thought this might be fun

Cerberus · 10-29-2005, 09:40 PM

Click on my sig to add yourself to our map.

xmen and ATF are welcome too

sh@rp · 10-30-2005, 01:17 AM

That's pretty sweet Jester... To find me ya'll gotta scroll to the right a little bit

Variable · 10-30-2005, 03:25 AM

I dig that. We could do a detailed map with Google Earth too if we really wanted to, and zoom in on each other's houses

Aluscia · 10-30-2005, 07:24 AM

Hehehe... Very cool site, thanks Jester!

Ghryphen · 10-30-2005, 02:56 PM

hehe http://www.frappr.com/alliedtribalforces

Cerberus · 10-31-2005, 10:26 AM

i like Google earth.

Stang · 10-31-2005, 04:19 PM

Ya this is pretty cool and to see where everyone is from. Now if they kept the zoomed map more updated that would be even cooler but then they'd probably charge ya for that.

XMEN Ashaman DTM · 10-31-2005, 09:58 PM

I noticed that some of places where I work are "blanked out". Kind of funny when I can guess with some accuracy what was there that day. Heh. It's really weird to do that sometimes; see a google map or something and go, "hey! I know why that's blanked out!"

Aluscia · 10-31-2005, 11:16 PM

A little bit of clearance goes a long way

Variable · 11-01-2005, 03:14 AM

Yep, if anyone zooms in on Ft. Gordon, I work in the bottom left big grey blacked out space.

The supreme irony here is that when NASA did the mapping system with WorldWind, you could see all of the fort clearly, but then Google absorbed the project and I guess someone went "OH NOES" and things started to get blacked out.

Ghryphen · 11-01-2005, 09:38 AM

World Wind and Google Earth are separate ongoing projects. Google Earth was created from Keyhole which was a World Wind clone. Both use images gathered from private sources as well as contracted from public aerial photography companies.

WorldWind is still getting updates, you can get the latest here.

Variable · 11-01-2005, 02:35 PM

I stand corrected.

For all your spying needs, correlating unblocked pictures of World Wind with the same locations in Google Earth.

Honestly, my building just looks like another brick building in a sea of brick buildings. Purposefully blocking it out seems kind of counter productive.

"Hey why is that one blocked out?" "Must be important." "Let's blow it up."

XMEN Ashaman DTM · 11-01-2005, 10:04 PM

lol

I saw a LOT of stuff get pulled off the net after 9/11. I always thought it was stupid because a lot of the stuff that I am referring to is just too damned difficult to do if you don't have the technology to do it. All of the national labs, many universities, and many research topics became classified. It's stupid because it's basically people over classifying things, which leads to waste.

Now that I am "in the business" to a certain extent, I see that there are people that want to classify proprietary systems because they're proprietary; not because they're truly classified.

I'm not the person making those decisions though.

XMEN Ashaman DTM · 11-01-2005, 10:06 PM

Also, it's funny to note how much of where I work is visible in those maps. And how several years ago you'd probably be thrown in jail for having copies of the same maps.

Ghryphen · 11-02-2005, 10:55 AM

Well Google Earth data is supplied a bit more by the public sector than WW, I am sure there are flight path restrictions and such which are going to appear that they are purposely blocked out when they actually just haven't been able to obtain the image.

10-29-2005, 09:40 PM	#1
Cerberus One bad mofo'n Hound Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Your Mom's House Age: 47 Posts: 1,319	thought this might be fun Click on my sig to add yourself to our map. xmen and ATF are welcome too __________________ Tribes:Ascend Play it today for free

10-30-2005, 01:17 AM	#2
sh@rp Forum Regular Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Baltimore, Maryland Age: 38 Posts: 271	That's pretty sweet Jester... To find me ya'll gotta scroll to the right a little bit __________________ Proud Member of the XMEN

10-30-2005, 03:25 AM	#3
Variable Forum Regular Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Augusta, GA Age: 42 Posts: 245	I dig that. We could do a detailed map with Google Earth too if we really wanted to, and zoom in on each other's houses __________________ The world will not end in a blinding flash of light or virulent pestilence. It will end with me choking the life out of it with my bare hands.

