How to search on the Internet for Steve Fossett's Citabria taildragger

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In sci.geo.satellite-nav Nomen Nescio wrote:
They seem to have a new set of pictures that extent further East.
http://s3.amazonaws.com/Fossett-DG/DG/index.kml

A different color. Much easier to view, for me.
It looks like the planes on the airstrip and some nearby ground equipment
are the same though. I wonder what the date is.

I think I'll revisit some of the hits I took.

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Clarence A Dold - Hidden Valley Lake, CA, USA GPS: 38.8,-122.5

There are some differences: Different shadow angles (same day, different
time?) and some of the vehicles have moved. Colors are definitely easier to
view, but looking closely at the aircraft and vehicles at the airfield, the
first kml imagery has a slightly better resolution. I think if I saw
anything really interesting using the new file I would take another look at
it with the first file (but so far haven't seen anything of real interest).

John

"John Tyson" wrote in
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The files aren't additive, but they overlap; I think the best bet is
to have both loaded, but make sure the new one is being used if the
HIT is located within it (uncheck the box for the first file).

Are you SURE the files overlap?

Here is the KML outlining updated Steve Fossett search areas in red.
http://www.gearthblog.com/kmfiles/searchforfossett.kmz

Notice the two updated Steve Fossett search areas do NOT overlap.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/13636939@N06/1389992170/

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"John Tyson" wrote in
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The files aren't additive, but they overlap; I think the best bet is
to have both loaded, but make sure the new one is being used if the
HIT is located within it (uncheck the box for the first file).

Are you SURE the files overlap?

Here is the KML outlining updated Steve Fossett search areas in red.
http://www.gearthblog.com/kmfiles/searchforfossett.kmz

Notice the two updated Steve Fossett search areas do NOT overlap.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/13636939@N06/1389992170/


The files I was referring to were the GeoEye imagery you get by following
the kml link in the message that started this thread, and the Digital Globe
imagery you get by following the kml link on the Mechanical Turk webpage.
The GeoEye imagery is the dark green area, which overlaps the western search
area outlined in red, and the Digital Globe imagery is the imagery within
the western search area; this was the imagery I was talking about when I
said they overlap. I'm not sure what's going on with the eastern search
area outlined in red; it doesn't seem to be part of the Mechanical Turk
search effort, or if it is they need to change there kml link to include
it's imagery!

John

In sci.geo.satellite-nav wrote:
I think I'll revisit some of the hits I took.

None of my previous hits are in the new kml area.

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Clarence A Dold - Hidden Valley Lake, CA, USA GPS: 38.8,-122.5

Maybe this is a dumb question, but how can Google earth help search for
Fossett when the photos are maybe years old???

Cheers:

Paul
N1431A
KPLU

On Sun, 16 Sep 2007 18:43:51 -0700, "Tri-Pacer" wrote in :

Maybe this is a dumb question, but how can Google earth help search for
Fossett when the photos are maybe years old???

At least two different companies have contributed fresh aerial
photography so that folks CAN help in the search:

http://www.gearthblog.com/blog/archi...th_google.html

The photos have also been fed into Amazon's Mechanical Turk:

http://www.mturk.com/mturk/tutorial

I've done about 1000 hits this week, working at odd times.

Marty
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On Sun, 16 Sep 2007 18:43:51 -0700, "Tri-Pacer"
wrote in :

Maybe this is a dumb question, but how can Google earth help search for
Fossett when the photos are maybe years old???

At least two different companies have contributed fresh aerial
photography so that folks CAN help in the search:


http://www.gearthblog.com/blog/archi...th_google.html

The photos have also been fed into Amazon's Mechanical Turk:

http://www.mturk.com/mturk/tutorial

I've done about 1000 hits this week, working at odd times.

Marty

Can someone explain why it is necessary to open an account with Amazon
before you can participate in the search?

Thanks.

On Mon, 17 Sep 2007 05:17:24 -0400, "Newby" wrote in :

http://www.gearthblog.com/blog/archi...th_google.html

The photos have also been fed into Amazon's Mechanical Turk:

http://www.mturk.com/mturk/tutorial

Can someone explain why it is necessary to open an account with Amazon
before you can participate in the search?

1. Because it may help discourage vandals.

2. Because the search is taking advantage of a pre-existing
service that Amazon offers. In order to get into the innards
of that system, you have to be registered.

It makes sense to me. YMMV.

Marty
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On Sun, 16 Sep 2007 10:05:54 -0700, John Tyson wrote:

The files I was referring to were the GeoEye imagery you get by following
the kml link in the message that started this thread, and the Digital Globe
imagery you get by following the kml link on the Mechanical Turk webpage.

Can someone summarize what the latest KML files are?

On Fri, 14 Sep 2007 14:55:31 -0400, Rudy P wrote:

I have a plane,not sure if on the ground. Please if others could check.
LAT.38.698404 LON.-119.037355 Rudy.

Here is a what a possible crash site, just outside the
Steve Fossett search area, looks like.
http://maps.google.com/?q=39.070750,-119.490250

From the news:
Vladimir Shenderov in Russia has found in in 2003 images the
possible plane crash site on the state border between Nevada and
California. The found object location (WGS-84) is 39 degrees 4 minutes
14.7 seconds of north latitude, and 119 degrees 29 minutes 24.9 seconds
of west longitude