Virgin744 From United States of America, joined Nov 1999, 903 posts, RR: 5 Posted (5 years 8 months 1 week 6 days 23 hours ago) and read 1059 times:
I read the article on BBC about Google teaming up with Amazon to help track Steve Fossett's plane and decided to join the search. It's not something I do often (help in these kinds of endeavours) but I thought this was most definitely a worthy cause and wondered if anyone else is interested or is already searching?
For those who don't know what its all about or what it involves, see the BBC link http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6987358.stm
You just need Google Earth, then you go to a link that has special coordinates that have been identified and you click a link and enter the coordinates into Google Earth, once you do that just look at the satellite image and try to find something that resembles a small plane and report your findings.
For any aeronautical enthusiast or anyone remotely interested in what Steve Fossett has done for aviation, I would strongly encourage you take some time out to lend your support to a worthy cause;
AsstChiefMark From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 2, posted (5 years 8 months 1 week 6 days 23 hours ago) and read 1047 times:
He probably wandered into restricted airspace or landed on restricted property and was taken into custody by the people in the black helicopters. Or he did it intentionally. They've hauled him off to Area 51 to fly a reverse-engineered UFO for the government. We'll never see him again.
LAXspotter From India, joined Jan 2007, 3650 posts, RR: 5 Reply 4, posted (5 years 8 months 1 week 6 days 23 hours ago) and read 1035 times:
Quoting AsstChiefMark (Reply 2): He probably wandered into restricted airspace or landed on restricted property and was taken into custody by the people in the black helicopters. Or he did it intentionally. They've hauled him off to Area 51 to fly a reverse-engineered UFO for the government. We'll never see him again.
or he was taken by Aliens , but yes there is a lot of restricted airspace near that part of the California-Nevada border. Wasnt he in contact with Air Traffic control even once thru that flight, most of that airspace is probably uncontrolled.
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MadameConcorde From San Marino, joined Feb 2007, 10243 posts, RR: 40 Reply 5, posted (5 years 8 months 1 week 6 days 23 hours ago) and read 1022 times:
I saw the info on BBCNews about GoogleEarth, Amazon and The Mechanical Turk before I logged on to A.net.
What Windows OS is needed to install GoogleEarth?
I do not think it works with WIN98SE does it? I am still running my computer on this old stystem. It looks like GoogleEarth won't fit with it so I guess I will not be able to join the search for Fossett unless there is a way to get around it.
There was a better way to fly it was called Concorde
MadameConcorde From San Marino, joined Feb 2007, 10243 posts, RR: 40 Reply 7, posted (5 years 8 months 1 week 6 days 22 hours ago) and read 1001 times:
I went to the Amazon Mechanical Turk web page to see if I could be part of the searh for Fossett. This is what it says so I am out simply because I am not a US resident with a US bank account. It's only possible for those living in the U.S.
Can international Requesters use Amazon Mechanical Turk to get tasks completed?
Requesters must provide a U.S. ACH-enabled bank account and a U.S. billing address in order to submit a request for tasks to be completed through the Amazon Mechanical Turk web site. If a Requester is not a legal entity, but is submitting tasks to Amazon Mechanical Turk as an individual, he or she would also need to provide a U.S. driver's license number.
Scottieprecord From United States of America, joined Jul 2004, 1363 posts, RR: 12 Reply 8, posted (5 years 8 months 1 week 6 days 21 hours ago) and read 981 times:
Doesn't seem as if Google Earth is required to take part in the search... just review the images provided on the site. Viewing in Google Earth looks like it's just an option.
MadameConcorde From San Marino, joined Feb 2007, 10243 posts, RR: 40 Reply 9, posted (5 years 8 months 1 week 6 days 20 hours ago) and read 957 times:
How can I be able to searching the missing aircraft without downloading GoogleEarth?
Any link on how us outside the U.S. can officially participate the search?
I went to this page with the satellite imagery. Seems like this Mechanical Turk search is possible for U.S. residents only.
Quoting Scottieprecord (Reply 8): Doesn't seem as if Google Earth is required to take part in the search... just review the images provided on the site. Viewing in Google Earth looks like it's just an option.
There was a better way to fly it was called Concorde
Scottieprecord From United States of America, joined Jul 2004, 1363 posts, RR: 12 Reply 10, posted (5 years 8 months 1 week 6 days 20 hours ago) and read 949 times:
Quoting MadameConcorde (Reply 9): Seems like this Mechanical Turk search is possible for U.S. residents only.
MadameConcorde From San Marino, joined Feb 2007, 10243 posts, RR: 40 Reply 11, posted (5 years 8 months 1 week 6 days 20 hours ago) and read 945 times:
This is discrimination. It would be easy for them to set up their system to have us non-US participating in the search.
Only they don't want to take the trouble.
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, but yes there is a lot of restricted airspace near that part of the California-Nevada border. Wasnt he in contact with Air Traffic control even once thru that flight, most of that airspace is probably uncontrolled.
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