SOCIAL: Bizarre Google Map Artifact

[Paul Spinrad]

I think most satellite photos are straight down (they used to all be that 
way-- it gives a clearer image, less atmosphere in the way, larger and 
closer target area).

My guess is that this image was scanned right-to-left overall, while the 
plane was traveling more or less left-to-right, going fast enough across so 
that some lines were lost and it squished the image of the plane.  If so, 
there should also be some Google Maps shots where planes look stretched out.

Paul

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Randall Isaac" <randall at deadletter.com>
To: <social at deeptrouble.com>
Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2006 3:52 PM
Subject: Re: SOCIAL: Bizarre Google Map Artifact


That confirms what I've always suspected, that the satellites are taking
pictures from different angles, not just straight down, and then there must
be some software manipulation to make every picture look like it was taken
from directly overhead.  I'm assuming that since the plane was probably at
35,000 feet the software didn't correctly adjust it's dimensions.  The
question is why do they bother to adjust the picture at all?  Is is just the
desire for consistency or viewing angle or something else?

Randall

-----Original Message-----
From: social-bounces at lists.deeptrouble.com
[mailto:social-bounces at lists.deeptrouble.com] On Behalf Of Eric Arons
Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2006 1:42 PM
To: Social
Subject: SOCIAL: Bizarre Google Map Artifact


This is a Google satellite image of a park near my work in Menlo Park.  See
anything odd?

http://tinyurl.com/fsrpj





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