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"What're they gonna do, take away his library card?"
You know, all but the last three minutes or so of this 1976 short film (for driver's ed classes? an after-school special?) makes joyriding seem innocuous. All to give a little more impact to the ending, we suppose. Found on USAutoIndustry's YouTube channel. Carspotters, what do you see here?
How To: Steal a car, circa 1968
Okay, so maybe it's not an instructional video on how to steal a car, but this FBI training video on how to examine stolen cars for evidence that could return a stolen car or nab the thieves sure shows plenty of tricks and tips, applicable to pre-1968 cars, along with some savvy and well-organized criminals, all wrapped up in a decent storyline. (via)
Stolen car alert – 1937 Buick Century
"You just never think it'd happen to you," Jamie Alexander of Fort Worth, Texas, said. But Jamie found himself the victim of another collector car theft this past week, and he'd like to ask Hemmings Nation to keep its collective eyes peeled for his 1937 Buick Century four-door sedan.
Jamie said he had the Buick parked next to his 1934 Chevrolet Master and 1941 Packard (and among other townhouse residents' Mercedes-Benzes and Porsches) in the gated and coded parking garage at his townhouse on Samuels Avenue in Fort Worth when it went missing sometime between 5 p.m. Sunday, August 26, and 3 p.m. Wednesday, August 29. "The ironic thing is that out of my three cars, the Buick was the only one with an alarm and electric locks, both of which were set," Jamie said. "So whoever took it had to really want it; I don't think this was just some joyride."
After searching for about a year, Jamie bought the Buick out of Hemmings Motor News two years ago and has since used it for weddings and photo shoots. The previous owner street rodded it with a Nova front clip and rear end, a 355-cu.in. Chevrolet V-8, and gray leather interior. It carries a VIN of 63244786 and was wearing a Texas license plate (GC94ML) when it was stolen.
Anybody with information on the whereabouts of the Buick should call the Fort Worth Police Department at 817-392-4200.
UPDATE: We pulled up the text from the Hemmings Motor News ad, which includes a few more details:
1937 Buick Century street rod, Chev 355 V8, 700 R4 transmission, new Nova front clip, Nova 10-bolt rear, 100 AMP alternator, Walker Radiator, aux transmission cooling system, LaCroo banjo Steering wheel, VDO gauges, Vintage Air a/c & heat, alarm, chrome wire wheels and more. High quality professional frame-off restoration, The paint is lilac (dark purple/black) with gray leather and matching trunk. Car is near perfect, both mechanically and cosmetically and is built with the best quality workmanship and components. It has a certified cash value appraisal of $65,000.
Hemmings Motor News publishes stolen collector car reports online and in the pages of Hemmings Motor News as a service to the collector car hobby. To report a stolen collector car please include a copy of a filed police report, VIN, description of the stolen vehicle (including any unique identifying characteristics), and at least one photo of the stolen vehicle.
Stolen pickup alert – 1954 Chevrolet 3100
Photos courtesy Jan Kunze.
Jan Kunze of Oklahoma City recently contacted us to see if Hemmings Nation can help her get her stolen pickup back. Jan was out of town July 10 when a friend noticed her black 1954 Chevrolet 3100 five-window pickup missing from her driveway on NW 38th Street. She came home right away, but all that the thieves had left was a vent window latch in the driveway, likely broken off when the thieves pushed the vent window in to gain access to the truck.
The Chevrolet, VIN J54K011397, still has its 235-cu.in. straight six engine and wood-floored bed, but has been upgraded to 12 volts and runs a louder-than-stock dual exhaust system.
Anybody with information on the whereabouts of Jan's Chevrolet should contact the Oklahoma City Police Department at 405-297-1122.
Hemmings Motor News publishes stolen collector car reports online and in the pages of Hemmings Motor News as a service to the collector car hobby. To report a stolen collector car please include a copy of a filed police report, VIN, description of the stolen vehicle (including any unique identifying characteristics), and at least one photo of the stolen vehicle.
Stolen Car Alert: 1965 Stingray and 1970 Chevelle SS in Puyallup, Washington
According to a sketchy account in the August 10 The Seattle Times, Puyallup-area collector Gary Tucci was the victim of a highly-targeted smash-and grab. It sounds as though thieves actually drove through the wall of the warehouse where he keeps his cars, ransacked the place and drove off with a 396/425 four-speed Stingray; and a 20,000-mile 396/four-speed Chevelle SS. It's always possible they'll be stripped, but why steal cars this valuable if that's your plan? I'd guess they were after these two, specifically. If anyone has a VIN, let me know, not that the VIN plate is still on the cars at this point. The Corvette came from Barrett-Jackson in January, but their site is down right now. I'll update if I can find out more when it comes back up.
Anyone with information on the thefts is asked to call Tacoma/Pierce County CrimeStoppers at 253-591-5959.
Chevelle, Corvette cloners busted, charged with felonies
1970 Chevrolet Chevelle SS 396, later converted to a fake LS6. This photo came from a dealer before the fraudulent sale that resulted in criminal charges.
Two purveyors of fake Chevrolet muscle are looking at trials on felony charges after their respective scams fell apart.
In Columbus, Nebraska, it was a 1970 Chevelle SS 396 which the seller, Mickey Dush, allegedly bought from a Florida collector-car dealer for $37,500, equipped with a fake build sheet he bought online and a 454 of unknown vintage, and then sold as an LS6 to an Iowa man for $87,000. It wasn't until after the sale that the buyer's wife found a VIN decoder and determined the car's true origins. According to the Columbus Telegram, Dush's lawyer will claim the buyer failed his due diligence in researching the car, but right now Dush is looking at theft by deception, a Class III felony punishable by up to 20 years in prison.
Investigator Gene A. True from the Nebraska State Patrol Auto Fraud Division said that it's difficult to sell such white-collar crimes to prosecutors used to seeing violent crimes. "When I first got this case, I told the victim it was a crime, but we're going to have to sell it to a prosecutor," he said. "There are shysters out there who know it's safer to steal money with a pen than with a gun."
This engine was yanked and replaced with a 454.
The Corvette story is more intricate, and comes from North Tonowanda, New York. There, Robert C. Ernst bought what he thought was a 1966 427 Corvette convertible for $49,700. He was hoping for Bloomington certification of the $75,000 in restoration he subsequently performed but, as the Buffalo News reported, when he took it to a June 2011 National Corvette Restorers Society meet in London, Ontario, he started to get worried:
"There are five teams of judges that go over the areas of the car. I was in the second area when the judge asked me if they could take a picture of the VIN tag," Ernst recalled. Moments later, the judge came back and told Ernst he was disqualified because the VIN tag was counterfeit. He said that the number was right for that car, but that the lettering font and the die marks on the tag were different from the ones that General Motors would have used in 1966. Ernst said, "They looked at this thing with a jeweler's loupe."
