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theverydark1
10-27-2008, 02:20 PM
Hello Everyone

Any ideas where or what this area is?

Thanks
Captain Hornblower
10-27-2008, 04:51 PM
Who made the screenshot?
theverydark1
10-27-2008, 07:41 PM
go to www.whereongoogleearth.net that's the place
SpiderX22
10-27-2008, 09:01 PM
Isn't that kind of unfair asking us the answer and then claiming you found it on that website?
Appletom
10-27-2008, 09:08 PM
Isn't that kind of unfair asking us the answer and then claiming you found it on that website?
I find it to be an amazing use of available resources.
SpiderX22
10-28-2008, 02:05 AM
I'll give him/her that. =)
theverydark1
10-28-2008, 10:26 AM
The competition states that you can find it anyway you can? I am still looking however I thought I would ask if any of you guys had any ideas. Is that a problem? Whose resources? Yours or internet bandwidth in general?
SpiderX22
10-28-2008, 03:18 PM
No no, nevermind. It does say any sources. Hmm, I have no idea where it is though. The coloration makes me think of the Netherlands/Belgium, but idk..
Appletom
10-28-2008, 04:12 PM
Is that a problem?
Absolutely not. I think it's a great idea - in re-reading my earlier post I can see where my amazement could be ambigious. I admire you for coming here and asking for help.

And I wish I could help, but I have no idea where this is.
Munden
10-28-2008, 10:01 PM
The imagery in question is might be the 2m type of SPOT imagery. Look in those areas. They do leave some clues in the image. You can see the beach on the lower right for instance, note also the reasonably large coastal cities and the curving marina leading back from the beach.

The patterns in the tidal area can also indicate rice fields, so Asian countries are possible as well. If it is SPOT imagery, there's not as much in Asia though.

EDIT: When shrinking high-res imagery, it will look more like SPOT images, so I can't really be dogmatic in stating it's SPOT imagery. :)
Munden
10-28-2008, 11:32 PM
I was right, it was SPOT imagery. I kept thinking 'Spain' but had to start looking at other areas in other countries nearby.
SpiderX22
10-29-2008, 01:45 AM
Darn nice find Munden. I was 99% sure it was in Europe, but didn't think to look in France.
theverydark1
10-29-2008, 11:35 AM
Wow! Thanks a lot great find Munden. What is spot imagery?

Thank you everyone.
sladys
10-29-2008, 07:24 PM
It's even embarrasing you don't see it when you have been there. It's the salt production fields of Saillé (salt). :brick::brick::brick::brick:
Munden
10-29-2008, 09:37 PM
Wow! Thanks a lot great find Munden. What is spot imagery?

Thank you everyone.

SPOT is a French-based group that produces imagery from their satellites. These are lower-resolution than the DigitalGlobe satellite(s). Both the resolution and the equipment lend a certain color quality to the images, which is why it looked like an image from a SPOT satellite.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spot_satellite

Digital Globe generally uses the name 'QuickBird' for their satellites
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quickbird

SPOT's website
http://www.spot.com/?countryCode=US&languageCode=en