{"id":2018,"date":"2009-03-17T23:52:35","date_gmt":"2009-03-17T15:52:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/techielobang.com\/blog\/?p=2018"},"modified":"2009-03-17T23:52:35","modified_gmt":"2009-03-17T15:52:35","slug":"thief-using-google-earth-to-steal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techielobang.com\/blog\/2009\/03\/17\/thief-using-google-earth-to-steal\/","title":{"rendered":"Thief Makes Use of Google Earth to Steal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This thief has found good use to Google Earth for his 6 month stealing spree. Apparently, he uses Google Earth with Aerial view to search for his targets. BTW, his targets are actually lead roof which he steals and sells for a profit.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2019\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/techielobang.com\/blog\/2009\/03\/17\/thief-using-google-earth-to-steal\/lead_1366559f\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/lead_1366559f.jpg?fit=220%2C293&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"220,293\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"lead_1366559f\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/lead_1366559f.jpg?fit=220%2C293&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/lead_1366559f.jpg?fit=220%2C293&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2019 aligncenter\" title=\"lead_1366559f\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/lead_1366559f.jpg?resize=220%2C293\" alt=\"lead_1366559f\" width=\"220\" height=\"293\" \/><\/p>\n<p><!--more-->Once he identified the target (which is slightly darker than usual), he would scale it, take the precious roof materials and abseil down the building. This went on for 6 months until he was caught. After that, the number of lead theft reduced significantly. Talk about technology.. for the wrong use \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/uknews\/4995293\/Google-Earth-used-by-thief-to-pinpoint-buildings-with-valuable-lead-roofs.html\" target=\"_blank\">Read the Full Story Here<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>[ad#boxlist]<br \/>\n(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.therawfeed.com\/2009\/03\/thief-used-google-earth-to-find-lead.html\" target=\"_blank\">source<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This thief has found good use to Google Earth for his 6 month stealing spree. Apparently, he uses Google Earth with Aerial view to search for his targets. 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