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 May 10 2005, 06:51 PM
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Target  Group: Members Posts: 38 Joined: 7-April 05 From: Charlottesville, VA, CAS Member No.: 7,303  |
So, I was answering the Trapped in 1991 post and decided to try something...
Check out this link and tell me what you think it is: http://maps.google.com/maps?q=1122+W.+Cerm...07607&t=k&hl=en If your answer is "A satellite image of the site of the Cermak Blast" you're correct! (You'll need to look just south of the marker) In particular Seattle is in a pretty good footprint with some great resolution (you can see inside the Seattle dome), so this is a great tool for setting up some runs. If you guys have already seen this, my apologies, but maps.google.com is just too cool. |
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May 11 2005, 02:23 PM
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Runner Group: Members Posts: 3,420 Joined: 30-October 03 Member No.: 5,776 |
That is damn cool. I've never even seen map.google.com before.
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May 11 2005, 02:27 PM
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Knight Templar Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 212 Joined: 20-June 04 From: Ipswich, UK Just South of the Stinkfens Member No.: 6,424 |
Nor have I. Thanks for pointing it out. :D :grinbig: :D
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May 11 2005, 04:26 PM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 38 Joined: 7-April 05 From: Charlottesville, VA, CAS Member No.: 7,303 |
Yeah, I figure if I ever get back to GMing Shadowrun, for certain runs I'm just going to give my players the address, and let them go to town with the satellite imagery.
Obviously a lot will change in 60 years, but, you can still pick out a place that looks like what you want and just say that's the location. Ah... ready made satellite imagery. And they have to do a Matrix run to get it! ;) |
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May 11 2005, 09:50 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 279 Joined: 21-March 05 From: Freeport NY Member No.: 7,205 |
Its probably old hat by now, but Nasa released a program called "World wind." While it isn't as close-range as other satellite programs may be, it is a world-covering thing. I can see my house, the school and park down the block from me (including the pool in the park that I work at over the fast-approaching summer) and even, if I want, the pyramids.
I can even look at the mountain I ski at and find the trails I go down. No little people, though. But cars, I do believe, are visible! |
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May 11 2005, 10:45 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,677 Joined: 5-June 03 Member No.: 4,689 |
Me three. Useful resource, that! |
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May 12 2005, 01:18 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 903 Joined: 7-February 03 Member No.: 4,025 |
Hey! There's my house!
Real conversation: Me: "Where'd you say your character was opening his bar?" Player: "Right around that point at the south tip of Belleview. Just next to an off ramp." Me: (Pulling out a print-out) "This building or this one?" |
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May 12 2005, 09:09 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 614 Joined: 17-June 03 From: A safehouse about to be compromised by ninjas Member No.: 4,754 |
This calls for a really big
DDDOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOODDDDDDDDDDD!!!!!! Thats not just cool, its ice cold. |
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May 12 2005, 10:59 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 114 Joined: 27-April 05 From: Summoning a spirit of the land Member No.: 7,362 |
London: There are no images for this level of detail zoom
NOOOoo damn cool though, first person to find area 51 wins |
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