So I take it many of you go Google Earthing around, right? Well, Google Earth (or Google Maps with "satellite" on) to where you are, take a screenshot and post it with just a few clues. I'm in San Diego, near the zoo. Can you find me? Have you ever been here?
#2. "RE: Where are you? {broadband users only}" In response to Darren (Reply # 1)
Hell, .. Google said most of the Older Images of Cities were not much older than Four Years. Half of the Pictures of our Town are about 20 Years old and the other Half is Damn near as Old as me. And believe me, I'm no Spring Chicken.
#10. "RE: Where are you? Found you!!!" In response to Darren (Reply # 1) Sun Mar-19-06 02:46 PM by Allyn
Darren, I moved from about 30 miles or so southeast of Hartsfield. I used to live in Henry County so this is a challenge to find. Harder than I thought.
One clue I see is that your're located on a relatively busy east-west two-lane.
Found you!
Edit: Darren, I've driven almost to your house. Judy and I drove SR20 many times to Conyers and instead of turning left at the four-way stop, we occasionally drove to or past Snapping Shoals EMC enroute to a Methodist Church facility on Salem Road. I had to look more carefully with a road overlay to see that. But we did go to Covington occasionally. Beautiful area to live.
One of the things we really liked about the countryside was the gently rolling hills and meadows. Very picturesque and relaxing.
The only thing I did not like was the spring pollen season. It was in Georgia where I found out I was allergic to oak pollen!
#12. "RE: Where are you? {broadband users only}" In response to Darren (Reply # 11) Sun Mar-19-06 02:24 PM by Allyn
I can't claim nativity to Georgia. Alabama is where I grew up (Judy says I'm still doing that and doing it too slow) and then traveled a bit until settling in northeast Florida before moving to Henry County. We were in Henry County for just over 10 years before moving to Bluffton, SC.
Google Earth does not have a good image for Bluffton just yet. It's a good thing since things are growing so fast here. The landscape here in Beaufort County is rapidly changing, much like Gwinett, Henry, Newton, and Rockdale have. Maybe in a few months I can find and post a good image of this area.
#13. "RE: Where are you? {broadband users only}" In response to Darren (Reply # 11)
Hi, Unfortunately, outside the US most sat pics on Google Earth are low def(unless you're near something military!), Here's where we hang out, If you can't relate to the Eastern UK, it lies at 51.55N 01.16E.
#84. "RE: Where are you? {broadband users only}" In response to oldgit (Reply # 13)
Richard, I'm not near anything military and I can get a closer image than this. The red block indicates where I live, second floor flat (third floor to Americans).
#85. "RE: Where are you? {broadband users only}" In response to npmcl (Reply # 84)
Hi Noreen, point taken, I think they cover big cities better too.......we live out in the styx! Cheers, Richard. Computer Specs here:- http://www.yachtcha.com/Specs.html Website http://www.yachtcha.com Its nice to be important, but its important to be nice
Those 'nice woods' are the start of the Black River Reservation...with Day's Dam (part of the Park Service). When hubby was just a wee lad , he and his friends would go diving off the cliffs into the Black River...mind you, this was in the 1940s (EARLY 40s ) and the entire area with all those houses weren't even there - all orchards, etc...altho the house directly across from my house is now considered an 'oldie'...110 years old as a matter of fact! One has to do a Google re Lorain - boring little city, but it did give birth to Toni Morrison (Pulitzer Prize winner), Father Sarducchi from SNL, a couple of WW2 Heroes, etc. Lonnie
>One has to do a Google re Lorain - boring little city, but it >did give birth to Toni Morrison (Pulitzer Prize winner), >Father Sarducchi from SNL, a couple of WW2 Heroes, etc. >Lonnie
#42. "RE: Where are you? Found you!!!" In response to troy614 (Reply # 40) Tue Mar-21-06 12:20 AM by ilona53
Troy??? you were born there???? I must be getting old ... I seem to be forgetting the little details. what part of town? Hubby is from the best part - South Lorain Lonnie
Just know its Lorain hospital on my birth certificate.Is there more than 1 hospital? Lived at Sheffield Lake when I was a toddler, then moved to Amherst until I was 10 yrs old.Dad worked at the Ford plant. All Pennsylvania after that.Still got relatives in Vermillion and Elyria.
