Have you ever seen your house in a snow globe?
Someone at work sent this to me. It's very cool, but kind of scary. Don't forget to include your full address with city and state.
http://www.draftfcb.com/holiday2011/
Is this some creepy way to find out where we all live?
So, they're showing a frame from streetview (or "satellite" if not available) behind a snow animation and a lens effect ... interesting.
@eraten: It looks like it's all client-side javascript. i.e. the only thing that's getting your address is your browser.
For added fun, try putting in an address that has internal streetview data, such as a museum, train station, or, maybe, 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. :)
Which makes the assumption that your home is on street view....
A satellite shot just isn't very interesting.
Try things like "your face" or "your mom" or "ball town usa"...
I find it interesting that they don't site where they're getting the images from. Google should sue fo' sho.
@bsmith1: This close, they always look like landscape. But nope, you're looking at balls.
/Barry Zuckerkorn
@eraten: How else is Santa going to bring you your stuff? Has he missed your house in the past? This is why.
Fun link - thanks! Especially amusing to me since I live in Central Florida. Snow on palm trees? :-/ BTW: I think the photos are from your local County Property Records - they are in the public domain.
@gmwhit: You know I respect and appreciate you, but it's taking the pictures from google's maps and streetview services. You can see it in their code.
For anyone interested, it's right here:
http://www.draftfcb.com/holiday2011/js/script.js
(Note all the URLs from maps.googleapis.com )
"But for those less fortunate, we've made a donation to the Coalition for the Homeless on your behalf."
Awwww...... I liked it, and I'll share it. Thanks for posting it!
@psaux: I bow to your superior knowledge. :-) The photo I viewed seemed like the same one on the records site. I wonder if that (google) is where Zillow gets theirs, too?
I tried my neighbor's house, and it didn't show up. That being said, I am putting on my tinfoil hat and retiring from this question.
@jsimsace: How odd. I tried your neighbor's house & found it quite nice. BTW: The tin-foil hat is flattering to you. Do believe you'd look better if you bent the brim down...a more rakish look, you know?
@gmwhit: What a coincidence! I checked your neighbor's house and the snow feature didn't work....maybe it's the temps? I think I need a couple more beers to get to rakish though. ;)
@jsimsace: Wanna know something funny? I secretly laughed when you said you checked your neighbor's house. That's exactly what I did. I mean, I checked my neighbor's house. Paranoid about putting in my own address? Well, probably. Anyway, it was a lovely photo - it really looks like that. And, it did have snow falling on their palm trees.
Hands @jsimsace a couple of Bud Light Platinum's. (Left over from when a workman was here.) Bend that brim down now! ;-)
heh, this is pretty cool! Thanks.
Agree with the above that it pulls from Google, also, it's way better if you actually have Street view...kinda lame with just a satellite image...
It's pretty cool, but did I just add myself to hundreds of junk mailing lists?
Keep getting this error:
We apologize for the Apple/Adobe conflict in using this browser. Please try again in any other browser.
LOL. I click OK and the site works just fine.
I try random foreign address in and it works too.
It's pretty awesome! But quite scary... and I'm really wonder if they are actually keeping our addresses?
@gmwhit: Not quite on the same page of the Paranoia 101 handbook as you...Google street view for my address hasn't been updated since before we built here. :) Now that I know you pay your workmen with beer, what else do you need done around there? I'm very good at cleaning pipes. ◔_◔
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