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It's been blurred out now (http://imgur.com/1GcROpY http://imgur.com/1GcROpY). Also, the new maps interface is very unintuitive. I remember there used to be an

It's been blurred out now (http://imgur.com/1GcROpY http://imgur.com/1GcROpY). Also, the new maps interface is very unintuitive. I remember there used to be an option to create a shortlink to an exact coordinate: I can't figure out where that is now. There is a 'Save' button, but I think that just saves it to my local machine. How do I share a location?

sxtxixtxcxh 13y ago
that blurry square isn't it, if you travel south for about half a block, you'll see a police car, follow that road forward a bit, and you can see a body, and north of that in the field there is a group of law enforcement. slightly gruesome screenshot: http://i.imgur.com/bnyNZq5.png http://i.imgur.com/bnyNZq5.png
- thearn4 13y ago
  Very sad. The world is a very big place though, this kind of stuff is bound to come up. I do hope the Maps folks take some action.
tombrossman 13y ago
Right click (option click on Mac?) and select 'What's here'. That gives you exact coordinates under the green arrow, with nearest street address under the pink map pin. In this case it's 37.951592,-122.36045. That may be a 14 year-old boy lying there dead and if true it is a terribly sad thing and I hope it is at least blurred out soon.
- cowsandmilk 13y ago
  Opened these coordinates in 2 browsers, one shows old low res imagery with no body, one shows newer high res imagery with body. My guess/hope is that the older low res imagery is being pushed out and just isn't on all servers yet. I think the main thing I got out of this story is that Rob Enderle is an ass.
anonova 13y ago
The url in the address bar now reflects the current state of the map, and that can be shared. This leaves no shortening option, but it can still be done manually at <http://goo.gl/> http://goo.gl/>.
beering 13y ago
You can just copy and paste the URL to share your current view (should include any markers on the map as well).

sxtxixtxcxh 13y ago

that blurry square isn't it, if you travel south for about half a block, you'll see a police car, follow that road forward a bit, and you can see a body, and north of that in the field there is a group of law enforcement. slightly gruesome screenshot: http://i.imgur.com/bnyNZq5.png http://i.imgur.com/bnyNZq5.png

thearn4 13y ago
Very sad. The world is a very big place though, this kind of stuff is bound to come up. I do hope the Maps folks take some action.

tombrossman 13y ago

Right click (option click on Mac?) and select 'What's here'. That gives you exact coordinates under the green arrow, with nearest street address under the pink map pin. In this case it's 37.951592,-122.36045. That may be a 14 year-old boy lying there dead and if true it is a terribly sad thing and I hope it is at least blurred out soon.

cowsandmilk 13y ago
Opened these coordinates in 2 browsers, one shows old low res imagery with no body, one shows newer high res imagery with body. My guess/hope is that the older low res imagery is being pushed out and just isn't on all servers yet. I think the main thing I got out of this story is that Rob Enderle is an ass.

anonova 13y ago

The url in the address bar now reflects the current state of the map, and that can be shared. This leaves no shortening option, but it can still be done manually at <http://goo.gl/> http://goo.gl/>.

beering 13y ago

You can just copy and paste the URL to share your current view (should include any markers on the map as well).