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Google Adds Satellite Imagery for the World
draevil writes "Google has hugely expanded the areas of the world that it covers with satellite imagery. Egypt, Iraq, mainland Europe and the UK have all now got satellite coverage to a lesser or greater degree. Slashdotters can now go see sights like Buckingham Palace or the Arc de Triomphe from the comfort of their own swivelchairs. Iraq in particular seems to have a large number of high-zoom areas. I just looked up the Baghdad Parade Grounds where Saddam used to take the salute and other towns like Fallujah are also there. Finding landmarks without the map content is a little harder, so what can the Slashdot crowd find?"
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First to find the weapons of mass destruction (in Iraq) wins 2 cookies and a free can of soda redeemable at the cafetorium!
Let the commencement BEGINULATE!
Is it just me or do these links to google maps never work in firefox? I just get a big grey box. When I load with IE it works fine. Is this a problems with my setup because google maps has never worked right for me.
The Pyramids of Giza! Oh wait, no...
The Great Wall of China! Oh wait, no...
The Sydney Opera House! Oh wait, no...
Seriously, can we please stop shitting ourselves everytime Google makes the smallest tweak?
No wonder people are saying the Make Blog is the new Slashdot...
if you could see cowboyneal's fat ass in one of those satelite images
Why is the north side of the Conciergerie whited out?
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I can see my house from here!
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Some of it is low quality, and some of it is covered with clouds and shadows on the ground .. and some of it is taken from ridiculous angels, making everything look funny. :)
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Hope they'll improve the coverage of Oslo given some time.
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It's a bit disconcerting to zoom out on, say, the US in satellite view, and see the whole state of New York a different color than its surroundings. This disparity is the same at all scales, presumably because of more recent satellite scans of that highly-populated and more-often-imaged area. Can they meld one region into another, without losing detail, and get rid of such effects?
Is it just me, or does the Arc de Triomphe look a whole lot like the Eye of Sauron?
We recently had heard in the office over one of the Yellow Machine that's made by Anthology Solutions.
Can anyone tell me why the satellite images are stretched horizontally?
It's not so obvious for most compass-oriented stuff, but take a look at Manhattan. Its rectangular city blocks are clearly skewed, and the satellite image definitely doesn't match the map view.
This is also visible whenever you are looking at circular features, which appear as ovals.
I can't imagine that this is some limitation of satellite imagery or something they can't easily fix, so that leaves the possiblilty that they are doing it intentionally. But, why?
Once they add map data for the rest of the entire earth it'll be fun asking it for directions from say, Portland, OR to Tokyo. I wonder if they'll make deals with airlines and it'll just have you book a trip.
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...and now I can see my dad's truck in Japan.
Tried looking around Iraq for WMD's; this is what Google tells me:
We could not understand the location "weapons of mass destruction" near Iraq
funny because it understands Cocksuckers near NYC just fine... but I understand because "Canada" puts you in England (Hampshire).
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new york city, new york, usa.
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I looked up my office at the corner of 6th and Congress in Austin, Texas and found that the gigantic Frost Bank building (the tallest building in downtown Austin) next door doesn't exist on the map. The Frost building has been there for over a year...So how old is this data?
To quote from the FAQ:
"Satellite images are current, but not real-time."
This seems a bit vague. Does "over a year old" really equal "current"?
I'm not criticizing, just curious. It's wicked cool even if the pictures aren't quite of the present. I just can't check for traffic jams on MoPac yet.
If you zoom out a couple of levels from the arc of triumph, Paris starts to look like that city from Star Wars that covers a whole planet, don't you think?
When looking at Fallujah, "de_dust" was the first thing that came to mind.
Perhaps not all that far off the mark...
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Eiffel Tower
St. Peter in Rome
Florence, Duomo
Water reservoirs in Sahara.
Creter of Vesuvius
Computers make very fast, very accurate mistakes
Gosh, You can actually see oil tankers going thru the Straits of Gibralter. Can't see any aircraft carriers.
It seems to work one second and then suddently it'll only show grey boxes.
Nice picture. It looks like they used the post eruption photos only.
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I collect insect specimens for my research, and work with international insect collections. Knowning the locality is even more important than knowing the species of the insect.
What if Google added the ability to search for GPS coordinates, or would give you the coordinates for your map.
So what if that spoils your Geocaching!
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=38.889295,-77.008 506&spn=0.008626,0.010664&t=k&hl=en
As far as I know, the whitehouse is over to the left a bit past congress.. So what's in the low res area?
This is the airstrip at Bushehr, Iran. Interesting how Bushehr is available at high resolution while Tehran isn't. First to find the neighboring nuclear plant construction site wins a cookie!
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are we going to have a new story every time Google adds a little bit more info to its crappy maps?
yes, they *are* crappy, for the UK at least.
at first all they did was sloppily overlay road maps onto postcode maps, with the result that postcodes are displaced from their true location by about 2 streets (a lot since a postcode is supposed to localise you to within half a street or so).
now they've added spotty low-res imagery on top. looking at where I live the map looks quite wrong, but then it's so low-res I can't even resolve streets so I can't say for sure.
this is very very poor. I expect more from Google, even at beta.
whats up with the white house and its erased roof tops? http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=32.765737,-117.2267 60&spn=0.008326,0.013561&t=k&hl=en
I'd recommend World Wind to complement it. Although perhaps not as slick because it's not built on Javascript (although I was intruiged, however, to learn it works on managed DirectX), I just searched for about a half-dozen places near where I live, and where my girlfriend visited in Japan, and I think World Wind gives higher resolution (plus, some of the Google images look somewhat skewed). Not an exhaustive comparison by any means, and YMMV :) Nonetheless, a move in the right direction, so chalk one up for Google. (Interestingly, I noticed that on the Google Jobs page, they have what looks like a screen shot of World Wind on some computer. Perhaps the guy in the picture is saying "One day, we'd like to make something like this program," or "One day, we'd like to conquer this planet here." ;)
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Edge of Stockport, England
For those with an interest in murder mysteries, a certain lady by the name of Agatha Christie was apparently a frequent visitor to the town of Marple - she was apparently on excellent terms with one of the aristocracy who lived there.
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Just search for "Sydney" and zoom in a little, you'll see the problem.
I bet this is part of our NSW government's plan to overcome terrorists...
It's capitol hill.
good question...
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map says "United States Capitol", but i'm Canadian, is that where congress does their business?
Also, the white house and the 2 large buildings on either side of it arn't just blurred, they're completely solid brown on the roof...
What's the deal?
oh, and the clincher...
The upside down pentagram featuring 3 parks/monuments, the white house and Mt Vernon Square...
http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=38.902631,-77.0360
This is not the greatest
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- Pompeya
- Osaka airport
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If the google guys are reading this, please consider putting sites of archaeological interest high on the 'to do' list.
