Comments on: I Know San Francisco is Wonky, but this seems Implausable http://regex.info/blog/2006-04-03/172 Not a photo blog, but sometimes I play one on TV Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:04:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.12-alpha by: Jeffrey Friedl http://regex.info/blog/2006-04-03/172#comment-995 Wed, 05 Apr 2006 16:14:09 +0000 http://regex.info/blog/2006-04-03/172#comment-995 I guess you can find it most anywhere there are tall buildings. Here are crossed swords from New York: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=New+York,+NY&ll=40.747964,-73.987073&spn=0.002077,0.005386&t=k I must reiterate how impressed I am with the photo stiching. It seems to be 3D aware. Perhaps it's http://www.aerialimagingtechnologies.com/ , which has coincidentally been in the news recently. I guess you can find it most anywhere there are tall buildings. Here are crossed swords from New York:

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=New+York,+NY&ll=40.747964,-73.987073&spn=0.002077,0.005386&t=k

I must reiterate how impressed I am with the photo stiching. It seems to be 3D aware. Perhaps it’s http://www.aerialimagingtechnologies.com/ , which has coincidentally been in the news recently.

]]> by: brien http://regex.info/blog/2006-04-03/172#comment-994 Wed, 05 Apr 2006 15:58:57 +0000 http://regex.info/blog/2006-04-03/172#comment-994 Check out Chicago, it's even worse :-& http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=&ll=41.881224,-87.631094&spn=0.005504,0.010064&t=k Check out Chicago, it’s even worse :-&
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=&ll=41.881224,-87.631094&spn=0.005504,0.010064&t=k

]]> by: Jeffrey Friedl http://regex.info/blog/2006-04-03/172#comment-984 Tue, 04 Apr 2006 00:06:00 +0000 http://regex.info/blog/2006-04-03/172#comment-984 The "ghost cars" seem to be simple fuzziness due to movement. It's a bit more difficult to explain the dual-image of <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?t=k&ll=25.089544,121.25973&spn=0.002483,0.003637" rel="nofollow">this plane</a>, which just took off from Taiwan International. By the way, Derek, the highest zoom images of San Francisco are not taken by satellites, as evidenced by the progressive perspective change across areas that are obviously from the same shot (the perspective change between areas that are not from the same shot means nothing, of course). The high-level zoom shots are probably taken from low-flying airplanes. I'm extremely impressed, though, with how the shots are stiched together. If it weren't for the wildly different perspective and shadows, I'd never be able to tell that different images were used. I don't see any seams. The “ghost cars” seem to be simple fuzziness due to movement. It’s a bit more difficult to explain the dual-image of this plane,
which just took off from Taiwan International.

By the way, Derek, the highest zoom images of San Francisco are not taken by satellites, as evidenced by the progressive perspective change across areas that are obviously from the same shot (the perspective change between areas that are not from the same shot means nothing, of course). The high-level zoom shots are probably taken from low-flying airplanes.

I’m extremely impressed, though, with how the shots are stiched together. If it weren’t for the wildly different perspective and shadows, I’d never be able to tell that different images were used. I don’t see any seams.

]]> by: nils http://regex.info/blog/2006-04-03/172#comment-981 Mon, 03 Apr 2006 16:56:43 +0000 http://regex.info/blog/2006-04-03/172#comment-981 Also see, <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?t=k&ll=34.155384,-118.432588&spn=0.001276,0.002052" rel="nofollow">the ghost cars of the Ventura Freeway</a>. Also see, the ghost cars of the Ventura Freeway.

]]> by: Derek http://regex.info/blog/2006-04-03/172#comment-971 Sun, 02 Apr 2006 15:59:07 +0000 http://regex.info/blog/2006-04-03/172#comment-971 Sweet! Gotta love patchwork imagery. Different satellites at different times makes for some cool optical-illusion-like imagery. :-) Sweet! Gotta love patchwork imagery. Different satellites at different times makes for some cool optical-illusion-like imagery. :-)

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