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[Giventofly]

Here is the Google campus at 1 inch per pixel, and max zoom of 36 feet elevation.

[Giventofly]

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Finally, the Google Mountain View Campus is at 1in/pixel.

[coloradob5]

Here is the Google campus at 1 inch per pixel, and max zoom of 36 feet elevation.

Nice Passat.

[Giventofly]

Nice Passat.

I thought it was a Jetta, I zoomed in on it 'cause I have one.

[jeysta]

so or so its a german car.

ridiculous high solution. i wish this would be the same in Münster,Germany.

[stumar]

I would think that the Google campus would be a bastion of dedicated workers 24/7.

[araT]

Here is the Google campus at 1 inch per pixel, and max zoom of 36 feet elevation.

They are such showoffs, trust them to use 7 times the res on themselves.. :p

T.

[aarogh]

why don't they have this res. for all the places?
Is there a difference in cost or is it because of privacy issues?

[aarogh]

And how much better can the resolution possibly get?

[Giventofly]

And how much better can the resolution possibly get?

I can't read the dates on pennys yet, and we all know it IS possible.

[bueth]

I can't read the dates on pennys yet, and we all know it IS possible.

I'm getting worried thinking about this...

[Rwootton]

Is that a volleyball court I see at that campus?! I think they are out to make us corporate lackeys who work for old Fortune 500s jealous. ...psst any openings on the Google Earth team?

[araT]

why don't they have this res. for all the places?
Is there a difference in cost or is it because of privacy issues?

Google dont actually take the images themselves alot of the time, they buy them off the local cities.. and yes, the higher the res the more expensive (Use digital cameras here as an example, you can get a 2 megapixel for about $200, but an 8 megapixel will set you back $1000+) SO it all depends on your cities preferences - and bank account! :)

T.

[ivan]

Given the 'fact' that they can read the dates on pennies, would such a resolution ever give way to some sort of privacy principle. For example we would all (well most) love to see Miss X nude sunbathing next to her swimming pool in the garden, but would she enjoy the image being available to an infinite number of GE users?

[Master Chief]

Interesting point on the 'pennies' observation.

What is the highest documented resolution, not sci-fi espionage stuff?

[Micky[uk]]

it's amazing to think of what we have in our hands with G/Earth what various military and government agengies must have to hand for there activities and what they get up to with it.. how powerful there programs might actually be.. anyone here reckon they know the what if's about that ??

anyway iam off to sunbath naked in the garden ,, the next satellite is due in 5 mins... :smile:

[Giventofly]

Interesting point on the 'pennies' observation.

What is the highest documented resolution, not sci-fi espionage stuff?

I remember reading somewhere, maybe in National Geographic, once that de-classified SR-71 program documents stated that the camera equipment on that plane coult read the date on a dime from 80000 feet, however, a breif google search turned up nothing to confirm or this.

[leadlobr]

http://www.rmc.ca/academic/gradrech/dorn19-3_e.html
"The resolution of modern military reconnaissance satellites is considered to be 15 cm (6 inches) or even better"
"The theoretical resolution limit for photo-reconnaissance from space is about 2-5 cm, arising from atmospheric perturbation which cannot be corrected for."

Doubling the diffraction resolution requires doubling the diameter of the telescope mirror, which gets increasingly difficult to launch.
The Hubble space telescope mirror is 2.4 meter diameter, and Keyhole spy satellites are similar. It would be possible to use segmented mirrors so you are not lifting one huge chunk of glass (Keck telescope is one such ground-based design) but that would bring in a whole new set of engineering challenges.

[The_Stephan]

that is totally good. cool, thx for the kmx. file

[Daleaholic]

Heh! It even has a beach volleyball court!!! :shock:

[dolph]

why don't they have this res. for all the places?

This was probably taken in a plane or helicopter. Like many high-resolution overlays. I doubt this is from a satalite.

