Google Maps, now with satellite imagery

Look at the shadow on that monument- should be able to figure out time of day of the photo from that.

George on the phone.

Looks like a different shadow angle from the Washington Monument. ;) (Also, I really want the speech bubble shadow to reflect what time it is at the given location. Night is a prob tho...)

asshole on the phone

my, how the national cathedral has grown

Google Maps, now with satellite imagery by jkottke.

And holy shit, try the zoom!

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Jeff Croft says:

I thought this was going to be a Molly on the phone.
Posted 56 months ago. ( permalink )

sizeofguam says:

holy crud. google scares me a little.
Posted 56 months ago. ( permalink )

inky says:

Satellite also works on directions, I just mapped my daily commute and "flew" the route using the arrow keys - works like a charm!
Posted 56 months ago. ( permalink )

pv says:

Does anybody know why they pixelate out the Capitol? They do it on terra-server too...security is the obvious explanation, but why not the White House as well?
Posted 56 months ago. ( permalink )

Yeah, but notice that the roof detail of the two buildings that adjoin the White House are obscured. It's gotta be security, but I too am confused by the ommission of 1600 Penn..
Posted 56 months ago. ( permalink )

smekosh says:

Or the Pentagon for that matter. If you look closely, the roof of the White is also pixelated, but it's done in a terracotta color to mimic the roof's real shade. Most likely due to the array of antennas, dishes, and turrets on the WH roof and surrounding buildings.

Some military, nuclear, and government sites are obscured in other cities as well.
Posted 56 months ago. ( permalink )

dehgenog says:

I was hoping this would be the recent mapping.

This is years old.
Posted 56 months ago. ( permalink )

mobil'homme says:

Mapquest had this for a long time (and you could zoom in closer) but not as cool as this. How in hell do they layer the route line over the map?
Posted 56 months ago. ( permalink )

ydeologi says:

This isn't any scarier than what's been available online for years from Terraserver and other services... but their interface sure makes it more fun to use. After they released the Maps beta, I was hoping they'd incorporate it with the assets they acquired with Keyhole. Looks like they're well on their way.
Posted 56 months ago. ( permalink )

monofonik says:

"I was hoping this would be the recent mapping.

This is years old."

I'm not sure of that, I downloaded a Keyhole trial before they were bought out by Google, and the map of my area in that was older than what they're using there.
Posted 56 months ago. ( permalink )

sixfoot6 says:

This is insane. I'm so happy.
Posted 56 months ago. ( permalink )

Danny_B says:

pv: The White House roof _has_ been obscured. They've simply left the white edges.
Posted 56 months ago. ( permalink )

joaobambu says:

Whoah, this is mad cool. I second SixFoot6's motion
Posted 56 months ago. ( permalink )

jf1234 says:

Holy crap!

This is so unbelievably cool... Cool quotient of Google has just gulped up a level

Now i can start virtually revisiting all the places i worked and stayed in California during the dot-com boom - excellent! Thanks for the tip Jason!
Posted 56 months ago. ( permalink )

Ryan C. says:

The images are probably a couple of years old. I see lots of contruction just beginning in them that has been completed for a while.
Posted 56 months ago. ( permalink )

MaggieMason says:

I'm pretty sure the pixelation is there to hide anti-aircraft guns. (Insert Debbie Downer wahwah here.)
Posted 56 months ago. ( permalink )

sarah. reed. says:

Woah. that's crazy.
Posted 56 months ago. ( permalink )

er malefico++ [deleted] says:

yay the tax dollars that work!
Posted 55 months ago. ( permalink )

KRSPO says:

Greetings. I'm an administrator for a Flickr group called The White House and we'd love to have your great photo of teh White House added to the group.

Thanks.

The Chief Usher
www.flickr.com/groups/1600penn
Posted 20 months ago. ( permalink )

philmaps08 says:

cool!!
philmaps
Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )

ktt0327 says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Freddy Science, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )

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