[TowerTalk] Interesting URL
K8RI on TowerTalk
K8RI-on-TowerTalk at tm.net
Wed Oct 4 20:07:36 EDT 2006
I'm on Google Earth (You can see the car in the drive and the satellite
antennas, but not on this. This one just shows an icon for my house.
Gene,
I checked my QTH and I'm not there!!! :-) The aerial scan used for my area
is over 15 years old. But it's interesting to see what the property looked
like prior to being developed.
I use Google Earth. Their satellite images are more up to date and the
controls allow you to "fly" along a route. If you haven't see Google Earth,
check it out. http://earth.google.com/ The MSN site is another Microsoft
"Me Too" entry into world mapping.
73 de Bob - KØRC in MN
Message: 6
Date: Wed, 04 Oct 2006 05:27:23 +0000
From: ersmar at comcast.net
Subject: [TowerTalk] Interesting URL
To: towertalk at contesting.com
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TT:
I found this URL http://local.live.com on this evening's ARRL Contest
Rate Sheet. If you plug in my address (below) you'll see an initial aerial
view of my house, including the Trylon tower, Bencher Skyhawk and D40 dipole
antennas. My shack window is on the ground floor to the right of the back
of the house. The large oak tree to the right of the house is the anchor
for my erstwhile inverted L antenna.
Other views, invoked by clicking on the compass icon, even show the
large concrete base for the tower.
Cool - but scary that such views are available.
73 de
Gene Smar AD3F
16900 Governors Way
Rockville, MD 20853
P.S The pushpin showing my house's location on the map is actually in the
middle of the street in front of my house.
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