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The 2020 Olympics will be held here. ^_^
I didn't see a single backyard pool in that map of Fallujah. NO WONDER THEY'RE SO GODDAMN MAD.
I can see my house from here,too.And I'm not on google.
This negates the purpose of that Geospatial Angency of America's, does it not? I mean, I'd love to think that we can view all of the world unimpeded but that is not realistic,
No doubt if you zero in on "locations" such as EurAsia or CT or VA or MD ;) - it is undoubtedly censored.
I would not put that past the NSA.
Why, you say?
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The decade was young, and the mid-90's were the technical revolution. And along came Windows 95 and NT 4.0 releases with the infamous "NSA_KEY"....
If you look at the Netherlands and zoom in, at some point the the country name is changed to Belgium. Zoom in further and it's back to normal.
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Hmm. Maybe not so much.
For most of Sydney's suburbs, though, they've got amazing resolution. I mean, if you want to see Gladesville Shopping Centre in awesome detail - no problem!
I presume more inner-Sydney detail's coming soon. There's plenty of detail on our huge stupid Parliament House already.
http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=29.976561,31.131907 &spn=0.007682,0.010428&t=k&hl=en
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The images from Pasadena are well over 2 years old. I know because they recently tore up a baseball field and built an underground parking structure (which they just finished) and the construction started about 2 years ago (and finishing got delayed until now), and the picture had the old baseball field there, no construction or anything. Not the most current, but like you said pretty cool nonetheless. -Scott
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The owls are not what they seem
Click the "Map" link in the upper right, and you'll see it's "United States Capitol".
Heh. Type in "RIAA" and you'll see them on the map, too.
If you search for weapons of mass destruction they're all in one place here .
For some reason, if you try zooming in all the way you will notice that they "don't have imagery at this zoom level" which seems convenient to me.
Let's hope that the US government doesn't find out about this information lea^$*H^%&E%(&%L^&P*(^&%^*!
Its still not as good as keyhole. Google is going to make us pay for the real good stuff.
Itd be great to be able to place your own flags like in keyhole, so you can label a spot and pass the link to friends. (you can however doubleclick a spot and press 'link to this page' to get a link which always centers on that spot).
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Here, someone has had a go at Bob the Builder, and you can see his body:
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=brisbane+australia&
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You can still look at fairly high resolution pics of the roof of the White House from older 1988 USGS aerial photo data. Same thing with the blurred-out capitol buildings. Interestingly, the roof of the Pentagon is there in all its glory, albeit they obviously pasted in a DoD-reviewed patch of footage (it's pretty easy to see the seams).
Google proves that the other side of the world is in deed not that much different than our side.
I got to looking for the Great Wall of China, and in Beijing I think I found Tianmen Square? Anyone who has been might be able to verify. Linky Also, the Great Wall is really hard to find because the colorers didn't do a good job in China, and most of the rivers are white. So anything long and winding is white. Good luck to whoever else is looking.
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everyone's favorite datacenter/island nation of Sealand which should be here. I actually emailed both Google and the leader of Sealand of this oversight since Sealand's leader is nothing short of a stupendous bad-ass based on it's history. I mean, who has the stones these days to do something like that?
I was browsing for patches of mapped areas and noticed a little plot in northern Algeria that appears to be the only mapped area of that country as of now.
My first guess is that it's of some sort of military base judging by the helipad on the west. It's virtually isolated and surrounded by some sort of structure. According to this article the US states it has no military bases in Algeria, so it must be a local establishment or of some other nation.
I don't know why this trips my curiosity - I know nothing of Algeria or military installations (assuming that's what it is). Still, if anyone has any ideas it might be fun to speculate.
Also, there is a patch north of Poland that appears to be entirely of just the sea zoomable down to the finest level. What's with that?
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=52.205358,0.11654 7&spn=0.007735,0.009313&t=k&hl=en
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=maree,+Australia&ll= -29.533997,137.466431&spn=0.036736,0.061712&t=k&hl =en
None of the huge palm shaped artificial islands in Dubai are shown in the maps. The database of that region must be more than two years old.
Odd coincidence, just today I put up a set of pages derived from a database of the coordinates of all 788 of the Unesco World Heirtage sites, which includes many interesting landmarks.
Here is the page of Google Maps for World Heritage Sites, and there is also a blog entry for comments and corrections. Many can be zoomed in on. Enjoy.
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Finally! It's taken all these years to actually get a break in the clouds to photography these cities from above!
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Is this not a dupe of this article?
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Indiana looks alright zoomed in, but zoom back a bit, the whole state is gray!
;)
It's like a blight in the greenery of the midwest
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Both of the links pop up sat shots that are "up side down"! The Buckingham Palace one looks like it was bombed around a sunken area!
I guess its a shot from the bird going over from north to south.
It's cool because there are satellite images for Europeans countries much more accurate than NASA Worldwind one's.
Though US Towns have a better resolution with Worldwind (with USGS Urban Area satellite view)
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It looks like there's a big ink stain somewhere in the Sahara.
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Doesn't seem to include any parts of Mexico. I really wanted to see the pyramids in Mexico City and the Yucatan.
They painted over these section so you don't see the anti-aircraft batteries (or whatever) on the roofs of these buildings.
Terrorists and all that.
You'll see the same thing over at the Capitol.
What's striking about this is that neither of these buildings were attacked by terrorists. But the Pentagon, which was, doesn't feature any buildings as being painted over.
So is that like a beautiful example of government thinking or what?
try your local theatre ;-)
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http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Rachel,NV&ll=37.1765 33,-116.046846&spn=0.009753,0.014098&t=k&hl=en pan left - look for the white salt bed.
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=1+microsoft+way+redm ond,wa&ll=47.64200806617737,-122.12771415710449&sp n=0.008282661437988281,0.010256767272949219&t=k&hl =en
I was not surprised at all to find the rooftops of the White House and nearby buildings masked.
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wouldn't it be customary to watermark a map with the source agency or owner? I imagine it costs quite a bit to license satelite imagery such that you can call it your own. Still, it is kinda neat. I guess. Other sites have had this sort of thing for years.
I've seen this technology zooming down to very high resolution in the movies, so why doesn't google have it???
:)
On a more serious note, does anyone know the co-ordinates of Area 51? (Not Area 51A please
Vigelandsparken in Oslo, Norway turned out nice, but just a few kilometers east towards Vålerenga the coverage changes quality.
Still nice that they allow you to link to longitude/latitude, lot of online map resources don't allow that.
Rashtrapathi Bhavan, the residence of the President of India. Scroll a little East to see South block that houses the office of the Prime Minister. Scroll further East and follow Vijay Path all the way to India Gate. Located a little North-East is the Parliament house.