[Steeefan]

Why not? As far as I know, a satellite can take pictures this close.

[The_Stephan]

Google do not only separate also the environment is highly soluble.

[araT]

This was probably taken in a plane or helicopter. Like many high-resolution overlays. I doubt this is from a satalite.

Why do you presume this? Government satellites can read a newspaper on a park bench.. thats FAR better res than 1 inch per pixel (like the Google HQ is)

..also there are no funny angles in the image.. i presume its satellite.. if you want an example of plane-taken photos, look at Sydney, Australia.

T.

[jorgemotalmeida]

Here is the Google campus at 1 inch per pixel, and max zoom of 36 feet elevation.


At North of Google Campus... there are strange fields with a strong color. They are green... other are very, very red!!! Which are those things??? Lake ponds of sulfuric acid??? And we can see more to North a swamp??


Jorge Almeida

[jorgemotalmeida]

At North of Google Campus... there are strange fields with a strong color. They are green... other are very, very red!!! Which are those things??? Lake ponds of sulfuric acid??? And we can see more to North a swamp??


Jorge Almeida


I just saw that are sloughs and swamps... I never seen sloughs so red or green... perhaps they are very rich in Fe and other in pythoplankton,...


Jorge Almeida

[gheilig]

My guess is that Google mixes a combo of Sat and Aerial images. I would bet that the 1 inch res of their campus was done with a high-res cam on a low flyover, or from a crane, just to impress us. No matter what all the black-helo kooks think, the sci-fi-read-a-penny stuff is not currently possible. The atmosphere introduces too much distortion to make that possible even if you could turn the HST to the ground and re-focus it from deep space to orbital distances. From what I've heard, 4-6" is about the best military grade resolution, which is still pretty cool.

[Giventofly]

My guess is that Google mixes a combo of Sat and Aerial images. I would bet that the 1 inch res of their campus was done with a high-res cam on a low flyover, or from a crane, just to impress us. No matter what all the black-helo kooks think, the sci-fi-read-a-penny stuff is not currently possible. The atmosphere introduces too much distortion to make that possible even if you could turn the HST to the ground and re-focus it from deep space to orbital distances. From what I've heard, 4-6" is about the best military grade resolution, which is still pretty cool.


Yeah.....but that's what you've "Heard". Unless you have ultra top secret government clearance, you never know. Think about it. Most of the US government technology that we know about (ie stealth, etc) is at minimum 10-15 years old by the time it is released to the public. No offense, but calling people who believe that the government hides things from the public "kooks" is pretty naive.

[BadgeGuy]

Anybody notice Google put their name in the pool in the picture?

[pogcarr]

No, people who think that the government hides things from them are NOT kooks. But..... the physics of things dictates what the best resolution you could possibly achieve would be. 2-3cm work really is all that is achievable from orbit. Even then you need a system that can take a bunch of samples quickly and then average out the disturbances. When it is said that they can read a newspaper on the bench, they MAY be able to read a really big headline, not the actual text. Now a UAV flyover is another matter entirely... why do you think we built the things? :)

[BradG7]

I remember reading somewhere, maybe in National Geographic, once that de-classified SR-71 program documents stated that the camera equipment on that plane coult read the date on a dime from 80000 feet, however, a breif google search turned up nothing to confirm or this.
It's true, the History Channel mentioned it during the program, SR-71 Blackbird: Theory to Reality. That's crazy, ever since then, I've closed my blinds while I'm gone from home :shock:

[GEH4EVR]

Does anyone know where images from an SR-71 can be found?

[Highlander739]

Does anyone know where images from an SR-71 can be found?


I would have thought any of those images will be kinda "classified".........

But after a little "research", found this one

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.globalsecurity.org/intell/world/cuba/images/lourdes-sr71.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.globalsecurity.org/intell/world/cuba/lourdes.htm&h=638&w=882&sz=167&tbnid=kx44IYnM3Kn9WM:&tbnh=104&tbnw=145&hl=en&start=226&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dsr71%26start%3D220%26svnum%3D10%26hl% 3Den%26lr%3D%26sa%3DN


I don't know if it was taken by a Blackbird, but it would be a good reason for the whole thing.....

