# Google Game - Satellite Photos **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 3, 2007, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-game-satellite-photos/421421 "2007-10-03T20:38:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![shelbo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3d9bf3/32.png) [@shelbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shelbo)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2007, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-game-satellite-photos/421421/1 "2007-10-03T20:38:19Z")
OK, here’s the game. The first person to come up with a recognizable shot from Google Earth/Google Maps (or other view from space) of the requested item/thing/place gets to request the next item/thing/place. Since I’m starting the thread, I get to go first: Who can show me a tank? (Not a gas tank or water tank, a real treads and cannon army M1-A1 type tank.) ---
**Author:** ![Athena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/35a633/32.png) [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2007, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-game-satellite-photos/421421/2 "2007-10-03T21:09:41Z")
So um, how do we post the result? Coordinates or…? ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2007, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-game-satellite-photos/421421/3 "2007-10-03T21:12:34Z")
[QUOTE=Athena] So um, how do we post the result? Coordinates or…? [/QUOTE] Find it in Google Maps, then in the upper right hand corner there’s a link that says “link to this page” or something. Click that, then link to the page that brings up. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2007, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-game-satellite-photos/421421/4 "2007-10-03T21:20:03Z")
Bah…I give up. There are two military surplus supply stores I know of that have decomissioned tanks parked in front of them, and I can’t find either fricking one of them. :mad: Good game, though… ---
**Author:** ![Athena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/35a633/32.png) [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2007, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-game-satellite-photos/421421/5 "2007-10-03T21:20:45Z")
Yeah I’m finding lots of them in places where, when you zoom in, everything turns to green mush ☹ Do those Panoramio photos count? ---
**Author:** ![Athena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/35a633/32.png) [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2007, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-game-satellite-photos/421421/6 "2007-10-03T21:33:32Z")
I found some in Bovington, Dorset, England, at 50 degrees, 41.40.87N, 2, 14.33.56 W. And I have no “link to page” or anything similar on my Google Earth. What am I missing? ---
**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2007, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-game-satellite-photos/421421/7 "2007-10-03T21:34:03Z")
There’s tanks here: [War memorial museum in Seoul, Korea](http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&time=&date=&ttype=&q=seoul,+itaewon,+museum&ie=UTF8&ll=37.535849,126.978226&spn=0.00188,0.003648&t=h&z=18&om=1). And planes! ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2007, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-game-satellite-photos/421421/8 "2007-10-03T21:35:23Z")
[QUOTE=Athena] I found some in Bovington, Dorset, England, at 50 degrees, 41.40.87N, 2, 14.33.56 W. And I have no “link to page” or anything similar on my Google Earth. What am I missing? [/QUOTE] Put those into [Google Maps](http://maps.google.com/), the online version. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Rosewater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/898d66/32.png) [@Mr.Rosewater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Rosewater)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2007, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-game-satellite-photos/421421/9 "2007-10-03T21:37:13Z")
Is this clear enough for anyone? [Here](http://maps.google.com/maps?ie=UTF8&ll=42.513737,-87.952707&spn=0.000826,0.001722&t=h&z=19&om=0) is a small private military vehicle museum in Wisconsin. I’m sure at least one of them is a tank. Google maps is at maximum zoom, though. I’m not sure a tank is large enough to get a readily identifiable picture this way. ---
**Author:** ![shelbo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3d9bf3/32.png) [@shelbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shelbo)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2007, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-game-satellite-photos/421421/10 "2007-10-03T21:45:50Z")
**Astroboy** and **Mr. Rosewater** both had good examples - Mr. Rosewater’s probably better, but Astroboy was first. So, what next, Astroboy? (and, sorry Athena, I couldn’t make your numbers take me anywhere) ---
**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2007, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-game-satellite-photos/421421/11 "2007-10-03T21:51:33Z")
Erm… a nude beach? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2007, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-game-satellite-photos/421421/12 "2007-10-03T21:53:37Z")
Oh, pretty sure [this](http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&time=&date=&ttype=&q=Bovington,+Dorset,+England&sll=32.995554,-117.075416&sspn=0.254547,0.466919&ie=UTF8&ll=50.708033,-2.241589&spn=0.000751,0.001824&t=h&z=19&om=1) is what **Athena** was looking at. Or close to here anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Rosewater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/898d66/32.png) [@Mr.Rosewater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Rosewater)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2007, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-game-satellite-photos/421421/13 "2007-10-03T21:58:00Z")
If we couldn’t get a very clear picture of a tank, what are we supposed to see at a nude beach via Google Maps? ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2007, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-game-satellite-photos/421421/14 "2007-10-03T22:00:04Z")
[QUOTE=Mr. Rosewater] If we couldn’t get a very clear picture of a tank, what are we supposed to see at a nude beach via Google Maps? [/QUOTE] Oh, you can find the _beaches_ easily enough. It’s getting the proof in the sat photo that’s the trick. ---
**Author:** ![Encinitas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Encinitas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Encinitas)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2007, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-game-satellite-photos/421421/15 "2007-10-03T22:00:40Z")
[QUOTE=Astroboy14] Erm… a nude beach? 🙂 [/QUOTE] Too easy **Astroboy14**. [Blacks Beach](http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&time=&date=&ttype=&q=Torrey+Pines+State+Reserve,+United+States&sll=37.271875,-119.27023&sspn=15.333792,21.643066&ie=UTF8&cd=1&geocode=0,32.912215,-117.245575&ll=32.902038,-117.251952&spn=0.015818,0.021136&t=h&z=16&iwloc=addr&om=1)😃 ---
**Author:** ![shelbo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3d9bf3/32.png) [@shelbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shelbo)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2007, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-game-satellite-photos/421421/16 "2007-10-03T22:04:13Z")
OK, while we’re looking for nude people, let’s also have Athena and Mr. Rosewater suggest items as well. This thread can probably handle 3 items at once! ---
**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2007, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-game-satellite-photos/421421/17 "2007-10-03T22:11:35Z")
[QUOTE=Encinitas] Too easy **Astroboy14**. [Blacks Beach](http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&time=&date=&ttype=&q=Torrey+Pines+State+Reserve,+United+States&sll=37.271875,-119.27023&sspn=15.333792,21.643066&ie=UTF8&cd=1&geocode=0,32.912215,-117.245575&ll=32.902038,-117.251952&spn=0.015818,0.021136&t=h&z=16&iwloc=addr&om=1)😃 [/QUOTE] Holy carp! I didn’t know that was a nude beach! I know what I’m doing this weekend… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Rosewater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/898d66/32.png) [@Mr.Rosewater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Rosewater)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2007, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-game-satellite-photos/421421/18 "2007-10-03T22:14:16Z")
How about a sailing (not docked) tall ship. ---
**Author:** ![Encinitas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Encinitas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Encinitas)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2007, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-game-satellite-photos/421421/19 "2007-10-03T22:21:34Z")
Please show me an aerial photo of a dinosaur. Thank you. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2007, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-game-satellite-photos/421421/20 "2007-10-03T22:26:39Z")
[QUOTE=Encinitas] Please show me an aerial photo of a dinosaur. Thank you. [/QUOTE] [As you wish.](http://maps.google.com/local?t=k&ie=UTF8&ll=40.663863,-75.149&spn=0.000846,0.001786&z=19&om=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-game-satellite-photos/421421.md?page=2)