Re: [Vo]: [OT] Google Maps Easter Eggs

2006-11-28 Thread Michel Jullian
@eskimo.com Sent: Tuesday, November 28, 2006 2:20 AM Subject: Re: [Vo]: [OT] Google Maps Easter Eggs Terry Blanton wrote: Vorts, While spying on my neighbors about a mile away, Tournament Players Club, aka Sugarloaf Country Club, I came across this image: http://maps.google.com/?ie

Re: [Vo]: [OT] Google Maps Easter Eggs

2006-11-28 Thread Stephen A. Lawrence
Michel Jullian wrote: You could be right Stephen but don't you agree the outline of the blimp looks quite unnatural? Much worse than ordinary image compression artefacts I would say. Oh man. I really looked at the blimp this time, and you're right -- at high mag, it looks like the lower

Re: [Vo]: [OT] Google Maps Easter Eggs

2006-11-27 Thread Stephen A. Lawrence
Terry Blanton wrote: Vorts, While spying on my neighbors about a mile away, Tournament Players Club, aka Sugarloaf Country Club, I came across this image: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8z=17ll=34.010799,-84.115362spn=0.004562,0. 007231t=kom=1 http://tinyurl.com/wclkj Now, if that is a

Re: [Vo]: [OT] Google Maps Easter Eggs

2006-11-25 Thread Nick Palmer
I'm not so sure that it was faked. If true, this airship was flying several hundred to a thousand feet above the ground. Taking the sun angle and direction from cars and building shadows, the shadow of the airship should be at least 1000 to 2000 feet away. I saw a couple of candidates for the

Re: [Vo]: [OT] Google Maps Easter Eggs

2006-11-25 Thread Michel Jullian
It's definitely faked. Zoom in and look at the outline of the blimp. Michel - Original Message - From: Nick Palmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Saturday, November 25, 2006 1:10 PM Subject: Re: [Vo]: [OT] Google Maps Easter Eggs I'm not so sure that it was faked

[Vo]: [OT] Google Maps Easter Eggs

2006-11-24 Thread Terry Blanton
Vorts, While spying on my neighbors about a mile away, Tournament Players Club, aka Sugarloaf Country Club, I came across this image: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8z=17ll=34.010799,-84.115362spn=0.004562,0. 007231t=kom=1 http://tinyurl.com/wclkj Now, if that is a dirigible, where's the

Re: [Vo]: [OT] Google Maps Easter Eggs

2006-11-24 Thread Terry Blanton
You have to click on satellite to see the dirigible. Terry On 11/24/06, Terry Blanton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Vorts, While spying on my neighbors about a mile away, Tournament Players Club, aka Sugarloaf Country Club, I came across this image:

Re: [Vo]: [OT] Google Maps Easter Eggs

2006-11-24 Thread Terry Blanton
On 11/24/06, Michel Jullian [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well spotted Terry, if you zoom in on the dirigible you can see very clearly that the photo has been faked :) Either for fun, or maybe to hide what was visible at that place on the original photo? Interesting! The people who live here

Re: [Vo]: [OT] Google Maps Easter Eggs

2006-11-24 Thread Terry Blanton
On 11/24/06, Michel Jullian [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Will you resist the temptation to go and have a look Terry? Who knows, she may still be there ;-) Alas, it's a gated community. :-( Terry

Re: [Vo]: [OT] Google Maps Easter Eggs

2006-11-24 Thread Michel Jullian
Will you resist the temptation to go and have a look Terry? Who knows, she may still be there ;-) Michel - Original Message - From: Terry Blanton [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Saturday, November 25, 2006 2:16 AM Subject: Re: [Vo]: [OT] Google Maps Easter Eggs On 11