Posted on 05/29/2006 3:46:30 PM PDT by Swordmaker
For a long time there was no detail satellite imagery of most of Alaska. They were busy imaging third-world countries, and once that was done they could get around to fourth-world stuff.
Statue of Liberty at 20 yards!
http://local.live.com/default.aspx?v=2&cp=qsfgc68twnr6&style=o&lvl=2&scene=1915478&rtp=null~null
What is your link? I just get a blank screen.
Works for me...
What happens when you go to http://local.live.com
It is apparent that IN - a good part of it - is at slightly lower resolution than some of the highly populated areas as in the post you mention. But it still has higher resolution than most areas of the USA. See cripplecreek's post at 33. I am curious why the state shows up as better-covered in general than most others. I can see my house fairly well, but not my vehicle except for a few burgundy pixels.
I suspect that Indiana had an aerial survey done at about 5000 feet (which is where the Indiana photos appear to be sharpest)... and that is what Google has licensed for its closest approach. On the other hand, some other states such as California, apparently had an aerial survey done at a about 1000 feet... and that is what Google has licensed. That would explain the distinct bordering on the state border. Missouri may have done the same.
I'm creeped out.
I was born in Missouri.
I now live in Indiana.
Something is following me!
They guard their Official State Casserole Recipe verrrrry carefully.
Hubby says Indiana has higher resolution that most states. That is why it is different on that map.
I could see my Mom's house in Indianapolis in pretty good detail. Out here in the boonies, though, we could only get a map.
http://www.ahajokes.com/indiana_jokes.html
Dumb Indiana Laws
# Baths may not be taken between the months of October and March.
# It is illegal to sell cars on Sunday.
# A person who dyes, stains, or otherwise alters the natural coloring of a bird or rabbit commits a Class B misdemeanor. (Ind. Code 15-2.1-21-13(b)
# A man over the age of 18 may be arrested for statutory rape if the passenger in his car is not wearing her socks and shoes, and is under the age of 17.
# It is against the law to pass a horse on the street.
# It is illegal for a liquor store to sell cold soft drinks.
# Liquor stores may not sell milk.
# Grocery stores may not sell any type of cold liquor.
# You can get out of paying for a dependent's medical care by praying for him/her.
# One man may not back into a parking spot becasue it prevents police officers from seeing the license plate.
# Smoking in the state legislature building is banned, except when the legislature is in session.
# Check forgery can be punished with public flogging up to 100 stripes.
# Pedestrians crossing the highway at night are prohibited from wearing tail lights.
# No one may catch a fish with his bare hands.
# Men are prohibited from standing in a bar.
# You are not allowed to carry a cocktail from the bar to a table. The waiter or waitress has to do it.
# Drinks on the house are illegal.
# Drinking from your own bottle in a bar can lead to your arrest.
# You are required to pour your drink into a glass.
# "Spiteful Gossip" and "talking behind a person's back" are illegal.
# State government officials who engage in private duels can be dismissed from their post.
# All males 18 to 50 years old must work six days a year on public roads.
# Mustaches are illegal if the bearer has a tendency to habitually kiss other humans.
# Hotel sheets must be exactly 99 inches long and 81 inches wide.
# If any person has a puppet show, wire dancing or tumbling act in the state of Indiana and receives money for it, they will be fined $3 under the Act to Prevent Immoral Practices.
# Anyone 14 or older who profanely curses, damns or swears by the name of God, Jesus Christ or the Holy Ghost, shall be fined one to three dollars for each offense, with a maximum fine of ten dollars per day.
# A three dollar fine per pack will be imposed on anyone playing cards in Indiana under the Act for the Prevention of Gaming.
# The value of Pi is 4, and not 3.1415. (Repealed)
Auburn
# It is illegal to bike, roller-skate, skateboard, or inline skate in a commercially zoned area. For these offesnses, there is a fine of no more than $5 or the impounding of one's bicycle for a period not to exceed 30 days.
Beech Grove
# It is forbidden to eat watermelon in the park.
Elkhart
# It is illegal for barbers to threaten to cut off kid's ears.
Evansville
# While driving on Main Street you may not have your lights on.
Fort Wayne
# You may not sell or play on a radio broadcast, the record "It`s In the Book".
Gary
# Within four hours of eating garlic, a person may not enter a movie house, theater, or ride a public streetcar.
South Bend
# It is illegal to make a monkey smoke a cigarette.
Terre Haute
# No one may spit on the sidewalk.
That would be Wright Patterson Air Force Base, just outside of Dayton, Ohio in hanger #27.
It was kept there for a while, but the crashed UFO is now under Wright State. You know all those tunnels they built under the University. The ET research facility is right below the tunnels, and strangely looks a lot like the facility in the Half Life game. ;-P
Note To Self: Remember to pick up supplies for a new AFDB ( http://zapatopi.net/afdb/ ). Current AFDB is saturated, and need to make a new one.
Obviously, these pictures were taken when everyone else was on Daylight time.
SD
Hush camps for mass deporting.
Some of those are true, some aren't, and others I dunno about.
It is simple, everyone from Indiana, left right after high school.
No body is home.
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