Comments on: Google Street View for Australia Launches http://www.business2.com.au/2008/08/google-street-view-for-australia-lunches/ Real Estate Agent News and Information Technology Sat, 11 Feb 2012 10:30:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Glenn Batten http://www.business2.com.au/2008/08/google-street-view-for-australia-lunches/#comment-4049 Glenn Batten Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:55:54 +0000 http://www.business2.com.au/2008/08/06/google-street-view-for-australia-lunches/#comment-4049 Snoop, I guess you have to be a real estate agent to understand all the uses and there are many, both internally and for solutions to the public.. One thing that I had not expected to be such a big deal was buyers previewing houses on Google Street before they come to an open house. We have had a number of buyers advise they checked the home and street out before coming to the open house. As to PDS.. again you have to be an agent. It is a property agent database for real estate agents just like RPData and each have their own consumer versions with www.myrp.com.au and www.streetsales.com.au. Years ago RPData went and photographed the front of every property. It would have cost them a fortune at the time but it gave them a point of difference over new players entering the market. Real Estate agents like those front photos for many reasons. My point is that one advantage they had disappeared overnight when PDS entered into a relatively cheap enterprise agreement for Google Street Sales which is more up to date and far more advanced than RPData's static front property photos. Snoop,

I guess you have to be a real estate agent to understand all the uses and there are many, both internally and for solutions to the public.. One thing that I had not expected to be such a big deal was buyers previewing houses on Google Street before they come to an open house. We have had a number of buyers advise they checked the home and street out before coming to the open house.

As to PDS.. again you have to be an agent. It is a property agent database for real estate agents just like RPData and each have their own consumer versions with http://www.myrp.com.au and http://www.streetsales.com.au.

Years ago RPData went and photographed the front of every property. It would have cost them a fortune at the time but it gave them a point of difference over new players entering the market. Real Estate agents like those front photos for many reasons. My point is that one advantage they had disappeared overnight when PDS entered into a relatively cheap enterprise agreement for Google Street Sales which is more up to date and far more advanced than RPData’s static front property photos.

]]> By: snoop http://www.business2.com.au/2008/08/google-street-view-for-australia-lunches/#comment-4048 snoop Sun, 17 Aug 2008 22:09:50 +0000 http://www.business2.com.au/2008/08/06/google-street-view-for-australia-lunches/#comment-4048 So what value does it really add? Seems like a lot of Hype with not much real use? PDSlive is a b2b play? Why would an agent use it? Seems more consumer focused? So what value does it really add?
Seems like a lot of Hype with not much real use?
PDSlive is a b2b play?
Why would an agent use it?
Seems more consumer focused?

]]> By: Glenn Batten http://www.business2.com.au/2008/08/google-street-view-for-australia-lunches/#comment-4037 Glenn Batten Fri, 08 Aug 2008 05:58:39 +0000 http://www.business2.com.au/2008/08/06/google-street-view-for-australia-lunches/#comment-4037 A few days on and the predictable privacy issues are still raging in the newspapers. This happened with Google Maps and Google Earth and both are now well and truly accepted. In fact unlike Google Street View, both Earth and Maps show you a view that you cant see easily by yourself without growing a set of wings. PDSLive www.pdslive.com.au just rolled out to all clients Google Street View into their solution this afternoon as well. Has anybody heard anything about REA's implementation of Street View ? Some API details for anyone looking for it are at http://googlemapsapi.blogspot.com/2008/03/street-view-in-api-or-how-i-spent-my.html A few days on and the predictable privacy issues are still raging in the newspapers. This happened with Google Maps and Google Earth and both are now well and truly accepted. In fact unlike Google Street View, both Earth and Maps show you a view that you cant see easily by yourself without growing a set of wings.

PDSLive http://www.pdslive.com.au just rolled out to all clients Google Street View into their solution this afternoon as well.

Has anybody heard anything about REA’s implementation of Street View ?

Some API details for anyone looking for it are at http://googlemapsapi.blogspot.com/2008/03/street-view-in-api-or-how-i-spent-my.html

]]> By: Glenn Batten http://www.business2.com.au/2008/08/google-street-view-for-australia-lunches/#comment-4045 Glenn Batten Wed, 06 Aug 2008 06:14:41 +0000 http://www.business2.com.au/2008/08/06/google-street-view-for-australia-lunches/#comment-4045 RPData invested a fortune in taking front shots of property to integrate into their database. In fact it was one of their only real point of differences over more modern competition. Overnight, the value of that asset virtually got written off. Ouch! Thanks to Google Street View, PDSLive (www.pdslive.com.au) already has a solution out of development and in final testing within 24 hours of release and is expected to go live to QLD and NSW clients in a day or two. RPData invested a fortune in taking front shots of property to integrate into their database. In fact it was one of their only real point of differences over more modern competition. Overnight, the value of that asset virtually got written off. Ouch!

