Where do you live- satellite style

[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


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.

[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.

tis not a live feed

[enoughfakefiles]

tis not a live feed

Roger that.....

[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....