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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 20 points 4 days ago (2 children)

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

[–] Repelle@lemmy.world 28 points 4 days 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 7 points 4 days ago

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

[–] Redex68@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days 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 8 points 3 days 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 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

Hey man, I can see your house from rule

[–] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 3 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] dxc@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] Tapestry0863@discuss.online 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] kersploosh@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 days 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@discuss.online 3 points 3 days ago

Time to use my geoguesser skill