Google Now Using ReCAPTCHA To Decode Street View Addresses - Hackdot

Re:Google Now Using ReCAPTCHA To Decode Street View Addresses by notatoad on Thursday March 29, 2012 @09:29PM (#3774084)

I think everybody might be looking at this backwards. Google already has very precise gps-correlated maps and street view data, it doesn't seem like they would need our help to determine street addresses.

Recaptcha pairs a known with an unknown to verify, maybe the addresses are the known factor.

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Re:Google Now Using ReCAPTCHA To Decode Street View Addresses by hbar on Thursday March 29, 2012 @10:05PM (#3774178)

Usually if I input an address into Google maps, it places a marker somewhere near the actual address. If I use street view it seems to point me in a random direction and usually not toward the address I wanted. I think this is aimed at that.

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