The old St. Joseph Hospital on Broadway...it's now the VA Specialty Hospital. Then there's Community Health Partners - that's near the now closed Ford Plant by the Lake...Elyria Memorial Hospital...Amherst General Hospital... St. John WestShore Hospital in Westlake ...too many hospitals in a 15 mile radius. Lonnie
That reminds me, I should really finish up a project that I was working on awhile back. The PCQandA members map. (A Google Maps view where PCQandA members could add their location markers.)
>That reminds me, I should really finish up a project that I >was working on awhile back. The PCQandA members map. (A >Google Maps view where PCQandA members could add their >location markers.) ----------------------------------------------------- Gee Jason,I sure wish you could find someone to take a picture of you and Beth for the collage,we're still waiting. Also time for more new members to chime in on it
#6. "RE: Where are you? {broadband users only}" In response to Scotterpops (Reply # 0) Sun Mar-19-06 04:04 AM by ilona53
Heck! I can't use it at all... I have ME...
Well, I did try and use the Windows Find thing (Beta)...can't remember exact name ...but this is the best I could do...I am on a corner lot. There has got to be an easier way of doing this!
Hint... My house is next to the 3rd letter of the alphabet...Large front lawn... 2car garage ... ...oh yeah...almost forgot...I am in Lorain, Ohio. Lonnie
#7. "RE: Where are you? {broadband users only}" In response to ilona53 (Reply # 6)
Northern Indiana. This was as close as Google would let me get. It's pretty blurry being out in the county. From what I can see, this image is at least five years old. There is a new subdivision behind the tree line off my back yard now. In this photo, there is just empty land.
Sophie... ... Sorry, I've lived in Lorain (permanently) since '77, but have no idea where Warren is ... I don't even have a road map of Ohio ( I don't go anywhere)...but will look on the 'net for Warren. Lonnie
Moses Lake, WA. This used to be a Strategic Air Command base and you can still see the christmas trees where the B-52's were parked and on alert. The base was closed many years ago and I am living in one of the houses that used to be military housing. Very exciting times during the cold war years when you would see all of the B-52's and tankers scramble for a MITO takeoff.
Another interesting picture from where I live. This is pretty much desert country around here and crops are grown using circle irrigation from a complex irrigation system fed from Grand Coulee Dam. Creates a rather unique landscape from the air.
#25. "RE: Where are you? {broadband users only}" In response to Scotterpops (Reply # 0) Sun Mar-19-06 07:08 PM by Ethan
My little town of Eilat with Aquaba, Jordan across the gulf. I never noticed how square the gulf is at this end.
Ethan
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has. "Why shouldn't the American people take half my money from me? I took it all from them." - Edward Filene
#26. "RE: Where are you? {broadband users only}" In response to Ethan (Reply # 25) Sun Mar-19-06 07:12 PM by oldgit
Hey Ethan, Sorry friend, the attachment doesn't seem to want to play! I dream of scuba diving in Eilat one day, but my son and his family live close to Tiberias, which in all Israel couldn't be further away! Keep hoping that we'll get there one day! Shalom, and Lehitra ot! Edit - Sorry it works now. Richard Computer Specs here:- http://www.yachtcha.com/Specs.html Website http://www.yachtcha.com Its nice to be important, but its important to be nice
I'm located 17 miles west of the Gateway Arch in St Louis Mo. Original home of Budweiser and also noted for the beautiful St Louis Women.
House has brown roof,been here 48 yrs,2 cars in the driveway. Only 27 homes on our street and we all know each other. Can't miss my house, has an old monitor for a mailbox and a 40 foot antenna in the back yard. I'm in the fifth house on the right,if your in the neighborhood,stop by and we'll open a keg of nails.I still have a few from WW11.
Ok, I've been putting this off but here goes. It's not as clear as some but alot better than others. It's about 30 minutes south east of Pittsburgh and about 15 minutes from where the Steelers do spring training. I outlined the property (obviously) and the house is kind of hidden in the trees.
#55. "RE: Where are you? {broadband users only}" In response to LilJoe (Reply # 54)
Shocking picture but I cant help that. Map is lousy over my area. About 20 k's away it is excellent so who knows. Anyway that little red square is about where I live.
