shrug-l: New under water ships down under
Porter, William B.
william.porter at famu.edu
Thu Feb 2 09:10:10 EST 2012
A private contractor wanted to do a Smart Phone App for FAMU for a fee. Because Google had photographed the campus
more recently than the TLH/Leon City/County GIS had, I bowed to pressure and said, “Sure, use the Google stuff, but accept the limitations.”
[I did not alter these images: they will look the same if you go to Google Maps and search for Florida A&M, 32307].
Buildings are skewed oddly, all were taken obliquely from the South. Where images are sewn together, wild things happen.
I can’t explain the distortion on this building. The aspect ratio has been altered unevenly; It’s no longer a square on a rectangle.
The oblique angle distorted this building and made the sidewalks look as if they were shifted in an Earthquake.
There is a difference between professional ortho oblique photography and loose “pretty good” imagery. I understand why Google can’t demand scientific quality – but making non-professionals see the limits is not easy. I can’t make measurements from this image.
William Porter william.porter at famu.edu 850 412 5972
Application Coordinator for GIS / Infrastructure
Florida A&M University
EIT / GIS
Perry-Paige, West Wing Ground floor,
Office 1 -D
1740 S. M L King BLVD
TLH FL 32307
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