Ernst went straight to the Niagara County District Attorney's office, which has now returned nine felony counts (third-degree grand larceny, second-degree criminal possession of a forged instrument, forgery of a VIN, illegal possession of a VIN and five counts of offering a false instrument for filing) against Ronald A. Ellis, who sold the Corvette to Ernst. "What was happening with the VIN took place long before my client had the car," according to Ellis's lawyer, Herbert L. Greenman. As a thread on Corvette forum points out, this appears to be a real 427 car, just one with a fake VIN. It will be difficult to assess the damage done to Ernst in this case – the car's value is diminished not by being a fake; but rather by not being showable in NCRS or Bloomington events.
There will be people whose first reaction will be to call to break out the baseball bats, but that's vengeance, and neither punitive nor preventive. The only way we can all collectively deal with scammers is to shine a bright light on them and let would-be evildoers know we're all watching out for each other. If you hear about some funny business or run into a questionable car, let us know.
Gene True also offered some advice. "You have all the power in the world before you sign on the bottom of that purchase agreement," he said. Afterwards, "unless its a criminal action, I have no authority." He says a call to his office (402-471-8764) or your local equivalent will happily get you a title check. "We have access to all kinds of databases," he said, and he's amazed how often people buy expensive cars without taking even this simple, free precaution. "Do yourself a favor, and ask to see the title. Make sure it's right, and not tainted in some way." If there's a problem, make that call. When you do see it, make sure the seller actually has ownership; that it's not a rebuilt or salvage title; and that there are no prior liens on it. The call to the state will also let you know if it was stolen 35 years and four sellers ago – which really does happen.
Given other recent results in forged vehicle cases, and that neither defendant appears to have a criminal record, both will likely bargain their charges down from felonies to civil offenses, with sentences in the two years' probation range, with some degree of restitution. "How far does a buyer have to go?" True said. "Talk to the original owner? There has to be some integrity in the system, the buck's got to stop some place. We go after them with whatever diligence we can do."
Good Samaritans return stolen 1962 Dodge Lancer to its rightful owner
Even though Stan Aiton only bought his 1962 Dodge Lancer last year, he'd been saving parts for the restoration and modification of just such a car for the last 41 years, so he was crushed when the Lancer, fitted with those parts, was stolen earlier this year. Thanks to the actions of some good Samaritans, however, the Lancer is back in Stan's possession.
Stan bought the Lancer last March when still living in Virginia and almost immediately began stripping it down to prepare it for paint and for the era-correct aluminum-block slant-six engine, Hyper-Pak four-barrel intake manifold and split exhaust manifolds he'd acquired from a neighbor when he was 15 years old. He said the car, dubbed Lancersaurus, was about 60 percent complete – including new paint, a new windshield and newly reupholstered seats – when he took a job in Texas in January of this year. Without a garage to keep Lancersaurus in after his move, he stored it in a 24-foot enclosed trailer along with a 1971 Dodge Colt he planned to turn into a race car, and kept the trailer parked at a storage lot in Duncanville, Texas.
disappeared. Stan filed a police report, but investigators had little to go on until the trailer was spotted wearing another set of stolen license plates in August. The police arrested the man hauling the trailer on multiple counts of grand theft auto, accusing him of using the trailer to steal other cars, but the trailer was recovered sans Lancersaurus or the Colt or any of the parts Stan had been collecting for years. It looked as if Stan wouldn't see the contents of the trailer ever again, but as it turned out, the Lancer hadn't gone very far.Then toward the end of July, the trailer and everything in it
Earlier this month, Stephen Ramsey and Adrian Britton at Ramsey's Rods and Restoration in Fort Worth, Texas – less than two hours from Duncanville – were offered the Lancer for $1,500 by a couple looking to bail their nephew out of jail. "We get calls all the time from people who want to sell their cars, so I went out to take a look," Britton said. When the sellers began bringing out boxes upon boxes of parts, Britton began to suspect something was up, but brought it back to the shop anyway. "Steve just looked into my eyes and said, 'That's not right.'" The Lancer didn't have its VIN, but after some digging online, Ramsey found message board posts from Stan asking people to keep an eye out for his car.
Within an hour, calls were placed to at least three different police agencies and an email was sent to Stan. The next morning Stan and the police all converged at Ramsey's, and Stan positively identified the Lancer and all the parts as his. "We already work with the Fort Worth Auto Theft Task Force Unit, so we were able to convince them not to impound the car and let Stan take it directly home," Britton said. "We were also able to get the paperwork done on the spot to straighten out the missing VIN." Ramsey was also able to recover a portion of the money spent on the car, Britton said.
Stan, who was able to bring the Lancer home this past Saturday (he sold the enclosed trailer the day before Ramsey bought the Lancer, so he had to rent an open trailer), said he discovered that the thief or somebody who had access to the car while it was missing actually had started installing some trim on the car, but scratched the paint in doing so and damaged some other parts. "It was like they were going to get it running," he said. "I guess the missing crank made them decide they were over their head." The Colt remains missing, but Stan is elated that Lancersaurus is back in his possession.
Stolen cars alert – 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air and 1967 Mercury Cougar
Tom Watson of Clovis, New Mexico, asked our help in getting the word out to Hemmings Nation about the recent theft of two of his collector cars – a 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air and a 1967 Mercury Cougar GT.
Tom owns about half a dozen collector cars altogether, and to store them all, he rented out a storage unit on East Fifth Street in Clovis. Unfortunately, when he went to check on them recently, for the first time in about six months, he found that these two were missing. The Bel Air, a restored Matador Red two-door hardtop, he won in a raffle at the 1990 Clovis Music Festival; it runs a Power Pack-equipped 283-cu.in. V-8 with Powerglide automatic transmission, and Centerline wheels. It's registered with New Mexico license plates – LHR101 – and has a VIN of VC575232105. The Cougar, a mostly original GT with one repaint in Gold Metallic and 60,000 miles, features a parchment vinyl roof, parchment bucket seats, 390-cu.in. V-8, automatic transmission, factory air conditioning, Tilt-a-Way steering wheel, and Cragar SS wheels. It didn't have any license plates on it when in storage and has a VIN of 7F91S556301.
According to the police report Tom filed, any marks made in the dust when the cars were stolen had since been layered over in more dust, indicating the cars were stolen some time ago. Tom is offering a $5,000 reward for information leading to the return of the cars.
UPDATE: Tom told us this morning that, of the seven cars in the rented space, he believes the Cougar was taken because it was the closest to the door. Taking the Bel Air, which Tom considered the most valuable car there, required moving a couple other cars – a Continental Mark II and a Continental Mark V on flat tires – out of the way sideways. "They worked very hard to get that car out," Tom said. "It's very bizarre."
