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Old 01-31-2011, 04:23 PM   #24
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RE: Google Earth

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Marin wrote:
For a pre-Google look at this sort of thing, here's a website that has aerial photographs along all the shorelines in Washington, both Puget Sound and the Pacific coast. The site is http://apps.ecy.wa.gov/shorephotos/

What someone did is fly around the entire salt water coastline (including the islands) in the state in a plane and take overlapping photos. I used to do this sort of thing in Hawaii for a real estate company although we did it at a much higher altitude (15,000') and we used a huge 11" x 14" vertical mapping camera instead of an oblique camera. While what this site offers has been greatly eclipsed by Google Earth, it still provides an interesting look at things.

Here are three sample shots from the site. First is part of our marina, second is Turn Point on Stuart Island, and third is Moclips out on the Pacific coast.
MarinDid you notice the age of the Squalicum Harbor photo? There are two rows of boathouses back in my corner.


You better get inside Marin. We can see your tu tu from here.

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