Where do you live- satellite style

[hobbes]

Thought this thread by shn (http://filesharingtalk.com/vb3/t89924-.html) was too cool to just let go.

Below is the house I grew up in. It is a 3 story redbrick with a slate-tile roof built in 1906.
The view is of the side door, which is what I used.

http://img209.exs.cx/img209/7237/sideviewadd2vn.th.jpg (http://img209.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img209&image=sideviewadd2vn.jpg)


Next is a pulled back view.

The "y" shows a large bowl shaped area where we played football. It is a drained pond used in the St. Louis World Fair of 1904.

The circled house, just a block up, is that of Marlon Perkins (http://www.wildkingdom.com/history/marlinbio.html). Older members may remember him as host of Mutual of Omahas' Wild Kingdom.

http://www.wildkingdom.com/images/history/marlinchimp.jpg

http://img111.exs.cx/img111/1328/add8ec.th.jpg (http://img111.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img111&image=add8ec.jpg)

Too bad the photos were taken in the winter, but I guess in the summer, all you would see is green treetops.

[MagicNakor]

Well....where I'm living doesn't have any entry in that program. Maybe if you want to see a view of the trees and a lake from thousands of feet in the air... ;)

I don't remember the address of the house I grew up in...

:shuriken:

[hobbes]

Shn covered up the road name in her photo, but if you plug in her coordinates you find that she grew up a few hundred miles west of me in Kansas.

Unless you are in a big city or metropolitan area of one, or not in the US, you may not get a great image

[uNz[i]]

Or, if you live in Australia like I do, you'll get nothing but a big green blur, even if you reside in the heart of the Sydney CBD.

I still don't see what's so interesting about blurry American rooftops anyway.

[hobbes]

']Or, if you live in Australia like I do, you'll get nothing but a big green blur, even if you reside in the heart of the Sydney CBD.

I still don't see what's so interesting about blurry American rooftops anyway.

If you don't care then don't post. Otherwise you just seem jealous. Just like the first time you said the exact same thing.




Wow... blurry photos of american rooftops.

That's almost interesting...

It is lots of fun and I have only posted the tip of the iceberg.

[uNz[i]]

Am I jealous? Or are you arrogant? It's a matter of perspective.

Even if I live in Sydney (Australia's most populated city), as far as the folks in the good ol' USofA are concerned, the entire place is nothing but a huge grass paddock.

What is right with this picture? :frusty:

[DanB]

It won't find any of my adressess in England :(

[TheDave]

www.multimap.com

[TheDave]

its done with planes not satalites. i think :unsure:

[TheDave]

pwnd :blushing:

[sparsely]

well it found my addresses, but didn't show any buildings there :\

but the coolest part was the whole zoom thing it did after you click "Go"

it was like the old "Feature Presentation" intro they used to do on HBO movies!! :D

[ziggyjuarez]

open

[enoughfakefiles]

The red dot indicates where my house is. :D

http://img233.exs.cx/img233/5417/untitled1copy5dp.jpg

[TheDave]

http://img168.exs.cx/img168/2964/aerial0fm.jpg

[enoughfakefiles]

Why`s there no sheep in your photo dave. :whistling

[TheDave]

there might be some sheep or cows a few clicks north. *goes to check*

....

[bigboab]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v31/bigboab/house2.jpg

You can see the country park in the top right of the pic. Straight across from where I stay. :)

[TheDave]

looks unreal :blink:

[enoughfakefiles]

And the local football stadium. :lol:

http://img70.exs.cx/img70/7126/untitled1copy1ys.jpg

[bigboab]

Primary School centre top. Those white tower blocks are now gone. Demolished last year. :) There are deer in the field just across the river. Very picter skew. :)

[TheDave]

is that an aerial photo though? it looks like a model

[bigboab]

is that an aerial photo though? it looks like a model

Yes taken about three years ago. Got it 'free' through the Daily Mail. :)

[TheDave]

teh rovers ground :01:
http://img172.exs.cx/img172/7224/x442750y420500s5000w500h3106te.jpg

i had that cd from the daily mail but lost it :(

[uNz[i]]

That's the most ridiculous thing I've read in ages.
You obviously don't do much reading then. Look to the mote in thine own eye.

Does the USA have to pamper to everyone now. If other countries want to do this then they can use their own satelittes.
Now who's being rediculous? I'm not asking to be pampered, far from it.

The US has satellite images of every landmass on the planet. That is a commonly known fact.
It would be nice for folks in the US to realise there is real geography beyond thier own borders.
Thanks to the USA's huge repository of satellite data, this ideal could be easily accomplished.
It would also be good if the geography was to be depicted accurately.

Why? Because this isn't the first time my part of the world has been misrepresented by US resources.

