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somewhere in chicagoland:

http://southsidecallbox.com/ftd/images/chicagoland.bmp

post your own now! (you know the drill; ctrl + print screen to make screenshot, paste in ms paint or equivalent, save, upload somewhere.)

http://maps.google.com/

― bird-person-person (Jody Beth Rosen), Friday, 4 November 2005 05:58 (twenty years ago)

That sounds like a lot of work. Could we maybe just vaguely describe the images in a few brief sentences?

― Thermo Thinwall (Thermo Thinwall), Friday, 4 November 2005 06:11 (twenty years ago)

hey that's no guitar... it's cross bay boulevard in queens!

http://southsidecallbox.com/ftd/images/crossbay.bmp

― bird-person-person (Jody Beth Rosen), Friday, 4 November 2005 06:20 (twenty years ago)

sigh. i feel so alone.

― bird-person-person (Jody Beth Rosen), Friday, 4 November 2005 06:20 (twenty years ago)

Somewhere outside Saguache, Colorado...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v694/adnaus23/colorado.jpg

― naus (Robert T), Friday, 4 November 2005 06:29 (twenty years ago)

ships alongside manhattan's west side highway:

http://southsidecallbox.com/ftd/images/ships.bmp

― bird-person-person (Jody Beth Rosen), Friday, 4 November 2005 06:31 (twenty years ago)

thanks for this

― discus (dr g), Friday, 4 November 2005 06:35 (twenty years ago)

Escher buildings in Tokyo

http://home.graffiti.net/flamingflamingo:graffiti.net/tokyo.jpg

Spooky triangle in the middle of the desert

http://home.graffiti.net/flamingflamingo:graffiti.net/triangle.jpg

― Cressida Breem (neruokruokruokne?), Friday, 4 November 2005 06:37 (twenty years ago)

Hendersonville, North Carolina

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v694/adnaus23/hendersonville.jpg

― naus (Robert T), Friday, 4 November 2005 06:41 (twenty years ago)

ely park golf course in binghamton, ny:

http://southsidecallbox.com/ftd/images/ely%20park%20golf%20course.bmp

― bird-person-person (Jody Beth Rosen), Friday, 4 November 2005 06:45 (twenty years ago)

Cressida, how do you get your Google Maps to display coordinates and compass rose?

The best I could do was this:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v694/adnaus23/mapref41n93w.jpg

― naus (Robert T), Friday, 4 November 2005 06:50 (twenty years ago)

new york's finger lakes, around trumansburg:

http://southsidecallbox.com/ftd/images/finger%20lakes.bmp

― bird-person-person (Jody Beth Rosen), Friday, 4 November 2005 06:56 (twenty years ago)

that one reminds me of

http://www.oraculartree.com/duchamp_NudeDescendingStaircaseNo2.jpg

― bird-person-person (Jody Beth Rosen), Friday, 4 November 2005 06:59 (twenty years ago)

These are beautiful! Though the first one reminds me a bit of a nipple ring. More, please!

― Streatham's Paisley Princess (kate), Friday, 4 November 2005 11:13 (twenty years ago)

The first one reminded me of Herne the Hunter.

― Markelby (Mark C), Friday, 4 November 2005 11:43 (twenty years ago)

Oh dear, now Kate's said "nipple ring" I can't look at that picture and see anything else.

― Forest Pines (ForestPines), Friday, 4 November 2005 12:06 (twenty years ago)

ha, she's right. i was wondering what it reminded me of! at least it's a nice taut nipple and not a nasty saggy one.

― bird-person-person (Jody Beth Rosen), Friday, 4 November 2005 12:53 (twenty years ago)

Prominant veins, though.

― Forest Pines (ForestPines), Friday, 4 November 2005 12:53 (twenty years ago)

it could be lacy bondage gear.

― bird-person-person (Jody Beth Rosen), Friday, 4 November 2005 13:00 (twenty years ago)

that first one btw is mt. carmel cemetery in hillside, illinois.