I can't zoom in very close the panama canal. I would have thought satelites scan that are pretty closely on a regular basis.
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Check out the size of the letter E compared to Cincinnati's new football stadium.
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It's difficult to imagine how we could end up with half - but only half - of Glasgow Airport, which is of massive economic importance in the area.
You know that Stephen King story with the people flying around in a plane trying to escape the collapse of their universe? These guys might be going the wrong way.
The remains of Krakatoa
This is a pretty good view of the little volcanic archipelago in the Sunda Strait between West Java and Sumatra, remaining from the 1883 explosive eruption of Krakatoa. The Indonesians refer to it as Anak Krakatau, which means child of Krakatoa.
Aaah, to be able to live in the land of the free, where taking pictures of your building where your government does business is not allowed.
anybody tried middle clicking on the maps?
i get a pdf called nosubjectleftbehind.pdf
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A couple of thoughts...
1) Still not high enough resolution to actually be useful to me where I am at.
2) Time to start scrubbing clouds from the data.
3) I need overlays of useful stuff (sub. second lat. and long. would be a nice start)
4) Has google "blown their load", or is it possible for them to actually newer data than the crufty stuff they're putting on-line?
6) "Oh, Oh, I can see my house!" does not constitute a business plan.
Shall I go on?
at least i can find my own home area in germany now on the satellite maps ...
although the resolution could be maxed, and the pictures are out of date, from about 2000+-1year, as there was a lot of building around my home in that time which can be clearly distinguished from above (farming area changed to urban area)
I was not surprised at all to find the rooftops of the White House and nearby buildings masked.
Neither was I. Nobody wants to see Condi sunbathing up there.
But seriously, what could someone see on those roofs that would be of any security importance? It's not like they're hiding a military base up there, unless Dubya has left his crayons and his "Nuuk Eyeran" titled pictures laying around on the roof. I guess it gives the head of the Secret Service the feeling that he's done something useful. (Which is the reason behind most of these empty-map excercises.)
I was not surprised at all to find the rooftops of the White House and nearby buildings masked.
;)
Well they don't seem to have done 10 Downing street, the Houses of Parliament or my house.
If I believed that colouring the rooftop of a builiding in matt brown helped safeguard it in any way whatsoever, then I could be annoyed about that.
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Here's a challenge to anyone who has the time and patience - put "ALL YOUR BASE ARE BELONG TO US" on a google map somewhere. eg mark it out on some vacant land somewhere and wait (up to 4 years?) for a new image to be taken of your area.
s/AYBABTU/something else cool
Groom Lake (area 51) http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=37.252407,-115.8116 91&spn=0.105572,0.110722&t=k&hl=en
'course you ain't gonna see nuthin' cause they moved all the cool stuff to area 52...good finding *that*.
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For those interested in New Zealand, Google has added the North Shore in Auckland, an area just south of Auckland, and the Nelson region.
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http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=51.501224,-0.1411 49&spn=0.005139,0.007918&t=k&hl=en/
Powerplant near my home... funny to find it on google - try to take photos from land and you'll see what happens ;)
By the way, the Buenos Aires, Argentina international Airport (Ezeiza), one of the most active in South America, 2nd or 3rd after Rio and Sao Paulo, is located a few miles out of the city, but a couple of hundred meters away fromn a nuclear "station" (Centro Atómico Ezeiza).
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http://maps.google.com/maps?q=buenos+aires&ll=-34
What genius placed it there?
There are anti aircraft missiles stationed up there, and the non-censored pic would show how many, perhaps they could even be identified.
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strange... that link's pointing somewhere else... hope this link will be ok... http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=48.494425,17.6830 96&spn=0.021501,0.031672&t=k&hl=en
Unfortunately when you go to google maps and scroll to the right (to Europe), you will see that some idiot(s) at google screwed up by calling the Netherlands 'Belgium' and calling Belgium 'The Netherlands'.
This does not exactly enhance my trust in google. I guess "it's just old Europe".
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It was left contamintated for decades, until the 1990s IIRC. Allegedly it's all safe now, although they can't garantee that there isn't still some anthrax in the soil, but they put some more sheep on it and they all survived.
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From various construction around Warsaw, I'm guesstimating these images were taken on a spring saturday or sunday, about 2 years ago. It's strange because 70% of Warsaw has hires images like the ones I linked to - the rest (like almost all of northern Warsaw, large parts of eastern Warsaw) are at a much lower res.
Warsaw sights:
Palace of Culture and Science
Historic Old Town - which is actually one of those UNESCO historic things. Unfortunately, for me it's a bit of a sham - Warsaw's old town was totally destroyed in 1944, and was totally rebuilt after the war.
Pilsudzki Square and Saski Park
Lazienki Park
Wilanow Royal Gardens
Plac 3 Krzyzy
Agrykola Park
i opened so many tabs in firefox that i got lost as to what i m looking at.
if maps.google would just put a marker with a general idea of what i m looking at. for example, africa, south america, etc, or country if they got that data would be nice!
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I hate the watermarks... really hate'em.
Is about 2-3 years old, I can tell by looking at some building and bridges in Poland, that are allready done but still in development on those photos. Anyway - it's a great thing that now we have our world underneath our fingers, it's another major step for google that more or less explains it's market value ;)
Try to image that in few years we'll be able to use PDAs combined with GPS and those maps from Google. You'll never got lost again in any foreign city. Or if in the future they could update those maps in realtime we would be able to easly recongize trafic jams, and have a satelite view of some events - pope funeral for instance, U2 performances or those US activities in foreign countries lately :)
Go google go!
Found my house in Sydney, Australia. Very impressed. I can make out my car and our very grubby swimming pool. Sydney Airport is also there in very hi-res. The city centre isn't, which is strange.
OK, once I figured out that even though there are no maps, the satellite pics of São Paulo are there, I went and found the place where I used to work, the building where I live, and a friend's home.
;)
Hmmmm... there's a new condo with 7 buildings across the street from me. They started construction in 2002 and completed it some time last year, but in the picture, the lot appears to be in the pre-construction phases. So it looks like the sat pix of my neighborhood are from 2001 or 2002.
A friend played with the new Google satellite pics and found the Morumbi stadium, the largest in São Paulo. When it opened in 1970, it had a capacity of about 120,000 people, but its current capacity, after a few renovations, is about 80,000 people. Technically, its name is "Estádio Cicero Pompeu de Toledo," but it has various nicknames, including "La Bambinera", "A Gaiola das Loucas", and simply "Morumbi", which is the name of the neighborhood where it's located.
Here's a direct "linky" to a picture of it. For privacy reasons, I won't link to the pix of my home or my friend's home.
