Oddities in Google Maps

Toroid

Founding Member
Oddities in Google Earth & Google Maps. This is actually a plane in flight presumably leaving Edinburgh Airport. I can't access Google Earth because I won't download Chrome which is required.
Man spots plane 'sunk under the sea off Edinburgh' on Google Earth | Daily Mail Online
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Castle-Yankee54

Celestial
There have been lots of strange effects in Google Maps images. Since the images seen below an apparent altitude of 10,000 feet are from aerial photos, the motion of the plane that takes a series of photos causes some odd looking things. Another plane, at less than 10,000 feet and more or less directly below the photo plane might show up in several frames, so it looks like half a dozen planes all in a line, or even some kind of echelon formation depending on the relative directions of the two aircraft. It seems like the software that stitches the images together has gotten sophisticated enough to eliminate much of that sort of thing.

There were some very weird mismatches of perspective involving tall buildings in cities. My favorite "anomaly" found on Maps was the famous "flying car" in Australia, if memory serves. That might still be floating around on the interwebz. It was really neat.
 

Castle-Yankee54

Celestial
There were some very weird mismatches of perspective involving tall buildings in cities. My favorite "anomaly" found on Maps was the famous "flying car" in Australia, if memory serves. That might still be floating around on the interwebz. It was really neat.

I liked the effect that seemed to make the car float as well....but it was so obvious when it was explained.
 

humanoidlord

ce3 researcher
There have been lots of strange effects in Google Maps images. Since the images seen below an apparent altitude of 10,000 feet are from aerial photos, the motion of the plane that takes a series of photos causes some odd looking things. Another plane, at less than 10,000 feet and more or less directly below the photo plane might show up in several frames, so it looks like half a dozen planes all in a line, or even some kind of echelon formation depending on the relative directions of the two aircraft. It seems like the software that stitches the images together has gotten sophisticated enough to eliminate much of that sort of thing.

There were some very weird mismatches of perspective involving tall buildings in cities. My favorite "anomaly" found on Maps was the famous "flying car" in Australia, if memory serves. That might still be floating around on the interwebz. It was really neat.
actually it was a black car beneath a white car, pretty cool when you see the explanation
 
Wow. That has "disgruntled employee" written all over it. Or just some industrial strength insanity. It will be interesting to see how Google responds.
 

Toroid

Founding Member
The swastika link is in response to CY's post. The actual map links didn't show any swastikas which implies they removed them after they received complaints/comments.
 

Castle-Yankee54

Celestial
The swastika link is in response to CY's post. The actual map links didn't show any swastikas which implies they removed them after they received complaints/comments.

I thought you were talking about the building.....so you meant the little green swastika?
 
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