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RMK TOP 15

Friday, 3rd November 2006 by

Have you ever wondered what kind of camera takes the aerial photographs Google use? Well, at least in Anchorage, Alaska, the company taking the pictures uses a Zeiss RMK TOP 15 Aerial Survey Camera System.

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  1. Mike: Yo dawg, I herd you like streetview, so we took a streetview picture of you on streetview.
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