New continents discovered (Google Maps satellite)

anders · June 25, 2005 12:58AM

So it happened. Google discovered my hangout here on the planet. Lets all do the Google map thing again and show where we live

Here is my place: http://surl.dk/st/ Zoom in and I live on the right side of the north-south street at the right of the picture with a view over the harbour.

Its extremely detailed but some how compressed (in reality the houses have 90 degree corners)

stoo · June 25, 2005 7:47AM

Not enough detail for Edinburgh. You can't spot individual buildings at the highest level of zoom.

bergz · June 25, 2005 9:07AM

This is me right now. Hi!

http://kh.google.com/kh?v=2&t=tqssrrrsssstqttqtt

(but it's missing the apt. building they've been building next door for the last year or so.--a little outdated.)

--B

anders · June 25, 2005 10:18AM

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Originally posted by Stoo

Not enough detail for Edinburgh. You can't spot individual buildings at the highest level of zoom.

Hmm. Looks like the US military thinks the two bridges on the way to Perth are much more interesting than downtown Edinburgh. Wonder why, hmmmm

By the way, the railroad bridge is still the most beautiful in the world.

shawnj · June 25, 2005 12:55PM

Not much for Moosic, PA either. I can see the airport, the turnpike, the interstate, and several bodies of water but that's it. I live somewhat to the right of the smaller lake in the bottom right corner.

Edit: Fixed address. Thanks Splinemodel.

splinemodel · June 25, 2005 2:53PM

you guys have to use the "link to this page" option. otherwise, it doesn't seem to work.

Indialantic, FL

Towards the bottom, beachside, just north of the house with the bean shaped pool.

hardeeharhar · June 25, 2005 3:46PM

W. Philly PA...

Smack dab in the middle....

anders · June 25, 2005 4:31PM

BTW remember the last round? Someone spotted a plane landing at an airport and we were amazed about the shutter time of the camera (no visible movement of the plane).

Look here Does that say anything about the camera?

funky · June 25, 2005 5:02PM

I live on just above the blurry satellite.

Furzedown, London, SW17

During few pervoius weeks, I have been played with Google Maps satellite a few times and thought that was very good despite they are unable to show most of areas in details area. Look at the sharp details and blurry photos on that link site, that's where I live, just above the blurry photos!

I do hope Google will be able to show all continents in details photos, not blurry ones on the offical release of Google Local website once the "public BETA" of Google Local website are done.

Funky

voxapps · June 25, 2005 6:22PM

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Originally posted by Anders

BTW remember the last round? Someone spotted a plane landing at an airport and we were amazed about the shutter time of the camera (no visible movement of the plane).

Look here Does that say anything about the camera?

I found another plane, in mid-flight, here. Based on its location and direction (final approach to California's San Jose International), it's at least 1 mile in altitude and probably 250 knots airspeed. I think it's an American Airlines 757, which is 155 feet (47 meters) long.

hardeeharhar · June 25, 2005 11:01PM

You know what I find odd about the photos of london-town, the satellite has to be north of the city in inclination above the equator, this is contrary to almost all other satellite photos I have seen for northern hemisphere countries...

magicfingers · June 26, 2005 8:23AM

i have a few views of my domain. Google Map I am first house to the left of the baseball infield.

and these high resolution images are from the Indiana/St.Joe County GIS site. These pictures get very close up, I can see the chairs on our deck. BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING!!!

close

REAL CLOSE!!

naturalelement · June 26, 2005 8:45PM

MagicFingers:

I never knew about that site, I am from Goshen, I am attempting to find my house right now. Thanks!

soulcrusher · June 27, 2005 12:27AM

my house is two streets east of that park

mi casa

splinemodel · June 27, 2005 9:48AM

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Originally posted by soulcrusher

my house is two streets east of that park

mi casa

I assume that's Costa Rica and not Durham.

soulcrusher · June 27, 2005 11:20AM

well, I don't call Duke's campus "home".

ast3r3x · June 27, 2005 10:23PM

terraserver image - because google's is horrible

My house is toward the bottom left hand corner...across the street from the church. It has a circle (look like a moon crescent), it's an above ground pool.

xool · June 27, 2005 11:46PM

Terraserver is interesting, but what's good about google maps is that the interface is humane. You can drag the maps around and get realtime overlays. All that's missing is real-time zoom and trust me, its possible. Sure, I'd like better images and I'm sure we'll get that too, but I much prefer the interactive map over point-and-click maps.

For driving directions I still use MapQuest, but I'll check out my destination using Google Maps first.

bergz · June 30, 2005 6:54PM

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Originally posted by segovius

Has anyone seen this huge triangle in the desert at Lake Groom Test Site aka Area 51 ?

What the Figgity-Fuck??

--B

spellcheck · July 1, 2005 9:24PM

Anders - I lived right down the road from you (Dalslandsgade) until last month. Great city..

powermacg6 · July 2, 2005 10:33AM

Quote:

Originally posted by bergz

What the Figgity-Fuck??

--B

New continents discovered (Google Maps satellite)

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