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Infiltration Forums > Archived UE Tutorials, Lessons, and Useful Info > Google Earth--(Neat,but NOT a very reliable tool for UE!!! (Viewed 2016 times)
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Re: Google Earth--(Neat,but NOT a very reliable tool for UE!!!
<Reply # 20 on 2/8/2006 3:32 AM >
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Posted by Plytheman

Just be happy all this is for free, a year ago you had to pay for Keyhole.


I remember Keyhole. I was pissed that it didn't work on Macs when it first came out.


Another thing I realized about Google Earth is that if you zoom in too far on certain areas and it says something along the lines of "we're sorry, information on this area is unavailable please zoom back out" it really means "there's some really cool stuff here that you're not supposed to see." I was zooming in on this area near some government buildings out in the woods and when I got zoomed in too far I got that message. When I scrolled off that area, the pictures came back.

So stay on the lookout for areas that come up blank when zoomed in...these places might turn out to be more than they seem!

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Re: Google Earth--(Neat,but NOT a very reliable tool for UE!!!
<Reply # 21 on 2/8/2006 4:07 AM >
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Posted by projectDIRT

So stay on the lookout for areas that come up blank when zoomed in...these places might turn out to be more than they seem!


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Re: Google Earth--(Neat,but NOT a very reliable tool for UE!!!
<Reply # 22 on 2/8/2006 5:13 AM >
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Most of the time you get the information unavailable message because they simply dont have an image that is that close. For example, go out into the middle of the woods in NY and zoom all the way in, they dont have the image because it isnt interesting enough to have the image. Now around government buildings I can see why you cant get too close, but for the most part it is just because there isnt anything special there.

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Re: Google Earth--(Neat,but NOT a very reliable tool for UE!!!
<Reply # 23 on 2/8/2006 1:38 PM >
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Posted by projectDIRT
Another thing I realized about Google Earth is that if you zoom in too far on certain areas and it says something along the lines of "we're sorry, information on this area is unavailable please zoom back out" it really means "there's some really cool stuff here that you're not supposed to see." I was zooming in on this area near some government buildings out in the woods and when I got zoomed in too far I got that message. When I scrolled off that area, the pictures came back.

So stay on the lookout for areas that come up blank when zoomed in...these places might turn out to be more than they seem!


In that case, a great deal of WV is amazingly cool. While I do think my state is cool in some ways, it's not at the level of really cool stuff you're not supposed to see. Sometimes, it just means that the satellites don't bother to look there, as in, "Who'd want to see close-ups of West Virginia?" Well I would...

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Re: Google Earth--(Neat,but NOT a very reliable tool for UE!!!
<Reply # 24 on 2/8/2006 3:04 PM >
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I guess it was just a coincidence then.

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Re: Google Earth--(Neat,but NOT a very reliable tool for UE!!!
<Reply # 25 on 2/8/2006 7:26 PM >
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No, you're probably right, sometimes. If there's a small area you can't see and a large area around it you can, then I'd chalk it up to hiding something. But less populated areas don't get much treatment from any of the satellite overflight services.

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Re: Google Earth--(Neat,but NOT a very reliable tool for UE!!!
<Reply # 26 on 2/8/2006 9:40 PM >
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3 Years?!!! That's worse than when I look up and the stars, the data I see when I look at the heavens are many hundreds of light years old! WTF?!!? What good is looking at the stars if the one I like has maybe become a supernova or a red dwarf or something?! I won't know that for hundreds of years.

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Re: Google Earth--(Neat,but NOT a very reliable tool for UE!!!
<Reply # 27 on 2/8/2006 9:46 PM >
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If you want real-time imagery, try leaving the house to do your scouting. Usually works for me..

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<Reply # 28 on 2/8/2006 11:40 PM >
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If you want real-time imagery, try leaving the house to do your scouting. Usually works for me..


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Re: Google Earth--(Neat,but NOT a very reliable tool for UE!!!
<Reply # 29 on 2/9/2006 1:44 AM >
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Does anyone know of a real-time sat site? Would be kinda handy for other purposes.

