Let me present the Nifty Program of the Day, a thing called World Wind. By NASA of all people. It's an earth globe that can be covered with Landsat images, USGS topographic maps, and aerial photos, amongst other things. You can make landforms 3d if you want.
Yes, this is very cool.
Topographic map of the area near my house.
Aerial of my house (house/land in the lower left corner).
Aerial of Oregon State University. Directly right of the "Campus Post Office" in yellow is the history building, Milam Hall, and across the quad from it is the MU. Further right is a grassy area with crazy looking paths, and just below that is the library. Just to the right of the yellow "KBVR FM" thing and above the big parking lot is Callahan Hall, with McNary Hall, Wilson Hall, and the McNary Dining Center just to the right. And as we all know, I lived in Callahan and ate at McNary.
Neat stuff.
On another note, I finished Masanobu Tsuji's book, and it's interesting stuff. Too, the author is an interesting guy, if half of what's said about him is true.
Posted by Dwip at November 29, 2004 12:13 AMAs cool as that is, I've always found that aerial photos suck for getting an idea of what a place looks like. I've seen aerial photos/a birds' eye view map of my school, and it gives you very little idea of the view from the ground.
Also, the lower left quadrant of that second picture is entirely trees. In the middle/right, on the lower side of the road, OTOH, there's something that looks like it could be your house.
Posted by: Regina at November 29, 2004 1:05 PMIt's the clearing that sort of looks like Maryland, if you look hard enough. As opposed to the squarish-looking clearing next to it.
Posted by: Dwip at November 29, 2004 7:42 PM