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Chernobyl power plant
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http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Paris&ll=48.858433,
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hong kong -- tiny place and not too easy to find. some interesting architecture. can't tell how polluted the city is, considering how "vibrant" the color of the images are...
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There are anti aircraft missiles stationed up there, and the non-censored pic would show how many
If you know they're there, any would-be attackers know it.
Besides, showing those missiles would be a serious deterrent.
perhaps they could even be identified.
Unless they're of North Korean origin, there is no problem with that.
Please stop this paranoid nonsense. Terrorist attacks kill far less people than smoking misguided military adventures by a rogue state somewhere in North America that isn't Canada or Mexico, or drunk driving. Outside of Iraq terrorism is a non-problem. (And inside Iraq it's a small problem compared to the problem of the military occupation)
Scrolling myself across the world like a little god, from checking out my house (which isn't there, since it's built a year ago) to the Colosseum to Tokyo to Iceland, I came upon something that simply blew my mind:
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http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=21.269531,16.08398
The Sahara desert. It's incredible! I had no idea it would look so amazing from orbit. Does it really look like that, or is it just distortions from merging multiple satellite images? If real, it's the most spectacular thing I've seen on the web since boobies.
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=48.873013,2.29468 3&spn=0.005139,0.007918&t=k&hl=en
It's not a bad photo either!
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You can search Google maps by typing in the longitude and latitude.
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Abu Ghurayb is 3318'58"N 04411'54"E
So you can see that here:
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=33%C2%B018'58%22N+0
type in the location as , shithole
Some one doesn't like some places.
This has nothing to do with paranoia.
Its just policy. Just like the "now filming" in a military base.
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Last time I checked the whole world included more countries. Try searching for some of the pacific for example Auckland New Zealand as one. Lets just hope that the service improves.
Too bad we (Poland) have pictures with such lack of details...oh well, perhaps it'ss change with time
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But for now:
http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=52.398949,16.89971
Poznan, city in which I live
http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=51.618233,16.86641
place from which I came
http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=51.936836,15.50720
place where my dreams live without me...
One that hath name thou can not otter
I'm curious as to the legal basis which Google is using to "copyright" these images (they are all marred with Google watermarks). Last time I checked, Google wasn't in the satellite building business. Wouldn't the copyright for images be held by the originator of the images?
Just had to dig that out, since I've been quite interested in it for a long time now..
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http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=51.383400,30.11481
-Jope
But my satellite image is upside-down:
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http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=51.501224,-0.141
Looked extremely weird - the trees looked like negatives until my perspective shifted and I realised it was upside down. Try it!
They will never know the simple pleasure of a monkey knife fight
If you are in the UK, you can do things like search for "Pubs near Mill Road, Cambridge" and you'll get Pubs near Mill Road, Cambridge! Neat (The goods ones are The Live and Let Live, The Cambridge Blue, The Kingston Arms, and the Salisbury Arms). Hmm, how about where I work. Ah! (well, I knew this already, but ...)
It seems to me that the people who decide what areas to 'zoom' are pretty good at what they are doing. The city of Vaasa is not as detailed as the meteor impact site south from the city. Soderfjarden
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=&ll=36.351633,-112 .642136&spn=0.381088,0.548630&t=k&hl=en
I found a nazi death camp.. not in high-res, but still. Look at the scale of this thing!
Auschwitz area
Learn from the mistakes of others. There isn't enough time to make them all yourself.
Check it out, if you haven't seen satellite photos of it yet. The sheer size of that thing is amazing.
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http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=32.163291,-110.846
-Jope
How come Google hasn't announced that their satellite imagery is from some secret spy-sat that has X-RAY VISION! One would think that would be something for the marketing department. Just take a look at the imagery of Oslo Town Hall: http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=Norway&ll=59.91117 2,10.733042&spn=0.004506,0.007725&t=k&hl=en
What is normally a big square boxy building built by bricks and therefore reddish-brown in color is here seen as a projection of the first underground floor (that green thing).
Their spy-tech needs some work tho, as you can see the shadows of the sqare walls quite well. People could hide bombs in shadows, you know.
Correct link
More info on Anthrax Island here.
Osama b. Ladens Neverfound Ranch
Although everyone here is commenting on how great this all is, unless there is a (good)log of who's looking at what, can't people see the *cough* *cough* security issues with such information?
Line of sights, rooftop views, access to bridge service roads, insides of military bases (!), general layout of the land. This stuff is a military goldmine! Once my secret base is finished inside the volcano the world will be mine Mwaahaha haaaaaaa.
No seriously... WTF?
I followed a link from a Google Maps Sightseeing page for the Great Wall of China, but I couldn't see it. That settles the argument about it being visible from space - you can't even see it from the internet :)
First person to spot an aircraft in flight wins 1000 points.
http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=38.870863,-77.05591 7&spn=0.004603,0.007510&t=k&hl=en
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http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=40.056839,-78.9058
Just incredible - The Arizona aircraft graveyard.
Wimbledon, its where the latest tennis tournament is at - London, England.
Guys, there is http://www.terraserver.com/ , exists for YEARS and in fact it started when terrabyte levels of database was big deal. I am speaking about 1997! ( http://tinyurl.com/9ty3a )
It was sponsored by Microsoft at start because of that reason. Remember everyone was joking about their database stuff those times.
You tell me you didn't know amateur level satellite photography for whole World exists? Also if you are a rich geek, you can buy amazing detail (commercial level) images.
I really can't understand when people act like "Wow Google invented some huge thing". Yahoo maps were always there too.
Here is the palace of the Queeen of the Netherlands.
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http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=52.094421,4.3427
Niagra Falls
Great Falls of the Potomac
A lot of natural features I looked for didn't have good Hi-res images; I was hoping to see the Cog railway up Mt. Washington, NH, for example, but the resoution isn't sufficient for that. Oh well. Anyone else find some good waterfall pics?
Note the lack of the bunkers and launch pads for the Meteor Sweepers; they would be on the southeast end of the airport.
I typed in Edoras, Minas Tirith and Shire and nothing came up.
I know the guys and gals at Google are nerds but I see they're of the non-Tolkien-fanboy variety.
A slight shame but hey, you can't always have the lembas and eat it.
Ash nazg durbatuluk, ash nazg gimbatul Ash nazg thrakatuluk agh burzum-ishi krimpatul
Please tell me that is not a fucking golf course next to the Giza pyramids...
This rich and colourful image of Hawaii shows the volanoes on the island! Fantastic!
being MADE rather than Slashdotted... ;-)
I can't find Falluja... anymore.