― bird-person-person (Jody Beth Rosen), Friday, 4 November 2005 13:13 (twenty years ago)

http://home.gwu.edu/~tombot/potty.JPG

DC outskirts
Speaks for itself

― TOMBOT, Friday, 4 November 2005 13:26 (twenty years ago)

http://tinypic.com/fbge9t.jpg

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Friday, 4 November 2005 13:33 (twenty years ago)

it could be lacy bondage gear.

It could, but I was trying not to think of that possibility - I *am* at work, you know ;-)

― Forest Pines (ForestPines), Friday, 4 November 2005 13:45 (twenty years ago)

holy hope cemetery, tucson, az:

http://southsidecallbox.com/ftd/images/holy%20hope.bmp

― bird-person-person (Jody Beth Rosen), Friday, 4 November 2005 13:46 (twenty years ago)

tucson again:

http://southsidecallbox.com/ftd/images/tucson.bmp

― bird-person-person (Jody Beth Rosen), Friday, 4 November 2005 13:54 (twenty years ago)

arroyo de deportes park, rio rancho, new mexico:

http://southsidecallbox.com/ftd/images/arroyo%20de%20deportes.bmp

― bird-person-person (Jody Beth Rosen), Friday, 4 November 2005 14:04 (twenty years ago)

Ha ha, I like that one, it looks like someone has smashed their 7" record collection.

― Streatham's Paisley Princess (kate), Friday, 4 November 2005 14:06 (twenty years ago)

greenland, i think:

http://southsidecallbox.com/ftd/images/greenland.bmp

― bird-person-person (Jody Beth Rosen), Friday, 4 November 2005 14:23 (twenty years ago)

that one looks like some kinda lovecraftian slash art

― bird-person-person (Jody Beth Rosen), Friday, 4 November 2005 14:25 (twenty years ago)

winthrop, minnesota (suburb of minneapolis):

http://southsidecallbox.com/ftd/images/winthrop.bmp

― bird-person-person (Jody Beth Rosen), Sunday, 6 November 2005 03:38 (twenty years ago)

Somewhere in L.A. where everything gets turned 45 degrees...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v694/adnaus23/la.jpg

― naus (Robert T), Friday, 11 November 2005 08:38 (twenty years ago)

thanks for reviving this, naus! i was hoping to get some more mileage out of it. your posts have been really good.

― teeth marks on your tongue (Jody Beth Rosen), Friday, 11 November 2005 08:46 (twenty years ago)

i love that you can zoom in on just about any town and get some pretty nifty cubist or abstract expressionist art.

― teeth marks on your tongue (Jody Beth Rosen), Friday, 11 November 2005 08:49 (twenty years ago)

a quick one before bed:

http://southsidecallbox.com/ftd/images/silver%20spring.bmp

― teeth marks on your tongue (Jody Beth Rosen), Friday, 11 November 2005 09:23 (twenty years ago)

that's silver spring, maryland.

― teeth marks on your tongue (Jody Beth Rosen), Friday, 11 November 2005 09:29 (twenty years ago)

two months pass...

http://static.flickr.com/37/86711340_13881339ea_o.jpg

― yvette yreka (Jody Beth Rosen), Sunday, 15 January 2006 04:47 (twenty years ago)

that's rancho cucamonga, california!

