Thursday, March 27, 2008

Drake field from google


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The aerial photo map linked is here to complement the discussion titled
Another lost opportunity by Jonah Tebbetts

on the Iconoclast Web log.
Please follow directions to ENLARGE and navigate. The enlarged version offers controls to zoom further and to hide or show labels and other features. Starting here, a person can navigate the globe, thanks to Google. Every member of the City Council and of the Planning Commission needs a laptop at his desk during meetings to get a true idea of land being considered for development. There is no way they can all visit every site, and this kind of resource can give them a reasonable idea of what they are dealing with. Developers seem to avoid bringing predevelopment photos to the public camera's eye.

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