Kremlin in Moscow
Looked up lake Baikal (a very large lake in Siberia, 445m above sea-level) after remembering I had a poster on my wall for years showing the surface temperature of the lake from ATSR satellite imagery.. wondered what it looked like in more realistic colour.. but what is this huge line that crosses it?
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http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=53.789063,109.61
I found a few interesting things:
:)
Picture taken from the underside of a Dinosaur?
Possibly a Base of some sort outside Fallujah (with blown up/collapsed buildings) Odd markings in the sands can be seen South of here as well.
Abnormalities in images of Antarctica
Anybody find the hole Saddam was hiding in?
I would create a sig, if only something of value could be said with just 120 chars.
is right here. The boat trapped in the harbor is Disney by the sea. Its kinda fun, if in Tokyo Id say spend a day, and do disney.....
I was able to just paste some of my local viewing coordinates determined interactively at Heavens Above, a free star and satellite finder, into the input field for google maps. I found Stowe, Vermont but for Japan just got a total blank, with Japan's landmass in a solid color. It's a bug though because the world heritage urls do show you a limited res. kyoto, and also by typing in "tokyo" in the main maps.google.com/maps page you do get Tokyo, at res enough that you can zoom in on the imperial palace (oops!)
I understand the relevancy of places like Faluja, given recent goings-on. What amazes me, though is the lack of satellite imagery of certain US locations - like the US Gulf Coast - try looking up places like Gulf Shores, AL or Dauphin Island, AL - the available images suck or pale in comparison to what's available for Iraq.
Try it:
:) And the "'s are for seconds, not string quoting.
22.3330S 150.11002E works;
also -22 19' 58.80", +150 6' 36.07"
and -22 19' 58.80", +150 6' 36.07"
The last one is useful since most people don't have a key
(I munged these from the real ones I was using, so the coords don't point anywhere interesting... but they do point somewhere)
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=51.501224,-0.1411 49&spn=0.005139,0.007918&t=k&hl=en
Although the exact date of each image is interesting, has anyone been monitoring the rate and nature of new acquisitions? Curious about how much money they are paying for all this and who is being cooperative/uncooperative.
It is interesting that there exist hi resolution shots of Paris and Rome but none of Sydney.
If the individual images can be dated, the maps would provide excellent estimates of the rate and intensity of human land use on the planet and on environmental degredation.
Oops, looks like slashdot edited out the degrees symbols in my post :S Add the little circle in the appropriate places in the second example, and just before "key :)" and things should make a little more sense...
I was excited to read this article and had some fun touring europe form my desk chair. But all that changed when I Zoomed out.
Just what the hell is going on at Google anyway?
I only came here to do two things; kick some ass, and drink some beer...looks like we're almost out of beer.
The Mullberry was key to the invasion of Normandy: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mulberry_harbor
Peace,
-McD
"Given the pace of technology, I propose we leave math to the machines and go play outside." -- Calvin
Nobody wants to see Condi sunbathing up there.
Coming from a friend in bomb-sweeping, her penchant for short skirts makes the job a little more gratifying. She's got the best body of any cabinet member in history.
Direct away from face when opening.
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=melbourne,+Australia &ll=-37.818525,144.965501&spn=0.009849,0.014098&t= k&hl=en
There is some very fuzzy thinking at the home of AU's department of homeland security.
Almost any terrorist in the world could afford to fly over the city with a camera or drive around it a car and get all the info they need. Some goof-ball has fooled government ministers into thinking that by censoring the image, they are now all safer. Actually, it highlights to the terrorists, where the sensitive areas are likely to be. They are probably busy studying the maps to see what governments are busy censoring.
Funny, but they left the hi-res images of their beachfront properties in. Australian censors have much more work to do.
does anyone else have a weird feeling that any second, there's going to be a horrible 8 bit godzilla sample?
Interesting,if you look for Google Headquarters you'll find they are located on an empty piece of land. Look for yourself:, -122.082659&sll=37.331243,-122.029320&spn=0.004839 ,0.007918&sspn=0.004839,0.007918&t=k&hl=en
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=google&ll=37.423406
http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=47.244043,-76.78722 4&spn=0.048580,0.074329&t=k&hl=en
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=madrid,+spain&ll=40. 427198,-3.730974&spn=0.011737,0.021329&t=k&hl=en
I guess we could build a fun Coruscant by adding those:& ll=19.445114,-99.115219&spn=0.209770,0.276718&t=k& hl=en = 33.963203,-118.224564&spn=0.209770,0.276718&t=k&hl =en . 855255,139.643097&spn=0.209770,0.276718&t=k&hl=en 8 6,-0.017509&spn=0.209770,0.276718&t=k&hl=en
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=mexico+city,+mexico
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=los+angeles,ca&ll
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=tokyo,japan&ll=35
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=london&ll=51.4997
And let's not forget about the California Coastline project (helicopter taking VERY high resolution images every 500' along the entire California coast.
I found some sort of easter egg there. Zoom in on that center photo, then look in the bottom-left corner of the image, right up near the waterline by the tidewall... is that a mannequin of a naked woman (with hair too!), or is that painted on the landscape there? Or is it really a cadaver? A sunbather? I can't quite tell...
And of course, there's Map24, which has, hands-down the best mapping UI out of anything I've ever used.
Now I just wish some of these sites would support "mobile" directions and maps. Hrmph, Google's "Directions" link on maps.google.com doesn't even work at all, it just reloads/refreshes the main map view in anything but MSIE. What a waste.
http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=55.754092,37.620170 &spn=0.013969,0.021973&t=k&hl=en
Whats going on in the Gulf of Bothnia? According to bathymetry in Times Atlas of the World this can't be simply due to a shot taken at low tide.
Either someone is doing an incredible amount of filling or Linux land is emerging from the depths.
Sorry. Hi resolution photos that might reveal
penguins are lacking.
Anyone have any ideas?
I am trying to find that white horse in chalk at Westbury England (Bath)
but the view is pretty terrible and not very zoomed.
here's as far as I got thanks for any help?
I've been trying to wean my fiance off of Microsoft dependence for a while. She was less than impressed when I showed her Google's satellite pics of her house. She showed me sharper, more recent satellite imagery on msn.com! Then she told me that she's been using it off and on for quite some time. Exactly how long, I don't recall.
Still, it's embarrassing when Microsoft actually beat Google to the punch and is apparently managing to provide a higher level of service. Anyone know how long they've actually been doing it?
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=russia&ll=63.23362 7,101.250000&spn=41.642992,128.320313&hl=en
At least it isn't shaded red.