#56. "RE: Where are you? {broadband users only}" In response to mickoz (Reply # 55)
Mick,
Are those canals on either side of the channel to the south and a little west of you? Very interesting area; the canals are pretty elaborate (if that's what they are). Do you mind my asking what part of the world? ;~* ... ScottGilmore
I live in Mandurah, Western Australia. If you put Mandurah, Australia into the search feature of Google Earth it will find it for you. They are canals yes. Around Mandurah there would be half a dozen different areas which have canals through them.
I did a quick search for you and found this picture. Its typical of what most of the canals look like around here. The lifestyle would be very nice but comes at a pretty penny.
They haven't snapped any new photos since my condo was built.
But here's where I work, and I grew up on this street too. Its a wholesale greenhouse my family owns. I am responsible for IT in this place. We finally have inventory by location this year!
#68. "RE: Where are you? {broadband users only}" In response to dbahn (Reply # 67)
Sorry for the delayed reply, a sinus infection took me out for a few days.
The greenhouse is about 175,000 square feet and the outside fields (on the left side of the picture) are about 250,000 square feet. The outside fields are mostly 1 gallon pots all lined up in rows.
>Ouch, meant to post this elsewhere, which I'll attempt to do >now. Sorry.
Heck, post it here, we won't mind.
I thought I'd show where I spent part of my childhood because, well, it was a pretty groovy place to grow up. I lived somewhere in that white circle... ...in Ipanema. The Corcovado (with the famous statue of Cristo Redentor) is at the top center of this shot near the white squigle in the middle of the green forest. The Sugar Loaf is off to your right just out of the shot. Google has some pretty good images of this part of the world.
This was in the sixties. I've been told that things there have changed, and not for the better. When I lived there though, it was a wonderful place.
To give you a better idea of how close to Ipanema beach we were, here's a close up.
This was probably the best place I've ever lived. I have no desire to go back though because of the changes that have taken place since I lived there. I prefer to remember it the way it was. ;~* ... ScottGilmore
#74. "RE: Where are you? {broadband users only}" In response to Shelly (Reply # 72)
>Those are some really beautiful beaches!
Yeah, it was, and probably still is a beach culture. I remember it being hot, but apparently I acclimated well because I don't recall ever being uncomfortably hot.
In fact, there are only a few incidental reminders of the heat that come to mind. The first was the daily adventure of trying to make it across that expanse of sand to get to the area of the beach where you'd put your towell down (you can see in the close up shot that the half of the beach closest to the street is mostly unused). Being barefoot, we'd run as far as we could before we just couldn't stand the scorching our feet were enduring and stop and burry our feet a few inches down in to get to the "cooler" sand. Then after a minute or two to recover we'd go scampering off again.
I also remember the water (and the mate*) being breathtakingly cold and so refreshing. I would belly board until my belly was raw from the cheap polystyrene boards we used.
*Mate was (and hopefully still is) a strong type of tea sold by vendors who would walk along the beach carrying an iced pony keg of the potent, caffeinated brew selling it by the cup. It was COLD, S-W-E-E-T and strong and I loved to get wired on it as much as I liked hearing the mate song that the vendors would sing as they walked along the beach. It was the Red Bull of the day - only better.
I remember the surf always being good too. Usually about shoulder high and good form. I don't ever recall wondering if the waves were good - they just always were. I'd simply go to the beach at any time and expect to be able to surf until I was exhausted.
I was just a pup when I lived there, but the girls didn't go unnoticed. That, however, will have to be the subject of a future post.
Being barefoot, we'd run as far as we could before we just couldn't stand the scorching our feet were enduring and stop and burry our feet a few inches down in to get to the "cooler" sand.
This is really spooky! I was listening to XM Radio Sunny channel and I opened up the forum here. Just as I opened Scotter's post, "The Girl From Ipanema" started playing. It took me a couple of seconds to put the picture and the song together. Was it just a coincidence or did I just step into the twilight zone?
, he and his friends would go diving off the cliffs into the Black River...mind you, this was in the 1940s (EARLY 40s 
) and the entire area with all those houses weren't even there - all orchards, etc...altho the house directly across from my house is now considered an 'oldie'...110 years old as a matter of fact!
... I don't even have a road map of Ohio ( I don't go anywhere)...but will look on the 'net for Warren.
