[TriLUG] OT: maps.google.com satellite maps

[Greg Brown]

Been there, probably won't go back unless for business reasons.  It's  
not a bad place, mind you, but I'd rather spend my winters in Rincon,  
Puerto Rico.

Greg

On Apr 8, 2005, at 7:47 PM, Kevin Flanagan wrote:

> Those chem plants explain a lot about Buffalo.
>
> At first I thought that perhaps the blur was just because Buffalo is so
> nasty, ever been there?  No offense meant to anyone from there, but if
> you are from there and live here now, there's a reason.....
>
>
>
> On Fri, 2005-04-08 at 09:22 -0400, len boyle wrote:
>
>> There is a large and very old hydro-power plant.
>>
>> I never saw it at night, but I was told that they turn the falls off  
>> at
>> night storing the  water in holding area. The water was then used for  
>> power
>> generation work during the day. At the time they started the storage  
>> site,
>> there were stories in the ny newspapers as it was on American Indian  
>> lands.
>>
>> I am not sure if that is what they blurred out.
>>
>> There are also a number of chemical plants based on cheap electric  
>> power, at
>> least cheap when they started there.
>>
>> len
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Mark Freeze" <mfreeze at gmail.com>
>> To: "Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list" <trilug at trilug.org>
>> Sent: Friday, April 08, 2005 6:14 AM
>> Subject: Re: [TriLUG] OT: maps.google.com satellite maps
>>
>>
>>> I don't know much about the Niagra Falls area, but I was wondering if
>>> anyone knew why most of the shoreline of the American side of the
>>> river north of the falls was blurred out on the map.  I downloaded  
>>> the
>>> trial Keyhole product and it is the same on there.  Is that a  
>>> military
>>> installation or a huge power generating plant or something?
>>>
>>>
>>> On Apr 7, 2005 11:52 PM, Aaron S. Joyner <aaron at joyner.ws> wrote:
>>>> Matt Frye wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>> I know it is not Linux but you guys ought to look at  
>>>>>> www.keyhole.com,
>>>>>> this is the company that Google bought to bring you these images.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> There was once a time when I couldn't say the word "keyhole" out  
>>>>> loud.
>>>>> It's cool to see those pictures available outside of a special
>>>>> building.
>>>>>
>>>>> MPF
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> Just to chime in with an interesting link, check out the  
>>>> intersection of
>>>> Groomtown and I-85 in Greensboro.  For those familiar with this  
>>>> area,
>>>> it's changed dramatically in the last 6 to 18 months, as they cut
>>>> through the new section of I-85 that bypasses Greensboro.
>>>> Consequentially, I'd say that picture had to be taken with in the  
>>>> last 6
>>>> months or so.  There are cars on the new stretch of highway, which  
>>>> was
>>>> opened some time in the last year for sure, possibly the last 6  
>>>> months,
>>>> I can't pin it in my mind exactly.  As a bonus, there's neat wispy
>>>> clouds in that area as well that cast interesting shadows.  :)
>>>>
>>>> http://maps.google.com/maps?q=groomtown+and+i 
>>>> -85,greensboro,+nc&ll=35.997101, 
>>>> -79.862237&spn=0.022337,0.028195&t=k&hl=en
>>>>
>>>> Aaron S. Joyner
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