S
"Il Tempo Non Esiste...Gli Orologi si"
The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to
Climax, CO 80429 http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=51.936836,15.507202 &spn=0.167885,0.243416&t=k&hl=en
Dildo, NL, Canada http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=51.936836,15.507202 &spn=0.167885,0.243416&t=k&hl=en
Weed, CA 96094 http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=51.936836,15.507202 &spn=0.167885,0.243416&t=k&hl=en
Okay, OK 74446 http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=51.936836,15.507202 &spn=0.167885,0.243416&t=k&hl=en
Boring, MD 21020 http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=51.936836,15.507202 &spn=0.167885,0.243416&t=k&hl=en
in area51 too the roofs are smeared
Muzik.4.Machines
I have high-res two miles to the west of my township, and one mile to the east of my township. But my township itself? Bleh. Nothing but grey boxes at max zoom.
Grumble.
Image of Angel Stadium of Anaheim shows major construction. Accoring to team website, the last major renovation was between Oct97 and Apr98. http://maps.google.com/maps?q=angel+stadium+of+ana heim&ll=33.800275,-117.883022&spn=0.010192,0.01476 3&t=k&hl=en
The Google headquarters, according to Google.
Where Google is registered, according to whois.
I was looking at the sat photos of Washington DC, and they intentionally obscured the US capitol. How long before this happens with other major targets/landmarks and the usefulness of this feature degrades?
Give a man a fish and he'll eat for a day. Teach him to fish and he'll wipe out the species.
But there is a mcdonalds on the road to the right
Of course, we know how well they worked when a small craft plane slammed into the White House when Clinton was inside.
The power station where 2/502 INF (101st Airborne) set up camp, and where this picture was taken.
This picture was taken looking east from this point.
The street where, on 07 DEC 03, his HMMWV was hit by a radio-detonated IED and he was killed.
The hotel where the generals and commanders set up shop, and from behind which his body was airlifted to Kuwait.
What do I find in Iraq? I find that I wish I could have been there when my brother died to hold his hand. Insted, we spend as much time as we can with the members of his company, who WERE there with him. We talk to his captain, his LT, and his best friends--including the soldier who pulled my brother's body out of the HMMWV and covered him up, then stood over him with my brother's M240B and kept the attackers from taking his body until reinforcements arrived.
I wish Google would add a scale meter to their map/satellite images. Especially with the lack of detail in most of the less-popular areas. While they're at it, they could offer an "overlay" mode, with transparency fades of the maps overlaying the satellites. Maybe that's in the works, for a commercial ($) product. Other overlays, like public transportation, traffic conditions, weather... each has a good subscription market.
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make install -not war
While I agree with you that terrorism is overrated compared to drunk driving, terrorism is a problem in plenty of countries. What about Columbia? Actually, there is more terrorism in South America than in the Middle East, according to the US State Department.
Ok, So it's not a "world wide" google image
The Old Site of the Yankee Air Museum
1 Point for every aircraft you ID that's not the B-52.
Answers from the Yankee Air Museum static display page
Yeah, I know that page is straight outta 1995. We've had other stuff to fix lately....
There are some people that if they don't know, you can't tell 'em.
Stretch due to rectangular projection of the world. One thing that massively sucks about google maps is the projection they chose. Rectangular projection gets ultra-distorted towards the poles. You'll see these effects best anywhere north or south of, say, 50 degrees and -50 degrees.
They ought to use a better, less distorted projection near the poles.
I just can't check for traffic jams on MoPac yet.
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http://www.statesman.com/traffic/content/traffic/
Maybe I can find a new Favorite Google Maps Scene. My current favorite is the Nevada Nuclear Testing Grounds. In the upper left of that image is the Sedan Crater.
"You never know when some crazed rodent with cold feet might be running loose in your pants."
-Calvin
http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=26.668968,21.922703 &spn=0.132179,0.165825&t=k&hl=en --something is burning in Sahara, right next to what looks like a landing strip. One wonders.
Another curious "black-out" is here: Only recently did I learn that this is where Dick Cheney lives: Observatory Circle
Tell me when the images are clear and have a good zoom that we can see hot chicks sun bathing, the we can play a game kinda like Wheres Waldo. 1 point for a hot chick 2 points for one in a swiming suit 10 points for one that is sun bathing topless ;)
If you know they're there, any would-be attackers know it.Besides, showing those missiles would be a serious deterrent.
Knowing that the White House is guarded by AA batteries is not the same as knowing what types of missiles they have and where they're located.
Compare the situation to a grocery or department store -- you know there are a lot of black domes on the ceiling that could be hiding cameras, but you don't know how many actually are or where they're pointing. Telling people that there are cameras present is a deterence, but letting them know exactly where the cameras are gives too much information to would-be shoplifters.
Please stop this paranoid nonsense. Terrorist attacks kill far less people than smoking misguided military adventures by a rogue state somewhere in North America that isn't Canada or Mexico, or drunk driving.
Less likely, but still non-zero. When you're doing risk analysis, if something has only a 1% chance of happening, but the consequences would be catastrophic, it's prudent to take precautions. And keeping the military defenses of the Chief Executive's mansion secret is a perfectly sensible precaution.
Les Miserables Volume 1 now up with my reading of
But her face is awful!
Ewww!
On second thoughts it should probably be better than Janet Reno sunbathing up there.
Wait. EEEWWWWWWWW!
Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.
(And inside Iraq it's a small problem compared to the problem of the military occupation)
I think you have that backwards and even the Arab "press" is starting to realize it, and they're even more dense than Western media.
Am I the only one seeing a big penguin head drawn in a field near Bordeaux ?
Based on the layout of the dirt, I'd say it could be a motocross event... is that possible? Do they do that there?
Middelgrunden, København, Denmark -- it's the arc thing in the bay. I've found a bunch more windfarms from space, too.
Neither was I. Nobody wants to see Condi sunbathing up there.
There should really be a (-1, Scary) mod option.
Personally, I think Firefox should convert their entire code base to Ruby on Rails.
Here's a really cool picture of the worlds 3rd largest structure (KXTV/KOVR tower in California) > http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=38.24,-121.501944&s pn=0.3,0.3&t=k (zoom all the way in)
This is the North Korean nuclear site at Yongbyon, DPRK where they produced their plutonium. Look here for an explanation which building is which.
As a state gets corrupt, its laws multiply; the most corrupt states have the most numerous laws. (Tacitus, Annales 3:27)
What is this Big Blue Spot in the middle of Africa doing their? I don't think it's a lake. Is it some gigantic cobalt or other blue mineral deposit? Weird... Can some geologist explain this to me?
Confluence Has a Link to this location. It appears to be in the middle of north Chad. The Cia world factbook doesn't show a big lake there, though it does show other lakes in Chad. Multimap says there is water in that location though. Maybe this is some kind of gigantic bog?
