Paal_101 Posted April 13, 2005 Report Share Posted April 13, 2005 Yep, here is a satellite image showing my home:http://www.wildfiregames.com/~paul/Basar_satellite_image.JPGIf you are wondering we live on 160 acres of land, roughly 1/2 mile by 1/2 mile. I got this by using www.maps.google.com Unfortunately at the moment it is only North America, but I've found my dad's workplace (with his vehicle parked in a corner ) and my grandma's house in Florida. Its a lot of fun EDIT: I just realized the caption says "That's out house" This is a typo, it should be "our" obviously Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mythos_Ruler Posted April 13, 2005 Report Share Posted April 13, 2005 I have also seen a satellite photo of my house, but using a different map service. It was soon after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, so I looked at Ground Zero as well and the images were up-to-date and even showed the devestation from space.PS: There are convicts living across the street from you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Argalius Posted April 13, 2005 Report Share Posted April 13, 2005 Nice resolution... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ykkrosh Posted April 13, 2005 Report Share Posted April 13, 2005 World Wind has satellite imagery with 15m/pixel precision over the whole world, and several higher-resolution sets inside America. And it shows mountains very nicely . (Unfortunately it's not particularly low-bandwidth - 170MB for the initial installation, and a lot more when you start looking around the world...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldenratiophi Posted April 13, 2005 Report Share Posted April 13, 2005 This Google Maps Satelite thing is pretty neat. I can see my house! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uppy Posted April 13, 2005 Report Share Posted April 13, 2005 (edited) I like your "out house" Edited April 13, 2005 by Uppy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dnas Posted April 13, 2005 Report Share Posted April 13, 2005 They don't have very detailed pics of my house @Ykkrosh: The World Wind stuff looks really cool... I'm going to have to download it some time... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red_08 Posted April 13, 2005 Report Share Posted April 13, 2005 Here's major detail pic of my house before they put a roof on the porch (see the wooden boards sticking out?) and it got painted.(Ok the link isn't working correctly and google can't find my house so I'll just uploaded it to fileshack here: http://img96.echo.cx/my.php?image=arhouse4lq.jpg) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CodeOptimist Posted April 13, 2005 Report Share Posted April 13, 2005 I've been loving Google Maps as well Great resolution over larger cities.You have a private airstrip, Paul? (!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red_08 Posted April 13, 2005 Report Share Posted April 13, 2005 I highly recomend Globe Xplorer. That's what I got my pic from. (http://imageatlas.globexplorer.com/ImageAtlas/view.do?group=ImageAtlas&lat=39.5276&lon=-97.142&zoom_level=1) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ykkrosh Posted April 13, 2005 Report Share Posted April 13, 2005 Aha, finally found it: Paul's home on World Wind, with real 3D valley shapes (and some minor vertical exaggeration ). Also mine - I think it's one of the pixels in the village near the centre of the picture... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Tutankhamun Posted April 13, 2005 Report Share Posted April 13, 2005 I had a demo of Keyhole a while ago and it coud show the chimney in the back of my house. And of course the pool and cars can be seen as well. I tried it through google, and it looks fine for mine but not at all as detailed as the one through keyhole was. Google has a neat idea here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EKen132 Posted April 14, 2005 Report Share Posted April 14, 2005 Now if this wasn't the biggest coincedence ever. I was just going to post a topic about maps.google.com yesterday.So far, I've seen my house, a marina that I used to sail out of on Lake Michigan, MIT, the Virgin Islands, where my family sailed this summer, Chicago, and my school.My cross country team is going to use the satellite images to put maps of our courses on our website. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paal_101 Posted April 14, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 14, 2005 LOL I knew those captions would get me in trouble Its actually Gonvicks, the ranchers across the road from us. And yes it is pretty nasty resolution Man I need World Wind Prob is its only dial-up Thanks for the pic Phillip!