Posted 01/09/2009 at 10:30:54am

Obviously the 2 posters at the bottom have not been informed as to how google street view actually works.  There are not "cameras every where" it isn't "live surveillance" it is a car with a camera mounted at head level that someone drives down the street recording still images.  In any given neighborhod this MAY happen a handful of times a year. 

What the cops did was utilize the cell phone location information to reduce a search area down to just a couple blocks.  Then they started punching in address into googlemaps, to see what was there and eliminate places that were obviously not conducive to hiding a kidnapped little girl. 

3345 elm?  lets see whats there... loads up street view for that address,  looks like a 7/11, that goes to the bottom of the list to search.  4100 Elm... an abandoned warehouse? Lets get a squad car over there to keep an eye on the place. Mind you these pictures could be anywhere from a day to several months old.  It isn't "big brother" watching your every move.