世論 What Japan Thinks

This survey from JR Tokai Express Research Inc and reported on by japan.internet.com looking into issues surrounding Google Maps Street View.

Demographics

On the 20th of August 2008 332 members of the JR Tokai Express Research online monitor panel employed in either the public or private sectors completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 83.7% of the sample were male, 6.3% in their twenties, 35.8% in their thirties, 45.2% in their forties, and 12.7% in their fifties.

The Google camera car didn’t make a trip up my street, despite being right beside a railway station on the most overcrowded (or so I heard, I should search for figures!) line in the Kansai area. When I used my old computer with Street View it was horribly slow, although I did manage to find my previous flat. I had a look around the area but didn’t find anyone I knew, however.

Research results

Q1: Do you know Google Maps Street View? (Sample size=332)

Yes (to SQ1)	62.3%
No	37.7%

Q1SQ1: When did you start using Google Maps Street View? (Sample size=207)

Started using with Japanese version	67.6%
Previously used foreign versions	5.8%
Never used it	26.6%

Now, 57 people from, I think, the 152 people in Q1SQ1 who said they had used Google Maps Street View lived within the areas that Google had photographed. They were asked the following questions.

Q1SQ2: Have you searched for your home using Google Maps Street View? (Sample size=57)

Yes, and found it	50.9%
Yes, but didn’t find it	31.6%
No	17.5%

Q1SQ3: Do you or someone you know appear on Google Maps Street View? (Sample size=57)

Myself	1.8%
Friends	1.8%
Neither	64.9%
Don’t know	29.8%
Just heard a friend appears	1.8%