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Post by Mahnarch on Jun 7, 2008 18:52:27 GMT -5
During a recent project to look up something where we could put location pins into a map (and I came up dry) turned me to an aerial view of my house. Like I've said, I'm in the countryside. Here's my 'Hood' You'll notice that the road name labels have been removed and I don't specifically point out my house (which is "almost" centered - just for some generality, for good measure [which one is Doug's??!! he=he]). A large chunk of the land in this picture used to be mine but, it was sold off to the neighbor so he could expand his operations. [He went from 7 cows to 30]  What's you neighborhood look like? ((Be sure to remove road labels and such)) |
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Post by Blastgirl on Jun 7, 2008 22:31:24 GMT -5
Cool next time I fly over the house I'll take a picture. ;D
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Post by tractakid on Jun 8, 2008 7:46:04 GMT -5
I don't feel comfortable posting an aerial image of my neighbourhood. But I am happy to say that I live in Milton Keynes. Cool thing is on Live maps there is a birds eye, rather than aerial veiw of my house. Although IMHO I have a great house, there are some poorer houses nearby  |
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Post by Phil on Jun 8, 2008 10:58:19 GMT -5
I don't have a nice overhead view of my house but I'd post it.
That's a very nice overview Mahnarch.
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Post by Mahnarch on Jun 8, 2008 19:29:22 GMT -5
I figure the ambiguity of the.....world...would be enough for people to fell comfortable posting pics.
You never realize how insignificant you are until you look up your neighborhood and then zoom out to show your city, county, state, country and finally the world.
You really are just a speck in the universe.
....I'm two specks....
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Post by Classicblast on Jun 8, 2008 22:31:38 GMT -5
Its actually amazing how much you can see form high altitudes.
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Post by grape on Jun 8, 2008 23:55:37 GMT -5
 Ah the city life....  |
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Post by Blastgirl on Jun 9, 2008 0:19:05 GMT -5
Its actually amazing how much you can see form high altitudes. Would you mind if I lay down on the lawn and take a Picture of the sky to see if anybody can figure out where we live? ;D ;D ;D |
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Post by grape on Jun 9, 2008 1:11:16 GMT -5
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Post by Phil on Jun 9, 2008 14:18:42 GMT -5
Would you want to go back ot Oak Ridge someday? How long has it been since you moved?
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Post by grape on Jun 10, 2008 0:58:17 GMT -5
I would really love to visit again someday.
Like 4 years. And my friends tell me it hasn't changed. Just the people.
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Post by Blastgirl on Jun 10, 2008 1:01:04 GMT -5
Do you like Oak Ridge better than Mexico, or is that too hard to pick?
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Post by Mahnarch on Jun 10, 2008 4:44:49 GMT -5
Heh!
That pic is awful fuzzy.
Try Google Maps?
I can't get that much closer on mine as per my original.
Apparently, NASA doesn't find my neighborhood interesting enough to zoom down into.
A note of interest, though.
Look up the Eiffel Tower in Google Maps.
It'll bring you right down to street level.
Some idiot parked his car right under the south west spire! - in a 'No Parking' zone.
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Blastgirl:
Go right ahead with your sky pics but.....if you live to the west of me (on the other side of Lake Michigan) I blame you for the recent "blast" of storms we've had here.
Four big storms in a row.
They even shut down US31 because of flooding and 'wash out'.
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Post by Phil on Jun 10, 2008 13:51:05 GMT -5
Not an overhead shot but here's downtown Bradford. www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTFKJ8m5hgcI might have an overhead shot I can scan let me check with my work there's reasons to take the pictures and they'll probably give me the ones that they don't need. |
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Post by Demona on Jun 11, 2008 16:37:56 GMT -5
Heh! That pic is awful fuzzy. Try Google Maps? I can't get that much closer on mine as per my original. Apparently, NASA doesn't find my neighborhood interesting enough to zoom down into. A note of interest, though. Look up the Eiffel Tower in Google Maps. It'll bring you right down to street level. Some idiot parked his car right under the south west spire! - in a 'No Parking' zone. *** Blastgirl: Go right ahead with your sky pics but.....if you live to the west of me (on the other side of Lake Michigan) I blame you for the recent "blast" of storms we've had here. Four big storms in a row. They even shut down US31 because of flooding and 'wash out'. All of last week was storms! It flooded at works where cars drive through and the paper got wet! We had quite a time pushing it out with brooms! Anyway, is your house the group of trees and then to the side and below the two white dots? You said almost centered. I'd have no clue if I drove by the area. I live in a neighborhood where there are dead ends and winding streets. |
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Post by Blastgirl on Jun 11, 2008 23:19:49 GMT -5
I'd hate to be the cause of the storms. Sorry Mahnarch if any of this is my doing.
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Post by Mahnarch on Jun 13, 2008 4:43:13 GMT -5
I still blame you, Blastgirl, for the storms!!!! My danged hanging flowers didn't get much rain water on them! Couldn't you have made the rain fall from the East??!! [The rain mostly fell from west to east - and they're hanging on my East facing awning] Now they're all droopy....and kinda 'dead lookin'. ....I hit 'em with the hose, though. So, they should be alright - maybe. *** I have no white dots. ..and, since I trust all the people here. I'm on the south west corner of the "main" road. That entire chunked out 'square' used to be mine [the 'Back 40', as they say]. Now, I'm just the little darkish square on the corner [1 1/14 acre]. I still grow Lilacs, though (which contribute to the majority of the darkness) ....Lilacs are awesome!...and if anyone says otherwise.....  |
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Post by fartinggurl on Jun 13, 2008 16:58:56 GMT -5
Lilacs smell nice, Mahnarch. I do have GoogleEarth, and when I looked up my house, you could barely see it. Also the pin was pointing to the middle of the street. I didn't know my house was located in the middle of the street. |
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