So I can see cars in Fallujah, but I can't even zoom in enough to see my house an hour from NYC. Come on Google :D
There used to be uncensored images at cryptome.org up until at least april 2005, but even those are gone now. Interestingly, on the main cryptome page it says:
Cryptome welcomes documents for publication that are prohibited by governments worldwide, in particular material on freedom of expression, privacy, cryptology, dual-use technologies, national security, intelligence, and secret governance -- open, secret and classified documents -- but not limited to those.
Documents are removed from this site only by order served directly by a US court having jurisdiction. No court order has ever been served; any order served will be published here -- or elsewhere if gagged by order.
I guess they got their court order, along with a gag order, and enough intimidation that they didn't even post it elsewhere.
...you can get high res aerial pics of places we weren't even supposed to take pictures in. I'm curious if its good to have better maps online than the troops on the ground in Iraq do. It is sort of amusing that google will probably be used to plan out military operations from now on...
I was not surprised at all to find the rooftops of the White House and nearby buildings masked.
That's nothing. Have a gander at the Capitol Building complex. (Includes nearby House and Senate office buildings.)
Why is it that every time something related to google maps gets posted on /., someone posts about the White House roof being masked?
Anyway, I think the reason is so that a would-be intruder can't study the roof to find weaknesses. You know how in spy movies, the spy is dropped from a plane, and parachutes onto the roof of some building and enters through a security door or ventiliation shaft or something.
I think it's just different colored sand, you can see individual dunes. sort of like White Sands, NM.
Can you help everyone find Flanders Field?
Saskboy's blog is good. 9 out of 10 dentists agree.
I was not surprised at all to find the rooftops of the White House and nearby buildings masked.
Its a security issue. Just leave it at that. Remember, the President isn't just one of the most powerful people on the planet, he's also one of the most targeted.
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=tehran,+iran&ll=36.7 38281,50.712891&spn=18.544922,32.431641&t=k&hl=en
The reason Osama hasn't been found yet is at the link.
Saskboy's blog is good. 9 out of 10 dentists agree.
You pasted the wrong link, I don't think it's at 51degrees latitude. You have to use the Link link on the right of the picture, not the URL bar's link.
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http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=32.163291,-110.846
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=153931&cid=12
Saskboy's blog is good. 9 out of 10 dentists agree.
I've heard (from a Russian professor) that there is a hotdog stand in the center of the Pentagon and that during the Cold War, the Russians had it targeted because they thought it was the entrance to where the Yankees held all the secret meetings, far underground.
This map of Chad shows that there is something water related there. It is just north of Koro-Toro, a ways south of Faya-Largeau (although there are similar features around that city according to the map).
I think the feature is a semi-permanent lake, one that may fill up in some seasons, and then possibly evaporate almost completely away (like the lake in Death Valley). Lake Chad was once huge (the Pale-Chadian Sea) and some of those semi-permanent lakes might be all that is left of the sea in the north. This link suggests a cause:
Lake Chad, located in the southwestern part of the basin at an altitude of 282 meters, surprisingly does not mark the basin's lowest point; instead, this is found in the Bodele and Djourab regions in the north-central and northeastern parts of the country, respectively. This oddity arises because the great stationary dunes (ergs) of the Kanem region create a dam, preventing lake waters from flowing to the basin's lowest point.
Djourab is in about the right place to be near these features.
Some clear pictures over Washington...
/me grabs Tin-Foil hat
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http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=38.890411,-77.0093
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Surprisingly, here's Area 51, with unbelivable detail.... http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=37.139626,-116.06 7123&spn=0.088749,0.126686&t=k&hl=en
THANK YOU, Edward Snowden!! Americans owe you a debt of gratitude (whether they know it or not..)
Terraserver has been doing that (masking the White House) for a long time now (measured in years, probably since 2001).
this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom. -- Lincoln, Gettysburg Address
It's what's on the inside that counts.
~or~
Beer.
Direct away from face when opening.
I found the area of Iraq where i was deployed. . . its weird to see it, and you can tell the pics are more than two years old. . .
dreamland or groom lake... not the video game one of my favorites... its in the US, but i still like it http://maps.google.com/maps?q=N+37+15+W+115+49&spn =0.081110,0.096731&t=k&hl=en
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=florence,+italy&ll=4 3.773276,11.255836&spn=0.007972,0.012413&t=k&hl=en
That's not the gulf of Bothnia, that's Moscow, Russia. You can see the Kremlin, and the Red square right in the middle.
Perhaps you mean http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=64.355164,22.69226
Those are probalby clouds. Looking closer, http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=63.797264,22.56334
Going to maximum res, http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=5.308,-73.802&spn=
I wonder why it was considered important to have a high resolution picture of this one rectangle in the whole country?
is their 'corporate headquarters' marked as being in what is obviously a residential zone?
I wonder how long it will be before they complete the imaging for historical cities like Venice:
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http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=45.435451,12.316
And then a labeled street map would not be a bad idea, for those of us that would actually like to visit these cities.
http://www.googleglobetrotting.com/
Google Globetrotting categorizes over 3300 Google satellite maps. Users can submit their own, and all have thumbnails!
This link gives you an identifiable flying object, a plane, slightly proceeded by a ghost plane (some kind of artifact, I guess).
See my journal, I write things there
Found It
I have gas, but my car uses petrol.
Alot of stuff we had occupied or blown up is in its pre-war state. This is only from my personal experience in certain areas of Baghdad, some areas might have more recent data.
Is that my car being towed?!?
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Arthur+Kill+Road&ll= 40.556180,-74.216326&sll=40.583333,-74.150000&spn= 0.005708,0.009291&sspn=0.730591,1.189270&t=k&hl=en
correct link is http://maps.google.com/maps?q=middletown,+pennsylv ania&ll=40.153141,-76.724138&spn=0.043344,0.063343 &t=k&hl=en
Heres the millennium dome
Do they have Area 51 blacked out? I haven't tried it, but didn't see anyone mentioning it here - Figures our government would black that out
I don't think so. The higher resolution images seem to be all in the 1 meter/pixel range, which is the highest resolution of commercial satellite images. Why go to the expense of flying an aircraft to get images that can be obtained at a lower cost by satellite?
I took a look at the place where I work http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=-22.998719,-43.603
OTOH, as I remarked somewhere else, what is so important about this village in Colombia http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=5.310688,-73.80830
that would justify sending an aircraft to photograph it?
Also, the entire Trans-Alaska Pipeline (next to the Dalton Highway) can be seen fairly well, until we solve those traffic problems. Here's where it crosses the Yukon River:3 74&spn=0.129433,0.232086&t=k&hl=en
http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=65.882607,-149.728
It seems a little random and it looks like they (or someone) has the hi-res pictures and has dithered them.
http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=25.381165,-81.02966 3&spn=0.642700,0.784149&t=k is a part of the Everglades without roads. They have rendered the National Park Road going to the high use tourist area (Flamingo) at lower resolution.
