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"Trans Rights Matter!" spotted on Google Earth.

Also painted on there:
Eat the fuckin' rich!!
No human being is illegal
Nothing short of revolution will save us

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[–] itslilith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 21 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Damn, those letters are like, 50cm? Impressive Google Earth can resolve that

[–] Repelle@lemmy.world 29 points 4 months ago (2 children)

To be fair most of the map imagery we use from google/apple/etc is from planes and not satellites

[–] CptEnder@lemmy.world 8 points 4 months ago

Ahhh ok yeah I was wondering the same thing. Still impressive.

[–] Redex68@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

I'm pretty sure spy satellites do have even greater resolution, only thing is that you're not gonna use something like that for a map view and it would be very inefficient, since those satellites certainly don't have the same field of view and would take a lot longer to scan the appropriate area, and are limited in number.

[–] konalt@lemmy.world 9 points 4 months ago

Google earth is scary high detail in some places. Near my hometown there are fully rendered cranes where you can see the individual metal beams that make them up in 3D.

[–] niktemadur@lemmy.world 13 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Hey man, I can see your house from rule

[–] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

The chance of getting ruled from space is small but never zero.

[–] dxc@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] Tapestry0863 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] kersploosh@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Somewhere in the northwest US. I don't want to be more specific, lest I give away my location too easily.

[–] Tapestry0863 3 points 4 months ago

Time to use my geoguesser skill