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Low pass by UFO caught by Google satellites

indigo_wolf - 23-9-2012 at 04:15 PM

:shocked2:

Expect it will be gone in the next map refresh, but it was still kind of cool coming across it. ;-)

http://goo.gl/maps/5ymxs

ATB,
Sam

Kamikuza - 23-9-2012 at 05:05 PM

Google has satelites? :o

lad - 23-9-2012 at 06:32 PM

Likely glare from some reflective roof/solar panel.
(tho it's said that Google will photoshop out any anomalies they find in the aerial pix) :cool:

indigo_wolf - 23-9-2012 at 07:08 PM

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Originally posted by lad
Likely glare from some reflective roof/solar panel.


More than likely.... I just thought it was serendipitously cool because at most zoom levels, you can't see it. And I was just cruising through the area using the mouse to zoom and pan when I came across it.

@ Kam: Google is the second major partner with GeoEye and has an exclusive contract as far as using imagery for online mapping.

GeoEye-1 which weighs in at 4,300-pounds, cruising 423 miles above the Earth at 17,000 miles per hour. The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency picked up half of the $502 million dollar tab on the satellite and commited to purchasing imagery the satellite.

GeoEye-2 was scheduled to launch in early 2013.

ATB,
Sam

Cerebite - 6-10-2012 at 07:11 PM

Yes that is what we call Bright Target Return [BTR] and in this case it has also saturated the sensor such that there is bleed -over effect on the neighboring sensors/ pixels.

Digital Globe also provide quite a bit of imagery to Google and at the higher zoom levels, particularly in urban areas, there is still quite a bit of aerial imagery.

-your friendly local GeoEye employee :)

WIllardTheGrey - 7-10-2012 at 12:10 PM

Is there anything we can't find out by posting it to the forum?:bouncy:

indigo_wolf - 7-10-2012 at 02:27 PM

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Originally posted by WIllardTheGrey
Is there anything we can't find out by posting it to the forum?:bouncy:


The air speed velocity of an unladen swallow?!? ;) :lol:

ATB,
Sam

BeamerBob - 7-10-2012 at 02:41 PM

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Originally posted by indigo_wolf
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Originally posted by WIllardTheGrey
Is there anything we can't find out by posting it to the forum?:bouncy:


The air speed velocity of an unladen swallow?!? ;) :lol:

ATB,
Sam


42.3 mph :smug:;-)

PHREERIDER - 7-10-2012 at 06:28 PM

thats a rerun ! good one !

bigkid - 8-10-2012 at 06:46 AM

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Originally posted by WIllardTheGrey
Is there anything we can't find out by posting it to the forum?:bouncy:

now that I think of it, should a kite that is RTF have a leash included?:lol: couldn't' resist.(this discussion was even out on the beach yesterday)
But you are right about your question.:wee: