Google Street View Data

[Hymie]

I wonder how much Google spent on discovering this from its street view data.

http://www.bbc.com/capital/story/20180105-how-your-car-signals-your-income

Apparently the study found of US car ownership, that German and Japanese cars (Lexus in particular) were found in areas with high median household income.

Next they will be telling us that their technology has found that bears *** in the woods.

[jno]

not necessarily true of the USA as it is of Britain; they have plenty of Japanese cars but I wouldn't expect there to be as many BMWs, Audis and Mercedes as there are here - after all, the Americans still have their own car industry, unlike Britain.

[TheChair]

Google didn't spend anything on discovering it. The study was conducted by Stanford University.

[Cloverjo]

Not all German cars are 'posh'. A lot of BMWs are beaten up old wrecks, and my son's VW definitely is. I've never seen a battered Lexus though, tbh.