You never know what you a sattelite photo will show
Sat, 03/28/2009 - 4:24pm
15 years
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While scanning the Outer Banks of North Carolina, using Google Earth, I found two interesting objects.
This will give you something to do!
-75.495969,35.738305
-75.488737,35.737420
2 needles in a haystack - I mean ocean.
Edit:
I put the l/l like Garmin POI. For Google Earth it's really:
35.738305,-75.495969
35.737420,-75.488737
Sorry about that.
I almost missed it until I
I almost missed it until I zoom in on it. http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=...
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DFW
I almost missed it until I zoom in on it. http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=32.75641,-97.03766&aq=&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=30.406222,55.810547&ie=UTF8&ll=32.756501,-97.037465&spn=0.000983,0.001703&t=h&z=19
Looks like it is headed to DFW. Curious what the coloring is. I am not in 3D mode.
I support the right to keep and arm bears.
Reflection of sunlight off
Reflection of sunlight off the aluminum shell of the plane. The satellite's lenses are apparently sensitive enough to capture the light spectrum from the reflection.
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Not Quite
Reflection of sunlight off the aluminum shell of the plane. The satellite's lenses are apparently sensitive enough to capture the light spectrum from the reflection.
Sats don't use color sensors. They have a monochrome sensor that is exposed through several filters (typically RGB) sequentially. These images are later combined into a color image. This works fine if the object you are imaging is stationary (the ground) or moving slowly. However, if the object is moving quickly with respect to the "reference frame" of the image (like the airplane in the image above), the different color images are slightly de-registered, hence the color spectrum along the direction of travel of the object.
Note that a newer image has replaced the image above. To see the plane at this location now, you need to go into Google Earth, click on the "Display Historical Imagery" button, and go back one (as of 11/17/11) image in time.
Cheers,
--Lee
One more
This one came up on our local news cast today, thought I would share it with everyone. It is a wetlands on this property, and the owner of the land is a frog fanatic. 43.839291,-75.887001
Thanks for sharing
Cool one. thanks
Chuckle
Now that gave me a chuckle.
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Do you know if this is in the offbeat tourist attraction file?
This one came up on our local news cast today, thought I would share it with everyone. It is a wetlands on this property, and the owner of the land is a frog fanatic. 43.839291,-75.887001
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for the aiplane buffs out there
#4 is sort of, well, way out there...
SR71 -117.2664 W / 33.88355 N
C46 -094.08714 W / 58.76060 N
B36 -120.5794 W / 37.36843 N
C97 -090.1406 W / 42.99223 N
phlatlander
#4
Stopped by #4 a few years ago. I remember seeing the skid marks on the runway where they brought it in. It has really fallen into disrepair. A shame......
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Posting Photos
I wish you could post photos on this forum. Is there a way to do this?
My friend and I walking my dog T.J.
Was walking my dog the day the google car drove by. lol.
45.523039, -73.695672
Are we there yet?
Yes/No
I wish you could post photos on this forum. Is there a way to do this?
No you can't paste or upload a photo to POI-Factory however you can upload the photo to a hosting site like photobucket.com and paste the link to the photo here as I did with this link http://bit.ly/ngjhr2
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Strange area
#4 is sort of, well, way out there...
SR71 -117.2664 W / 33.88355 N
C46 -094.08714 W / 58.76060 N
B36 -120.5794 W / 37.36843 N
C97 -090.1406 W / 42.99223 N
#4 is not far from 'The House on the Rock', an unbelievable house/compound built by an eccentric billionaire with far more money than sense.
The collection of bizarre stuff in that house is hard to believe. Their photo gallery:
http://www.thehouseontherock.com/HOTR_Attraction_PhotoGaller...
No, I don't think it is
I checked on my GPS to see if this comes up as one of the Offbeat Attractions, but I don't see it listed on there. You really can't tell it's a frog unless you see it from above. Here is a link to the local news coverage of the story, if anyone is interested. http://www.wwnytv.com/news/local/Must-See-The-Frog-Pond-That...
Interesting find
I was browsing a recent National Geographic magazine and was fascinated to find a picture of a huge concrete "arrow" embedded in the ground at various intervals back in the 1920s. This was the era of transcontinental air flights way before radar and air traffic control.
I googled concrete arrows and sure enough there are still come around. The pilots would use the arrows to stay on the path across the country! Whatever works, huh
Here are the google earth coordinates for one near Zion National park:
37.395884,-113.257308
You have to zoom in a bit to see the arrow
I have seen the future and it is now!
