Having fun with MSN Vitual Earth

Big Dog

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• Sep 3, 2007

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I don't know what it is but I'm fascinated with satellite photos. I can spend hours just looking at friends, family and city aerial photos. Here's a few of my place ...............

 

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Mith

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• Sep 3, 2007

• #2

You aren't the only one. Its surprising how much more you can see from the air. Attached is a picture of the area where I live. The picture wont go in any more.

Your area looks very dry. Thats one thing I would miss if I moved out of England, the greenery.

 

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Big Dog

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• Sep 3, 2007

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The satellites only take pictures inadvertently and can be any time of the year. My pictures appear to be from last fall. It's much greener here now.

 

Doc

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• Sep 3, 2007

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Kewl. I wish I had more time and a faster connection to play more with google earth or MSN virtual earth.

 

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bczoom

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• Sep 4, 2007

• #5

Big Dog said:

The satellites only take pictures inadvertently and can be any time of the year. My pictures appear to be from last fall. It's much greener here now.

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I believe they intentionally take them in the spring and fall (up here in the North).

In summer, too much foliage to see things. Ditto when there's snow.

I don't have any current information on it but there's software that's been developed that takes the images from 2 different points in time and identifies changes.

In particular (and what I heard it was intended for) is to allow local/county governments to get a list of changes (e.g. structures) so they can see if appropriate permits and taxations were performed.

 

BoneheadNW

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• Sep 4, 2007

• #6

A related question: How does one take a snapshot in google earth to post it here?
Bone

 

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Mith

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• Sep 4, 2007

• #7

I do alt+printscreen and then paste into paint. Then save as a picture.

 

Doc

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• Sep 4, 2007

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bczoom said:

In particular (and what I heard it was intended for) is to allow local/county governments to get a list of changes (e.g. structures) so they can see if appropriate permits and taxations were performed.

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Big Brother is really watching us all now.

 

Big Dog

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• Sep 4, 2007

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BoneheadNW said:

A related question: How does one take a snapshot in google earth to post it here?
Bone

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MW Snap free software for capturing images from your PC

http://www.snapfiles.com/get/mwsnap.html

 

BoneheadNW

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• Sep 4, 2007

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Let's see if I can attach this photo of my place via google earth.
Bone

 

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Doc

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• Sep 5, 2007

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Wow BH. Lots of trees around you. .....and I thought you lived on an island.

 

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bczoom

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• Sep 5, 2007

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Doc said:

Wow BH. Lots of trees around you. .....and I thought you lived on an island.

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Islands can't have trees?

 

BoneheadNW

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• Sep 5, 2007

• #13

Here is a pic from a little further out. The images were taken while the house was being built, I would say around 2001, so there is no grass around the house. Our place is in the center of the pic and is bordered to the north by the road, to the west by the meadow, and to the south by the cul de sac.
Bone

 

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Doc

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• Sep 5, 2007

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Nice location you got there BH.

Yeah, yeah Brian .... islands do have trees .... but I didn't realize how big BH's island was. And to have that pic from above not show any of the shorelines surprised me.