{"id":97640,"date":"2005-04-13T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2005-04-13T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/2005\/04\/13\/pictures-dont-lie\/"},"modified":"2024-04-14T04:18:08","modified_gmt":"2024-04-14T09:18:08","slug":"pictures-dont-lie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/internet\/2005\/04\/13\/pictures-dont-lie\/","title":{"rendered":"Pictures Don\u2019t Lie"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2002, we asked internet users about \u201cvanity searches\u201d and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/internet\/Reports\/2002\/Search-Engines.aspx\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/internet\/PPF\/r\/64\/report_display.asp\">found<\/a> that one in four admitted to typing their own name into a search engine. Most people said the information was accurate \u2013 just 17% said it was inaccurate. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I wonder how many people are typing their own addresses into <a href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/\">Google Maps<\/a>, just to see what they can see. Or, even better, typing in other people\u2019s addresses. As they say, pictures don\u2019t lie \u2013 there\u2019s little chance for inaccuracy here. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sites are springing up to do some of the work for you \u2013 linking directly to <a href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?ll=35.046623,-90.025470&amp;spn=0.005000,0.008347&amp;t=k&amp;hl=en\">Graceland<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?q=groom+lake,nv&amp;ll=37.272835,-115.798731&amp;sll=36.518555,-115.561924&amp;spn=0.060081,0.085402&amp;sspn=0.127029,0.120678&amp;t=k&amp;hl=en\">Area 51<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Check out <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shreddies.org\/gmaps\/\">Google Sightseeing<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/gmaps.nicj.net\/\">Google Globetrotting<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Google Maps takes &#8220;vanity searches&#8221; to a whole new 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