Comments | fredwolf007: Find Me

fredwolf007

Find Me

Jun 09, 2005 08:57

OK.

Both use2bshy and quuf are just evil.

Like I need more things to distract me throughout the day. Thanks guys. Grrrrrrr.

(I love map programs.)

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quuf June 9 2005, 17:44:16 UTC

I downloaded the trial version of Keyhole when I was sick last week; it expires tomorrow, I think. Not sure I'll take the plunge - I spent so much time on it and took so many screen shots that it might not be necessary!

I suppose you 'visited' Sydney first . . . ;-)

fredwolf007 June 9 2005, 21:10:43 UTC

But of course. Although the Australia shots were really fuzzy. Not at all the level of detail as we have here in the US.

Hope you are feeling better.

Spying through the Keyhole aussiebrad June 10 2005, 00:53:34 UTC

Is the Keyhole version more up-to-date than the maps.Google version when I'm spying on your house? :)

Re: Spying through the Keyhole aussiebrad June 10 2005, 00:59:15 UTC

I might add that the other day at work, there were three computers in one of the offices running Keyhole, and a small group of people crowded around each watching satellite maps load. (That's got to be a new phrase to coin, to replace "watching paint dry" ; "watching websites render".)

Can anyone explain why the White House is sharp, but the Capitol Building is blurred?

Re: Spying through the Keyhole fredwolf007 June 10 2005, 01:04:55 UTC

Actually, Keyhole uses Google as its image source so the images are the same, thus, old - at least 3 years old in some sections (my home area to be specific).

And I don't know why the White House is Sharp and the Capital Building blurred. Maybe the satellite was changing lenses when it hovered over that spot.

Don't lose sleep over it - all of Australia at the city level is blurred out. So no spying on Bradley I guess.

Re: Spying through the Keyhole aussiebrad June 10 2005, 16:21:55 UTC

The guys in the office were homing in on specific houses in Sydney ... I don't know if the resolution was different from the US one, but it was definitely sharp. Unlike the maps.google version, where it's difficult to even make out Sydney on the satellite map, it's so far away.

And I couldn't find CIA headquarters anywhere in Virginia.

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