[AT] Want to see all your ATIS friends' abodes from the sky--in color!?

[Mike Sloane]

Be aware that the degree of detail on the images varies, depending on 
the area. For instance, when I look at my property in northwestern NJ, I 
can identify the tractors parked in front of the barn. But when I took a 
look at Dick Fink's place in rural western PA, the details were very 
vague. The same is true in other parts of the world. I suspect the 
management of the system spent more money buying satellite images from 
more densely populated regions of the world. Also realize that the 
colors are not natural but are adjusted from infra-red imagery in some 
places. But it is still good fun. If you have a broadband connection, 
you can actually fly over like a helicopter or drive down roads, but the 
buildings and hills are not quite realistic from that angle.

If you run the program, you can go to: 40° 56' 30.88" N and 74° 50' 
54.61" W and get down to about 750' altitude before things get too 
fuzzy. That is my barn and property back about two years ago in March.

Mike

John Wilkens wrote:
> If you haven't seen this free world wide fantastic color aerial photo 
> program take a look! 
> <http://earth.google.com/download-earth.html>http://earth.google.com/download-earth.html 
> 
> 
>> It's a Google program that gives you very close up views of just about 
>> anywhere on earth--and at different angles.  Hard to believe the 
>> technology.  I guess some of the older computers can't handle the 
>> program but my old Pentium with XP does just fine.     John W
> 
> 
> 
>                    In the wide-open spaces of NE Oregon
>  

-- 
Mike Sloane
Allamuchy NJ
<mikesloane at verizon.net>
Website: <www.geocities.com/mikesloane>
Images: <www.fotki.com/mikesloane>

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