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zeroking17
10-31-2006, 12:24 PM
Are you like me? Have you spent more hours than you care to admit "exploring" the world via Google Earth? If so, then you've probably got a million and one favorite views. Here's an intriguing location to start with:

50° 0'38.20"N 110° 6'48.32"W

Best viewed from about 6776 ft. eye altitude.

p.s. If you've not yet discovered Google Earth, go here (http://earth.google.com/) for a free download.


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BumbleBeeDave
10-31-2006, 12:26 PM
. . . secret hideaway love nest, then I've already seen the pictures--and they were NOT pretty! :eek: ;) :rolleyes: :crap:

BBD
GD2002
10-31-2006, 12:45 PM
Amazing though...
Whose face/profile is that???
gdw
10-31-2006, 01:12 PM
Is that real or has the image been altered? I ask because it's not unusual for bored techs to manipulate images or data in the GIS industry. There were several false roads in the first national digital street maps including one shaped like a phallus and another like buttocks as well as an infamous road in Texas labelled "my scrotum stinks".
Lincoln
10-31-2006, 01:18 PM
That's cool, 'though I'm betting on fake.

Yes I've spent way too much time on google earth.
zeroking17
10-31-2006, 01:55 PM
Is that real or has the image been altered? I ask because it's not unusual for bored techs to manipulate images or data in the GIS industry. <redacted in the name of good taste>


I have no idea whether it's real or been altered, and it was probably not a good example to make my point. I'm endlessly fascinated by patterns that repeat -- on all scales -- throughout the natural world.

I've also heard of geologists who are using Google Earth to identify impact craters that have been hiding in full view, so to speak. Look at the cratered lunar surface. Now, imagine that the earth has been struck with the same number of objects. Of course, the active nature of the earth (weathering, plate tectonics, etc.) has "erased" some of the evidence, but not all of it.

ok, enough pedantry on my part. I'll return to focusing on more important things, like the Dia de los Muertos celebration that will take place in the zeroking household tomorrow.
Jason E
10-31-2006, 02:25 PM
Well, it's at least clearer then the one on Mars.
Ginger
10-31-2006, 03:13 PM
Contemplating that most bored people don't move to far to tag things...

50° 01' 05.46"N 110° 08' 40.16"W
zeroking17
10-31-2006, 03:22 PM
Contemplating that most bored people don't move to far to tag things...

50° 01' 05.46"N 110° 08' 40.16"W


That's clearly a Serotta carbon spacer. :D
Ginger
10-31-2006, 03:33 PM
No no...it's an Alien!

Of course...there's a mouth.
zeroking17
10-31-2006, 03:39 PM
No no...it's an Alien!



You're right. Canadian.
Ginger
10-31-2006, 04:15 PM
I betcha can find a can o molson too eh?


Google Hacks has some interesting images...
Kevin
11-01-2006, 06:06 AM
. . . secret hideaway love nest, then I've already seen the pictures--and they were NOT pretty! :eek: ;) :rolleyes: :crap:

BBD

Did someone say something about posting pictures of Sandy? :rolleyes:

Kevin
Keith A
11-01-2006, 10:18 AM
Hey William...what have you been googling?
Ginger
11-01-2006, 10:39 AM
That's oogling not googling Keith...and he seems to be spending lots of time doing it and sharing it with the forum. Aren't you all so lucky? Tons of bike content in that shot.
Keith A
11-01-2006, 10:45 AM
Tons of bike content in that shot.And I'm sure Sir William looked real hard for it :rolleyes:
Ginger
11-01-2006, 10:47 AM
Something like that.

Actually, I do have bike content for the thread. Google Earth is handy when trying to figure out a commute route, using it I can see where subdivisions butt up against one another and where the sidewalks between them are so I can avoid the heavy traffic roads if I want.
William
11-01-2006, 11:11 AM
Hey William...what have you been googling?


What are you all referring to???? :confused:




William
GD2002
11-01-2006, 12:36 PM
Something like that.

Actually, I do have bike content for the thread. Google Earth is handy when trying to figure out a commute route, using it I can see where subdivisions butt up against one another and where the sidewalks between them are so I can avoid the heavy traffic roads if I want.


I noticed that the maps are outdated (few years are common) for free Google Earth. Not sure if Google will ever update the map. Their paid version is up to date though (from what I was told)

Just an FYI....
Lincoln
11-01-2006, 01:11 PM
I noticed that the maps are outdated (few years are common) for free Google Earth. Not sure if Google will ever update the map. Their paid version is up to date though (from what I was told)

Just an FYI....

according to their website:
Note: While there are additional capabilities and features available in Google Earth Pro, the underlying imagery is the same for all versions of Google Earth.
bcm119
11-01-2006, 01:29 PM
The imagery source, date, resolution, and general quality is highly variable. Its a hodgepodge of data cobbled together on the fly.