I heard of that before.
Real cool what you find sometimes.
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Back then...
In those days, IFR meant "I Follow Roads".
The Moose Is Loose! nuvi 760
What...?
Checked out both but was unable to see what was so exciting.
The first set of numbers showed waves crashing on the shore... and the second showed the ocean a few hundred yards off shore.
I can see the ocean and seashore in person just by walking out my door and driving a few minutes from home.
Nuvi1300WTGPS
I'm not really lost.... just temporarily misplaced!
Previous Aerial Shot
A few years ago, a commercial jet was over a neighbor's house while on approach to O'Hare, but updated satellite images have shown it's no longer there. I suppose it finally landed.
On the previous update to the satellite views for Long Island, I saw my car parked at the office and at my sisters a few miles away. Apparently in the time between when they took the shot over my office and the shot over my sisters house I had driven to her location.
I support the right to keep and arm bears.
I thought the same thing ....
Checked out both but was unable to see what was so exciting.
The first set of numbers showed waves crashing on the shore... and the second showed the ocean a few hundred yards off shore.
I can see the ocean and seashore in person just by walking out my door and driving a few minutes from home.
Nuvi1300WTGPS
If you're talking about the very first post I thought the same thing, then I realized the first post was in March of 2009 and surely the satellite image at those coordinates has changed since then.
Reading some of the comments from back then I'm guessing a few birds in flight were caught by the camera.
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7-06
Checked out both but was unable to see what was so exciting.
The first set of numbers showed waves crashing on the shore... and the second showed the ocean a few hundred yards off shore.
I can see the ocean and seashore in person just by walking out my door and driving a few minutes from home.
Nuvi1300WTGPS
If you're talking about the very first post I thought the same thing, then I realized the first post was in March of 2009 and surely the satellite image at those coordinates has changed since then.
Reading some of the comments from back then I'm guessing a few birds in flight were caught by the camera.
If you put the coords vin goggle earth and go back to 7-06 you will see the jets.
All the worlds indeed a stage and we are merely players. Rush
Huh?
If you put the coords vin goggle earth and go back to 7-06 you will see the jets.
I have, but rarely use, Google Earth. I put the cords in but have no idea how to go back in time with it.
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Time machine
If you put the coords vin goggle earth and go back to 7-06 you will see the jets.
I have, but rarely use, Google Earth. I put the cords in but have no idea how to go back in time with it.
On the bottom left under the scale there is a small clock with an green arrow with 1993 beside it. Click on 1993 and a slide scale will show up on the top left. Move the slide until you get to 7 2006.
All the worlds indeed a stage and we are merely players. Rush
Fun Info....
thanks.
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very interesting.
very interesting.
Confuse Google
I like to confuse google by placing a giant mirror on the roof of my house so that all they see is the reflection of a sattelite!
When I do a search of our
When I do a search of our property in the mountains of NC, I see the day the bulldozer finished excavating the foundation for our house there!!!
February 2013 vintage picture
A 2689LMT in both our cars that we love... and a Nuvi 660 with Lifetime Maps that we have had literally forever.... And a 2011 Ford Escape with Nav System that is totally ignored!
wow
The technology
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thanks
Thanks, learned something, I see the jets.
If you put the coords vin goggle earth and go back to 7-06 you will see the jets.
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Fighter jets common here
Yeah, here on the Outer Banks, military jets particularly patrolling the coast and conducting training missions from the Norfolk Virginia area, are a much more common sight (and sound) than commercial jets.
/and if you're reading this thread, searching the coordinates on Google Earth in the original post, and not seeing what the discussion is all about, first, if you haven't already, reverse the two coordinates to 35.737420,-75.488737 to see the Outer Banks and then zoom in, and second, slide the time slider to 7/2006 (because the more current Google Earth image doesn't show the fighter jet).
JMoo On
Nice paint job
29.652157, -95.293130
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Here's another .....
29.652157, -95.293130
Here's another in Philadelphia, PA
39.959071, -75.138212 (click street view and rotate the view)
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New Street views
Well, after all this time, this post gets revived again.
Made me take a looksee at some sights.
Also, I looked to see if Google maps ever made a drive down Duke of Gloucester (commonly known as DOG street).
They did more than drive down the street. Take a Look:
37.271309,-76.699154
Enjoy your ride. The folks in the carriage are.
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Old Images
I did a search for neighborhood where I used to live, and saw my old car parked in the driveway. The satellite images must be from at least 3 years ago.