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aiolos

Thu 06 Apr, 2006


Desert pinup ogled by Google Earth

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It must be the biggest ad ever.<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b> Where else would it be but in Las Vegas <b style="color:#FFA34F"></b>?<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b>
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h__p:<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b>/<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b>/news.com.com/2300-1026_3-6058410-1.html?part=rss&tag=6058410&subj=news
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I've found the exact spot on google earth but the ad doesn't show up.<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b> Can anyone find it <b style="color:#FFA34F"></b>?<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b>


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Fri 07 Apr, 2006



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the one who did that fake photoshoping was a lamer indeed.<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b>.<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b> <b style="color:#FFA34F"></b> <b style="color:#FFA34F"></b> <b style="color:#FFA34F"></b>
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poor effort.<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b>.<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b>
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but a good post aiolos.<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b>.<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b> thx.<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b>.<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b>.<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b>


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aiolos

Fri 07 Apr, 2006


Re: Desert pinup ogled by Google Earth

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The story is also referenced here <b style="color:#FFA34F"></b>:<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b>
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h__p:<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b>/<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b>/cdn.maximonline.com/maximusa/index.html
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It's even got a google earth link that shows the magazine.<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b>
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I followed it and found something fishy.<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b> Inside the XML there is a reference to h__p:<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b>/<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b>/www.maximonline.com/maximusa/maximcover.png which contains the picture of the magazine.<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b> If you follow the link,<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b> the picture is superimposed on the terrain,<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b> so anyone who is not carefull will think there's really a giant poster there.<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b>
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The most shocking fact is that the <b style="color:#FFA34F"></b>.kml format allows things like that <b style="color:#FFA34F"></b>!<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b> <b style="color:#FFA34F"></b>
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It seems anyone can create a link and include a reference to any photo that is superimposed one the image shown by google earth.<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b> The good thing is that the images are shown as separate items in the tree view on the left,<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b> but still,<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b> anyone who is not carefull will think that this is the real image from the satellite.<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b>
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And shame on Cnet for posting this <b style="color:#FFA34F"></b>!<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b>