Y’all fellow geeks out there will appreciate this: Google Maps has considerably improved their satellite photography for Charlottesville and areas north. From just west of town to Keswick, in a rectangle clear north to Stanardsville, it’s possible to zoom in far enough to see individual cars. Thanks to Fred for the tip.
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Police announced this afternoon that their investigation into what was initially believed to be a fatal fire on Rugby Avenue is now a homicide investigation. #
The Virginia Supreme Court has denied George Huguely’s appeal. His second-degree murder conviction will stand, WRIC reports. #
In a carefully worded story, and not citing specific sources, WTVR reports that forensic evidence belonging to Jesse Matthew Jr., the main suspect in the disappearance of Hannah Graham, matches forensic evidence collected during the investigation of Morgan Harrington’s 2009 murder. #
In the wake of Hannah Graham’s disappearance, and the evidence that came from private security footage, city officials are revisiting the question of installing security cameras on the downtown mall. #
Both Charlottesville Registrar Sheri Iachetta and former Electoral Board member Stephanie Commander have turned themselves in to the police on
foursix and four felony counts of embezzlement, respectively. #Ten years ago, the National Institutes of Health budget doubled and schools like the University of Virginia built massive new research facilities. A decade later, those buildings remain largely underutilized. NPR visits UVA in this story on the effect of federal binge and spurge spending in the sciences. #
In 2012, Council approved a new student housing complex on West Main—now some council members are questioning whether what they were shown matches what was built. #
The Architectural Review Board has approved a bike-themed mural on West Market, below the McGuffey Art Center, although at least one member expressed concerns that it might look like the bicyclists were riding away from Charlottesville’s downtown. #
City Police Chief Tim Longo is meeting with city leaders to work on protocols regarding the use of military surplus police weapons in Charlottesville. #
A 100-year-old Colonnades resident received military honors for her service in the WWII Women’s Army Corps #
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OK, there goes another 20 minutes. That site’s downright addictive.
Sweet!
I wonder if these are aerial shots taken from a plane. Indiana’s googlemap/earth files are all plane photography.
The pictures look fairly recent. I can see the mud from the RiverBluff development in Woolen Mills.
Give the following a try, and let people know what’s in C’ville and surrounding area:
http://wikimapia.org/#y=36740000&x=-76040000&z=11&l=0&m=a
It’s Wikipedia meets Google Maps.
The above link actually takes you to Va. Beach, so either pan around, or just use the menu to search for C’ville.
Clever. Too bad it’s not actually using data from Wikipedia. Many entries in Wikipedia are geo-encoded — that would be a clever mashup.
Outside Cville, such as North Garden, Yahoo Maps beta is still better photographically. Inside Cville, Google maps is better. But which one sells out more Chinese dissidents? Yahoo I believe. Well I will try to use it without directing any revenue Yahoo’s way. Wait, I’m advertising it right here!
waldo – wikimapia is simply using an API (application program interface) and sourcing the imagery/script to googlemap.
ya know, cvillenews could have it too, for free….
Oh, I’ve got a Google Maps API key — I’ve had much fun with it. I have a few local projects in mind for it that I may finally get around to doing soon.
These are the mapping services USGS links to:
USGS The National Map
GNIS in Google Map
NEW TerraFly.com
TopoZone.com
TerraServer DRG USGS Digital Raster Graphic, a digitized version of a topographic map.
TerraServer DOQ USGS Digital Orthophoto Quadrangle, an aerial photographic image map. Not available for all locations.
Tiger Map Server U.S. Census Bureau.
Find the Watershed U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
It sure has changed a lot since the last time I looked. The entry point is here:
http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/
these maps are always nice especially for terrorists needing a layout of site.