― yvette yreka (Jody Beth Rosen), Sunday, 15 January 2006 04:47 (twenty years ago)

The Colorado River Aqueduct and some WWII era road networks east of Twentynine Palms, CA.

http://www.quartzcity.net/blog/blogpics/ricevalley_googleearth.jpg

― Elvis Telecom (Chris Barrus), Sunday, 15 January 2006 04:58 (twenty years ago)

san luis obispo:

http://static.flickr.com/36/86715809_d96db8c260_o.jpg

― yvette yreka (Jody Beth Rosen), Sunday, 15 January 2006 05:03 (twenty years ago)

milwaukee!

http://static.flickr.com/36/86719856_42cbe6f146_o.jpg

― yvette yreka (Jody Beth Rosen), Sunday, 15 January 2006 05:14 (twenty years ago)

Dead subdivision outside of El Paso. The streets were put in, but the whole works went bankrupt before they were paved and houses built.

http://www.quartzcity.net/blog/blogpics/dead_elpaso_googleearth.jpg

― Elvis Telecom (Chris Barrus), Sunday, 15 January 2006 05:30 (twenty years ago)

crested butte, colorado!

http://static.flickr.com/38/86724273_4cc32b1498_o.jpg

― yvette yreka (Jody Beth Rosen), Sunday, 15 January 2006 05:30 (twenty years ago)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v694/adnaus23/Picture1.png

― naus (Robert T), Sunday, 15 January 2006 05:40 (twenty years ago)

The "Tahoe Keys," south shore of Lake Tahoe.

http://giganticmag.com/images/ilx/tahoe_keys.jpg

― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Sunday, 15 January 2006 05:50 (twenty years ago)

ihttp://www.shapeshifting.org/images/keys.jpg

had to make this one a little wide... varied image collection vs. natures curves.
m.

― msp (mspa), Sunday, 15 January 2006 05:55 (twenty years ago)

milwaukee!

Where at, exactly?

― Chris F. (servoret), Sunday, 15 January 2006 07:45 (twenty years ago)

that weird la one upthread is park labrea!

― howell huser (chaki), Sunday, 15 January 2006 10:33 (twenty years ago)

not from google but still:

palm islands, dubai (under construction) the biggest man made project in history, this is one of three new islands built for luxury resort homes:

http://www.nzcal.com/mark/23flyinghome/images/PIC_0245.jpg

― jed_ (jed), Sunday, 15 January 2006 14:22 (twenty years ago)

http://virtual.haru.gs/data/2005/11/images/1131000964_300x215.jpg

― jed_ (jed), Sunday, 15 January 2006 14:26 (twenty years ago)

to get an idea of the scale here: within the outer ring you will see some white dots with trails that look a bit like comets. those are huge cargo ships carrying, i presume, construction materials.

― jed_ (jed), Sunday, 15 January 2006 14:29 (twenty years ago)

That's amazing Kenan, Lake Tahoe looks almost empty!

xpost-- that diamond-looking runway was in NW Washington State.

― naus (Robert T), Sunday, 15 January 2006 14:40 (twenty years ago)

Yeah, Dubai is crazy. Did you read the New Yorker article?

― A Nairn (moretap), Sunday, 15 January 2006 17:15 (twenty years ago)

I don't think that seems fair

― RJG (RJG), Sunday, 15 January 2006 17:17 (twenty years ago)

Where at, exactly?

looks like the roof of a mall. if you'd asked last night while i still had the page up i'd be able to get more specific.

― yvette yreka (Jody Beth Rosen), Sunday, 15 January 2006 18:49 (twenty years ago)

what i love about that crested butte pic is how there seems to be virtually NO SPRAWL -- it's just this small grid system and then miles and miles of nothing.

― yvette yreka (Jody Beth Rosen), Sunday, 15 January 2006 18:54 (twenty years ago)

Google Earth is too much fun.

Rio de Janeiro:
http://giganticmag.com/images/ilx/rio1.jpg

Lombard Street:
http://giganticmag.com/images/ilx/sf_lombard.jpg

the middle of Lexington Ave:
http://giganticmag.com/images/ilx/chrysler.jpg

― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Sunday, 15 January 2006 19:07 (twenty years ago)

Escher buildings in Tokyo

i don't understand these. can anyone help me out here, they're making my brain hurt...

― Slumpman (Slump Man), Sunday, 15 January 2006 23:14 (twenty years ago)

They don't really look like that, it's just a composite of two pictures taken from slightly different angles.