Four-Links – first Cobra, first production Cobra, stolen Camaro recovered, marketing the automatic transmission
* As Terry Shea mentioned recently, there aren't too many one-owner Shelby Cobras still around. There's Herbie Hancock's (CSX2006), and then there's CSX2000, the very first Cobra, still in Carroll Shelby's hands. It recently made an appearance at SEMA, where Rob at Autoholics snapped some photos of it.
* Speaking of early Cobras, Mike Gulett over at My Car Quest recently spent some time with Bruce Meyer, who owns the first production Cobra, CSX2001, along with, well, every car that every car enthusiast has ever dreamed of owning.
* Along with the story of the recovered Porsche 930, this week we also ran across the story of Edward Neeley of Jefferson City, Missouri, who recently recovered his own stolen car, a 1969 Chevrolet Camaro that was nabbed in 1995, after seeing it in a Google search.
* Whatever your position on gender politics, the recent story on Jalopnik regarding the female-centric marketing of automatic transmissions during the 1950s makes for interesting reading, especially the comments on the post.
* Finally, we've been seeing quite a few RC off-road videos on YouTube lately, and Tachoblog just supplied us with several more, all featuring one of our favorite off-roaders, the Unimog. One could argue RC off-roading is rather pointless, but it does offer at least a couple advantages over the real thing: Damage is much more easily fixed, and you don't have to look far and wide for a place to off-road – any suburban backyard should have enough obstacles. Plus, if you get really stuck, no need to call in a tow truck and face an expensive recovery bill.
Customs seizes Porsche 911 reported stolen in 1988
On Thanksgiving Day, 1988, the Soviets were trying to deal with violence in Armenia and Azerbaijan, Americans were flocking to the cinema to see Bill Murray in Scrooged!, and the Dallas Cowboys were losing to the Houston Oilers, 25-17, on their way to a 3-13 season. Meanwhile, in Las Vegas, Nevada, the owner of a 1976 Porsche 911 Turbo – also known as the 930 – was calling police to report that the car had been stolen.
Now, nearly 23 years later, the car has been recovered, found in a container scheduled to be shipped from the Los Angeles/Long Beach Seaport to the Netherlands. The car was discovered by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers after "targeting and examining" the container, a press release from the agency says.
The officers ran a check of the VIN in law enforcement databases, and found that the car has been reported stolen on November 24, 1988. Nevada law enforcement confirmed that the stolen record was still active. The 911 was then seized, and released to Nevada officials to be returned to the insurance company that currently holds the title.
The 930 is sitting a little high in the back; that's because it's missing its 3-liter flat six. Even without that vital piece of hardware, CBP estimates that the car is worth "approximately $27,552." Apparently, one factor that led the authorities to open the container was the vehicle's declared value of $12,552, which must have seemed a bit on the low side. Our book says that 930s in number 1 condition – which this one definitely is not – are worth a little over $55,000.
"CBP maintains an aggressive approach in detecting and intercepting shipments containing stolen cargo heading overseas," said Todd C. Owen, CBP's director of field operations in Los Angeles. "This seizure is a prime example of how CBP's outbound team combines intelligence, expertise and strategic targeting to recover stolen vehicles."
The 930 is one of 51 vehicles and 49 engines seized at Long Beach on their way out of the country between October 2010 and August 2011. Of those 100, 24 turned out to be stolen, 63 were undeclared, seven were undervalued and six had fraudulent documents.


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Mike's Video Vault – Parents Tell Their Kids They Ate All the Halloween Candy in Hilarious Video
Jimmy Kimmel's YouTube challenge has become one of the more entertaining things the late night host does. The latest challenge was a Halloween repeat; for parents to tell their kids they ate all the candy they'd worked so hard to collect. And the responses were even funnier this time. Some kids cried, others whined, most threw hissy-fits. But the best line might be, quote, "But you don't even have a gall bladder."

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Poem: 'Loss'
Jamie McKendrick
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Eyes up, Brody!
Adrien Brody has signed on for cuckoo bird director Tony Kaye's Detached. Brody will star as a substitute teacher who becomes attached to a teenage prostitute while working at a troubled school. He later gets in trouble when he shows a gay film in class in an attempt to teach tolerance. I'm going out on a limb here and guessing it was Victor Salva's Clownhouse.
Christina Hendricks also stars as a teacher and potential love interest who encourages Brody's sub to go full-time. Brody has proven talented in a number of complex roles but this may be his greatest challenge yet. Can you imagine trying not to look at Christina Hendricks's boobs all day, every day? That's a test of endurance even David Blaine wouldn't be able to pass. (The Playlist)
It's 4/20, so of course a trailer centering around the sweet sticky-icky has dropped. Stoner comedy HIGH School follows a valedictorian who, out of fear of losing his college scholarship, begrudgingly teams up with a charismatic pothead to do the only thing they can think of to neutralize the threat—get the entire student body stoned. If you can't tell by the above screen shot, Adrien Brody plays the drug dealer with a penchant for stink eyes, and Matt Bush, the kid from those "don't throw your f*ckin' minutes away!" AT&T commercials, plays Henry Burke, the student. Michael Chiklis dons a full head of whispy hair as the smarmy principal who institutes a zero-tolerance policy at the school and wants Henry's head on a pike. Those crazy kids at this past Sundance loved the film, but I heard that crowd only smokes kind buds, so your experience may differ depending on your allowance. Check out the… Oh man. **Giggles uncontrollably** I know I put something after the jump.
Director: John StalbergCast: Adrien Brody, Matt Bush, Michael Chiklis, Colin HanksSynopsis: With his college scholarship hanging in the balance, Burke begrudgingly teams up with charismatic pothead Travis Breaux to do the only thing they can think of to neutralize this threat—get the entire student body stoned.
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She'll grow out of it. There's finally a trailer for Vincenzo Natali's eery sci-fi/horror Splice, that movie with Adrien Brody and the hot, bald chick with the mouth in her scalp (still kinda hot though). The movie impressed at Sundance and will see wide release on June 4th as a result. The film warns against the dangers of queefing in the face of God and law by creating your own monstrous human-animal hybrid. So seriously, guys. Don't do that kind of thing. Did Species teach you nothing? Check out the trailer after the jump.
I loved Rian Johnson's first film, Brick* – the neo-hard boiled detective story set amongst high school social circles. It was the one with a bespectacled Joseph Gordon-Levitt, the anachronistic dialogue and the fantastic score by Johnson's brother. I saw it three times in the theaters. Even bought it on DVD. But as I sat down for my screening of Rian Johnson's followup, The Brothers Bloom, a wave of doubt washed over me. No way he can do it again, I thought. Besides, the trailers made it seem like a hodgepodge of styles culled from Johnson's contemporaries. It was Hudson Hawk through the off-kilter lens of Wes Anderson. Not necessarily a bad thing (I'm one of the few with fond memories of Hawk), but it wasn't promising to be a revelation like Brick…


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Peg Ogonowski's late husband, John, was the captain of American Flight 11 — better known as the first plane to hit the World Trade Center on September 11th, 2001.
