Comments on: Site News April ‘06

By: Skeptik_Sam

Skeptik_Sam — Sun, 06 Aug 2006 16:39:34 +0000

THE STRATOSHPERE WAS ERASED TO PREVENT TERRRORISTS FROM EASILY PLANNING ANY POTENTIAL ATTACK ON THE TOWER ITSELF.

By: Larry

Larry — Fri, 07 Apr 2006 02:59:20 +0000

here’s another shadow whose source was cutoff in splicing.
http://www.aretemm.net/googlearth/sourceless_shadow.kmz

here’s the same place in maps.
Placemark: Google Maps / Google Earth

the big gold and blue dome is hard to miss. too bizarre. gotta wonder why it was omitted. plans to fix this one and the missing Stratosphere.

By: Larry

Larry — Fri, 07 Apr 2006 01:10:01 +0000

here is a western view of the top of the Eiffel Tower in Las Vegas. WOW!!

http://www.aretemm.net/googlearth/lv-eiffel.jpg

By: Larry

Larry — Thu, 06 Apr 2006 18:36:04 +0000

I’m having trouble wrapping my brain around this one. someone was having fun with the splicing.

http://www.aretemm.net/googlearth/lasvegas_weirdperspective.kmz

By: WRA

WRA — Mon, 03 Apr 2006 20:54:00 +0000

Wow! If they get any more high-res, they’re going to have to start getting permission to publish people’s faces. Look at the top of the “Eiffel Tower” across from the Bellagio fountains- you can make out the people inside the cage.

By: Tim

Tim — Mon, 03 Apr 2006 01:53:10 +0000

Here’s what I think happened with the Stratosphere Tower: The photo with the tower in it was taken at a steep angle, so the tower appeared to be angled far to the right, in the same way that the Sears Tower looks like its leaning down. Then, when the people at Google came along to stich two images together, they cut off the top of the tower which was sticking out to towards east. You can plainly see evidence of a stiching with the color changes right next to the tower base. Now, look at this picture of the Stratosphere:

http://www.3erloooping.de/bilder/stratosphere-tower.jpg

The buildings inside the tower’s base, inside the three tiers, look just like the buildings (on Google Earth) that appear at the location of the base. So, we are seeing the base of tower on Google Earth, but not the rest of it.

By: Randy

Randy — Mon, 03 Apr 2006 00:38:36 +0000

Yep. The Stratosphere has a *lovely* shadow, but doesn’t appear to actually be physically present on screen.

Odd.

Also (and this is an info problem, not an image problem,) the Luxor “pinpoint” locator thing is way far away from the actual building.

However, the building looks *very* cool.

By: aaron

aaron — Sun, 02 Apr 2006 22:39:06 +0000

yeah I was gonna say the same thing. Someone fouled up bigtime ’cause that’s an important landmark.

By: Mizo

Mizo — Sun, 02 Apr 2006 14:55:25 +0000

Something wierd is going in Google Earth with the Stratosphere tower in Vegas.

By: tt

tt — Sun, 02 Apr 2006 04:44:51 +0000

I’ve got one for you… the Stratosphere at Bob Stupaks casino casts a huge shadow… But where is the Stratospehere itself? Seems like a bad picture merge has completely erased the tallest landmark in Las Vegas!