jareds(at)verizon.net
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 Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2006 2:05 pm Post subject: Satellite snap shot of your runway |
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| Quote: | My company partners with Google as part of a solution to store and
instantly retrieve scans and docs.
Recently we stumbled onto an application offered by Google called
Google world. You can zoom in on satellite views of your house and
even rotate them to extrude your landscape. I even took out the
measuring tool and measured the exact length of my runway. I'ts great
to post on your website or email to friends coming in for a visit to
help them orient themselves with real world snapshot of your runway
and surroundings.
I'ts a free download but in the free version there is only a small
percentage of really detailed photos from both satellite and aircraft.
Fortunately my old home outside of DC (in the ADIZ) and my Ranch home
in South Dakota are both in detailed areas. Ironically enough the
satellite photo taken of my DC home still had the nearly finished
shell of my KitFox in the backyard almost ready for flight.
If you would like me to send you an email of the sample file that i
dumped into photoshop let me know. It will give you and idea of the
quality and capability before you go through the download. If you
download yourself take note of the longitdue and latt feature for
easily finding your destination airports too!!
Very Very cool.
My clearances in DC made me privy to some of this technology but I
think the $400 commercial or even maybe the $20 std version may offer
more detailed areas. If any of you are interested in going in
together I'm sure others in less detailed areas would love to help
defray the cost.
Jared Schott
VP Marketing / Sales 301 643 6054
www.prinux.us
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