How to find yourself on Google Earth

[Sandgroper]

On 11-Jun-11 6:04 PM, Sharpie wrote:

Can someone in eastern Australia use their backyard to make a huge clock
that is readable from space? This way when Google Maps updates their
imagery we can use your clock as a reference to find out where we were at
that particular day and time.

Google maps are useless , they are always 2 - 3 years out of date.

Nearmaps is better , they take high resolution overhead pictures from a
plane flyover , Nearmaps is based in Perth and have done quite detailed
photo scans of the Perth / country towns and have expanded to most
capital cities on a limited basis.

https://www.nearmap.com/

The resolution can go down to 2 - 4 metres and all the pics have a date
stamp.

Up until recently you could browse all the pics , but now they want to
create a FREE account so you can see all the pics.


The pics are great for perving on your neighbour's backyard.


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On 11-Jun-11 6:04 PM, Sharpie wrote:
Can someone in eastern Australia use their backyard to make a huge clock
that is readable from space? This way when Google Maps updates their
imagery we can use your clock as a reference to find out where we were at
that particular day and time.


Google maps are useless , they are always 2 - 3 years out of date.

Nearmaps is better , they take high resolution overhead pictures from a
plane flyover , Nearmaps is based in Perth and have done quite detailed
photo scans of the Perth / country towns and have expanded to most capital
cities on a limited basis.

https://www.nearmap.com/

The resolution can go down to 2 - 4 metres and all the pics have a date
stamp.

Up until recently you could browse all the pics , but now they want to
create a FREE account so you can see all the pics.


The pics are great for perving on your neighbour's backyard.

Sunbathing perhaps?????
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Sandgroper
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Save planet Earth !
It's the only place that has Pizza and Beer

 

[Jeßus]

On Sun, 12 Jun 2011 14:53:38 +0800, Sandgroper
<woodbudgie@DROPKNICKERSgmail.com> wrote:

On 11-Jun-11 6:04 PM, Sharpie wrote:
Can someone in eastern Australia use their backyard to make a huge clock
that is readable from space? This way when Google Maps updates their
imagery we can use your clock as a reference to find out where we were at
that particular day and time.


Google maps are useless , they are always 2 - 3 years out of date.

Nearmaps is better , they take high resolution overhead pictures from a
plane flyover , Nearmaps is based in Perth and have done quite detailed
photo scans of the Perth / country towns and have expanded to most
capital cities on a limited basis.

https://www.nearmap.com/

The resolution can go down to 2 - 4 metres and all the pics have a date
stamp.

Seems it depends where you want to look. For NE Tas it seems exactly
the same as google maps. Latest nearmap for St Helens Tas is 2004 and
the resolution is a just a blur any closer than 2KM.

 

[Dennis]

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"Sandgroper" <woodbudgie@DROPKNICKERSgmail.com> wrote in message
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On 11-Jun-11 6:04 PM, Sharpie wrote:
Can someone in eastern Australia use their backyard to make a huge clock
that is readable from space? This way when Google Maps updates their
imagery we can use your clock as a reference to find out where we were
at
that particular day and time.


Google maps are useless , they are always 2 - 3 years out of date.

Nearmaps is better , they take high resolution overhead pictures from a
plane flyover , Nearmaps is based in Perth and have done quite detailed
photo scans of the Perth / country towns and have expanded to most
capital cities on a limited basis.

https://www.nearmap.com/

The resolution can go down to 2 - 4 metres and all the pics have a date
stamp.

Up until recently you could browse all the pics , but now they want to
create a FREE account so you can see all the pics.


The pics are great for perving on your neighbour's backyard.

Sunbathing perhaps?????

In the 90's I worked in a Telecom / Telstra office on Robinson Ave in
Northbridge. Some of old houses rented out to backpackers backed onto our
building. The backpakers would sometimes sunbake in the nuddy in the back
yards. Some days not much work got done.

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Sandgroper
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It's the only place that has Pizza and Beer

 

[Rod Speed]

Sandgroper wrote

Sharpie wrote

Can someone in eastern Australia use their backyard to make a huge
clock that is readable from space? This way when Google Maps
updates their imagery we can use your clock as a reference to find
out where we were at that particular day and time.

Google maps are useless ,

Nope.

they are always 2 - 3 years out of date.

Nope.

Nearmaps is better , they take high resolution overhead pictures from
a plane flyover ,

So does google maps.

Nearmaps is based in Perth and have done quite detailed photo scans of the Perth / country towns and have expanded
to most capital cities on a limited basis.

PIty about the non capital citys.

https://www.nearmap.com/

The resolution can go down to 2 - 4 metres and all the pics have a date stamp.