Case in point: A geography textbook used in Chicago's schools contained a wildly innaccurate picture of the Australian continent.
Nearly all of the western and south coastlines of the Aussie mainland were nothing like the real thing. Tasmania had been completely left out.
The erroneous book was used for nearly 20 years before an Australian teacher working in Chicago discovered and reported the errors.

Does misleading and miseducating students sound like a good idea to you?
Because thats exactly what that satellite pic program is doing.

[TheDave]

i see now, it's teaching american students that australia is a big green blob.

and again, it's not satalite it's planes

[enoughfakefiles]

it's not satalite it's planes

I wonder if they get double time for taking these photos on sundays. :blink:

[uNz[i]]

i see now, it's teaching american students that australia is a big green blob.

and again, it's not satalite it's planes
No, its teaching American students that nothing of any worth exists outside of the USA.

[TheDave]

I wonder if they get double time for taking these photos on sundays. :blink:
tis not a live feed :rolleyes:

[enoughfakefiles]

tis not a live feed :rolleyes:

Roger that..... :unsure:

http://flatrock.org.nz/topics/intellect_and_entertain/assets/pilots.jpg

[clocker]

']No, its teaching American students that nothing of any worth exists outside of the USA.
Now, now, now.
Most Americans could not name all 50 states, much less find them on a map, so asking them to be aware of discrepancies in the map of your continent is asking a bit much, don't you think?

To our credit, most Americans are aware that your toilets flush counterclockwise, you ride kangaroos and all your parents were deported English criminals.
Any other pertinent facts we should be aware of?


What the hell am I doing?
It's Sunday.
I should be at Wal-Mart....

[bigboab]

you ride kangaroos

So that is what that line in the song is about. 'tie me kangaroo down sport' :lol: :lol:

[clocker]

So that is what that line in the song is about. 'tie me kangaroo down sport' :lol: :lol:
Thanks for reminding me.
Rolf Harris is your Minister of Culture.

See?
I know quite a bit about Australia actually.



I'll grab me barbie and leave now...

[bigboab]

Thanks for reminding me.
Rolf Harris is your Minister of Culture.

See?
I know quite a bit about Australia actually.



I'll grab me barbie and leave now...

Which part of Australia do you think that Scotland is in?
:rolleyes:

[uNz[i]]

Now, now, now.
Most Americans could not name all 50 states, much less find them on a map, so asking them to be aware of discrepancies in the map of your continent is asking a bit much, don't you think?

To our credit, most Americans are aware that your toilets flush counterclockwise, you ride kangaroos and all your parents were deported English criminals.
Any other pertinent facts we should be aware of?
Well there are a couple of points I feel I should clarify.

1. It was actually my great great great grandparents who were deported English criminals.
It was England's loss too. You get a much better class of thug downunder.

2. We may use kangaroos for sparring partners during boxing practice, but we certainly do not ride them.

3. The toilet flushing thing is correct. But does it really matter in the grand scheme of things?

Oh... and Rolf Harris was actually from the UK.
He just spent his holidays here, and the Brits took every opportunity to deny responsibility. So the legend grew...

[enoughfakefiles]

Which part of Australia do you think that Scotland is in?
:rolleyes:

Clocker obviously does`nt know as much as he`d thought. :lol: :lol:

[Gemby!]

PEOPLE ARE SPYING ON US !!

*wraps herself in foil so they cant read her thoughts*

[Biggles]

PEOPLE ARE SPYING ON US !!

*wraps herself in foil so they cant read her thoughts*


They might be able to read your thoughts ... but can they understand them? :ph34r:

[tesco]

Doesn't seem to work for canada much. :(
My town is just a green blur, and so is half of toronto. :(

[Lilmiss]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v627/missie77/tehshire.bmp


:01:

[Gemby!]

They might be able to read your thoughts ... but can they understand them? :ph34r:

Does that mean i can take the foil off..... ? :w00t:

[Biggles]

Does that mean i can take the foil off..... ? :w00t:

It's probably best to keep it on at all times. :shifty:

[Gemby!]

But i feel like a baked potato :( *insert baked potato smiley here *

[clocker]

Which part of Australia do you think that Scotland is in?
:rolleyes:
The plaid part?

]Oh... and Rolf Harris was actually from the UK.
He just spent his holidays here, and the Brits took every opportunity to deny responsibility. So the legend grew...
So they deported him then.

You may be interested to know that we have a somewhat similar situation here in the US of A.
All of the residents of Texas were forcibly relocated from other states.

[hobbes]

']Am I jealous? Or are you arrogant? It's a matter of perspective.

Even if I live in Sydney (Australia's most populated city), as far as the folks in the good ol' USofA are concerned, the entire place is nothing but a huge grass paddock.

What is right with this picture? :frusty:

Well I think your :frusty: says it all. Why was your city not included? That was my point. You're upset that Sydney is not there so you make disparaging comments about American rooftops, twice. The first time I ignored you.

