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Here's my neighborhood!

My house is mere feet from the greenbelt in the middle of the picture.

http://www.terraserver.com/imagery/i...r_id=305&t=pan

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I can beat that. Here is my street...
http://www.alt-hacker.org/~gandalf/OurStreet.JPG

and here is my house...
http://www.alt-hacker.org/~gandalf/OurHouse.JPG
Its the one right on the corner. Just what I wanted; small front yard, huge backyard.

Both are satellite shots. But the same shot databases gave me 10 year old black-and-white photos when I tried to view where I grew up. I guess Iowa doesnt get viewed as often as northern California (Im surrounded by military bases). There is a Russia site which now charges for fly-overs. It will schedule a shot of anywhere. (now where was that nudist camp?)

[ June 14, 2004, 14:09: Message edited by: Gandalf Parker ]

Re: OT - Technology is amazing
 

Gandalf, isn't it a pain having those huge "globexplorer" logos floating in mid-air above your street? They must block out the sunlight and be really unsightly.

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The red X inside the red square is the current location of the PBW server.

http://seiv.pbw.cc/ourhouse.jpg

And this part blows my mind. You are looking at a picture of the house containing the server containing the picture you are looking at. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

Re: OT - Technology is amazing
 

<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Yeah, GlobeExplorer says I can get rid of them if I pay them money. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif
(sounds like extortion to me)