[PRCo] Re: Using Street View at Google Maps

[Fred Schneider]

I don't have a calendar but maybe I can swipe one and look next  
weekend ....

Tuther Fred

On Apr 26, 2008, at 7:18 PM, Frederick J. Sauerburger, M.D. wrote:

> Derrick,
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> So, when you discussed this with "G", did you come to any conclusions?
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> How about old maps?, you ask......Other than the Sanborn(sp?)
> Insurance Maps which have a silhouette of the building footprints on
> them, how would comparing a vertical view help to determine which way
> the artist was facing on the April PTM image??
> In case the above question is answered by the urls below, I can't
> seem to access them.  (No problem with other dementia urls, but with
> these, all I get is a square with the little "x" in the upper left
> hand corner), and when I right click and direct it to "show picture",
> nothing happens.
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> Any help for the partially cyber-challenged would be appreciated.
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> The Grateful Fred
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> At 11:17 AM 4/26/2008, you wrote:
>> On Sat, 26 Apr 2008, Frederick J. Sauerburger, M.D. wrote:
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>>> So, I've been looking at the April photo in the PTM 2008 Calendar
>>> (Nineteenth and Carson Streets  Sahside) for the last 26 days and
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>> Amusingly I was discussing that view with G, who at first looked and
>> thought it was at 21st St, without looking at the caption.
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>>> trying to decide whether the view is East away from town or West
>>> toward dahntahn. I was about to appeal to authority and consult the
>>> Lybarger Institute or the Schneider Clipping Service when I
>>> remembered the Street View function on Google Maps.  So.....by
>>> cybertransport to the actual intersection and panning around, I  
>>> THINK
>>> that the view is East away from dahntahn.   Corner buildings have
>>> been changed but the "Merchants' Row along the right side looks like
>>> the painting.  So the river would be to the left.   Any additions or
>>> corrections?
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>> How about old maps?
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