DeDee
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While I cannot say whether Google blurred the area or not, I would like to say that we y'all have the option to blur your own homes out on Google maps. I did this myself years ago for security purposes.
Hope this info is helpful and still relevant as I did it years ago.
- First go to google maps and enter your home address
- Enter into street view mode/dragging the yellow human(person)-shaped icon located in the bottom right corner of the screen onto the map in front of your residence.
- Your residence is in view, click “report a problem” in the bottom right corner of the screen.
- Center the red box on your home and choose “My home” in the “request blurring” field.
Yes, it's true that it's possible to blur areas of google maps although I've never tried. My prime suspect in an unsolved murder, years ago at TOD, resided in a blurred home that has since become visible. It doesn't seem to effect directions for emergency vehicles in finding a blurred location.
It was rare to run across an area blurred on GMaps, at that time. Now, GMaps has more blurred areas but it's not what I'd consider common.
There are so many videos online that almost anything we need to see in that immediate area of the 1122 House can be found somewhere online.