― chap who would dare to work for the man (chap), Sunday, 15 January 2006 23:17 (twenty years ago)

I think I may have blown my mind with google earth this afternoon. It's just, well, so cool! I love maps and atlases, but now this, this is crazy. And I haven't even gone past looking at Montreal!

― rrrobyn (rrrobyn), Sunday, 15 January 2006 23:24 (twenty years ago)

I love the real-scale renderings of buildings. A little glimpse of the near future, the REAL near-future, when something like Google maps will be able to take us on a trip down Lexington Ave in high resolution and full color.

― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Sunday, 15 January 2006 23:40 (twenty years ago)

Jody per standard Colorado terminology that should be "Crusted Butt."

― nabisco (nabisco), Sunday, 15 January 2006 23:48 (twenty years ago)

hahahahahahaha

― danielle the animal steel (Jody Beth Rosen), Sunday, 15 January 2006 23:49 (twenty years ago)

le swoon (from here)

― stockholm cindy (winter version) (Jody Beth Rosen), Friday, 20 January 2006 07:49 (twenty years ago)

Utah!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v694/adnaus23/3amsomewhereinutah.png

Quebec!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v694/adnaus23/quebeccity.png

― naus (Robert T), Monday, 23 January 2006 05:02 (twenty years ago)

that utah one! looks like a big nasty gash. nice. :-)

― stockholm cindy (winter version) (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 23 January 2006 05:37 (twenty years ago)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v674/weatheringdaleson/googpommel.jpg

is this

http://static.flickr.com/31/47369939_346dda442e.jpg

― weather1ngda1eson (Brian), Monday, 23 January 2006 08:45 (twenty years ago)

St. Stanislaus, Slavic Village, Cleveland
from above...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v674/weatheringdaleson/googchurch.jpg

and...FROM HELL!!

http://static.flickr.com/24/53067205_75ab9002fa.jpg

― weather1ngda1eson (Brian), Monday, 23 January 2006 08:51 (twenty years ago)

Near Jones beach, NY:

http://img35.imageshack.us/img35/3656/jones9kj.jpg

― RR (restandrec), Monday, 23 January 2006 13:12 (twenty years ago)

That might even be the best one yet.

― Gravel Workelsworth, Monday, 23 January 2006 13:55 (twenty years ago)

death valley:

http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/1963/dvalley3ok.jpg

― sunny successor (katharine), Monday, 23 January 2006 16:36 (twenty years ago)

Soundtrack to this thread:

"The Big Country" - Talking Heads

― peepee (peepee), Monday, 23 January 2006 17:48 (twenty years ago)

Parking lot in Wilmington, NC

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v694/adnaus23/wilmingtonnc.png

― naus (Robert T), Tuesday, 24 January 2006 04:36 (twenty years ago)

Baltimore, Maryland:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v694/adnaus23/baltimore.jpg

― naus (Robert T), Tuesday, 24 January 2006 04:49 (twenty years ago)

Farm outside of Winnipeg that looks like a printed circuit!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v694/adnaus23/chipfarmer.jpg

― naus (Robert T), Tuesday, 24 January 2006 05:01 (twenty years ago)

arggh

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v674/weatheringdaleson/arggh.jpg

― weather1ngda1eson (Brian), Tuesday, 24 January 2006 06:23 (twenty years ago)

ko tao - Thailand:

http://static.flickr.com/34/91186370_43ee65c627.jpg

― Porkpie (porkpie), Wednesday, 25 January 2006 23:16 (twenty years ago)

two weeks pass...

