[TriLUG] OT: maps.google.com satellite maps

[Greg Brown]

I haven't been up there in a while but I think it's a power generation  
facility and, if memory serves, it is the one at the center of that big  
NYC blackout from a couple years ago.

Greg

On Apr 8, 2005, at 6:14 AM, Mark Freeze wrote:

> I don't know much about the Niagra Falls area, but I was wondering if
> anyone knew why most of the shoreline of the American side of the
> river north of the falls was blurred out on the map.  I downloaded the
> trial Keyhole product and it is the same on there.  Is that a military
> installation or a huge power generating plant or something?
>
>
> On Apr 7, 2005 11:52 PM, Aaron S. Joyner <aaron at joyner.ws> wrote:
>> Matt Frye wrote:
>>
>>>> I know it is not Linux but you guys ought to look at  
>>>> www.keyhole.com,
>>>> this is the company that Google bought to bring you these images.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> There was once a time when I couldn't say the word "keyhole" out  
>>> loud.
>>> It's cool to see those pictures available outside of a special
>>> building.
>>>
>>> MPF
>>>
>>>
>> Just to chime in with an interesting link, check out the intersection  
>> of
>> Groomtown and I-85 in Greensboro.  For those familiar with this area,
>> it's changed dramatically in the last 6 to 18 months, as they cut
>> through the new section of I-85 that bypasses Greensboro.
>> Consequentially, I'd say that picture had to be taken with in the  
>> last 6
>> months or so.  There are cars on the new stretch of highway, which was
>> opened some time in the last year for sure, possibly the last 6  
>> months,
>> I can't pin it in my mind exactly.  As a bonus, there's neat wispy
>> clouds in that area as well that cast interesting shadows.  :)
>>
>> http://maps.google.com/maps?q=groomtown+and+i 
>> -85,greensboro,+nc&ll=35.997101, 
>> -79.862237&spn=0.022337,0.028195&t=k&hl=en
>>
>> Aaron S. Joyner
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