Comments on: Rusty Tree Drawing?

By: Bill

Bill — Wed, 16 Nov 2005 02:35:54 +0000

There are buildings in just about the geometric center of the “square.” I’m betting they’re eucalyptus outlining someone’s property. Paved road leading to them from the SW corner through the woods.

By: Ross Burnett

Ross Burnett — Sun, 06 Nov 2005 19:21:44 +0000

This is about 30 miles from me and the next time I’m in the area, I’ll have to check it out. I used Google Earth to get a different view and posted an image showing an easy access on Kaiser Creek Rd: http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=60496690&size=o

By: VictorGav

VictorGav — Tue, 11 Oct 2005 00:45:56 +0000

I’m pretty sure that Bob E.’s eucalyptus theory is correct. Here’s a similar example a few miles NW of the first one, just outside San Pablo:

Placemark: Google Maps / Google Earth

I used to hike along trails in Wildcat Canyon Regional Park, and I remember passing a long, straight wall of eucalyptus right about there.

If you switch to the Hybrid map, you can see that the eucalyptus trees follow the boundary between the park and private land.

By: Derek

Derek — Mon, 10 Oct 2005 21:29:59 +0000

Unfortunately for Oakland Hills residents, eucalyptus trees are also full of oil, so they tend to explode in fires.

By: William

William — Thu, 06 Oct 2005 19:13:27 +0000

I checked out my city (Virginia Beach, VA.) on the MSN Mapping site. I found strawberry fields where my 1500 home developement should be as well as farms where the TPC of VB and Arnold Palmer’s Signature at West Neck golf courses should be. There are aircraft at Oceana Naval Air Station that were retired 10 years ago. What did they take those aerial photos with, a cropduster? …. It’s Googlemania for me.

By: gIMpSTa

gIMpSTa — Wed, 05 Oct 2005 16:50:51 +0000

fresh should be refresh

By: gIMpSTa

gIMpSTa — Wed, 05 Oct 2005 16:43:09 +0000

It’s (MSN) fullscreen and higher resolution in some places but with the trade off of the rest of being crap (IMO). Loads slow and very often leaves entire map chunks out unless you scroll around or fresh a jillion times.

I only use it when I find places that are in low res in google that I REALLY want to see.

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 04 Oct 2005 21:44:27 +0000

Thanks for the tip, Alex. Having the mostly-empty space on the right side may have made it more noticeable.

Not to by a traitor, but I may also have been spoiled by MSN’s mapping site that I noticed the other day. It goes almost completely fullscreen, and the U.S. satellite imagery is significantly higher resolution. (of course, outside the U.S. the resolution is pitiful)

By: Bob E.

Bob E. — Tue, 04 Oct 2005 19:30:54 +0000

I’m thinking they are eucalyptus trees…they seem to be much taller and casting shadows on the lower vegetation (oaks?) along the southern perimeter. It was common in the late 1800’s, early 1900’s to plant imported eucalyptus trees as windbreaks, since they grow tall, are not deciduous and require little water.

By: Alex

Alex — Tue, 04 Oct 2005 18:30:52 +0000

Mike, today Google seem to have moved the search results section onto the left hand side of the page, but as far as I can see, the map window is still the same size. More info at [Google Maps Mania][1].

[1]: http://googlemapsmania.blogspot.com/2005/10/new-layout-and-features-on-google-maps.html