Roman G Posted June 29, 2005 Share Posted June 29, 2005 http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=45.1,33.6&spn=0.25,0.25&t=k&hl=en For those who don't know - Google upgraded their mapping site to include satellite images for whole world. Most of the places are covered with about 25 meters per pixel resolution (my estimate), some places have resolution as hight as 1 meter per pixel ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GGTharos Posted June 29, 2005 Share Posted June 29, 2005 Saki AB. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Reminder: SAM = Speed Bump :D I used to play flight sims like you, but then I took a slammer to the knee - Yoda Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MusicOn Posted June 29, 2005 Share Posted June 29, 2005 And what is this in the picture? A landing/starting something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
golfsierra2 Posted June 29, 2005 Share Posted June 29, 2005 SAKI - Homebase of the VTFS 161 (and some other folks, I guess) kind regards, Raven.... [sigpic]http://www.crc-mindreader.de/CRT/images/Birds2011.gif[/sigpic] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwingKid Posted June 29, 2005 Share Posted June 29, 2005 And what is this in the picture? A landing/starting something? That should be part of the "NITKA" pilot training system, that includes arrestor cables and a ski-jump ramp for simulating Kuznetsov carrier ops. -SK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KuostA Posted June 30, 2005 Share Posted June 30, 2005 That, my friend, is the outline of Russia's new top-secret hypersonic spyplane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman G Posted July 2, 2005 Author Share Posted July 2, 2005 OK, this one should require more of brain mass ... http://maps.google.com/maps?&ll=37.1,-116.055&spn=0.005,0.005&t=k What is on the map ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mako Posted July 2, 2005 Share Posted July 2, 2005 oooooh, look at all the pretty craters! Tonopah test range, Nevada. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman G Posted July 2, 2005 Author Share Posted July 2, 2005 oooooh, look at all the pretty craters! Tonopah test range, Nevada. Actually, after checking more on Tonopah - I am not sure that you are correct. Tonopah is I think north of "my" place and has MUCH smaller craters ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman G Posted July 6, 2005 Author Share Posted July 6, 2005 OK, since nobody seems to know or care I will answer myself making my last post here. This place: http://maps.google.com/maps?&ll=37.1,-116.055&spn=0.005,0.005&t=k is Nevada Test Site. It's just about 100 kilometers (65 miles) northeast from Las Vegas. It is where United States was testing it's nuclear weapons until about year 1992. I guess most of the craters there are from underground tests ... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nevada_Test_Site My intention for making this thread was make people aware of google maps. It looks that satelite images are getting more available and cheaper - which makes more terrain (and perhaps terrain SDK) more probable to appear in future LOCKONs ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mako Posted July 6, 2005 Share Posted July 6, 2005 Actually, after checking more on Tonopah - I am not sure that you are correct. Tonopah is I think north of "my" place and has MUCH smaller craters ... True, Tonopah is separate from the Nevada Test Site, both are part of the enormous Nellis Range Complex. To keep this on topic (a bit. Aviation related anyway). Zoom your view out 4 or five clicks. Near the top of the frame you will find a very large crater (a story in itself). Now scroll the view down a bit and you'll find a road heading off to the east. Follow that road to a dry lakebed with a very large airfield/complex. If you do see the complex there is something wrong with your browser because that place does not exist (hint, the dry lake is Groom Lake). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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