Thanks to Google Street View, PDSLive (www.pdslive.com.au) already has a solution out of development and in final testing within 24 hours of release and is expected to go live to QLD and NSW clients in a day or two.

]]> By: SSSR http://www.business2.com.au/2008/08/google-street-view-for-australia-lunches/#comment-4044 SSSR Wed, 06 Aug 2008 05:39:42 +0000 http://www.business2.com.au/2008/08/06/google-street-view-for-australia-lunches/#comment-4044 Marcus, thanks for the heads up. That is the first time I have had a chance to play with Google Street View. How cool is it! Well done to Domain who have moved quickly to implement this. It is well worth the effort. Marcus, thanks for the heads up. That is the first time I have had a chance to play with Google Street View. How cool is it! Well done to Domain who have moved quickly to implement this. It is well worth the effort.

]]> By: Kitchen Designer http://www.business2.com.au/2008/08/google-street-view-for-australia-lunches/#comment-4043 Kitchen Designer Wed, 06 Aug 2008 05:27:13 +0000 http://www.business2.com.au/2008/08/06/google-street-view-for-australia-lunches/#comment-4043 Gee, I don't know... What can be really gained from this? My streetview image is outdated already. Will Google be forever driving around taking new images and continuously updating? Gee, I don’t know… What can be really gained from this? My streetview image is outdated already. Will Google be forever driving around taking new images and continuously updating?

]]> By: Glenn Batten http://www.business2.com.au/2008/08/google-street-view-for-australia-lunches/#comment-4042 Glenn Batten Wed, 06 Aug 2008 04:30:57 +0000 http://www.business2.com.au/2008/08/06/google-street-view-for-australia-lunches/#comment-4042 Nathan, Domain definitely do have it running. It is an extra button to the top of the map which are at the bottom of the page. A bit inconspicuous. It is also at the top off the popout photo page when you look at the larger photos. Marcus Great job... and fast implementation. Love to hear any feedback you get from buyers in the first few weeks. Just one question, from a marketing perspective I could think of times that showing the street view is not going to be beneficial. Are you turning it on by default on all properties or are you manually checking each property to ensure the street view is not detrimental? Obviously at a portal level they will just apply it to everything with an address. Nathan,
Domain definitely do have it running. It is an extra button to the top of the map which are at the bottom of the page. A bit inconspicuous. It is also at the top off the popout photo page when you look at the larger photos.

Marcus
Great job… and fast implementation. Love to hear any feedback you get from buyers in the first few weeks.

Just one question, from a marketing perspective I could think of times that showing the street view is not going to be beneficial. Are you turning it on by default on all properties or are you manually checking each property to ensure the street view is not detrimental? Obviously at a portal level they will just apply it to everything with an address.

]]> By: brett http://www.business2.com.au/2008/08/google-street-view-for-australia-lunches/#comment-4040 brett Wed, 06 Aug 2008 04:30:18 +0000 http://www.business2.com.au/2008/08/06/google-street-view-for-australia-lunches/#comment-4040 Nathan - I clicked on your link and it worked perfectly. Prehaps google maps is having teething issues? I do note that when I try to 'walk' down the street in the street view it often alerts me that too many people are using it to load the next frame. I think it's brilliant. When Google starts selling real estate it will get very interesting! Nathan – I clicked on your link and it worked perfectly. Prehaps google maps is having teething issues? I do note that when I try to ‘walk’ down the street in the street view it often alerts me that too many people are using it to load the next frame.

I think it’s brilliant. When Google starts selling real estate it will get very interesting!

]]> By: adam http://www.business2.com.au/2008/08/google-street-view-for-australia-lunches/#comment-4039 adam Wed, 06 Aug 2008 04:26:41 +0000 http://www.business2.com.au/2008/08/06/google-street-view-for-australia-lunches/#comment-4039 Now all we need is to make sure agents put addresses in listings on the portals and we will be honky dory :) Now all we need is to make sure agents put addresses in listings on the portals and we will be honky dory :)

]]> By: Marcus Sintome http://www.business2.com.au/2008/08/google-street-view-for-australia-lunches/#comment-4041 Marcus Sintome Wed, 06 Aug 2008 04:13:31 +0000 http://www.business2.com.au/2008/08/06/google-street-view-for-australia-lunches/#comment-4041 When we knew about Google Street View we spent some time yesterday integrating into our own real estate site. It wasn't too difficult. We've placed a Street View 3D link which keeps the new view on the page for the property. http://www.toop.com.au/fulldetails.asp?refid=25CYANNOR0A (as an example). It actually works really well and I think that this announcement will indeed be a fantastic resource for the Real Estate Industry. When we knew about Google Street View we spent some time yesterday integrating into our own real estate site. It wasn’t too difficult.

We’ve placed a Street View 3D link which keeps the new view on the page for the property.

http://www.toop.com.au/fulldetails.asp?refid=25CYANNOR0A
(as an example).

It actually works really well and I think that this announcement will indeed be a fantastic resource for the Real Estate Industry.

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