The 15-lens cameras atop Google's Street View cars (http://www.google.com/help/maps/streetview/learn/cars-trikes-and-more.html) have recorded a host of "interesting" moments in the nearly six years they've been snapping photos of the world's streets: Paddington Bear (http://londonist.com/2012/01/google-street-view-multiple-paddington-bears-in-london.php), the naked Florida woman (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/12/google-street-view-naked-florida-woman_n_958363.html#s358185&title=Naked_Florida_Woman) and, of course, "horse boy (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/06/27/horse-boy-on-google-stree_n_625531.html)," to name just a few.
But the images of the woman and man on Temperance Street in Manchester, U.K., engaged in some, errr, "manual stimulation" (http://gawker.com/5990572/google-streetview-captures-prostitute-giving-public-handjob-in-manchester-england) could take the not-safe-for-work cake.
WARNING: NSFW IMAGES BELOWGoogle Sightseeing, an unofficial blog covering Google Maps and Google Streetview, embedded the map in question on its site on March 7 (http://googlesightseeing.com/streetviews/man-caught-receiving-hand-job-from-prostitute-on-street-view-no-joke-and-totally-not-safe-for-work-nsfw/).
Tweets from Google Sightseeing indicate that the images were unavailable later that day (https://twitter.com/gsightseeing/status/309828467640373248), but not before screenshots had immortalized the couple.
(Story continues below.)Though Google wouldn't confirm to The Huffington Post when it had taken down the images, a spokesperson emailed a statement outlining how users can report objectionable "moments."
From Google:
Street View captures images that can be seen by anyone walking down a public street; unfortunately, sometimes we capture odd or unpleasant moments. When a user comes across an image that they believe is offensive or inappropriate, they can let us know through the "Report a problem" tool at the bottom of the image. We regularly monitor and respond to these requests.
Another independent Maps blog, Google Maps Mania (http://googlemapsmania.blogspot.com/), noted that someone changed the name of the street (http://googlemapsmania.blogspot.com/2013/03/nsfw-google-maps.html) from Temperance Street to "Hand Job Alley," although it was not long before Google
ruined that, too. changed it back. (A screenshot is still available at Google Maps Mania (http://googlemapsmania.blogspot.com/2013/03/nsfw-google-maps.html)).
LOOK: The current (censored) map for 105 Temperance Street, Manchester, England:View Larger Map (https://maps.google.com/maps?layer=c&cbll=53.475442,-2.224167&panoid=U5sG1gmXj0Su34imRKqoGQ&cbp=13,306.46,,0,5.63&hl=en&ie=UTF8&t=m&source=embed&ll=53.474869,-2.224163&spn=0.002005,0.006115&z=17)
(Hat tip, Gawker (http://gawker.com/5990572/google-streetview-captures-prostitute-giving-public-handjob-in-manchester-england))
Via: HuffingtonPost