"It was that moment of before and after," said Peg, a former flight attendant. "There was my whole life before and then everything changed. It was a real line in my life that there will always be before 9/11 and after 9/11."
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After the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center, one of the largest American flags damaged during the attacks continued to fly above the resulting wreckage during the clean-up efforts.
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What kind of statement are we trying to make by putting the statue of a sex-god on our Main Street. When I first heard this, I didn't believe it, so I looked up Kokopelli, and sure enough it symbolizes an Anasazi god of fertility...yes a sex god.
I'm sorry, but this really disturbs me. Many people may not think this is a big deal, but I think it's sending the wrong message. If the intention was to draw people to Nine Mile Canyon then why not put up a statue of an actual Indian, one native to our area, not a symbol of one of the gods they worshiped.


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Decorating eggs is just plain fun at any age and the applications are endless. It's so easy hard boil a big pot of eggs and then go to town with what every you have on hand. Over the years I've tried many things, here are a few of my favorites!
Watercolors are a great alternative to egg dye! Pre mix watercolor in bowls, wet the egg with water and brush on color!
Its fun watching the paint swirl and mix into it's own design.
You can dye your eggs with food coloring too. Splatter your eggs with a toothbrush of brown color for a Robins egg effect.
Crepe paper petals are easier to make than you think.
Cut crepe paper streamer and adhere to the egg with double stick tape.
Transforms an egg to a daisy.
I loved using scrap booking papers to turn dyed eggs into whimsical flowers.
Cut tiny flowers from silk branches to make delicate garden eggs.
These brown paper creations are made with a paper punch and small scissors to cut little designs.
Natural eggs can be stunning added to your table centerpiece.
Simplicity is sublime with a one color palette of acrylic paint.
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July 8, 2001
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Michael F. Goodchild is Professor of Geography at the University of California, Santa Barbara; Chair of the Executive Committee, National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis (NCGIA); Associate Director of the Alexandria Digital Library Project; and Director of NCGIAs Center for Spatially Integrated Social Science. He received his BA degree from Cambridge University in Physics in 1965 and his PhD in Geography from McMaster University in 1969. After 19 years at the University of Western Ontario, including three years as Chair, he moved to Santa Barbara in 1988. He was Director of NCGIA from 1991 to 1997. He has been awarded honorary doctorates by Laval University (1999) and the University of Keele (2001). In 1990 he was given the Canadian Association of Geographers Award for Scholarly Distinction, in 1996 the Association of American Geographers award for Outstanding Scholarship, and in 1999 the Canadian Cartographic Associations Award of Distinction for Exceptional Contributions to Cartography; he has won the American Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing Intergraph Award and twice won the Horwood Critique Prize of the Urban and Regional Information Systems Association. He was Editor of Geographical Analysis between 1987 and 1990, and serves on the editorial boards of ten other journals and book series. In 2000 he was appointed Editor of the Methods, Models, and Geographic Information Sciences section of the Annals of the Association of American Geographers. His major publications include Geographical Information Systems: Principles and Applications (1991); Environmental Modeling with GIS (1993); Accuracy of Spatial Databases (1989); GIS and Environmental Modeling: Progress and Research Issues (1996); Scale in Remote Sensing and GIS (1997); Interoperating Geographic Information Systems (1999); Geographical Information Systems: Principles, Techniques, Management and Applications (1999); and Geographic Information Systems and Science (2001); in addition he is author of some 300 scientific papers. He was Chair of the National Research Councils Mapping Science Committee from 1997 to 1999. His current research interests center on geographic information science, spatial analysis, the future of the library, and uncertainty in geographic data.
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What is Spatial Analysis?
GIS is designed to support a range of different kinds of
analysis of geographic information: techniques to examine and explore
data from a geographic perspective, to develop and test models, and to
present data in ways that lead to greater insight and understanding. All
of these techniques fall under the general umbrella of "spatial analysis".
The statistical packages like SAS, SPSS, S, or Systat allow the user to
analyze numerical data using statistical techniquesGIS packages like
ArcInfo give access to a powerful array of methods of spatial analysis.
Purpose of the Course
The course will introduce participants with some knowledge
of GIS to the capabilities of spatial analysis. Each of the five major
sections will cover a major application area and review the techniques
available, as well as some of the more fundamental issues encountered
in doing spatial analysis with a GIS.
Section 1 - What is spatial analysis? - Basic GIS concepts for spatial analysis - GIS functionality - Integrating GIS and spatial analysis - Issues of error and uncertainty:
Section 1 - What is spatial analysis? - Basic GIS concepts for spatial analysis - GIS functionality - Integrating GIS and spatial analysis - Issues of error and uncertainty:
A set of techniques for analyzing spatial data
"A set of techniques whose results are dependent on the locations of the objects being analyzed"
Some books on spatial analysis:
Paul Longley, Mike Goodchild, David Maguire, and David RhindSome background slides:
Landsat image of New York areaHow does an analyst/modeler/decision-maker work with a GIS?the pumpOpenshaw GAM map of NE England
What tools exist for helping/conceptualizing/problem-solving?
Assumption: these (analysis, modeling, decision-making)
are the primary purposes of GIS technology.
The cost of input to a GIS is high, and can only be justified by the benefits of analysis/modeling/decision-making performed with the data.
A geographical data model consists of the set of entities and relationships used to create a represention of the geographical world. The choices made when the world is modeled determine how the database is structured, and what kinds of analysis can be done with it. These choices occur when the data are captured in the field, recorded, mapped, digitized, and processed.
There are two distinct ways of conceiving of the geographical world.
In the field view, the world is conceived as a finite set of variables, each having a single value at every point on the Earth's surface (or every point in a three-dimensional space; or a four-dimensional space if time is included).
Some field-like phenomena: elevation, spectral response
grid (a rectangular array of sample points)
irregular points
digitized contours
finite element methods
coveragebut not shapefiles
in the Arc8 Geodatabase the distinction can be implemented in object behaviors
objects can be countedField and discrete object views can be implemented in either raster or vector formshow many mountains are there in Scotland?objects can be manipulated
compare manipulation of shapefiles (objects) and coverages (fields)
the distinction concerns how the world is conceived, and the rules governing object behaviorIf we ignore the field/discrete object distinction we may easily apply meaningless forms of analysis
buffer makes sense only for discrete objects
points (0-cells)
A class of objects is a set with the same topological properties (e.g. all points) and with the same set of attributes (e.g. a set of wells or quarter sections or roads). In the Arc8 Geodatabase a class also has the same behaviors, and may inherit behaviors from other classes. A class is associated with an attribute table.
