The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #164900 Message #3951225
Posted By: Senoufou
17-Sep-18 - 04:38 PM
Thread Name: BS: How reliable is Google Earth?
Subject: RE: BS: How reliable is Google Earth?
I once tried Google Earth to view Adjame (suburb of Abidjan) in Ivory Coast. But the high humidity had caused low mist and one couldn't see anything. Our last house was another place I tried with Google street view, but the road it was on is unadopted by the Local Authority (private) and all the views stopped short at the entrance to the little street.
A chap in a small light aircraft flew over our last village years ago with a camera and went round the doors selling aerial views of each house. I bought one, and there on the patio was a tiny white dot. Minty the bluepoint Siamese cat was sitting on the patio table! He died two years ago and I daren't look at this photo as it makes me sad.