Mark Jackson-Brown ([info]markster3000) wrote in [info]uwaterloo,
@ 2007-06-16 16:51:00
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Current music:Dream Theater - In The Presence Of Enemies

Woah, I don't know how long it's been there, but...

Google Maps finally got hi-rez satellite imagery of Waterloo!

Home Sweet Home!


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[info]omega85
2007-06-16 10:51 pm UTC (link)
This is completely off-topic; however, I'd just like to commend you for your excellent taste in music. ;)

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[info]markster3000
2007-06-17 04:43 am UTC (link)
Heh, I'm going to hit the concert in Toronto on the 18th of August. =D

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[info]astrosmash
2007-06-17 12:06 am UTC (link)
The images are at least a year old, too. There's no construction on Hwy 8, and that old building on the corner of University and Phillip is still there.

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[info]markster3000
2007-06-17 04:42 am UTC (link)
Not surprising though, I imagine that it takes a while for Google to get the latest imagery, and longer to knit it into the existing map.

I wonder when exactly the picture was taken...

The Laurel Trail hasn't been torn up yet, so that puts this before Sept '06. And if you look down in Uptown, you can see that the building that now has Starbucks is just starting to be built.

Ah, I think this is a big giveaway: If you look at the trees, you can see that while a lot of them are very green, there are a signifigant number that are still bare. I'll guess that this was taken in April/May '06.

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[info]urbanpringle
2007-06-17 12:30 pm UTC (link)
hooray for a 10-post gap in repeated 'newsflashes'

http://community.livejournal.com/uwaterloo/445065.html

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[info]frost_dragon
2007-06-17 12:54 pm UTC (link)
That was google earth, this is google maps. If you read the post you linked to you might notice that it says that google maps had not yet been updated...

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[info]urbanpringle
2007-06-17 09:32 pm UTC (link)
A Comment thread reveals that they were updated within 24 hours.

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[info]urbanpringle
2007-06-18 02:30 pm UTC (link)
Though i suppose reading through comments is not everyone's cup of tea.

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[info]markster3000
2007-06-19 01:18 am UTC (link)
Admittedly, it seems the other post fell through the cracks in my LJ Friends page. (Don't check for 3 days, and you're doomed!)

Whoops!

It looks like my question is now answered: 6 days.

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