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Offline radshak

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« on: April 06, 2005, 09:19:29 AM »
Hey all, google has now integrated their newly acquired keyhole satelite mapping technology to their map site. I thought it might be cool to share some overheads of military instalations.

1. Goto http://maps.google.com
2. Click the satelite link in the upper right
3. Find you local military base/port/airfield
4. Click link to this page in upper right to get a link to the lat/lon
5. Post it here!

Here are my locals, philadelphia naval yard

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=philadelphia+port&ll=39.888890,-75.183048&spn=0.010836,0.015407&t=k&hl=en

Willow Grove naval air station

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=willow+grove,pa&ll=40.207279,-75.150003&spn=0.010836,0.015407&t=k&hl=en

Let's see what near you!

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« Reply #1 on: April 06, 2005, 09:45:58 AM »
Wow!
Homeland security taking a little nap?
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« Reply #2 on: April 06, 2005, 10:12:37 AM »
Google did an amazing job on it's Map site.

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« Reply #3 on: April 06, 2005, 10:16:41 AM »
Does not seem to work from Canada.

Would be cool feature to be able to look at an airport that I was going to fly to. I am heading down to Sun and Fun next week and was trying to look at Lakeland to see the runway layout. Too bad it was not working.

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« Reply #5 on: April 06, 2005, 10:38:59 AM »
http://www.space.com/php/multimedia/zoomviewer/

a few preselected sattellite zoom views
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« Reply #6 on: April 06, 2005, 10:47:02 AM »
Started working all of a sudden for me.

Very cool. I found my plane at the local airport tied down on the apron.

Also I have a pretty good shot of my house. I can tell that the picture is at least 2 years old as it is a summer shot and a new subdivision that was started last spring was still a field in the picture.

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« Reply #7 on: April 06, 2005, 10:53:34 AM »
Very cool!

Normally there are 6-7 KC-135s and a ****load of C130 Hercs laying around on the tarmac.  Not sure where they were in when this was taken.



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« Reply #8 on: April 06, 2005, 11:02:59 AM »
everytime I do it it does not show an image just a normal map. Am I missing something?

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« Reply #9 on: April 06, 2005, 11:03:55 AM »
Top right corner, click Satellite (new!) :)
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« Reply #10 on: April 06, 2005, 11:09:06 AM »
The reselution available in canada is much courser.
Esquimalt Navy Base

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« Reply #11 on: April 06, 2005, 11:12:44 AM »
lol DErrr....

Ok thanks

Found a cool one in the North bay.


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« Reply #12 on: April 06, 2005, 11:30:45 AM »
Better Up that millitary spending and invest in satellite killers.

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« Reply #13 on: April 06, 2005, 11:55:42 AM »
Doesn't work from here.
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« Reply #14 on: April 06, 2005, 12:18:31 PM »
Someone told me yesterday that he felt general aviation should be prohibited at any airport that has commercial passenger carrying aircraft operating.  

Now I read folks like Jackal1 suggesting this mapping is also dangerous.

This culture of fear sure has taken quite a grip around here, eh?  I remember a time when the only thing we had to fear was a fiery atomic holocaust.  Of course, back then we schooldesks that would protect us if we ducked and covered properly, but todays threats seem amorphous enough that people seem to feel the need to sand down anything with sharp edges.  

Let's just skip the interim phase and go straight to child-safing our planet.  I volunteer Lasz to put corks on the tusks of Rhinos, and I'll handle filling in the Grand Canyon.
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