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&hl=en&t=k&ll=53.538774,-1.346804&spn=0.000875,0.002626&t=k

― James Mitchell (James Mitchell), Saturday, 11 February 2006 14:51 (twenty years ago)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v694/adnaus23/ranchoupland.jpg

― naus (Robert T), Monday, 13 February 2006 15:00 (twenty years ago)

I'm all into this ground view vs satellite view.
this:
http://static.flickr.com/32/99257410_41026e5d68_o.jpg

is this:
http://static.flickr.com/26/53809180_7340174b57.jpg
(the lower bridge of the two bridges)

and this:
http://static.flickr.com/31/99257414_e1db3b9329_o.jpg

is this:
http://static.flickr.com/5/5310024_89ce5c82eb.jpg
(near the part where the two beaches meet in the middle)

ooh! (also: tilt function!)

― rrrobyn (rrrobyn), Monday, 13 February 2006 15:44 (twenty years ago)

one month passes...

http://www.google.com/mars/

― msp (mspa), Monday, 13 March 2006 14:33 (twenty years ago)

Paul Klee is alive and well and living in the Oklahoma panhandle

ihttp://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b356/olem/oklahoma.jpg

― The Vintner's Lipogram (OleM), Saturday, 18 March 2006 23:05 (twenty years ago)

Grr trying a smaller one:

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b356/olem/oklahoma_smaller.jpg

― The Vintner's Lipogram (OleM), Saturday, 18 March 2006 23:07 (twenty years ago)

Belcher Islands, Hudson Bay:

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b356/olem/belcher.jpg

― The Vintner's Lipogram (OleM), Saturday, 18 March 2006 23:15 (twenty years ago)

naus's alst post up there looks like a town made of Lego.

― AaronK (AaronK), Saturday, 18 March 2006 23:24 (twenty years ago)

Water in the Sahara:

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b356/olem/sahara.jpg

― The Vintner's Lipogram (OleM), Saturday, 18 March 2006 23:26 (twenty years ago)

four months pass...

http://www.propertymaps.com/maps/polylines.php

put in a zip, and it oulines it for you, and gives info on that zip

― -- (688), Thursday, 3 August 2006 18:55 (twenty years ago)

one month passes...

hancock park

http://static.flickr.com/87/245197148_fa23ce6a7d_o.jpg

― john david bootyflake (Jody Beth Rosen), Sunday, 17 September 2006 06:24 (twenty years ago)

Structures of Monaco

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b356/olem/monaco.jpg

― The Vintner's Lipogram (OleM), Sunday, 17 September 2006 19:49 (twenty years ago)

Leyton funfair

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b356/olem/leyton.jpg

― The Vintner's Lipogram (OleM), Sunday, 17 September 2006 20:00 (twenty years ago)

Strange effect from imagesplicing probably. North of Cambridge, UK

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b356/olem/effect.jpg

― The Vintner's Lipogram (OleM), Sunday, 17 September 2006 20:11 (twenty years ago)

More apparently weird perspective:

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b356/olem/puertas.jpg

except in this case it's not really weird:

http://www.lera.com/pimg/pde/6570990_small.jpg

(Puerta de Europa in Madrid)

― The Vintner's Lipogram (OleM), Sunday, 17 September 2006 20:33 (twenty years ago)

one year passes...

the Lena delta in Siberia:

http://maps.live.com/default.aspx?v=2&cp=73.192583~125.042267&style=a&lvl=9&tilt=-90&dir=0&alt=-1000&encType=1

and

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lena_River_Delta (click link for 3100x3100 4Mb picture)

― StanM, Sunday, 17 February 2008 19:28 (eighteen years ago)

Sorry, first one is live.com - here's the google maps one:

http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=72.903494,126.903076&spn=2.195251,9.664673&t=k&hl=en

― StanM, Sunday, 17 February 2008 19:32 (eighteen years ago)

one year passes...

Fayetteville, Arkansas. My home for the last 3 years. I am leaving you now. You've been cool, peace out Fayetteville, Arkansas.

http://i39.tinypic.com/huqdl4.jpg

― your son rip is on line toot (iiiijjjj), Saturday, 20 June 2009 03:26 (seventeen years ago)

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