"functionoverfashion" (functionoverfashion)
06/09/2020 at 06:14 • Filed to: google earth
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"functionoverfashion" (functionoverfashion)
06/09/2020 at 06:14 • Filed to: google earth | 2
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I can identify the exact date this Google Earth satellite image was captured:
See the dock there with two boats on it? The gray one is mine (the cover is gray) and the other one belongs to a couple friends of mine. The boat was running poorly that evening and they even called me to ask for a tow. However, we were at a wedding that night (on the lake, by boat, but still... I didn’t want to leave for 2 hours to tow them, they were not in danger and said it ran “some”). I offered them to take my boat so long as they brought it back, but they opted to limp theirs along and said they’d call if they really got stuck.
We came home late and I didn’t remember that they had texted me later telling me they limped their boat to our dock . Luckily I saw it before we ran into it (barely) ! And by the next day they towed it back to the marina, and my boat was back on the side where it normally rests, nearly every day of every summer since 2005 . So this had to be on June 2, 2018.
I just find it funny, like, what if this was some scenario where someone got caught cheating because Google Earth captured the presence of someone’s boat (or car, obviously) at your house via satellite image, or street view. That’s not at all what’s going on in this case, but I’m sure that kind of thing has happened. Big Brother indeed lol.
Weirdly enough, the previous image from Google Earth showed my boat ALSO not at the dock, but rather at someone else’s (again, nothing nefarious, just a rare occurrence that it wasn’t at home). We do use the boat more than most people, but truthfully it’s at the dock far more than not. Google has just been catching me out - er, I mean, coincidentally capturing those few times when the boat isn’t quite home.
We have to go back to 2011 (on Google Earth images) to find it there:
Also, I realize Google Earth will tell you the image capture date - hence the other images above - but my kids were exploring Google Earth the other day and zoomed in on the dock, then asked “what boat is that?” And I laughed. Also, by the way, my kids love exploring this way, and every time it blows my mind what you can find, and how cool it is to be able to see the world like that from a screen in your kitchen, for free.
TheRealBicycleBuck
> functionoverfashion
06/09/2020 at 06:45 |
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When I was working on my dissertation, my project involved the use of aerial photography. Part of my work was traveling to different local governments and discussing my project with local leaders. In every workshop there was at least one person who objected to someone taking pictures of their property without their express permission. I had a set of slides ready, so when it would come up I could jump to those slides and talk about who collected the data, why it was collected, and then show them the resolution of the images. I made it clear that the images could show the pool in the back yard, but couldn’t see if they were skinny dipping. With 2” resolution becoming more widely available, we can tell if they’re skinny dipping, but we can’t tell if it’s the mom or the daughter. :)
Just Jeepin'
> functionoverfashion
06/09/2020 at 07:15 |
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The only time I’ve spotted myself on Street View was, thankfully, completely innocuous, arguably even meritorious: leaving one of Indiana’s two national wildlife refuges, Muscatatuck.
Mainly this comment is an excuse for me to post pretty pics of Muscatatuck.
facw
> functionoverfashion
06/09/2020 at 07:24 |
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Hmm, I am on street view:
Red tshirt looking at the camera. Old pic though, one that reminds me it would be a good idea to lose at least 35 lbs...
My cars have generally been garaged, so you won’t find them on Google Earth, except for a few shots at the office.
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Just Jeepin'
> facw
06/09/2020 at 07:38 |
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I lost 40 last year, but of course that was when the world made sense and I could use the YMCA. Now I’m mainly happy to hold steady.
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facw
> Just Jeepin'
06/09/2020 at 07:41 |
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I’m up and down a lot was down around 30 last year but put it back on over the winter when I was limited by my shoulder. Had come down a bit earlier this year, but staying home due to the pandemic has allowed me to balloon up again. Hoping I can finish some work stuff that has been stressing me out (leading to more eating) and then eating less in combination with more biking/hiking will get me in a better place this summer. We’ll see.
jeepoftheseus
> functionoverfashion
06/09/2020 at 07:51 |
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The county GIS satellite photo is different from the google overview where I live. The one on GIS is a similar situation to yours. There is a truck with an empty trailer backed up to our barn which means that was the day that my father in law and his friend dropped off his old Ford tractor and when the picture was taken we had unloaded it and were inside the house eating lunch. Odd day for a picture!
At one point when we were in college my wife and I were on street view at a Sonic drive through and there was a google car that may or may not have caught me and my fellow interns relieving ourselves on a very rural road (don’t worry we stepped into the woods) in the middle of no where. Of all the traffic that could ride by right then , a damn Google car. I have no idea what road we were on and never did find out if it’s camera was active or if we were even in frame but we had a good laugh as 21 year olds.
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jeepoftheseus
> jeepoftheseus
06/09/2020 at 08:04 |
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I lied, the tractor was still on the trailer. I guess we ate lunch first!
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functionoverfashion
> Just Jeepin'
06/09/2020 at 08:24 |
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wow, beautiful!
MM54
> functionoverfashion
06/09/2020 at 12:26 |
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In the previous rendition of the goog
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tellite view (it’s been updated since then) I was clearly visible mowing the lawn.
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functionoverfashion
> MM54
06/09/2020 at 12:54 |
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Ha! Ironically, I failed to mention in my post, that the place we had our boat on the afternoon and evening of June 1 (the wedding location) does not allow boats over 25hp. Ours was docked there for hours, though I’ve done it enough that I know how to avoid being seen. But 24 hours later I might have been “caught” by google earth.
I don’t feel bad breaking the rule, because it’s really for guests of the place we were visiting - guests who rent cabins and stay overnight, or for a week at a time, typically. But they take it pretty seriously; the beautiful classic wooden boat that the bride and groom took from the ceremony to the reception, of course was something like 150hp or 200, being an inboard. And when they pulled up to the dock, someone from the camp said, “you know, that boat shouldn’t be in here, it can’t stay... ” SERIOUSLY?!