PW100 From Netherlands, joined Jan 2002, 1981 posts, RR: 10 Posted (10 years 10 months 3 weeks 4 days 8 hours ago) and read 1875 times:
Just simply like the header says.
Check out these absolute magnificant photos taken from commercial space imaging satelite IKONOS. This satelite orbits at 500km or so, and delivers images with resolution down to just 1m. Just absolutely magnificant!! Check out all the widebodies at CLK!
Some pics can be downloaded for free [go to pic of the week] @ 640x480, 800x600, 1024x768 or 1280x1024.
You can order pics from their database, but they'll cost you $7 per square kilometer. This is not too bad, but you need to order at least 49 square kilometres...
They advertise this as 777:
7x7 km for $7 per sq km...
There's more, including a nice B&W pic of the new DIA and the old Kai Tak some years after it was closed down, but I could not find them. Need to do some searching...
Let me know guys if you find more airports!
PW100
Immigration officer: "What's the purpose of your visit to the USA?" Spotter: "Shooting airliners with my Canon!"
EGGD From United Kingdom, joined Feb 2001, 12426 posts, RR: 41 Reply 1, posted (10 years 10 months 3 weeks 4 days 5 hours ago) and read 1729 times:
Cool pictures! I have a load at home, either on my PC or on A4 glossy paper. My dad gets them as they are being fed back by the satellite envisat (I think that the ESA are not using the satellite like they are supposed to ), and then all the people who were on the project get one.
Pretty cool huh? Its amazing how far they can zoom in as well, like to the size of sports stadiums and such.
STT757 From United States of America, joined Mar 2000, 16245 posts, RR: 52 Reply 2, posted (10 years 10 months 3 weeks 4 days 5 hours ago) and read 1700 times:
DCA looks awesome, probably my favorite US airport (after EWR).
PW100 From Netherlands, joined Jan 2002, 1981 posts, RR: 10 Reply 3, posted (10 years 10 months 3 weeks 4 days 5 hours ago) and read 1696 times:
EGGD
Download direct from satelite... WOW, great stuff!
If you have any airport pics, I would be heavily interested...!
Could you E-mail me, check my profile.
You're right, the zoom is just absolute amazing! Until, maybe 10-20 years ago, this was top secret military terrain, now its commercially available! However at a price [unless you have a envisat downlink]. Makes you wonder what resolution NSA/CIA reaches these days...
Thanks,
PW100
Immigration officer: "What's the purpose of your visit to the USA?" Spotter: "Shooting airliners with my Canon!"
Usairways85 From United States of America, joined Nov 2001, 3096 posts, RR: 8 Reply 5, posted (10 years 10 months 3 weeks 4 days 4 hours ago) and read 1660 times:
are there any other aiports with pictures like these?
PW100 From Netherlands, joined Jan 2002, 1981 posts, RR: 10 Reply 7, posted (10 years 10 months 3 weeks 1 day ago) and read 1351 times:
Anyone else found more airport pics?
Kaitak
Glad you enjoy the site. Too bad CLK isn't completely covered by this pic. Do you have any pics showing the complete airport?
BTW What is the official 3 and 4 letter code of Hong kong nowadays? Is it CLK?
The site also has some stunning pre/post photos of the 911 tragedy sites. It gives me shivers every time I look at them. I think they clearly show the shear scale and enormity of what happened...
PW100
Immigration officer: "What's the purpose of your visit to the USA?" Spotter: "Shooting airliners with my Canon!"
Jetguy From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 9, posted (10 years 10 months 3 weeks 23 hours ago) and read 1285 times:
Awsome stuff. It's really amazing what you can fin on the net. I'm sure that you're all familiar with this website http://www.terraserver.com, but just in case you haven't been there you can also access free satellite imagery. I was able to make out an apartment building that I used to live in. Amazing, and this isn't even the "state-of-the-art" stuff that the government has.
Jetguy
N766UA From United States of America, joined Jul 1999, 7976 posts, RR: 27 Reply 10, posted (10 years 10 months 3 weeks 23 hours ago) and read 1243 times:
The FRA photo cought a 747 on short final- very cool.
IMissPiedmont From United States of America, joined May 2001, 6201 posts, RR: 43 Reply 12, posted (10 years 10 months 2 weeks 6 days 19 hours ago) and read 1005 times:
National has changed a bit since I was there last, in 1986. Looks as though the parking garage is no longer a good spotting location.
I think though that I'll just remember DCA as it was 30 years ago. Dulles also. I miss the days when airports were welcoming places. Now it seems as though I'm in a bus terminal. Sigh.
But I, again, digress. I love looking at satellite photos of our earth.
What is it with all the "is there a possibilty airline X will.." threads? The answer it'll is possible.
Flyingbronco05 From United States of America, joined May 2002, 3838 posts, RR: 3 Reply 13, posted (10 years 10 months 2 weeks 6 days 17 hours ago) and read 948 times:
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