Geodatabase introduces a consistent set of terms for primitive geometric objects
the layer provides one value at every point (recall the definition of a field)
Spatial objects are abstractions of reality. Some objects are well-defined (e.g. road, bridge) but others are not. Objects representing a discrete entity view tend to be well-defined; objects representing a field are not.
Slides: Elevation model options
digital elevation model (raster)Advantages of TIN:
The methods used to store the attribute and locational information about the objects are not of immediate concern to the analyst/modeler.
A database encodes and represents the complex relationships which exist between objects.
Spatial relationships include:
The potential set of relationships within a complex spatial
database is enormous. No system can afford to compute and store all of
them in the database.
A cartographic data structure stores no spatial relationships among objects.
associationa functional linkage between objects in different classesaggregation and compositionlinkage between an object and its component objectstype inheritanceclasses inherit properties from more general classes
An object pair is a combination of objects of the same or different types/classes which may have its own attributes.
giving attributes to associationsExamples of object pairs:
turntable (link-link pairs)
What are the essential components of a data model for route planning in a complex street network?
2. Nodes or intersections - attributes: incident
links, presence of traffic light.
1. Design a database to capture and analyze data on recreational fishing in the Scottish Highlands, to support decision-making by the tourist industry and regulatory agencies. The database should be able to represent the following:
3. Design a database to support water resource analysis and planning for complex hydrographic networks that include streams, rivers, lakes and reservoirs.
A1 Digitizing (di)
Digitizing is the process of converting point and line data from source documents to a machine-readable format.
A2 Edgematching (ed)
Edgematching is the process of joining lines and polygons across map boundaries in creation of a "seamless" database. The join should be topological as well as graphic, that is, a polygon so joined should become a single polygon in the data base, a line so joined should become a single line segment.
A3 Polygonization (po)
Polygonizing is the process of connecting together arcs ("spaghetti") to form polygons.
A4 Labelling (la)
This process transfers labels describing the contents (attributes) of polygons, and the characteristics of lines and points, to the digital system. This input of labels must not be confused with the process of symbolizing and labelling output described below.
A5 Reformatting digital data for input from other systems (rf)
Data previously digitized are made accessible through an interface or converted by software to the system format, and made to be topologically useful as well as graphically compatible.
A6 Reformatting for output to other systems (ro)
This function is the inverse of the previous one. Internal data is reformatted to meet the requirements of other systems or standards.
A7 Data base creation and management (db)
Data is typically digitized from map-sheets, and may be edgematched. The creation of a true "seamless" database requires the establishment of a map sheet directory, and may include tiling to partition the database.
A8 Raster/vector conversion (rv)
The ability to convert data between vector and raster forms with grid cell size, position and orientation selected by the user.
A9 Edit and display on input (ei)
This function allows continuous display and editing of input data, usually in conjunction with digitizing.
A10 Edit and display on output (eo)
The ability to preview and edit displays before creation of hard copy maps.
A11 Symbolizing (sy)
To create high quality output from a GIS, it is necessary to be able to generate a wide variety of symbols to replace the primitive point, line and area objects stored in the database.
A12 Plotting (pl)
Creation of hard copy map output.
A13 Updating (up)
Updating of the digital data base with new points, lines, polygons and attributes.
A14 Browsing (br)
Browse is used to search the data base to answer simple
locational queries, and includes pan and zoom.
B1 Create lists and reports (cl)
This is the ability to create lists and reports on objects and their attributes in user-defined formats, and to include totals and subtotals.
B2 Reclassify attributes (ra)
Reclassification is the change in value of a set of existing attributes based on a set of user specified rules.
B3 Dissolve lines and merge attributes (dm)
Boundaries between adjacent polygons with identical attributes are dissolved to form larger polygons.
B4 Line thinning and weeding (lt)
This process is used to reduce the number of points defining a line or set of lines to a user defined tolerance.
B5 Line smoothing (ls)
Automatically smooth lines to a user-defined tolerance, creating a new set of points (compare B4).
B6 Complex generalization (cg)
Generalization which may require change in the type of an object, or relocation in response to cartographic rules.
B7 Windowing (wi)
The ability to clip features in the database to some defined polygon.
B8 Centroid calculation and sequential numbering (cn)
Calculate a contained, representative point in a polygon and assign a unique number to the new object.
B9 Spot heights (sh)
Given a digital elevation model, interpolate the height at any point.
B10 Heights along streams (hs)
Given a digital elevation model and a hydrology net, interpolate points along streams at fixed increments of height.
B11 Contours (isolines) (ci)
Given a set of regularly or irregularly spaced point values, interpolate contours at user-specified intervals.
B12 Elevation polygons (ep)
Given a digital elevation model, interpolate contours of height at user-specified intervals.
B13 Watershed boundaries (wb)
Given a digital elevation model and a hydrology net, interpolate the position of the watershed between basins.
B14 Scale change (sc)
Perform the operations associated with change of scale, which may include line thinning and generalization.
B15 Rubber sheet stretching (rs)
The ability to stretch one map image to fit over another, given common points of known locations.
B16 Distortion elimination (de)
The ability to remove various types of systematic distortion generated by different input methods.
B17 Projection change (pc)
The ability to transform maps from one map projection to another.
B18 Generate points (gp)
The ability to generate points and insert them in the database.
B19 Generate lines (gl)
The ability to generate lines and insert them in the database.
B20 Generate polygons (ga)
The ability to generate polygons and insert them in the database.
B21 Generate circles (gc)
The ability to generate circles defined by center point and radius.
B22 Generate grid cell nets (gg)
The ability to generate a network of grid cells given a point of origin, grid cell dimension and orientation.
B23 Generate latitude/longitude nets (gn)
The ability to generate graticules for a variety of map projections.
B24 Generate corridors (gb)
This process generates corridors of given width around existing points, lines or areas.
B25 Generate graphs (gr)
Create a graph illustrating attribute data by symbols, bars or fitted trend line.
B26 Generate viewshed maps (gv)
Given a digital elevation model and the locations of one or more viewpoints, generate polygons enclosing the area visible from at least one viewpoint.
B27 Generate perspective views (ge)
From a digital elevation model, generate a three-dimensional block diagram.
B28 Generate cross sections (cs)
Given a digital elevation model, show the cross-section along a user-specified line.
B29 Search by attribute (sa)
The ability to search the data base for objects with certain attributes.
B30 Search by region (sr)
The ability to search the data base within any region defined to the system.
B31 Suppress (su)
The ability to exclude objects by attribute (the converse of selecting by attribute).
B32 Measure number of items (mi)
The ability to count the number of objects in a class.
B33 Measure distances along straight and convoluted lines (md)
The ability to measure distances along a prescribed line.
