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Topic: Aerial Images

MOORHOUSE
First Class Passenger
Member # 5741

posted 07-04-2005 01:12 PM

Sure some of you know about Google Earth but I have been trying to find aerial shots of some ports.

Good ones so far have been Barcelona & Vancouver, but I wanted to know if anyone else could find any great places with ships in port.

Thanks.

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Onno
First Class Passenger
Member # 3071

posted 07-04-2005 01:18 PM

I can’t even download it

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MOORHOUSE
First Class Passenger
Member # 5741

posted 07-04-2005 01:57 PM

Yeah, I had that issue too at first.

Google Maps is the alternative for when it isnt working, but its worth downloading when you can.

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CGT
First Class Passenger
Member # 3531

posted 07-04-2005 02:12 PM

A Mac OS X version isn't available yet. Shouldn't be too hard, considering that it's Open GL based...

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MOORHOUSE
First Class Passenger
Member # 5741

posted 07-06-2005 04:55 AM

Downloads have now been re-activatd, so you will be able to download it.

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phil_a
First Class Passenger
Member # 3679

posted 07-06-2005 06:10 AM

i got a little distracted at work today... i noticed Los Angeles (San Pedro) and Fort Lauderdale both have a couple of ships in port.

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PamM
First Class Passenger
Member # 2127

posted 07-06-2005 07:29 AM

Distracted is not the word.. I have just been able to get it and play... Grrr. Fabulous. Love this one.

Pam, just found the house I lived all my childhood in! Still there with a small extension, a somewhat greener garden and wow, a tarmac roadway leading from the main road. Amazing

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rccldesign
First Class Passenger
Member # 4318

posted 07-06-2005 08:09 AM

there's Mariner of the Seas and a Disney ship plus another ship in Port Canaveral.

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PamM
First Class Passenger
Member # 2127

posted 07-06-2005 08:43 AM

Fantasy I think.
Pam

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Colin
First Class Passenger
Member # 1676

posted 07-06-2005 09:25 AM

There are three at NYPST. There's a Princess ship in Ft Lauderdale.

Some of the images must be a little out of date 'cos there's a Concord on the tarmac at JFK.

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eroller
First Class Passenger
Member # 1649

posted 07-06-2005 09:47 AM

Google Earth is very interesting ... but unfortunately it sometimes causes my computer to have a "fatal crash". Not good. Maybe my graphics card can't handle it? Anyway, Google does state that Windows based notebook PC's older than 2 years may not be able to run it. I think my laptop (I also use it as a desktop with docking station) is two years old, but I'm not sure.

Oh well.

Ernie

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Waynaro
First Class Passenger
Member # 3484

posted 07-06-2005 11:06 AM

quote:
Originally posted by PamM:
Distracted is not the word.. I have just been able to get it and play... Grrr. Fabulous. Love this one.
Pam, just found the house I lived all my childhood in! Still there with a small extension, a somewhat greener garden and wow, a tarmac roadway leading from the main road. Amazing
[ 07-06-2005: Message edited by: PamM ]

Pam, by any chance, did you live all your childhood on the OCEANIC?

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MOORHOUSE
First Class Passenger
Member # 5741

posted 07-06-2005 12:19 PM

Glad you all enjoy this great resource!

If you go to Miami, FL you can see the RCCL headquarters from above...just take a look!

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PamM
First Class Passenger
Member # 2127

posted 07-06-2005 12:54 PM

ROTfl Wayne, if only! My added in comment does make it look a bit that way

Pam

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lasuvidaboy
First Class Passenger
Member # 4527

posted 07-06-2005 04:29 PM

Is the Google site accurate?? I see QE2 and a Princess Grand Class ship docked in San Pedro today. Is QE2 is L.A. today?? I would think she is in Europe.

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Malcolm @ cruisepage
Cruise Director
Member # 301

posted 07-06-2005 04:31 PM

quote:
Originally posted by lasuvidaboy:
Is the Google site accurate?? I see QE2 and a Princess Grand Class ship docked in San Pedro today. Is QE2 is L.A. today?? I would think she is in Europe.

No one said it was live, did they?

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lasuvidaboy
First Class Passenger
Member # 4527

posted 07-06-2005 04:36 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Malcolm @ cruisepage:
No one said it was live, did they?

In that case if you look at the Port of L.A. (San Pedro), there is a good comparison of QE2 and a huge Princess Cruise's Grand Glass ship.

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PamM
First Class Passenger
Member # 2127

posted 07-06-2005 04:39 PM

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PamM
First Class Passenger
Member # 2127

posted 07-06-2005 04:40 PM

No it's not live, but a 'mosaic' of satellite images all taken at different times. Some are a few years old, some more recent. Look at Barcelona and you'll see a 'join' through the middle of ships

Independence is till up in Suisun Bay.

Pam

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dmwnc1
Cruise Director
Member # 3785

posted 07-06-2005 07:47 PM

If you get bored trying to find cruise ships, try and find the US NAVY Mothball Fleets:

(1) Up the James River from Newport News, Virginia (over 100 ships)
(2) at Bremerton, Washington's south tip (4 aircraft carriers, 2 battleships, dozens of submarines and cruisers)
(3) in Suisun Bay north of Concord, California (nearly 100 ships)
(4) Philadeplphia Naval Shipyard at the southern tip of Philadelphia, Pa (dozens of WW2 heavy cruises, etc.) and look for the SS United States too east of downtown on the river
(5) and North Central Pearl Harbor, Honolulu, Hawaii (this is were they filmed the movie Pearl Harbor with Ben Affleck)

Literally hundreds upon hundreds of WW2 up to current decade warships in these places.

Also try www.terraserver-usa.com for cool satellite imagery, and although they may be up to a decade old, still cool to look at.

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dmwnc1
Cruise Director
Member # 3785

posted 07-06-2005 08:13 PM

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BigUFan
First Class Passenger
Member # 1382

posted 07-06-2005 10:12 PM

Was anyone able to find the Norway? That should be an interesting shot. I can't download the software, as I'm running Linux currently. My Windows drive failed, and I haven't gotten to purchasing a new one yet.

There's also some interesting satellite photos at jpl.nasa.gov, the NASA Jet Propulsion Lab site. It's a little troublesome to navigate, though, and there's shots that are a few years old there as well.

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