@ Nate - Yep, my dad is a pilot and rebuilt a Stinson 108-2 Voyager about 3 years ago. Actually the very reason we bought this land was so he'd have a place to fly it off of. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CodeOptimist Posted April 14, 2005 Report Share Posted April 14, 2005 Its actually Gonvicks, the ranchers across the road from us. And yes it is pretty nasty resolution ←Huh? *is confused* @ Nate - Yep, my dad is a pilot and rebuilt a Stinson 108-2 Voyager about 3 years ago. Actually the very reason we bought this land was so he'd have a place to fly it off of.←Awesome If I ever get a pilot's license and a plane, I'll have to pay you a visit! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Centurion_13 Posted April 15, 2005 Report Share Posted April 15, 2005 @ykrosh, if you live in the US, you can switch it to the usgs satalite and get detailed enought to get individual houses, cars (even people although they are just blotches). its almost 1m per pixel quality.I managed to find Mythos_rulers house. and he showed me around his town.@if you see me on msn Ill see if we can get a better picture of your place.. that goes for anyone in the US.as for me, I live here:here (perpindicular)here(angled)here(labeled)Ill get a clearer labeled up one soon but for now the higher red label is my home and the lower red label is my school.And this is where Ill be moving:here(perpindicular)here(angled) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorian Posted April 15, 2005 Report Share Posted April 15, 2005 I'm downloading WorldWind right now, I will show you guys my house if it works Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CodeOptimist Posted April 15, 2005 Report Share Posted April 15, 2005 I'm downloading WorldWind right now, I will show you guys my house if it works ←Me too - downloading via the NASA BitTorrent tracker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorian Posted April 15, 2005 Report Share Posted April 15, 2005 Me too, maybe I am downloading from you and vice versa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Centurion_13 Posted April 15, 2005 Report Share Posted April 15, 2005 Lorian I doubt you will be able to see the individual houses in the UK. only possible in the US.but you could show us the area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorian Posted April 15, 2005 Report Share Posted April 15, 2005 I know Oh well, I will show you my school and local park and stuff as well, that should come out (?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Centurion_13 Posted April 15, 2005 Report Share Posted April 15, 2005 depends how big it is Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CodeOptimist Posted April 15, 2005 Report Share Posted April 15, 2005 Me too, maybe I am downloading from you and vice versa←Probably so I see one peer with the hostname domain 'ntl.com', which I *believe* is your ISP's domain? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorian Posted April 15, 2005 Report Share Posted April 15, 2005 (edited) You are right, I am with NTL, it sucks EDIT: Oh gees, I have just found out that NTL are introducing download limits :'(EDIT: Ugh, this is rediculous, I'm looking for a new ISP but they all have download limits! Araghhh! Edited April 15, 2005 by Lorian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klaas Posted April 19, 2005 Report Share Posted April 19, 2005 No sattelite pics, but plane pics:Here's where my mother is born (Eeklo):http://www.rlm.be/meetjesland/luchtfoto/fi...mages/3_jpg.jpgThe church of Eeklo is quite huge, very impressive for such a small town. The building in front of the church is the town hall, so you can imagine how big it must be.http://www.rlm.be/meetjesland/luchtfoto/fi...mages/4_jpg.jpgThis is where I live, Maldegem. You see the town's square and town hall. To the left is the Catholic school, the white building to the right is a castle which is now the police office, and the trees to the right is the town's park. In the top right corner where you see the parking lot is the town's swimming pool.http://www.rlm.be/meetjesland/luchtfoto/fi...mages/8_jpg.jpgSomeone made a joke I suppose (zon = sun)http://www.rlm.be/meetjesland/luchtfoto/fi...mages/9_jpg.jpgWell the road around here are erm, quite complicated And last but not least my house:http://www.kvw.be/images/house.jpgTo the left is the house where my grandparents used to live (sold it a few years ago) and to the right is my house. Everything that's between the roads (so the rectangular shape) is our farm, except the house on the left. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.