My place from space

[tornado33]

Hi all
Google Earth has updated its imagery, Im astounded at the detail now. I found not only my place, but my covered telescope mount is just visible (arrowed). Wider images included as well as the Newcastle Astro Society local viewing venue a few Kms awy from my place , see the circular mown area on disused Waterboard land.
How about we keep this thread going with "your place from space", use Google Earth (needs broadband to work) to find your place, or a place of interest and post it here :)
Scott

[iceman]

That's amazing.. i'll have to check for my house!

[snowyskiesau]

Google Earth is amazing stuff.
I was up till 4AM recently just finding all the places I've lived.
It's also good to find out the latitude and longitude of your observing spot.

[h0ughy]

where do I live scott?

[RB]

Wallsend NSW, Dave.

:P

[h0ughy]

:doh: I knew that:rofl:

[jakob]

Jakobs Place in Kellyville

[snowyskiesau]

Is the attached image from a commercial version of Google Earth? It seems to have more detail than the free version (4 beta) that I've been using.

[tornado33]

My pics are from the free one.
Scott

[glenc]

If you know your latitude and longitude just go to
http://maps.google.com
and type it in the search maps box.

For my place cut and paste
-28.8146, 153.0706

The quality varies from place to place.

[Striker]

These images are very old.....I just searched for my place and going by the sat image I have not even put in my observatory.....oh well I have marked it with yellow.

Now that I have seen my house from above I should clean out those leaves in the gutter....lol

Have a close look.....not 1 blade of grass....lol

[seeker372011]

wow this is great..when i last checked the image was several years old..need to see if our area has been updated as well..guess thats what I'll be doing tonight at home

[RB]

Have another look, there's a UPS delivery truck with a package from OPT. :whistle:

[ballaratdragons]

The High Res runs out about 300m from my house :(

I'm in the blurry bit.

[RAJAH235]

Wow! I didn't know they'd done a high res scan of the area. Got my yellow Datsun S/wagon too. :D L.

[snowyskiesau]

Looks like it could use a wash :D

[ving]

work and home... funny, alot of the campbelltown area is fuzzy low res including my home, but when go go past (out to farm land) you can just aobut see the cows!
oh well

[JohnG]

My Observatory just below the pointer, the white round thingy, out on a dairy farm with nice dark skies and my place on the coast at Bermy.

JohnG :hi:

[mickoking]

Google Earth ROCKS :thumbsup: Here's my place in Gozzy.

[leon]

Now thats pretty cool, just found my place. :thumbsup:

Leon

[tornado33]

Thanks all, great responses :)
Anyone know the Lat and Long of Kulnurra?
Scott

[snowyskiesau]

Just typing in Kulnura, Australia , worked for me.
Someone who knows the area could refine this down to the actual observing site.

[Striker]

Kulnura -33 13, 151 13

[Striker]

Here guys...just type it in for cordinates.


https://www.ga.gov.au/map/names/

[tornado33]

I think I found it.
Scott

[Shawn]

Damn All I have is high res of trees the house has not been built yet, so the image is at least 2 years old, its clear though, I can easily see the road markings.. Ill have to wait for the next update:( . but suppose clear skies goes both ways,,,:D ...

[Shawn]

Oh and according to google earth 17.35.3 S 145.34.4 E. point of interest thats about 3km from where I really are according to GPS, so its not bad really...

[netwolf]

Very kind of you people to show exactly where your valuable scopes are kept.. Is this not a bit risky?

Google Earth is awesome, way bettet than the old Nasa worlwind. I have been using GE and maps.google.com to give people directions etc.

Also they have added a street map overlay at maps.google.com for Australia, so you can see the names of the roads etc. Soon it will do directions. Has anyone been able to get these road maps to come up in GE, it does this for US but not for Australia. Also the magnification of GE can go higher than map.google.com


Regards

[glenc]

1. Lacaille observed from 7 Strand St. Cape Town in 1751-2.
lat -33.921, long 18.422
There is nothing left, just a big building in the centre of this image.
The CT railway station is in the lower right corner of the image.
2, Dunlop observed from Hunter St Parramatta in 1826.
-33.816, 151.002
There is nothing left, just a big building in the centre of this image.
St Johns church is just up the street on the RHS of the image.
The railway line is across the bottom.
3. John Herschel observed from south of Cape Town 1834-38.
-33.983, 18.460
There is an obelisk at the spot in the Grove Primary School.
Its shadow can be seen in the image.

[mickoking]

Probably, thats why I croped out my co-ordinates ;)

[RB]

Hey Mick isn't that 178 Kensigton Close, Gosnells, WA ?

:lol: