Crystal, I found you! April 08, 2005, 03:53:32 AM Google has a new (maybe?) mapping feature that has a very powerful search and the ability to flip from maps over to actual satellite images. Being that I'm sending Crystal some parts I decided to try it out on her address. And, it seems, based on pics she's posted of her cars in the yard, that this is in fact her house... am I right, Crystal? Quote Selected
Re: Crystal, I found you! Reply #1 – April 08, 2005, 07:04:24 AM yep... don't you love how MA roads are set up? Quote Selected
Re: Crystal, I found you! Reply #2 – April 08, 2005, 09:24:06 AM nice.. i didn't know google did this.. so I decided to check out if it has my place and wouldn't you know it? it does! Quote Selected
Re: Crystal, I found you! Reply #4 – April 08, 2005, 10:25:32 AM Dude that's not the White House. That's the Capitol Building. :disappoin Here's me:"We're sorry but we don't have imagery at this zoom level for this location"Translation: "You live in the sticks and it's not worth anyone's time to take satellite pictures of your py house." Quote Selected
Re: Crystal, I found you! Reply #5 – April 08, 2005, 10:29:04 AM I wonder how my secret service agents are searching his computer right now wondering why he needs a airial view of 1600 Pennsie ave.. Quote Selected
Re: Crystal, I found you! Reply #6 – April 08, 2005, 11:11:47 AM Someone posted this on a local cruise board. I found my parents farm too. :DSee that lake? No one ever uses that lake. There are two private access roads, one owned by us, and the other by our neighbours, the Archibalds, who have a cabin out there. But I've yet to see anyone out there when we were. Anyway, that's the farm. You can see the lawn (lawns in NS are massive, so it goes from the house all the way down the hill to the barn. I guess dad enjoys spending all day mowing. Every time it gets a little bigger) and there are five blueberry fields in there. :)Well, that's Brock Island. My own personal Avalon. I used to camp on that island all the time, and I believe I was the first to do it. Even had a wild hippie weekend party out there with about 15 people. (yes, we cleaned up. hippie, remember) goooood times. Quote Selected
Re: Crystal, I found you! Reply #7 – April 08, 2005, 12:58:47 PM Mainlanders :shakehead That's not a lake! that's a pond - a lake is what ya got in ya rubber boot when yer foot gets wet...and farmers don't have lawns, they have hay fields Quote Selected
Re: Crystal, I found you! Reply #8 – April 08, 2005, 01:08:06 PM You know our geography is pretty much the same, right. (well, the highlands, anyway. And your mountains stand a bit taller) You should see what they call a lake out here. :disappoin They really are ponds. Then there's the occasional lake up north that's the size of PEI. But yeah, that's no monsterous lake, but when you're the only guy there, it's plenty big. :DDad's lawn/yard is starting to look like a golf course.So next year, we should have Catjam in Antigonish NS. Then we can all go campin. Quote Selected
Re: Crystal, I found you! Reply #9 – April 08, 2005, 01:23:23 PM Quote from: oldravenThen we can all go campin. Why? you got a gravel pit around there too? I'm in a silly mood today. It must be Friday EDIT: in case you didn't get the gravel pit thing QuoteGravel Pit Camping [size=-1]There are many gravel pits across the island that were created [/size][/b][size=-1]during road construction. They have since been abandoned [/size][/b][size=-1]and the local residents set up their travel trailers as [/size][/b][size=-1]summer get-aways. Free camping on "Crown" land.[/size][/b] Quote Selected
Re: Crystal, I found you! Reply #10 – April 08, 2005, 01:51:40 PM eh, it appears to be the same images from http://terraserver.microsoft.com/ , except you can't zoom in as far as on terraserver. The images must be around 4 years old now...and I thought it was exciting when they updated after ~2 years. Now they don't seem to care.Minus the inability to get right up to the house, I like google's better since it pans like their original map searchanyone know what company did the initial satellite images? Quote Selected
Re: Crystal, I found you! Reply #11 – April 08, 2005, 02:02:34 PM Mostly trees around here.. Quote Selected
Re: Crystal, I found you! Reply #12 – April 08, 2005, 02:14:46 PM Amateurs! 20 minutes, and 2 seemingly insignificant pieces of info (city/state which produces zip code, and last name) later... Quote Selected
Re: Crystal, I found you! Reply #13 – April 08, 2005, 02:18:05 PM If you want the link Crystal, just shoot me a pm and i'll hook ya up! It's actually got some more cool features you might get a kick out of! Quote Selected
Re: Crystal, I found you! Reply #14 – April 08, 2005, 02:25:14 PM And me (my apartment building). I'm at approximately the red dot. Quote Selected
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