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Can't guess Who....but somewhere in the middle of Florida?
 
aeronca65t said:
Can't guess Who....but somewhere in the middle of Florida?
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Yes...if you use Google Earth you will probably figure it out very quickly.
 
I don't know who, but google earth puts it here in Florida...
 
martx-5 said:
I don't know who, but google earth puts it here in Florida...
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That is not quite the right local - Let me double check my numbers (I'm using Google Earth on the desktop)
 
Ok, I had a typo - the 09 was supposed to be 07. I edited the numbers so they should now be correct.
 
Oh wow! isn't that just huge amounts of fun and hours of looking things up. My kids at school will love this!
 
terriphill said:
Oh wow! isn't that just huge amounts of fun and hours of looking things up. My kids at school will love this!
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You would be amazed at some of the stuff I've found with Google Earth - like a WWII shipwreck for example.
 
How often do they update the sattelite data? Like if we created a message on our football field, how long before it would appear on thew sattelit pic? I can't tell, but a ouse near us burned just after hte first of the year and it appears to be there in the image I am looking at.
 
What's Google Earth?
 
terriphill said:
How often do they update the sattelite data? Like if we created a message on our football field, how long before it would appear on thew sattelit pic? I can't tell, but a ouse near us burned just after hte first of the year and it appears to be there in the image I am looking at.
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It is definitely not real-time data. I suspect the update time depends on where you are looking and what satellites are used to take the images. In my neighborhood the images are a few months old.

Basil
 
jaybird said:
What's Google Earth?
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Its a free download from Google that puts the earth at your finger-tips. You can scan and scoll and zoom in to your hearts content and see just about any place on earth with pretty decent resolution:
 

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Basil,

I Just down loaded google earth. Pretty cool! Thanks now I don't have to guess anymore. You are in what appears to be a small airport with a small golf course around it judging by the scale. I have no idea how to post the image? Either that or it's somebodys private mansion with an airport and golf course attached.
 
Ok, what's this?...Now that we have the correct co-ordinates...
 
If you go to Huntingdon UK you can see a WW2 Lancaster bomber in flight over the town. One of only two that remain in flying condition in the Battle of Britain Flight.

52°20'10.94"N

0°11'43.30"W
 
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