Yes. I'm at a bit of a loss as to how GE does the distance
calculations. I don't really doubt them, but many issues come into play
- ground altitude, eye altitude and any tilting imparted.

I forgot to mention that you can also measure the distance from the
Flying M Ranch. In this case it was 3.88 miles.

BTW, if anyone disagrees with the location of the airstrip see:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying-M_Ranch

and do a little editing ;-)

wrote:
In sci.geo.satellite-nav Ed edATridersiteDOTorg wrote:

http://images5.fotopic.net/?iid=yorp...ze=1&nostamp=1

All I did was lighten the screen shot a little and annotate the picture.
The splotch is about 22 feet long using the GE ruler. I'm sure it's

I see that as about 15 feet long. I wouldn't have considered it a
significant hit, but looking away, and then scanning that area again after
a while, it does catch my eye. I have an eye altitude of 350 feet, and a
scale legend at 99 feet to match your screen shot. If I turn on ground
altitude by clicking Terrain in layers I see numbers that I think are
similar to yours, but I think the elevation above ground is more
interesting for this case.