10-30-2005, 07:24 AM	#4
Aluscia Emo Queen 1000th Thread Main Forum Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: In a subterranean complex. Age: 41 Posts: 2,346	Hehehe... Very cool site, thanks Jester! __________________ Favourite Song of the moment - Pyramid Song - Radiohead

10-30-2005, 02:56 PM	#5
Ghryphen THZ Founder Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: WA, USA Age: 50 Posts: 3,927	hehe http://www.frappr.com/alliedtribalforces __________________ The Hounds of Zeus \| Allied Tribal Forces

10-31-2005, 10:26 AM	#6
Cerberus One bad mofo'n Hound Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Your Mom's House Age: 47 Posts: 1,319	i like Google earth. __________________ Tribes:Ascend Play it today for free

10-31-2005, 04:19 PM	#7
Stang Team Captain Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Everett, WA, USA Age: 50 Posts: 3,859 Xbox Leaderboard: 1^st	Ya this is pretty cool and to see where everyone is from. Now if they kept the zoomed map more updated that would be even cooler but then they'd probably charge ya for that. __________________

10-31-2005, 09:58 PM	#8
XMEN Ashaman DTM Forum wh0re Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Seattle, WA Age: 46 Posts: 965	I noticed that some of places where I work are "blanked out". Kind of funny when I can guess with some accuracy what was there that day. Heh. It's really weird to do that sometimes; see a google map or something and go, "hey! I know why that's blanked out!"

10-31-2005, 11:16 PM	#9
Aluscia Emo Queen 1000th Thread Main Forum Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: In a subterranean complex. Age: 41 Posts: 2,346	A little bit of clearance goes a long way __________________ Favourite Song of the moment - Pyramid Song - Radiohead

11-01-2005, 03:14 AM	#10
Variable Forum Regular Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Augusta, GA Age: 42 Posts: 245	Yep, if anyone zooms in on Ft. Gordon, I work in the bottom left big grey blacked out space. The supreme irony here is that when NASA did the mapping system with WorldWind, you could see all of the fort clearly, but then Google absorbed the project and I guess someone went "OH NOES" and things started to get blacked out. __________________ The world will not end in a blinding flash of light or virulent pestilence. It will end with me choking the life out of it with my bare hands.

11-01-2005, 09:38 AM	#11
Ghryphen THZ Founder Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: WA, USA Age: 50 Posts: 3,927	World Wind and Google Earth are separate ongoing projects. Google Earth was created from Keyhole which was a World Wind clone. Both use images gathered from private sources as well as contracted from public aerial photography companies. WorldWind is still getting updates, you can get the latest here. __________________ The Hounds of Zeus \| Allied Tribal Forces

11-01-2005, 02:35 PM	#12
Variable Forum Regular Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Augusta, GA Age: 42 Posts: 245	I stand corrected. For all your spying needs, correlating unblocked pictures of World Wind with the same locations in Google Earth. Honestly, my building just looks like another brick building in a sea of brick buildings. Purposefully blocking it out seems kind of counter productive. "Hey why is that one blocked out?" "Must be important." "Let's blow it up." __________________ The world will not end in a blinding flash of light or virulent pestilence. It will end with me choking the life out of it with my bare hands.

11-01-2005, 10:04 PM	#13
XMEN Ashaman DTM Forum wh0re Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Seattle, WA Age: 46 Posts: 965	lol I saw a LOT of stuff get pulled off the net after 9/11. I always thought it was stupid because a lot of the stuff that I am referring to is just too damned difficult to do if you don't have the technology to do it. All of the national labs, many universities, and many research topics became classified. It's stupid because it's basically people over classifying things, which leads to waste. Now that I am "in the business" to a certain extent, I see that there are people that want to classify proprietary systems because they're proprietary; not because they're truly classified. I'm not the person making those decisions though.

11-01-2005, 10:06 PM	#14
XMEN Ashaman DTM Forum wh0re Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Seattle, WA Age: 46 Posts: 965	Also, it's funny to note how much of where I work is visible in those maps. And how several years ago you'd probably be thrown in jail for having copies of the same maps.

11-02-2005, 10:55 AM	#15
Ghryphen THZ Founder Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: WA, USA Age: 50 Posts: 3,927	Well Google Earth data is supplied a bit more by the public sector than WW, I am sure there are flight path restrictions and such which are going to appear that they are purposely blocked out when they actually just haven't been able to obtain the image. __________________ The Hounds of Zeus \| Allied Tribal Forces

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