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July 21, 2010 5:00 pm at 5:00 pm #592004Dr. PepperParticipant
Ever notice an interesting view from Google Satellite?
Why not share it with us?
I’ll start with one- a runway (with a plane ready to take off) on the roof of a building in Manhattan.
http://maps.google.com/maps?ie=UTF8&hl=en&ll=40.704135,-74.008184&spn=0.000756,0.001739&t=h&z=20
July 21, 2010 5:30 pm at 5:30 pm #1029098smartcookieMemberAre you talking a bout google streetview or is this something else?
July 21, 2010 6:30 pm at 6:30 pm #1029099Dr. PepperParticipantSomething else. This is Satellite View- a view from the sky, street view is from street level.
July 21, 2010 7:05 pm at 7:05 pm #1029100apushatayidParticipantGoogle Earth is: http://earth.google.com/
July 21, 2010 7:11 pm at 7:11 pm #1029101squeakParticipantYou mean a sculpture of a plane.
July 21, 2010 8:50 pm at 8:50 pm #1029102Dr. PepperParticipantsqueak-
Are you familiar with that building?
Here are some real airplanes (in an airplane graveyard)-
http://maps.google.com/maps?ie=UTF8&hl=en&ll=32.154778,-110.823319&spn=0.013516,0.035963&t=h&z=16
July 21, 2010 8:59 pm at 8:59 pm #1029103squeakParticipantYep. It was put there to amuse high-floor residents of surrounding buildings.
July 22, 2010 2:12 pm at 2:12 pm #1029104Dr. PepperParticipantCorner of Garibaldi St. and Route 202, San Fernando neighborhood, Buenos Aires, Argentina. This is the corner where Israeli agents captured Adolf Eichmann. His house on Garibaldi St. is no longer standing.
He was fascinated with trains and the Israelis observed him watching the trains go by with his youngest son who was born in Argentina. (This son has no memories of his father and is embarrassed to be related.) The train tracks are still visible on the bottom of the view.
Back then the area was very marshy and was much less populated than it is now.
http://maps.google.com/maps?ie=UTF8&hl=en&ll=-34.474006,-58.597142&spn=0.00329,0.008991&t=h&z=18
July 22, 2010 2:35 pm at 2:35 pm #1029105YW Moderator-80MemberJuly 22, 2010 2:51 pm at 2:51 pm #1029106WolfishMusingsParticipantLombard Street, San Fransisco, CA
There is one block of Lombard Street that consists of seven hairpin turns, one after the other. What you can’t see from the map or satellite view is that the street is also on a steep incline.
Lombard Street (and its curves) was featured in what I consider to be one of the funniest movie chase scenes of all time at the end of the movie “What’s Up Doc?”
The Wolf
July 22, 2010 3:34 pm at 3:34 pm #1029107apushatayidParticipantJuly 22, 2010 3:41 pm at 3:41 pm #1029108YW Moderator-80Memberjust one of our many secure locations
July 22, 2010 4:34 pm at 4:34 pm #1029109Dr. PepperParticipantJuly 22, 2010 4:47 pm at 4:47 pm #1029110WolfishMusingsParticipantjust one of our many secure locations
I was SURE you guys were headquartered here:
🙂
The Wolf
July 22, 2010 6:13 pm at 6:13 pm #1029111YW Moderator-80Memberonly the elite moderator tactical units, and the security cadre are headquartered there. not for us regular “soldiers”.
if you ever tried to moderate a venusian-martian argument you would understand why.
July 22, 2010 6:24 pm at 6:24 pm #1029112WolfishMusingsParticipantif you ever tried to moderate a venusian-martian argument you would understand why.
Actually, I’ve seen a Venusian-Martian argument. It was shown in the Twilight Zone Episode “Will the Real Martian Please Stand Up.”
The Wolf
July 22, 2010 9:45 pm at 9:45 pm #1029113YW Moderator-42ModeratorJuly 22, 2010 9:47 pm at 9:47 pm #1029114YW Moderator-42ModeratorIn case you were wondering where Mod 86 went:
July 22, 2010 9:58 pm at 9:58 pm #1029115apushatayidParticipant“if you ever tried to moderate a venusian-martian argument you would understand why.”
I cant imagine it is any worse than some of the things discussed here.
July 22, 2010 9:59 pm at 9:59 pm #1029116YW Moderator-42ModeratorJuly 23, 2010 2:59 pm at 2:59 pm #1029117EloQuint5MemberGetty Museum: Los Angeles, California
Winchester Mystery House, San Jose California
What’s interesting about this structure is that it’s all one house.
July 23, 2010 3:05 pm at 3:05 pm #1029118YW Moderator-80MemberAnyone else finding these postings eminently uninteresting?
July 25, 2010 3:30 am at 3:30 am #1029119giyoress al pi halachaMemberI am entertained.
July 25, 2010 10:24 pm at 10:24 pm #1029120d aMemberI was once “driving” down Google Street View, when I saw the bottom of a car and on top of that was another car…
August 20, 2014 2:04 am at 2:04 am #1029121To be or not to beMemberOn street view you can see me (blurred out) on my porch
August 20, 2014 2:22 am at 2:22 am #1029122DikDukDuckParticipantOn satellite I saw a plane’s shadow over the ocean. I couldn’t find the plane though.
August 20, 2014 2:50 am at 2:50 am #1029123JosephParticipantTBONTB: Do you remember seeing the Google Car with the big camera on top passing your home?
please do not ask for specific identifying information
August 20, 2014 2:13 pm at 2:13 pm #1029124To be or not to beMemberActually I do. in fact , I came out of my house when I saw it passing by. That’s why when you are directly in front of my house you cant see me , but if you continue down the road and look back you will.
August 20, 2014 2:17 pm at 2:17 pm #1029125🍫Syag LchochmaParticipantThere is a date on the bottom of the screen that says when the street view picture was taken. My dad’s house was photographed 3 days before he died. For a long time I loved to go back to that page and see the house with his car still parked out front . . .
August 20, 2014 7:13 pm at 7:13 pm #1029126yehudayonaParticipantHairpin turn on Route 2 in western Massachusetts:
https://www.google.com/maps/@42.7075547,-73.0640793,738m/data=!3m1!1e3
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