It doesn't make sense to me.
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=google&ll=37.427330
The Eifel Tower.
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how about some nazca cool stuff? can someone find'em?
Nope. But what is suprising is the CIA, NSA, and the Pentagon are not blurred or masked. You'd think those would also be of interest. The Capitol and Congressional office building are blurred, but the Supreme Court is not. Looks like one branch of the government is getting the shaft.
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If you don't want to repeat the past, stop living in it.
WTF are you talking about?
I wonder if Google was asked nicely to ruin the satellite maps around Washington D.C. of whether there is some law mandating them to do so.
Although the politicians may sleep better knowing that a direct attack on them may be reduced ever so little, it does not, on the whole, add to the security of everyone.
After all, terrorists are nothing if not resourceful. If you cannot blow up the Capitol Building based on its satellite images, at least you could take out something like this CANDU nuclear reactor.
It is commonly known that we supported Hussein with chemical arms when he went to war with Iran.
i wish someone would make a wifi map hack for google maps to display hotspots
http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=-14.725971,-75.1421 93&spn=0.108318,0.168743&t=k&hl=en
Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazca_lines
I think it's kind of interesting that they would de-res the courtyards of the neighboring office buildings. I can understand the rooftops, but presumably the courtyards are visible to visitors. Besides - what would be interesting about what's in the courtyards?
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The cloak-and-dagger stuff just makes it all the more interesting. The fact that they filled in trees over a tennis court sure makes it seem like maybe it isn't just a tennis court.
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Now all I need to do is find Art Bell's house!
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My old house: http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=32.600470,-96.839 354&spn=0.007778,0.010439&t=k&hl=en
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=moscow,+russia&ll=55 .753877,37.621661&spn=0.010418,0.015235&t=k&hl=en
It looks weird though.... stretched out
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Well, i looked high and low and couldn't find the wmd's... but i was able to find my house on the map, it was in a high resolution zone (about one mile away from the low rez zone) and was able to zoom in close enough to see my car and everything. So to all you stalkers out there, just find a house with a blue mazda tribute in front of it on the google map, and you'll know where i live ;)
Ok, I will forgoe that tired joke, but these http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=55.631976,37.814974 &spn=0.007467,0.011308&t=k&hl=en">nuclear cooling towers outside of Moscow are pretty cool.
Patent: from Latin patere, to be open
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=51.501224,-0.141
The quality isn't very good for two places I'm interested in (Oxford/Cheltenham) - although the latter does show the new GCHQ builing nicely!
@peetm
I see an uncensored White House there. What's missing?
Look around, and you'll see that the larger cities are resolved to higher resolution than everywhere else.
However, it looks like when Google purchased maps of Nottingham, UK, someone boobed and gave the wrong coordinates. Because we have some very detailed fields to the south west of Nottingham, and some very blurry streets in the city.
Oops!
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=liberty+island,+ny+n y&ll=40.690227,-74.044247&spn=0.006781,0.008411&t= k&hl=en
Well, I can see my wife's old flat in central Siberia from here http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=63.197479,75.440884 &spn=0.058794,0.059910&t=k&hl=en
:n =0.235176,0.239639&t=k&hl=en (the fields appear to be Latitude/ Longitude, and a scale or "span" pair of parameters. Maybe I can correct for the Mercator distortion with that?) Anyway, does the link show the right features on the ground? Hmmm, The refinery is positioned correctly, but I can't see the access road or the pipeline, so I think that means their imagery (of here at least) is several years old.
... http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=60.023500,70.989800 &spn=0.058794,0.059910&t=k&hl=en 0 &spn=0.222816,0.239639&t=k&hl=en = 0.222816,0.239639&t=k&hl=en ... that one doesn't show anything - they appear to have it logges as "sea" and don't store pictures of "sea". Let's try Beatrice then ... http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=58.1472,-3.0207&spn =0.222816,0.239639&t=k&hl=en ... nope, that logs as sea too. ... at http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=57.202914,-2.215784 &spn=0.006963,0.007489&t=k&hl=en, and from the combination of the colour of van parked outside the office front door, and the fact that Kverner's office is a building site but the new airport terminal is there, again I get that their coverage is about 3 years old here.
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But there is a substantial amount of distortion (orientation of the airport's runway a few km west of town) due to the Mercator projection being used. That's going to make it hard to find things at high latitudes.
The oilfield I was working on when I met her is
http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=64.0211,74.8303&sp
Where I was working last year (a Vwxyz- joint venture, not that Vwxyz want their name associated with it. Something to do with tax.)
Looks about right, got the tree-cut of the bounding seismic line to the north, but no road cuts at all, or a drilling pad.
This area's imagery is 2 years old at least.
Let's try Tanzania. (This one has been published, so no need ofr obfuscating Aminex's name.
http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=-8.382100,39.57380
Looks Ok, but a little too blurred. Can't date their coverage from that. But zoom out a bit and there's a startling difference in the quality of their coverage of Songo-Songo compared to Nyuni Island. I wonder why?
OK, back to the day job.
http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=60.8058,1.4499&spn
One last look
I'd not heard it mentioned before, but Google have also got reasonable bathymetry in the database too. See the Hawaii-Emperor seamount chain and the Alaskan trench. http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=30.937500,176.8359
Very interesting looking at the deserts of the world too. Geology very visible.
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Nothing. The page was missing when I went to look it up, but the maintainer of the site restored it later that day.
If you check out the US Google maps and look at the Pentagon, it's normal. If you check out the Capitol Bldg., it's fuzzed out (digitally, post-capture). If you look at the White House and surrounding buildings, they look as if they were faked, or at LEAST had the detail on the top of those buildings removed entirely.
How odd...
What's odd is that most of Sydney, Australia has high zoom images but the Opera House and Harbor Bridge, http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=-33.855915,151.21 3803&spn=0.032401,0.041242&t=k&hl=en, do not.
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Also in Libya:8 &spn=0.444260,0.414047&t=k&hl=en
http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=24.907379,17.79029
A large-scale fire at an oil field? The Mouth of Hell?
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No, it doesn't suck! I managed to find your band on mp3.com back in the day and got a few songs that we still enjoy, but sadly it was right at the end of the mp3.com era and so I wasn't able to listen to much music and kind of forgot about you guys. Now you've re-introduced me to your web presence and I'll have to check out some more of the music and you know...undergo therapy for it or something. Anyway, love the band and greetings from Pennsylvania, USA.
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Wow, I didn't realize there's a community right next to the pyramids...how weird would that be to live within walking distance of them...cool. Great find, thanks for the link...something I wouldn't have thought of looking for but definetly worth a look.
click and drag it..that's whack
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