&lng=-6.844390488075533&z=9.310386312225665 https://www.mapillary.com/app/?focus=map&lat=62.078363777063... EDIT: Removed OpenStreetCam link due to no data for Faroe Islands yet. Disclaimer: OSM|GIS enthusiast Sidenote: If anyone from Backblaze, Telenav/OSC, and/or Mapillary sees this, would love to have a chat about setting something up to pool street view imagery collection efforts.

teddyh 8y ago

Fake & marketing gimmick. As I quoted 6 months ago¹, when another article about the same thing was featured²: “Most images ended up being captured by humans […] Sheepview was charming, but it was at heart a marketing bid […].” 1. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15647524 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15647524 2. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15644083 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15644083

Froyoh 8y ago
Dammit you ruined my 'feel good" moment.

Rainymood 8y ago

Can sheeps consent?

labster 8y ago
No, so their images should be public domain, at least in the US. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/04/monkey-selfie-lawsuit-finally-ends-court-affirms-adorable-macaque-cant-sue/ https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/04/monkey-selfie-la...