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June 14th, 2004, 02:57 PM
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Re: OT - Technology is amazing
Here's my neighborhood!
My house is mere feet from the greenbelt in the middle of the picture.
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June 14th, 2004, 03:08 PM
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Re: OT - Technology is amazing
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 ]
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June 14th, 2004, 03:23 PM
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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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June 14th, 2004, 04:02 PM
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Re: OT - Technology is amazing
The red X inside the red square is the current location of the PBW server.
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. 
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June 14th, 2004, 04:24 PM
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Re: OT - Technology is amazing
Quote:
Originally posted by dogscoff:
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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Yeah, GlobeExplorer says I can get rid of them if I pay them money. 
(sounds like extortion to me)
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