# Share your GoogleEarth 'what is that?' **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 5, 2006, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-googleearth-what-is-that/347190 "2006-03-05T23:05:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2006, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-googleearth-what-is-that/347190/61 "2006-03-09T04:39:24Z")
[The San Jacinto Monument and the USS Texas](http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=houston,+texas&ll=29.752903,-95.084331&spn=0.008998,0.021629&t=k) ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2006, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-googleearth-what-is-that/347190/62 "2006-03-09T04:45:31Z")
Inside the walls at [Sing Sing](http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=Ossining,+NY&ll=41.151128,-73.869463&spn=0.003902,0.010815&t=k) ---
**Author:** ![Baraqiyal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecccb3/32.png) [@Baraqiyal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baraqiyal)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2006, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-googleearth-what-is-that/347190/63 "2006-03-09T07:33:12Z")
In my neighborhood there’s [this](http://www.google.com/lochp?hl=en&q=&t=k&ll=37.784351,-122.325039&spn=0.02944,0.05785&t=k) highway to nowhere. It’s actually the freeway built for the movie Matrix Reloaded. There’s not much there now, except once a month it turns into a huge antiques fair. ---
**Author:** ![HubZilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ccd318/32.png) [@HubZilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HubZilla)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2006, 8:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-googleearth-what-is-that/347190/64 "2006-03-09T08:42:40Z")
[Carrier training deck](http://maps.google.com/maps?q=kaneohe+hawaii&ll=21.455295,-157.773038&spn=0.004473,0.00898&t=k)? in Hawaii (Kaneohe Marine Base) [Bombs Away](http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=huntingdon&ll=52.336408,-0.195361&spn=0.001468,0.00449&t=k) in England. Found this on an older SDMB thread. ---
**Author:** ![HubZilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ccd318/32.png) [@HubZilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HubZilla)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2006, 8:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-googleearth-what-is-that/347190/65 "2006-03-09T08:53:32Z")
> [@Antonius Block](#): > > If you’re referring to the view of the Suisun Bay mothball fleet that you linked to in post #54 ([http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=San+Francisco,+CA&ll=38.079582,-122.080636&spn=0.011688,0.022531&t=h](http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=San+Francisco,+CA&ll=38.079582,-122.080636&spn=0.011688,0.022531&t=h)), it’s the [USS Iowa](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Iowa_%28BB-61%29), and it’s due to end up in [Stockton](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockton%2C_CA), CA. Pearl Harbor has a [mothball fleet](http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=honolulu+hawaii&ll=21.381215,-157.986639&spn=0.008951,0.01796&t=k) as well. Right now, there’s an aircraft carrier (but not in Google Maps/Earth yet). Right now, Pearl Harbor has this gigantic [Sea-Based X-band Radar](http://www.missiledefenseadvocacy.org/gallery/displayimage.php?album=22&pos=67). This colossal thing is over 28 stories tall and is in town for a paintjob. ---
**Author:** ![UncleRojelio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unclerojelio/32/3160_2.png) [@UncleRojelio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleRojelio)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2006, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-googleearth-what-is-that/347190/66 "2006-03-09T12:52:32Z")
> [@Antonius Block](#): > > If you’re referring to the view of the Suisun Bay mothball fleet that you linked to in post #54 ([http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=San+Francisco,+CA&ll=38.079582,-122.080636&spn=0.011688,0.022531&t=h](http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=San+Francisco,+CA&ll=38.079582,-122.080636&spn=0.011688,0.022531&t=h)), it’s the [USS Iowa](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Iowa_%28BB-61%29), and it’s due to end up in [Stockton](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockton%2C_CA), CA. No, the one that **Survey1215** linked to in post #52. It’s the Philadelphia Naval Shipyards and you have to scroll around to find the dreadnaught. I searched google and found that the New Jersey had been towed from Bremerton to Philadelphia to enter the naval reserve fleet before she was designated as a museum and moved again to Camden. So I was wondering if the Google map just happened to catch here there in Philly. ---
**Author:** ![UncleRojelio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unclerojelio/32/3160_2.png) [@UncleRojelio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleRojelio)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2006, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-googleearth-what-is-that/347190/67 "2006-03-09T17:23:56Z")
Cool! He I search a few months ago, Pearl Harbor hadn’t been photographed in HiDef. Looks like they finally got around to it. Mighty Mo and the Arizona Memorial in one shot: https://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=Pearl%2BHarbor,%2BHawaii&ll=21.361932,-157.949452&spn=0.006914,0.011265&t=h ---
**Author:** ![Antonius\_Block](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/51bf81/32.png) [@Antonius\_Block](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antonius_Block)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2006, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-googleearth-what-is-that/347190/68 "2006-03-09T17:36:25Z")
**UncleRojelio** , if the Philadelphia ship that you mean is the one about 1300m northwest of the center of **Survey1215** ’s image, on the other side of the shipyard, that’s the heavy cruiser [USS Des Moines](http://www.navsource.org/archives/04/04134.htm). The [USS New Jersey](http://www.navsource.org/archives/01/62a.htm) is visible a few miles upriver in Camden, NJ, but there’s a clear photo stitch between the two locations. It would have been interesting indeed to get a “double image” of it from two different flyovers; sort of a latter-day [Philadelphia Experiment](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philadelphia_Experiment)! ---
**Author:** ![UncleRojelio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unclerojelio/32/3160_2.png) [@UncleRojelio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleRojelio)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2006, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-googleearth-what-is-that/347190/69 "2006-03-09T17:57:31Z")
> [@Antonius Block](#): > > **UncleRojelio** , if the Philadelphia ship that you mean is the one about 1300m northwest of the center of **Survey1215** ’s image, on the other side of the shipyard, that’s the heavy cruiser [USS Des Moines](http://www.navsource.org/archives/04/04134.htm). So much for my ship recognition skills. Thanks for the info! Now I’ll have to research heavy cruisers this afternoon instead of getting any actual work done. ---
