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Bobby Lee
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Cloverdale, California, USA
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Posted 17 May 2005 8:52 am |
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Here's a satellite shot of San Francisco, courtesy of Google Maps. click here
Something looks really strange here. On the lower half of the picture, you see the south face of the buildings as expected. But above the center line, you see the north face of City Hall, the Federal Building, etc. It's like the map is actually two photos taken from different angles (above the equator & north pole?) and then spliced together.
At first I thought is was an optical illusion but the more I look at it the more I think something's fishy here.
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Joey Ace
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Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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Posted 17 May 2005 9:03 am
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Their photos can be old. Maybe you've found the seam between two taken at different times.
I don't know enough about SanFran to comment, but there's one I noticed in my area.
A new highway off-ramp just opened six weeks ago. (the Rte 6 South exit from Hwy 403)
The Google map shows the ramp as under construction. The paths are cleared but no road.
Also there is no snow, so it has to be from Fall 2004 or before.
[This message was edited by Joey Ace on 17 May 2005 at 10:03 AM.] |
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Gene Jones
From:
Oklahoma City, OK USA, (deceased)
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Posted 17 May 2005 9:47 am
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I have jogged on Escobedo up to the fish market and back from the Oakland bridge and it is refreshing early in the AM!
www.genejones.com |
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Ray Minich
From:
Bradford, Pa. Frozen Tundra
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Posted 17 May 2005 11:55 am
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| Yup, you got it, it's a mosaic. There was an article recently that referred to the same phenomenon on Terraserver images. Shadows don't correspond. |
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Ken Lang
From:
Simi Valley, Ca
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Posted 17 May 2005 5:55 pm
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Man. How much area does that map cover? I went North till I got tired of clicking, tho I finally found the area of minimum resolution.
However, I do wish they had waited to take the picture untill that girl had put her bikini top back on. |
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erik
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Posted 18 May 2005 2:18 am
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| In the FAQs they tell you the latest dates of all maps available for each state. |
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Bill Ford
From:
Graniteville SC Aiken
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Posted 19 May 2005 11:55 am
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Thanks, b0b,
Cool site, I typed in my town, and found my house. I could'nt get close enough to see if I was in the yard at the time tho . This will be my new toy for a while.
Bill[This message was edited by Bill Ford on 19 May 2005 at 12:56 PM.] |
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