It is not my decision what the Keyhole company deems necessary to make available. It is a privately owned company trying to make a buck, not a government funded educational tool to brainwash the citizens of our country. Many portions of the USA are just grassy blurs. My entire college town of 100,000 has essentially no data. It is a green blur even though a State University is there.

I fail to see how you came to the conclusion that I was arrogant. You think I made this software or something?

The program is great fun for looking at places you haven't been to in a while to see how they have changed. I was able to follow old counrty roads and see my Grandmothers farm. I spent hours touring differents places on that thing yesterday, you just have to stay in the data belts.

If your location is not available, that is a shame, but no need for you to rain on our parade just because your city is not available. And no need to make comments about what people in the USA think about Australia based on one demo program. That seems a bit touchy to me.

From KEYHOLE:



Will I be able to see my house?

That depends. While Keyhole does cover the entire globe with satellite imagery, we do not have high resolution imagery for the entire globe. We have focused on larger, US metropolitan areas initially, and will be adding much broader coverage in high-resolution detail over the coming months. See the following charts for a comprehensive list of available high-resolution cities.

They even provided a few teaser images of Sydney:

http://img225.exs.cx/img225/9135/martiansoil9jn.th.gif (http://img225.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img225&image=martiansoil9jn.gif)

[clocker]

You're upset that Sydney is not there so you make disparaging comments about American rooftops, twice. The first time I ignored you.

An admirable display of restraint, good sir.
Bad enough they lust after our womenfolk, but to bad mouth our rooftops?

A man can only stand so much.
A sound thrashing is called for.

Bring hobbes his cane.

[hobbes]

All of the residents of Texas were forcibly relocated from other states.

I will ignore this barb for the moment, you have been warned. :dry:

[bigboab]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v627/missie77/tehshire.bmp


:01:

I must warn you! You are making this a hobbit. It could land you in trouble. You are needing a good tolkien to. :ph34r:

[Lilmiss]

I must warn you! You are making this a hobbit. It could land you in trouble. You are needing a good tolkien to.


Boabisms. :no: :frusty:

[Busyman]

They even provided a few teaser images of Sydney:

http://img225.exs.cx/img225/9135/martiansoil9jn.th.gif (http://img225.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img225&image=martiansoil9jn.gif)
As they say:

PWN3D :lol: :lol:

[Yogi]

City where i was born.

Not from sattelite, but it allways makes for a nice picture, don't

you think??? :D

http://www.poorters.nl/lucht.jpg

Btw, it's called Naarden........... :)


Yogi

[Yogi]

Sweet!!! :D

Also found Naarden with the sat-proggie!! :01:

http://premium1.uploadit.org/poeper//naarden.png



Yogi

[NikkiD]

Well my trial period is expired on that program... but let me see if I can dig up some of the screen shots that FC saved a while back while he was keyholing me. :unsure:

Okay, well I can't find the one he did, but I found an aerial shot that I screenprinted...

http://nikki.wgs.ca/portdoveraerial.JPG

[Snee]

It's pretty eerie 'cos I do live in a big green blur. :ohmy:

[TheDave]

finally something britain beats the world at! spying on ourselves :unsure:

[sArA]

City where i was born.

Not from sattelite, but it allways makes for a nice picture, don't

you think??? :D

http://www.poorters.nl/lucht.jpg

Btw, it's called Naarden........... :)


Yogi


That place looks fantastic...shame it can only really be appreciated from the air...

[clocker]

let me see if I can dig up some of the screen shots that FC saved a while back while he was keyholing me. :unsure:
Where is my bargepole?
Were I not a gentleman I would be sorely tempted to use it....

Here is my abode, BTW...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v78/clocker/Satellitehome.jpg

[hobbes]

Where is my bargepole?
Were I not a gentleman I would be sorely tempted to use it....

Here is my abode, BTW...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v78/clocker/Satellitehome.jpg

Wow, really nice, I thought. Then I clicked the :find nearest "assisted living" tab and the entire screen turned red.

Best of luck with Nurse Ratchet and your bed sores, bed bound boy.

[Yogi]

That place looks fantastic...shame it can only really be appreciated from the air...


Not really, Sara.

Driving, or even better walking, around it is awesome.

It is one of the best, if not the best, preserved and restaurated cities like

that in the world.

It has heaps of monumental spots and the city itself is beautifull.

Esp. in the old market week in september, with all the people clothed like

in the 17th century..........


This is the town-hall my parents got married, inside is just as beautiful!!

http://www.photo.net/philg/digiphotos/200108-nikon775-london-holland/naarden-town-hall.half.jpg


It was also a superplace to play in my youth, the townwalls have many

places to hide........ and seek........and......... :blushing:


Yogi