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Google Earth peculiarity
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Thu Mar 23, 2006 10:47 amby Goat
Look at this pic of Ground Zero or better on your GE, where you can zoom in. Look at the damn buildings! WTF?
Did M. C. Escher design the place? Everything looks in place, but there are three or more perspectives, while the shadows are even. Can anyone explain how this works?
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Thu Mar 23, 2006 10:57 amby fragility
presumably, the whole thing is made up of a bunch of different aerial photos and they don't line up properly...
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Thu Mar 23, 2006 11:05 amby DevonH
LMAO, that makes me dizzy!!
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Thu Mar 23, 2006 11:07 amby Goat
Exactly, but what strikes me is that they DO line up properly, I mean there's not one deviation seen on the streets surrounding these buildings, at least I can't find one.
EDIT: HA! Found the deviation. It's the building on the Wall St. and Water St. intersection. Jeez, I have too much time.
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Thu Mar 23, 2006 11:08 amby Blazingmonga
Have you been to New York? Maybe they just built it squint! There are a whole lot of crazy things in the USofA, you never know.
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Thu Mar 23, 2006 11:13 amby Goat
Whole lower Manhattan is queer.
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Thu Mar 23, 2006 11:26 amby fragility
are there any members from new york? if there are, i demand that they go down there right now and take some pictures of that bit from the ground so we can figure it out!
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Thu Mar 23, 2006 11:35 amby Biert
It's not fair! Why are the pictures of New York on Google Earth so damn good, and is my house just a blur?
Oh by the way, if you want to see something cool, check out the Grand Canyon through Google Earth. Make sure to adjust your camera angle!
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Thu Mar 23, 2006 9:15 pmby funny_little_guy
I didn't know google earth got that good!!! Adeliade looks terrible on that thing
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Fri Mar 24, 2006 10:51 amby Goat
Biert wrote:It's not fair! Why are the pictures of New York on Google Earth so damn good, and is my house just a blur?
Oh by the way, if you want to see something cool, check out the Grand Canyon through Google Earth. Make sure to adjust your camera angle!
Hahaha, yeah, have you been to Mt. Everest (must adjust the angle too)? Area 51 is also interesting.
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Fri Mar 24, 2006 11:11 amby Edzecrüshaer
Maybe the buildings are built on different.. places.. angles.. whatever.
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Fri Mar 24, 2006 11:38 amby Goat
My buddy and I have discussed this yesterday and came to the conclusion it's an "intelligence" thing. You know, basically the terrorists can't exactly organize an attack with google earth or something. I can't see any other reason. The southeastern coastal side of lower Manhattan is a mindfuck.
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Fri Mar 24, 2006 12:52 pmby shiram
well obviously they dont wanna give access to certain places to everyone
at least not clear
also, you gotta understand some place are less precise because they dont have much photos taken of said area
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Fri Mar 24, 2006 1:17 pmby Biert
Goat wrote:My buddy and I have discussed this yesterday and came to the conclusion it's an "intelligence" thing. You know, basically the terrorists can't exactly organize an attack with google earth or something. I can't see any other reason. The southeastern coastal side of lower Manhattan is a mindfuck.
They're a bit late with these precautions, aren't they? About 5 years?
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Sat Mar 25, 2006 8:53 amby Kivenkantaja
DevonH wrote:LMAO, that makes me dizzy!!
Same here. I don't feel too good right now