See the cache in Google Street View

[+jellis]

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[+jellis]

Oh I didn't realize this posting is from last year.

[+jellis]

Just contacted Lil' Devil and he fixed the link if anyone is interested.

[+Lil Devil]

Just contacted Lil' Devil and he fixed the link if anyone is interested.

... and I updated the script so it works on all cache pages again. Enjoy.

[+jellis]

Thank you again

[+Lil Devil]

The Street View script has been updated to work again now that the cache pages load via https. Install the script

 

Original post:

I just published a new Greasemonkey script that adds a Google Street View image of the cache location (if one is available) to the cache page.

 

 

The tooltip on the icon shows the name of the cache (or waypoint) and the distance from the viewer (the Street View car). This can be configured to show in meters or feet. Click on the gear icon above the map to set this and other options.

 

If there are additional waypoints, or corrected coordinates, they are all shown on the map, and are scaled appropriately with distance in the Street View.

 

The map and the Street View image are linked together. Moving one is reflected on the other.

 

You can also click on the "Full" button at the top to view the same map(s) in the full browser window.

[+jellis]

Thanks, I was going to ask you about it

[Ridler & Cmokica]

Today I noticed that script stopped working. It shows notice from Google and a watermark "for development purposes only".

Can you do something about it?

[+HHL]

55 minutes ago, Ridler & Cmokica said:

Can you do something about it?

YOU can do something: Hit the settings button (top right) and enter an Apikey. It's that easy.

 

Hans

[+on4bam]

Try again.. there's no error for the moment. It seems Google is constantly changing things.

[Ridler & Cmokica]

2 hours ago, HHL said:

YOU can do something: Hit the settings button (top right) and enter an Apikey. It's that easy.

 

Hans

 

I don't have that option in my settings, neither do I have the API key.

 

2 hours ago, on4bam said:

Try again.. there's no error for the moment. It seems Google is constantly changing things.

 

Looks like so. It's currently working for me too.

Edited September 19, 2018 by Ridler & Cmokica

[+HHL]

I'm using version 2.01 of this add-on.

 

Hans

[+on4bam]

2 minutes ago, HHL said:

I'm using version 2.01 of this add-on.

 

 

I don't think the plugin version has anything to do with it.

It's Google. When the plugin failed, GSAK's Map Nearest V3 showed the map error too. Later in GSAK it worked again and the plugin worked again too. Looks like Google is switching stuff on and off.

 

[+HHL]

3 minutes ago, on4bam said:

I don't think the plugin version has anything to do with it.

Please read the latest four posts as well. We're talking about the Google api key and how to use it with this extension. We're NOT talking about GSAK macros.

 

Hans

[+on4bam]

2 minutes ago, HHL said:

Please read the latest four posts as well. We're talking about the Google api key and how to use it with this extension. We're NOT talking about GSAK macros.

 

Read the post Ridler & Cmokica made about the plugin not working. It has nothing to do with API key as the same error was seen in GSAK, the plugin now works again as does the gsak macro. So it's at google's end. It has nothing to do with the version.

 

 

Edited September 19, 2018 by on4bam

[+HHL]

2 minutes ago, on4bam said:

It has nothing to do with the version.

You should know that Google actually works like a roller coaster. It has to do with the extension,  as one might use the Google Api key with this extension. That way the extension will always work, not only sometimes.
I'm off now as I do not like your waisenheimer behaviour.

[+on4bam]

6 minutes ago, HHL said:

I'm off now as I do not like your waisenheimer behaviour.

 

Whatever.

Ploink....

 

[Ridler & Cmokica]

1 hour ago, HHL said:

I'm using version 2.01 of this add-on.

 

Hans

 

Where did you get the 2.01 version? I can't find any version above 1.2.1 which is what I'm using... 

[+HHL]

15 minutes ago, Ridler & Cmokica said:

Where did you get the 2.01 version?

There: https://addons.mozilla.org/de/firefox/addon/geocaching-street-view/

 

Quote

Converted from a Greasemonkey script to standalone Extension.

 

Edited September 19, 2018 by HHL

[Ridler & Cmokica]

That's the Firefox addon and I'm not a FF user.
 

It would be nice if the author could update the Chrome version as well...

[+HHL]

2 hours ago, Ridler & Cmokica said:

That's the Firefox addon and I'm not a FF user.

You should have said that from the beginning. Would have saved me some unnecessray effort.

[+learn2mine]

There is a dedicated Google Street view add-on for Firefox now! Just install and it works!

[+hzoi]

15 hours ago, learn2mine said:

There is a dedicated Google Street view add-on for Firefox now! Just install and it works!

 

I miss having this option available.  No one has a problem staring at you as you walk down the street in Germany - but apparently to do so from behind a computer screen is a violation of privacy.

[+HHL]

9 minutes ago, hzoi said:

I miss having this option available. 

Yes, living in the wrong parts of Germany and entire Austria could be a real pain.

 

Frohes Jagen aus Hamburg

Hans

Edited September 25, 2018 by HHL

[+Boonie-oet-Gelaen]

This used to be a great script. Used it in the past but cannot download it anymore. Links aren't working. Is it still available somewhere?

[+Vovten]

On 3/14/2024 at 5:25 AM, Boonie-oet-Gelaen said:

This used to be a great script. Used it in the past but cannot download it anymore. Links aren't working. Is it still available somewhere?

 

There is a copy from 2013 on the Wayback Machine at Internet Archive here:

 

https://web.archive.org/web/20131104142911/https://userscripts.org/scripts/source/156543.user.js

 

The above is from the original link in the original post.  Lil Devil posted an updated link in 2015 that currently works, and may point to a newer version of the script:

 

https://lildevil-greasemonkey.s3.amazonaws.com/GC-street-view.user.js

 

Edited March 27 by Vovten
Fixed dates, added a 2015 link