B34 Measure length of perimeter of areas (mp)
The ability to measure the length of the perimeter of a polygon.
B35 Measure size of areas (ma)
The ability to measure the area of a polygon.
B36 Measure volume (mv)
The ability to compute the volume under a digital representation of a surface.
B37 Calculate - arithmetic (ca)
The ability to perform arithmetic, algebraic and Boolean calculations separately and in combination.
B38 Calculate bearings between points (cb)
The ability to calculate the bearing (with respect to True North) from a given point to another point.
B39 Calculate vertical distance or height (ch)
Given a digital elevation model, calculate the vertical distance (height) between two points.
B40 Calculate slopes along lines (gradients) (al)
The ability to measure the slope between two points of known height and location or to calculate the gradient between any two points along a convoluted line which contains two or more points of known elevation.
B41 Calculate slopes of areas (sl)
Given a digital elevation model and the boundary of a specified region (e.g., a part of a watershed), calculate the average slope of the region.
B42 Calculate aspect of areas (aa)
Given a digital elevation model and the boundary of a specified region, calculate the average aspect of the region.
B43 Calculate angles and distances along linear features (ad)
Given a prescribed linear feature, generalize its shape into a set of angles and distances from a start point, at user-set angular increments, and constrained to any known points along the linear feature.
B44 Subdivide area according to a set of rules (sb)
Given the corner points of a rectangular area, topologically subdivide the area into four quarters.
B45 Locations from traverses (lo)
Given a direction (one of eight radial directions) and distance from a given point, calculate the end point of the traverse.
B46 Statistical functions (sf)
The ability to carry out simple statistical analyses and tests on the database.
B47 Graphic overlay (go)
The ability to superimpose graphically one map on another and display the result on a screen or on a plot.
B48 Point in polygon (pp)
The ability to superimpose a set of points on a set of polygons and determine which polygon (if any) contains each point.
B49 Line on polygon overlay (lp)
The ability to superimpose a set of lines on a set of polygons, breaking the lines at intersections with polygon boundaries.
B50 Polygon overlay (op)
The ability to overlay digitally one set of polygons on another and form a topological intersection of the two, concatenating the attributes.
B51 Sliver polygon removal (sp)
The ability to delete automatically the small sliver polygons which result from a polygon overlay operation when certain polygon lines on the two maps represent different versions of the same physical line.
B52 Line of sight (ln)
The ability to determine the intervisibility of two points, or to determine those parts of pairs of lines or polygons which are intervisible.
B53 Nearest neighbor search (nn)
The ability to identify points, lines or polygons that are nearest to points, lines or polygons specified by location or attribute.
B54 Shortest route (ps)
The ability to determine the shortest or minimum cost route between two points or specified sets of points.
B55 Contiguity analysis (co)
The ability to identify areas that have a common boundary or node.
B56 Connectivity analysis (cy)
The ability to identify areas or points that are (or are not) connected to other areas or points by linear features.
B57 Complex correlation (cx)
The ability to compare maps representing different time periods, extracting differences or computing indices of change.
B58 Weighted modelling (wm)
The ability to assign weighting factors to individual data sets according to a set of rules and to overlay those data sets and carry out reclassify, dissolve and merge operations on the resulting concatenated data set.
B59 Scene generation (sg)
The ability to simulate an image of the appearance of an area from map data. The image would normally consist of an oblique view, with perspective.
B60 Network analysis (na)
Simple forms of network analysis are covered in Shortest
route and Connectivity. More complex analyses are frequently carried out
on network data by electrical and gas utilities, communications companies
etc. These include the simulation of flows in complex networks, load balancing
in electrical distribution, traffic analysis, and computation of pressure
loss in gas pipes. In many cases these capabilities can be found in existing
packages which can be interfaced to the GIS database.
Other groupings of GIS functions:
Berry, J.K., 1987, "Fundamental operations in computer-assisted map analysis". International Journal of GIS 1 119-36.
Tomlin, Dana, 1990. Geographic Information Systems and
Cartographic Modeling. Prentice Hall.
1. Query and reasoning
based on database viewscatalog
simple geometric measurements associated with objects3. Transformationarea, distance, length, perimeter, shape
buffers4. Descriptive summaries
centers5. Optimization
best routes6. Hypothesis testingraster versionbest locations
inference from sample to population
Integration of GIS and Spatial Analysis
1. Full integration (embedding)
Section 2 - Spatial statistics - Simple measures for exploring geographic information - The value of the spatial perspective on data - Intuition and where it fails - Applications in crime analysis, emergencies, incidence of disease:
How to sum up a geographical distribution in a simple measure?
Two concepts of space are relevant:
A metric is a means of measuring distance between pairs of places (in continuous space)
Definitions of center:
The centroid
V = summation of (w(i)/d(i))
the summation can be carried out at any location
V can be mapped - a "potential" map
think of a scatter of points representing peoplehow to map the density of people?
Measures of shape:
Spatial Interpolation
Spatial interpolation is defined as a process of determining the characteristics of objects from those of nearby objects
The attributes are most often interval-scaled (elevations) but may be of any type
From a GIS perspective, spatial interpolation is a process of creating one class of objects from another class
Spatial interpolation is often embedded in other processes, and is often used as part of a display process
Distance-weighted interpolation
Known values exist at n locations i=1,...,n
The value at a location xi is denoted by z(xi)
We need to guess the value at location x, denoted by z(x)
The guessed value is an average over the known values at the sample points
Let w[d] denote the weight given to a point at distance
d in calculating the average.
The estimate at x is calculated as:
z(x) = summation over every point i (w[d(xi,x)]
z(xi)) / summation over every point i (w[d(xi,x)])
in other words, the average weighted by distance.
The simplest kind of weight is a switch - a weight of 1 is given to any points within a certain distance of x, and a weight of 0 to all others
w[d] = d-2
All of the distance weighted methods (e.g IDW) share the same positive features and drawbacks. They are:
Set the window size to some test value
Then select one of the sample points, and use the method to interpolate at that point by averaging over the remaining n-1 sample values
Compare the interpolated value to the known value at that point. Repeat for all n points and average the errors
Then the best window size (parameter value) is the one which minimizes total error
In most cases this will be a non-zero and non-infinite
Polynomial surfaces
A polynomial function is fitted to the known values - interpolated
values are obtained by evaluating the function
Most real surfaces are observed to be spatially autocorrelated - that is, nearby points have values which are more similar than distant points.
The amount and form of spatial autocorrelation can be described by a variogram, which shows how differences in values increase with geographical separation
Observed variograms tend to have certain common features
- differences increase with distance up to a certain value known as the
sill, which is reached at a distance known as the range.