**Author:** ![UncleRojelio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unclerojelio/32/3160_2.png) [@UncleRojelio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleRojelio)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2006, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-googleearth-what-is-that/347190/70 "2006-03-10T15:53:04Z")
A Boomer https://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=norfolk,%2Bva&ll=36.818432,-76.296809&spn=0.002972,0.005633&t=h ---
**Author:** ![scr4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@scr4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scr4)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2006, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-googleearth-what-is-that/347190/71 "2006-03-10T17:23:20Z")
Another [ghost airplane](http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=35.597076,139.826303&spn=0.005906,0.010064&t=k). Whatever [this feature](http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=-25.524673,114.016478&spn=0.006533,0.008470&t=k) is, it’s kind of pretty. [Human-shaped floating object](http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&ll=-27.9681,153.416862&spn=0.003208,0.006781&t=k). ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2006, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-googleearth-what-is-that/347190/72 "2006-03-10T17:33:57Z")
[San Francisco’s famous Lombard Street](http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=san+francisco,+ca&ll=37.801943,-122.418965&spn=0.001778,0.003951&t=h). ---
**Author:** ![scr4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@scr4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scr4)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2006, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-googleearth-what-is-that/347190/73 "2006-03-10T17:54:12Z")
> [@scr4](#): > > [Human-shaped floating object](http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&ll=-27.9681,153.416862&spn=0.003208,0.006781&t=k). I just noticed that if you scroll south from here, there’s an area where the photos are out of alignment by over 500 ft. I don’t think I’ve seen such a bad error before… ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2006, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-googleearth-what-is-that/347190/74 "2006-03-10T18:05:21Z")
> [@scr4](#): > > I just noticed that if you scroll south from here, there’s an area where the photos are out of alignment by over 500 ft. I don’t think I’ve seen such a bad error before… Try going north instead! ---
**Author:** ![Sean\_Factotum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Sean\_Factotum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sean_Factotum)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2006, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-googleearth-what-is-that/347190/75 "2006-03-10T18:58:20Z")
> [@UncleRojelio](#): > > Here are a few of my favorites:[Google Maps](http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=36.848702,-76.295650&spn=0.005289,0.007585&t=k&hl=en) This, sir, is the USS Wisconsin at its berth in Norfolk Virginia. The building next to it is called Nauticus. Here’s a [linky-poo](http://www.usswisconsin.org/) for more info. ---
**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2006, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-googleearth-what-is-that/347190/76 "2006-03-10T19:51:11Z")
Let’s see if anyone can guess what sort of orchards [these](http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=las+cruces+nm&t=k&ll=32.238559,-106.714175&spn=0.009274,0.017874&t=k) are. ---
**Author:** ![Dorjan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dorjan/32/12440_2.png) [@Dorjan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dorjan)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2006, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-googleearth-what-is-that/347190/77 "2006-03-10T19:59:27Z")
Pecans? I know the world’s largest pecan orchards are in NM. ---
**Author:** ![UncleRojelio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unclerojelio/32/3160_2.png) [@UncleRojelio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleRojelio)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2006, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-googleearth-what-is-that/347190/78 "2006-03-10T20:23:05Z")
> [@Sean Factotum](#): > > This, sir, is the USS Wisconsin at its berth in Norfolk Virginia. The building next to it is called Nauticus. Here’s a [linky-poo](http://www.usswisconsin.org/) for more info. Yes, and here are the [USS Alabama](http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=30.682003,-88.015155&spn=0.007650,0.009034&t=k&hl=en) and the [USS Massachusetts](http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=41.707031,-71.163071&spn=0.007650,0.008819&t=k&hl=en). ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2006, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-googleearth-what-is-that/347190/79 "2006-03-10T21:43:18Z")
[A submarine](http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=41.790509,-87.581618&t=k&ll=41.791241,-87.581699&spn=0.002576,0.008411&t=k). (the U-505 at the Museum of Science and Industry, before it was moved indoors.) ---
**Author:** ![Dorjan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dorjan/32/12440_2.png) [@Dorjan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dorjan)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2006, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-googleearth-what-is-that/347190/80 "2006-03-10T21:57:15Z")
While we’re on a submarine kick here is [The USS Cod](http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=cleveland,+oh&t=k&ll=41.510058,-81.6916&spn=0.001117,0.001912&t=k), a highly decorated WWII sub. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-googleearth-what-is-that/347190.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-googleearth-what-is-that/347190.md?page=5)