Killing Time with Google Earth

That last one you gave has been blurred out on Microsoft's equivalent to Google Maps too – check out this link in the 'Bird's Eye' view.

http://maps.live.com/#JmJiPTM4LjkxNTU3ODg1MzYxMTIlN2UtNzcuMDE1ODE4NzA1ODUzMSU3ZTM4Ljg5NjI2NTI2NTY4MSU3ZS03Ny4wNDg5MDYxNzU0MzI2

The Bird's Eye view in Live Maps is a really cool feature missing from Google Earth – you can see loads of locations at 45 degree angles, as well as the traditional 90 degree aerial views.. It works for nearly all major US cities, as well as loads of smaller ones in the U.S. and around the world.

Check it out at maps.live.com

Richard
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Hmmm, sorry but the link I gave above doesn't seem to work, Guess you'll just have to try finding it on Live Maps manually.

Richard
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I believe that's One Observatory Circle, the grounds of the Naval Observatory, which is the official residence of the Vice President.

Speaking of killing, Oklahoma's killing their only chance of having alternative transportation by destroying Union Station for a bigger highway. We wouldn't have to worry about alternative fuels if we had alternative transportation. When gas hits $10 gallon, Oklahomans would have wished they saved Union Station. But Oklahomans are too stupid to save it. They even swallow the hook, line and sinker when ODOT says they're not destroying the station but that's a bold faced lie. They're destroying the WHOLE station MINUS the depot. They're calling the depot a station. How can you pull into a station if there's no tracks? You can't. It's like an airport. Can you have an airport without runways? Of course not.

Bobf, that's correct. 🙂 I did a bit of research on the web and it's exactly what you said.

Why is this blurred out, but other similar high security locations are not?

Richard
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That blurred location is the U.S. Naval Observatory.

here is a website that runs Google Earth contests

http://www.WhereOnGoogleEarth.net

Looks like it got cut off above, but yes it's the home of the vice president. The entire grounds are closed and it's impossible to see the VP house from anywhere on the circle if you bike by like I often do. There's also a lot of supposedly sensitive things going on in there. If you look closely, actually, the image of the roof of the White House is slightly doctored instead to change the locations of the guard houses and some other details. As I believe some things are changed on the Capitol...

Isn't that interesting? A program such as google Earth can show so much such as that? And as for the blurring out, that is rather interesting. If it wasn't for the threat of-threats- would it still be blouted out? Would they trust American's with America's secrets? Or is it for the "Safety" of the People? All so interesting!