To make estimates by Kriging, a variogram is obtained from the observed values or past experience
Some of the most satisfactory methods use a mosaic approach in which the surface is locally defined by a polynomial function, and the functions are arranged to fit together in some way
With a TIN data structure it is possible to describe the surface within each triangle by a plane
Hypothesis tests:
Section 3 - Spatial interaction models - What they are and where they're used - Calibration and "what-if" - Trade area analysis and market penetration:
j denote a destination object (a point or area)
I*ij denote the observed interaction between i and j, measured in appropriate units (e.g. numbers of trips, flow of goods, per defined interval of time)
Iij denote the interaction predicted by
the spatial interaction model
Aj denote the attraction of the destination area j
Cij denote the deterrence of the trip between i and j (probably some measure of the trip length or cost)
a a constant to be determined
Iij = a Ei Aj Cij
or Cij = exp (-bdij) (exp denotes 2.71828 to the power)
Sales per 2-week period for convenience store:
+ 3990 if side street traffic is transient
+ 3188 per curb cut on side street
+ 2974 if store stands alone
- 1722 per lane on main street
Section 4 - Spatial dependence - Looking at causes and effects in a geographical context:
Spatial dependence
Calculation of the Geary index of spatial autocorrelation
wij = 1 if i,j adjacent, else 0
c is 1 if neighbors vary as much as the sample as a whole
c < 1 if neighbors are more similar than the sample as a whole (positive dependence)
c > 1 if neighbors are less similar (negative dependence)
fits a model such as y = a + bxbut assumes that the values of a and b will vary geographically
Geographical brushing:
Crime and income in Los Angelesrate of car thefts (per sq km per year)b = increase in car thefts per sq km per thousand dollars median income
A related issue - the MAUP
6 Democrat-proposed congressional districts .6274
6 existing congressional districts .2651
6 urban/rural regional types .8624
6 functional regions .7128
Section 5 - Site selection - Locational analysis and location/allocation - Other forms of operations research in spatial analysis - Spatial decision support systems - Linking spatial analysis with GIS to support spatial decision-making:
A spatial database can be used to support the solution of a variety of network problems, including optimal location, routing and vehicle scheduling
Traveling salesman problem and variants
Trans-shipment problem
Hitchcock transportation problem
Traffic assignment problem
Coverage problems
Minimax location problems
Plant location problem
Pipe cost:
D0 distance in metres
B pipe life in years
C pump cost per year
D holding capacity, m3
V0 volume of brine, m3 per year
F life of holding capacity, years
Q truck cost, $/hour
H time to load and unload truck
P speed of truck in km/hour
G truck load, m3
Success rate 60-80%
Buildup of residual hydrocarbons
Corrosion of pipes
Slide: Transport
cost functions
GIS implementation:
Network of streets and rights of way - potential routes for trucks/pipes
Links with attributes of length
Nodes with attributes of volume produced - producer sites plus other potential well locations
GIS database with nodes and links and associated attributes:
Location-allocation analysis module:
2. Define and modify model parameters
3. Use paths and parameters to calculate transport costs
4. Search for optimum solution using add, drop and swap heuristics
5. Evaluate solutions and print results
Traffic modeling
Corridor location for pipelines/powerlines/highways
Runoff modeling based on DEM
Load balancing in electrical networks
Spatial search
Boolean search
Forest stands - area object type, non-overlapping
Use tables to obtain estimated yield for given species/age and area
Generate a map showing merged groups of cuttable stands, with new IDs, plus a table showing yield for each group.
Two or more coverages can be overlayed to obtain new object types with concatenated attributes. This allows Boolean search and related operations to be conducted on multiple object types, i.e. with more information available.
A buffer zone allows Boolean searches to include criteria based on distance
In many cases criteria are not commensurate and cannot be summed.
2. Environmental cost of extraction - intangible
3. Road construction cost - $, but long-term benefits
Single Utility Functions (SUFs) for each criterion
Multiple Utility Functions (MUFs) to combine criteria.
Both SUFs and MUFs can be determined by experimental designs involving groups of decision-makers
Decision theoretic methods can be incorporated into GIS
technology. The GIS is used to evaluate the criteria for each alternative,
then to weigh them using SUFs and MUFs to arrive at a decision.
A model for spatial analysis with a GIS
Example of multi-stage GIS analysis
Generation of a Recreation Opportunity Spectrum (ROS) map
for a National Forest 1:24,000 quad (7.5 minute)
Problem: generate zones and associated ROS classes for
Forest Service land based on distance from transportation features, with
urban exclusions.
Data needed:
D1: Roads and railways (1:24,000) - line objects
Reclassify attributes (B2)Steps to make product:
2. Dissolve boundaries between polygons with the same value of the forest land / not forest land attribute, and merge polygons (B3)
3. Using the transportation map, generate corridors 0.5 miles wide around all roads and railways. (B24)
4. Using the transportation map, generate corridors 1.0 miles wide around all roads and railways. (B24)
5. Topologically overlay the results of 2, 3 and 4 and concatenate the attributes, to obtain polygons with the following attributes:
forest land / not forest land
within/outside 0.5 mile corridor
within/outside 1.0 mile corridor (B50)
7. Reclassify the area objects resulting from 6 according
to the following rules:
RMU forest land and urban
SPM forest land, non-urban and within 0.5 miles of road/rail
10. Reclassify polygons of class SPM according to the following rules:
RN Areas of more than 2500 acres (B2)
11. Calculate centroids and sequentially number polygons (B8)
12. Plot classified polygons with classes and numbers assigned in 11, plus roads and railways and urban areas (A12)
13. Create a list of all polygons, with IDs, areas and classes. (B1)
Initial data sets: D1, D2, D3
1. B2 on D2 -> E1
2. B3 on E1 -> E2
3. B24 on D1 -> E3
4. B24 on D1 -> E4
5. B50 on E2, E3, E4 -> E5
6. B50 on E5, D3 -> E6
7. B2 on E6 -> E7
8. B3 on E7 -> E8
9. B35 on E8 -> E9
10. B2 on E9 -> E10
11. B8 on E10 -> E11
12. A12 on E11, D1, D3
13. B1 on E11
Many GIS applications require complex decision rules in reclassification operations.
2. More than 100m from stream/lake (B24)
3. Subrules based on slope, aspect and soil mechanics determine method of timber extraction.
4. Analysis
of existing roads and terrain leads to estimates of costs of constructing
5. Subrules based on costs of replanting, silviculture
Current districts
Projections of enrollment based on current school districts


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If you notice someone taking pictures in your neighborhood …August 1, 2014 at 3:25 pm | In Seen around town, West Seattle news | 21 Comments
… it MIGHT be the real-estate site Zillow. We got a note from Michael in Gatewood this afternoon, saying someone suspicious was taking photos of houses along his street. A neighbor, he told us, asked the person what they were doing; they said they were with Zillow. After we tried contacting the company via Twitter just to ask, they called us to confirm yes, it's a project they're working on, to "improve the images on (their website)" comparable to what you might see on Google Street View. However, the spokesperson assured us, they aren't taking photos with people in them, and if you tell the photographer not to take a picture of your house, they'll honor the request. Just thought we'd share what we found out.
