Googlemaps + Flickr = teh cool.

JPSloan · Post by **JPSloan** » Wed Apr 06, 2005 9:33 am

I saw someone used the satellite feature of GoogleMaps to save his old stomping grounds, and then uploaded it to Flickr to annotate points of interest.

I couldn't fit all of my points of interest down into my old neighborhood, but here is my hometown of Baton Rouge, Louisiana:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/42573799@N00/8635861/

I thought this was kind of interesting.

(Edit)
Here is a closer one of my neighborhood:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/42573799@N00/8637651/

Sput · Post by **Sput** » Wed Apr 06, 2005 9:40 am

woah, neat. I would try it but i don't stay in one place very long, though it'd be cool to see round rock now that it's huge~

Pimpette · Post by **Pimpette** » Wed Apr 06, 2005 5:14 pm

Boo, my area doesn't get enough notice to be seen in any amount of detail. I found the collection of streets that make up my general neighbourhood, but couldn't get very close before google announced that "We're sorry, but we don't have imagery at this zoom level for this region. Try zooming out for a broader look."
Bah.

I did find this interesting image of the CN Tower though.

Took me a while to actually see it..

War · Post by **War** » Wed Apr 06, 2005 6:24 pm

Y'might have better luck with terraserver then.

Rianeva · Post by **Rianeva** » Wed Apr 06, 2005 6:58 pm

My old high school. I've been on that roof. And thrown things off that roof.

And part of my university's campus. The round thing is Drumheller Fountain, and at the top center you can see part of Red Square (Which actually looks red if you go there and look at it. =p).

Toxic · Post by **Toxic** » Wed Apr 06, 2005 7:01 pm

Wow, I can see my old high school from here.

Pimpette · Post by **Pimpette** » Wed Apr 06, 2005 7:25 pm

War wrote:Y'might have better luck with terraserver then.

It appears to be only US-oriented..

...unless I'm missing something, which happens often. =/

Jim North · Post by **Jim North** » Wed Apr 06, 2005 7:48 pm

Woo hoo!

Mailbomb party at my place!

Kirb · Post by **Kirb** » Thu Apr 07, 2005 12:06 am

I feel vaguely unconfortable that satellites can see clearly into my backyard.

Pillywiggin · Post by **Pillywiggin** » Thu Apr 07, 2005 12:21 am

Kirb wrote:I feel vaguely unconfortable that satellites can see clearly into my backyard.

Yeah. They can see the trampoline in my backyard.

I tan there sometimes....

Carlin · Post by **Carlin** » Thu Apr 07, 2005 12:23 am

The really good ones can read the time on your watch...

My city, and my house. This thing is cool! Although the pics are kinda old. Because where a tree is in that pic now there is a patch of dirt. And a new tree off to the left. And that field on the far left has been thoroughly developed now... Sheesh, Lowel street goes right through that place now. When was this pic taken?

Joel Fagin · Post by **Joel Fagin** » Thu Apr 07, 2005 12:56 am

My house, courtesy of the Department of Land Administration website. It's a great website to show internet beginners (whom I occassionally get to teach). Of course, I usually focus in on the college where I do the teaching and let them find their own houses after that.

It was also one of the first to provide such a service and it really freaked people out when I posted these satelitte pictures on forums back when they were unique.

- Joel Fagin

Toxic · Post by **Toxic** » Thu Apr 07, 2005 4:55 pm

Actually...upon further inspection...

HOLY CRAP THERE IS A POOL ON THE ROOF

Driving Without Pants · Thu Apr 07, 2005 11:15 pm

Whoa, this is fun.

All locations are labeled as we referred to them when I was a kid.

Grabmygoblin · Post by **Grabmygoblin** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 10:42 am

Driving Without Pants wrote:Whoa, this is fun.

All locations are labeled as we referred to them when I was a kid.

haha you lived in the burbs

Nyke · Post by **Nyke** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 11:01 am

Dang, this map thing is outdated.

Alaina · Post by **Alaina** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 2:40 pm

This was taken a year ago (is creeped out).

I wish we had a pool. The red scribbles is where a "mansion" was built this summer.

Toxic · Post by **Toxic** » Sat Apr 09, 2005 3:15 am

Wow, that's a lot of pools.

Jim North · Post by **Jim North** » Sat Apr 09, 2005 10:00 am

DarkMagician wrote:Dang, this map thing is outdated.

Yah, noticed that. In my picture, there should be some more houses in the bottom left hand corner and a bunch of construction work towards the top where they're putting in a new road.

Still, I've been living at these apartments for a few years now, so there's still the possibility that one or two of those little cars is mine and/or Kat's.

LAGtheNoggin · Post by **LAGtheNoggin** » Sat Apr 09, 2005 10:06 am

Woah, lookit all the planes O.o

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