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Re: Google Earth--(Neat,but NOT a very reliable tool for UE!!!
<Reply # 30 on 2/9/2006 2:13 AM >
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Posted by underdark
Does anyone know of a real-time sat site? Would be kinda handy for other purposes.


sounds like it would be an expensive service, and you could only see what was right under the sat as its gong by anyway....which would suck.

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Re: Google Earth--(Neat,but NOT a very reliable tool for UE!!!
<Reply # 31 on 2/9/2006 3:15 AM >
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Posted by underdark
Does anyone know of a real-time sat site? Would be kinda handy for other purposes.


You could call the NSA, I'm sure they have something along those lines.

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<Reply # 32 on 2/10/2006 7:23 AM >
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Yeah I love google earth!

One thing that would be kinda cool is if they archived different years for thier images, and you could just pick certain ones. Like ya either wanna see the most recent ones , or ya wanna check out older ones, that would be pretty cool.

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Re: Google Earth--(Neat,but NOT a very reliable tool for UE!!!
<Reply # 33 on 2/10/2006 6:00 PM >
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Posted by InsertNameHere


You could call the NSA, I'm sure they have something along those lines.



Anymore who knows. There should be alot of Russian sats that they might be selling time on, cash being a bit tight in the Kremlin these days. Or some company with a sat up. With the tech today it might happen. Might happen soon. Just figured I'd see if someone had seen one yet.

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Re: Google Earth--(Neat,but NOT a very reliable tool for UE!!!
<Reply # 34 on 2/13/2006 1:06 AM >
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I know there was a company offering (selling by the image) up to date satellite images for businesses, wealthy homeowners and such but I can't seem to find them online. I think I first saw them on Daily Planet, if that helps anybody else find them.

Personally, I've been using TOMaps since 2003. Yeah, they use the same images from 2002 that everybody else uses, but it's really well integrated with municipal maps and "interesting places to visit" and stuff. Not as easy to move around either. But, nothing to download and install. You have to zoom in a fair amount before it gives you the option for aerial view. (not satellite, guessing a helicopter or something.)


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Re: Google Earth--(Neat,but NOT a very reliable tool for UE!!!
<Reply # 35 on 2/13/2006 4:57 PM >
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Posted by InsertNameHere


You could call the NSA, I'm sure they have something along those lines.


Yeah but the NRO are you would want to really talk to. HAH.

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Re: Google Earth--(Neat,but NOT a very reliable tool for UE!!!
<Reply # 36 on 2/14/2006 1:10 AM >
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I only meant this post as a heads up thats all!
When people begin a reply with "I disagree..blah..blah"
it just show's that they did'nt really read the post
in full,because clearly there is nothing to disagree
with.These are fantastic resources that are really
usefull for many things.I will continue to refer to
these services for info no matter how old the pictures
are.Just wanted to inform people who are not yet
aware of the current image dates.I know it took me
a couple months before I figured it out after I
went somewhere I would have never gone had I known
of it's current condition.A bad situation resulted
from this outdated information but by the time we
realized that fact,it was too late.So I was just
hoping to let people learn from my mistake.that's all.

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Re: Google Earth--(Neat,but NOT a very reliable tool for UE!!!
<Reply # 37 on 2/15/2006 8:13 PM >
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I considered using Google Earth, the only other free satellite imaging site I've found had really dated images. Like 6 years old or so, not very reliable.

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Re: Google Earth--(Neat,but NOT a very reliable tool for UE!!!
<Reply # 38 on 2/16/2006 6:35 PM >
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Posted by ednothing


Yeah but the NRO are you would want to really talk to. HAH.


Touché.

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Re: Google Earth--(Neat,but NOT a very reliable tool for UE!!!
<Reply # 39 on 2/17/2006 11:21 PM >
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I've use Google Earth to find/map trails in the woods by my city. Very useful tool!!

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