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Interesting. They were doing the same thing during the work day on my street in High Point a month or two back. The neighbor called down to the woman from his open upstairs window and asked what she was doing and she brushed him off and wouldn't tell him. At the very least they could wear identification and identify themselves politely when asked! I felt very uncomfortable at work finding out someone was roaming around my house taking pictures.
Comment by trickycoolj — 3:59 pm August 1, 2014 #
While some of us may not like it, it's also generally quite legal to take photographs of just about any sort of property from the public right of way. The police — or myself as a home owner — would have no authority or right to try to stop someone from taking a few photos of my house, or even me in my yard. Depending on the circumstances of how those photos are used, there may be some limitations — but I could walk every single street in Seattle and take a picture of all 60,000 or so homes if I wanted to, for better or worse.
Comment by Joe Szilagyi — 4:11 pm August 1, 2014 #
This kind of thing happened to me a couple of years ago. The person acted as if I were out of line for asking why he was taking pictures of my yard. I told him to leave, which he did
Comment by Eric — 4:12 pm August 1, 2014 #
You can ask them to not take a picture, if you happen to be home in the middle of a work day when they come past your house? Nice.
Comment by Gatewood Guy — 4:26 pm August 1, 2014 #
As Joe points out, anything and anyone visible from a public space, sidewalk, street, whatever, is fair game for photography. The Zillow rep who called us (again – unsolicited – I tweeted "at" Zillow just because some larger, online-savvy companies are actually more reachable via Twitter than if you try to make your way through a phone tree, and did NOT include our number, so they went to the trouble of looking it up) volunteered that people could ask the rep not to take a pic; it wasn't the response to a question. Google Street View goes by regularly. Bing's corresponding service was seen in West Seattle recently. If you look at Redfin and Zillow -type services, there are satellite shots of your home too. Just a datapoint … TR
I agree it's fair game to take pictures from the right of way, I have used Google Street View so many times for all kinds of reasons. But when it was some random person not willing to identify herself, it seemed sketchy. The county assessor would most definitely identify themselves (I hope!) so it made me skeptical that someone was going to try to profit from pictures of our houses in some way, which I wasn't really comfortable with. Especially given the concepts around High Point who knew if it was something innocent like Zillow or the agent for the house that later went on sale across the street or some type of shady media outlet trying to smear High Point or SHA. I wouldn't be thrilled if someone used pictures of my home for something negative about my neighborhood!
Either way I took solace that I had just installed two very kitschy pink flamingo yard ornaments that week!!
Comment by trickycoolj — 4:47 pm August 1, 2014 #
Anything that can be seen or photographed from the public right of way is fair game as there is no reasonable expectation of privacy. I have a hard time understanding why people get themselves so worked up and get so aggressive about things like this. I don't find it the least bit suspicious.
Comment by Christopher Boffoli — 4:52 pm August 1, 2014 #
A young man was taking pictures of houses on my street a couple of days ago. I asked him what was going on, then saw that he had "Zillow" written large on his shirt. He confirmed that was what it was for.
Comment by KatherineL — 5:07 pm August 1, 2014 #
I saw him here in Gatewood, too. FWIW, it did look he had a badge with ID on a lanyard around his neck. He wasn't being intrusive, just on the sidewalk at the time I drive by.
Comment by Michelle R-R — 5:11 pm August 1, 2014 #
As an amateur photographer, I often photograph buildings that I find interesting looking. So what. Seems to me, someone's being awfully paranoid…
Comment by Me — 5:37 pm August 1, 2014 #
I have far bigger things to worry about than someone taking a photo of my house. It certainly won't be the only one on the internet.
Comment by Me Too — 7:18 pm August 1, 2014 #
I pulled up to my house as he was taking a picture of it. I asked why. He told me he worked for Zillow and showed me a badge. I said okay and we both moved on. I'm not sure why being curious would make me suspicious or paranoid.
Comment by Beth Davenport — 9:15 pm August 1, 2014 #
I don't think anyone is being "paranoid". I too saw a person taking pictures and I asked him why, and he told me for Zillow and I noticed he had a i.d. badge, and I took his picture with my phone – glad to hear others are taking notice. I hear too many stories of burglaries and such where the burglars acted like they were supposed to be at a house and no one asked, took information or whatever. Also, bank representatives do things like this to harass homeowners whose houses are in danger of foreclosure. Love that a lot of my West Seattle neighbors keep an eye out for all of us.
Comment by zorazane — 9:35 pm August 1, 2014 #
Actually Joe Szilagyi, it's not that simple. If Zillow was not profiting from it, yes. However, they are. I'd also go as far as to say they probably don't have proper permits to take pictures for profit in city limits. Oops, the multi-billion dollar company might just have a class action lawsuit brewing over this.
Comment by Mike — 10:28 pm August 1, 2014 #
Permits to take pictures for profit in the city limits? Yes, it is that simple, they can. Whether for Zillow, Google, or any other "for profit" company, I can walk on public property and take all the pictures I want to. Restrictions occur only in how I use said pictures.
Comment by Twobottles — 11:22 pm August 1, 2014 #
If it was illegal to stand on public property and take pictures of private things you would solve the paparazzi issues that celebrities have. Imagine how annoying THAT would be!
Comment by Smitty — 6:05 am August 2, 2014 #
Hopefully they didn't take pictures of my house last month when I hadn't touched my yard in 5 weeks. It looks much, much better now Zillow!
Comment by Azimuth — 7:53 am August 2, 2014 #
@Azimuth. That's funny. I actually appreciated the angle he was shooting my house as it didn't show the bush that needs to be pruned on the south side.
Comment by Beth Davenport — 3:08 pm August 2, 2014 #
@zorazane And now the burglars will wear fake Zillow uniform and ID badges.
Comment by tim — 3:49 pm August 2, 2014 #
I called Zillow and the gist was they don't hire people to take pictures of anyone's house. Real estate agents submit pictures to them all the time so I find it odd the person said he worked for Zillow.
Comment by Winston — 1:35 pm August 13, 2014 #
As a follow up a Zillow rep sent me an email saying it was probably someone from Zillow after all. They did say however, "…our photographers are supposed to have ID on them at all times, so if you encounter this again and the photographer cannot produce an ID, try to get more information on the person and please let us know. Thank you."
So, all-in-all, if you see someone taking pictures from the street, no need to worry. If they are sneaking around your backyard taking picture through your windows, time to worry. :-)
Comment by Winston — 3:29 pm August 13, 2014 #
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