Numpty Google Earth question

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember Champ saying
something like:

On Wed, 09 Jan 2008 13:05:43 +0000, Grimly Curmudgeon
wrote:

Try http://www.welove2ski.com/jsp/index.jsp?lnk=530. It's new and
pretty good for near enough live forecasts showing on a map.

"Dump of the day" and "Dump of the season".

Sounds like a lot of ****.

Divided by a common language, again.

Not really - the word "dump" to describe a heavy snowfall is widely
used by most English speakers who slide down mountains for fun.

Also commonly used to describe an act of defecation in some parts of
these 'ere Sceptred Isles.
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On Wed, 09 Jan 2008 02:34:33 -0800, TOG@Toil wrote:

On 9 Jan, 09:49, Wicked Uncle Nigel wrote:
Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, The Older
Gentleman typed

It's not in real time, is it? If not, then how far off?

And if there's an option to set it to real time (or close), then how?

Yes, guess who wants to examine the snow cover from altitude, as it
were?

As you now know, it's not sufficiently up-to-date. But even if it was,
how useful would it be? You'd get "white", or "not white". The snow
could be 0.5cm deep, or 30 metres.

I gather that's important to you types who insist on sliding down hills
with planks tied to your feet.

Oh yeah, but when conditions are *really* crappy (as they are right now in
the Pyrenees) you do get an awful lot of brown as well. And if you know

Alps look good.... off there in a week :-)

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In message , Catman
writes
The Older Gentleman wrote:
It's not in real time, is it? If not, then how far off?
And if there's an option to set it to real time (or close), then
how?
Yes, guess who wants to examine the snow cover from altitude, as it
were?

Chunks are years out. cf Waltham Point distribution centre in Waltham
Abbey

That's sat on top of my old factory

sigh

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geoff wrote:
In message , Catman
writes
The Older Gentleman wrote:
It's not in real time, is it? If not, then how far off?
And if there's an option to set it to real time (or close), then how?
Yes, guess who wants to examine the snow cover from altitude, as it
were?

Chunks are years out. cf Waltham Point distribution centre in Waltham
Abbey

That's sat on top of my old factory

sigh


I don't even recall when a factory was there.

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In message , Catman
writes
geoff wrote:
In message , Catman
writes
The Older Gentleman wrote:
It's not in real time, is it? If not, then how far off?
And if there's an option to set it to real time (or close), then how?
Yes, guess who wants to examine the snow cover from altitude, as it
were?

Chunks are years out. cf Waltham Point distribution centre in
Waltham Abbey

That's sat on top of my old factory
sigh


I don't even recall when a factory was there.

It was the Big Boss's office block at the Royal Ordnance site

(assuming I'm thinking of the right place)


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geoff

In article o.uk,
The Older Gentleman wrote:
It's not in real time, is it? If not, then how far off?

Real time?
Try years.

A photo interpreter can deduce some features (seasons, weekends, etc.)
They don't offer you important ancillary data. This is not a
professional photo service: it's only there for you to attempt to look
at your house and as an Internet proof of concept.

Perhaps the most dramatic emergent feature I've seen on Google earth are
the layers zooming down to the islands being made off Dubai. One level:
nothing, then boom, they added them.

And if there's an option to set it to real time (or close), then how?

Launch a new satellite or fly a plane and take data.

Yes, guess who wants to examine the snow cover from altitude, as it
were?

Professional snow hydrologists. That was an early job which paid for me to
learn to ski.

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geoff wrote:
In message , Catman
writes
geoff wrote:
In message , Catman
writes
The Older Gentleman wrote:
It's not in real time, is it? If not, then how far off?
And if there's an option to set it to real time (or close), then how?
Yes, guess who wants to examine the snow cover from altitude, as it
were?

Chunks are years out. cf Waltham Point distribution centre in
Waltham Abbey

That's sat on top of my old factory
sigh


I don't even recall when a factory was there.

It was the Big Boss's office block at the Royal Ordnance site

(assuming I'm thinking of the right place)


Ahhh yes, could well have been. Right next to the M25.

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On Wed, 09 Jan 2008 18:40:27 +0000, in
, Grimly Curmudgeon
wrote:

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember Champ saying
something like:

On Wed, 09 Jan 2008 13:05:43 +0000, Grimly Curmudgeon
wrote:

Try http://www.welove2ski.com/jsp/index.jsp?lnk=530. It's new and
pretty good for near enough live forecasts showing on a map.

"Dump of the day" and "Dump of the season".

Sounds like a lot of ****.

Divided by a common language, again.

Not really - the word "dump" to describe a heavy snowfall is widely
used by most English speakers who slide down mountains for fun.

Also commonly used to describe an act of defecation in some parts of
these 'ere Sceptred Isles.

It's all about context though, and nothing at all about transatlantic
language differences, which is what you were implying.

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The Older Gentleman wrote:

Yes, guess who wants to examine the snow cover from altitude, as it
were?

EarthBrowser with Satellite overlay might help depending on cloud cover.

I got a good image of the smoke from that Herts refinery fire in '05.

http://www.earthbrowser.com/

Try the demo
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The Older Gentleman wrote:

It's not in real time, is it? If not, then how far off?

And if there's an option to set it to real time (or close), then how?

Yes, guess who wants to examine the snow cover from altitude, as it
were?

No it's not in real time and the results for each area can vary widely
-(probably depending upon popularity). E.g. the photo of my house is
over two years old, but that of my parents, less than 6 months.

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