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Witness the power of Google Sattalite maps

Its awesome, and definetly has some nice pictures.
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http://home.comcast.net/~daniels_pengies/a516.JPG

He has no idea what those circles are? Their fucking FARMS!
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That green, in the middle of nowhere? I'm probebly wrong but shouldn't their shape be squarish and not circles?
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Ace Pace wrote:That green, in the middle of nowhere? I'm probebly wrong but shouldn't their shape be squarish and not circles?
I've seen fields like that.
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Ace Pace wrote:That green, in the middle of nowhere? I'm probebly wrong but shouldn't their shape be squarish and not circles?
No. They're watered by a single rotating sprinkler that, since it moves around a single central point, waters a circle.
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Its because of the type of automated irrigation system. Dig a trench and place the center of the irrigation system you want. Then you have a circular moving base system that just keeps rotating around the center point automaticaly. Unlike other systems of irrigation, this is completely labor free and very easy to use. You see it all over the country.
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I...can't see my house from up here. I bet I can see all of yours, though. :P
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3rd Impact wrote:I...can't see my house from up here. I bet I can see all of yours, though. :P
U.S only... you can't spy on me :)
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3rd Impact wrote:I...can't see my house from up here. I bet I can see all of yours, though. :P
U.S only... you can't spy on me :)
He could spy on me in Montreal,i got a nice view of my neighbourhood. 8)
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Globalsecuitry.org has had high quality satellite photos of Area 51 on display for years now.
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Sea Skimmer wrote:Globalsecuitry.org has had high quality satellite photos of Area 51 on display for years now.
Yeah, but they edited out the little green men and the saucers with death rays on.
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Behold! This is where I live!!

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And this is where I work:

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Thanks! I've used this to plan my next trip to my girlfriends home. Wheeeee! Thanks again!
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I've got a bunch of photos of the base that I picked up when I was out in Rachel. They were taken at Freedom Ridge before the government added it to the restricted area in 1995. Good conversation pieces.
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Robert Walper wrote:Behold! This is where I live!!

http://img144.echo.cx/img144/5968/home5er.jpg

And this is where I work:

http://img94.echo.cx/img94/9621/work8lk.jpg

It's like playing "Where's Waldo?". 8)
I'd say more like *Where's Walper? :wink:
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Ive been playing with this all day. I found my game store.
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I can't see my house, as it's covered up by clouds. :-(
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how recent are these satellite photos?
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Enigma wrote:how recent are these satellite photos?
They were all taken last year IIRC
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Some may not even be satellite pics but just high flying aircraft. It can cost a lot to have a satellite take images for civil use, hence, the Multimap.com images are mostly by an aerial force of recon planes.
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What's with the low max zoom levels on Montreal? It is one of the major Canadian cities. You can zoom in to the max level on Toronto, Vancouver and Calgary afterall.

Or did the Frenchie whiners pass a law saying that if it zooms in on Quebec too much that the site has to change to French or something?
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observer_20000 wrote:Wtf is with the low max zoom levels on Montreal? It is one of the major Canadian cities.

Or did the Frenchie whiners pass a law saying that if it zooms in on Quebec too much that the site has to change to French or something?
Depend on where you want to look.
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you want a good pic of area 51 try

http://www.lasvegasnow.com/area51/Area51-072503-LG.jpg
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dragon wrote:you want a good pic of area 51 try

http://www.lasvegasnow.com/area51/Area51-072503-LG.jpg
:shock: I fucking knew it too!!

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