Pity about the pathetic coverage.

Up until recently you could browse all the pics , but now they want to
create a FREE account so you can see all the pics.

The pics are great for perving on your neighbour's backyard.

 

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On 11-Jun-11 6:04 PM, Sharpie wrote:
Can someone in eastern Australia use their backyard to make a huge
clock
that is readable from space? This way when Google Maps updates their
imagery we can use your clock as a reference to find out where we were
at
that particular day and time.


Google maps are useless , they are always 2 - 3 years out of date.

Nearmaps is better , they take high resolution overhead pictures from a
plane flyover , Nearmaps is based in Perth and have done quite detailed
photo scans of the Perth / country towns and have expanded to most
capital cities on a limited basis.

https://www.nearmap.com/

The resolution can go down to 2 - 4 metres and all the pics have a date
stamp.

Up until recently you could browse all the pics , but now they want to
create a FREE account so you can see all the pics.


The pics are great for perving on your neighbour's backyard.

Sunbathing perhaps?????


In the 90's I worked in a Telecom / Telstra office on Robinson Ave in
Northbridge. Some of old houses rented out to backpackers backed onto our
building. The backpakers would sometimes sunbake in the nuddy in the back
yards. Some days not much work got done.

One hand clapping????

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Sandgroper
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It's the only place that has Pizza and Beer

 

[F Murtz]

Sandgroper wrote:

On 11-Jun-11 6:04 PM, Sharpie wrote:
Can someone in eastern Australia use their backyard to make a huge clock
that is readable from space? This way when Google Maps updates their
imagery we can use your clock as a reference to find out where we were at
that particular day and time.


Google maps are useless , they are always 2 - 3 years out of date.

Nearmaps is better , they take high resolution overhead pictures from a
plane flyover , Nearmaps is based in Perth and have done quite detailed
photo scans of the Perth / country towns and have expanded to most
capital cities on a limited basis.

https://www.nearmap.com/

The resolution can go down to 2 - 4 metres and all the pics have a date
stamp.

Up until recently you could browse all the pics , but now they want to
create a FREE account so you can see all the pics.

They can stick it up their fundimentum, if they do not want me to look,I
wont

The pics are great for perving on your neighbour's backyard.

 

[kreed]

On Jun 12, 4:43 am, Don McKenzie <5...@2.5A> wrote:

On 11-Jun-11 10:50 PM, kreed wrote:

Are there any clocks like this in your area that you can look for in
your google earth pic  ?

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=maryborou...

Boy, that took some working out.

Google places the street view purple road copy of Warf St., in the middle of "riverside apartments". It is out of
alignment, like many of the purple road street views in some areas.

I was able to find the fascia of K.Meyer & Co, and count back. Eventually found the 3 bushes one side, and four the
other. But on street view, there is no clock face.

Picture must have been taken before it was installed, or after it was removed.

Anyone you can't find the property, it is the one with workers plastic orange fence, or mesh, to the left of the
property, and this has a site office caravan directly opposite.

So, having a look at the size of the bushes, yes, you could set out a grid in one yard, possibly using orange wheely
bins on a grid.

Now you need a simple time-date code that everyone can read. Decimal will be a lot of bins, if you are talking about a
minute to midnight on new years eve.

Cheers Don...

You dont need the whole bin, just the lid You can "obtain" as many
of these as you want on bin night if you know how to get them off

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[terryc]

Phil Allison wrote:

" Although Google uses the word satellite, most of the high-resolution
imagery is aerial photography taken from aircraft flying at 800-1500 feet
rather than from satellites. "

AFAIk, helicopters are too unstable for te real uses to which these
images are put.

 

[Rod Speed]

terryc wrote

Phil Allison wrote

" Although Google uses the word satellite, most of the high-resolution imagery is aerial photography taken from
aircraft flying at 800-1500 feet rather than from satellites. "

AFAIk, helicopters are too unstable for te real uses to which these images are put.

And much more expensive to operate than fixed wing aircraft.

 

[Tems §]

reading it from the street if says 10-05. Note there are 4 bushes or
small trees? on one side of the clock and 3 on the other.

Objects the size of these bushes could be arranged to form a binary
pattern to indicate week/month or day as long as you remember to
change them every day.


Are there any clocks like this in your area that you can look for in
your google earth pic ?

http://maps.go=-25.53939,152.706552&spn=0.001425,0.003372&z=19&iwloc=A

What about a sundial

http://maps.google.com.au/maps?hl=en&q=singleton+nsw&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Singleton+New+South+Wales&ll=-32.567045,151.162702&spn=0.00054,0.001206&t=h&z=20