[johntrim040851]

I just saw that are sloughs and swamps... I never seen sloughs so red or green... perhaps they are very rich in Fe and other in pythoplankton,...


Jorge Almeida


Those, I belive are salt evaporator ponds. Several more north where Hayward meets the bay, just south of San Mateo Bridge. The ones by the bridge are still in use.

[dave 1.0]

Jorge, I believe John is right.

If you look at the whitest one you can see where the salt is being collected with bulldozers and transported north with large dump trucks to the two large piles.

[Acman3192]

I found what looks like a blue Porsche 911 Carrera at the Google Campus. I also found two other blue Porsche 911 Carreras at the Google Campus. Are these three cars that same, or do those billionares there all have blue Porsches? (I included a picture of my 911 Carrera too.) ;) lol

[Aaron-UK]

I found what looks like a blue Porsche 911 Carrera at the Google Campus. I also found two other blue Porsche 911 Carreras at the Google Campus. Are these three cars that same, or do those billionares there all have blue Porsches? (I included a picture of my 911 Carrera too.) ;) lol



Sorry chap... the one with the green tag is a V-Dub Beetle (New Model) and the other two are saloons, certainly not 911's...

[Lord SteveO]

Yeah not Porche's thats for sure.

But is it me or are some of the staff at Google really really bad at parking their cars!

Just check out some of the ones parked practically on the grass or in the flower beds!

[BradG7]

Does anyone know where images from an SR-71 can be found?
I recently sent a letter to our state senator about those images for the science program I'm in thru my school district. We are trying to see if soil is shifting in different parts of the world, but I've waited over a week and there's no response :slant:

[zoe xx]

wow that is good quality if it was any better you could probably see the car regestratoin plates of the workers!
lol

good find!:cowgirl::swooning::p:kiss:

[NFPP]

Can we get an updated list? What about Japan, any high res images?

0 .7m/pixel
Aguas Calientes, Amman, Anchorage, Athens, Baghdad,
Barcelona, Basra, Belgrade, Belo Horizonte,
Boise City, Brasillia, Brisbane, Canberra,
Cape Town, Casablanca, Durban, Fairbanks,
Fortaleza, Guadalajara, Halifax, Helena,
Honolulu, Istanbul, Karachi, Las Vegas,
Lima, Lisbon, Los Angeles, Madrid, Naples,
Perth, Quebec, Regina, Reval, Rio de Janeiro,
Rome, San Antonio, San Jose (CA), San Salvador,
Santiago, Santo Domingo, Saskatoon, Skopje,
Spokane, Tunis, Vancouver, Windhoek, Winnipeg

Mt. Everest

Berlin, Bangkok, Singapore, Hong Kong, Tokyo,
Hamburg, Prague, Rio de Janeiro, Lima, Mexico City

1ft/pixel
Baltimore, Boston, Buffalo, Chicago, Cincinnati,
Cleveland, Dallas, Denver, Detroit, Honolulu,
Kansas City, Long Beach, Memphis, Miami, New Orleans,
New York, Niagara, Philadelphia, Phoenix,
Pittsburgh, Sacramento, San Diego, San Francisco,
St. Louis, Washington DC

San Francisco, Cleveland, Lexington, Mobile, Seattle,
Sea Island, Harrisburg, Salt Lake City

6in/pixel
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Detroit, Ft. Lauderdale, Houston, Jersey City, Las Vegas,
Los Angeles, Miami, Minneapolis, New York, Newark,
Philadelphia, Portland, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle,
St. Louis, St. Paul, St. Petersburg, Tampa, Washington DC


Finally, the Google Mountain View Campus is at 1in/pixel.

[Captain Hornblower]

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