[Vision2020] google earth

[deb]

Because Pullman is not of this Earth? It seems to be in a totally different 
reality then the rest of the planet. Living in Moscow (well, just outside 
and interacting mostly with Moscow) Pullman seems very foreign to me. Great 
big university, tiny little town that doesn't even LIKE the university 
(except their money), hates students, and consistently disrespects people of 
color. Moscow is a tiny little town with a medium sized University, caters 
to students, faculty and staff actually like living here, and the town is 
open to diversity (mostly). WSU has a bazillion activities (concerts, 
speakers, plays, brownbag discussions etc.) which only University employees 
and students attend. The city provides not much except the Lentil Festival, 
which relies on the University for both booths and atendees. U of I has less 
activities (though still many) but the town also provides lots of 
opportunity for interaction with others. Town and Gown are about as separate 
as you can get in Pullman. In Moscow, it's pretty much the same pool of 
fish....

This rant really has little to do with Google Earth, but perhaps Google 
Earth has a something to do with the interest level of the folks in the area 
being viewed...Pullman having nearly zero interest in anything not Pullman, 
Moscow being interested in EVERYTHING.....

Debi R-S


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steven Basoa" <sbasoa at moscow.com>
Cc: "Moscow Vision 2020" <vision2020 at moscow.com>
Sent: Friday, February 08, 2008 9:11 PM
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] google earth


> Maybe it's because of the nuclear reactor at WSU.  Homeland security
> and all.
>
>
> On Feb 8, 2008, at 8:16 PM, Paul Rumelhart wrote:
>
> You know, that is odd.  I zoomed in on Moscow, got centered on the
> Kibbie Dome just as a landmark, and found I could zoom in to the second
> tick mark from the top.  I then navigated my way to the Pullman highway
> and followed it to Pullman.  Right before you get to Pullman, you have
> to zoom out two or three levels, and it's still colored funky.  Just
> move past Pullman a bit, and you're back to the second-highest zoom
> level.  Strange.
>
> Is there some kind of sensitive national security site in Pullman
> somewhere?  It sure looks like it was done specifically to block out
> Pullman.  I suppose it's possible that two sweeps of the satellite
> missed that area for geometry reasons or something.
>
> Paul
>
> g. crabtree wrote:
>> Can anybody out there tell me why Google earth offers such high
>> resolution in Moscow and such poor resolution in Pullman? In Moscow
>> you can identify cars in driveways and in Pullman you can't make out
>> what's a building vs. barn yard. Any explanation?
>>
>> g
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