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1 posted on 05/29/2006 3:46:32 PM PDT by Swordmaker
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To: Swordmaker

Maybe, just maybe, there are questions you shouldn't ask....


2 posted on 05/29/2006 3:50:02 PM PDT by Yossarian ("If you're going through hell, KEEP GOING!" -- Winston Churchill)
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To: Swordmaker

You should call the local station WTFO and ask.


3 posted on 05/29/2006 3:50:40 PM PDT by JRios1968 (In memoriam...)
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To: Swordmaker

It's the most northernmost southern state, that's the real reason.


4 posted on 05/29/2006 3:51:37 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist (Conservatism is moderate, it is the center, it is the middle of the road)
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To: Swordmaker

Ill bet Art Bell would know..


5 posted on 05/29/2006 3:53:39 PM PDT by cardinal4 (Kerry-Mcarthy-Gore-Clinton-Feingold-Murtha- Pelosi-the true Axis of Evil...)
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To: Samwise

What say you?

Hiding something?


9 posted on 05/29/2006 4:02:21 PM PDT by Professional Engineer (The lifespan of a "temporary" tax has finally been established.)
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To: Swordmaker

Maybe it's because the Government doesn't want you to see
all the "SILOs" Hint hint.

Simple farms, my butt.

Those "Agrarian" installations have been protecting us against the Godless commies for a long time, and AND providing us with a constant replenishment of our precious
natural fluids too.


16 posted on 05/29/2006 4:09:09 PM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: Swordmaker

On the contrary, Indiana is photographed, for the most part, at a higher resolution than any other state. My question is why Indiana merits such detailed statellite representation as opposed to any other state.


19 posted on 05/29/2006 4:12:30 PM PDT by Fester Chugabrew
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Yeah what is up with Missouri. It makes it look like every part of the state is some green jungle


20 posted on 05/29/2006 4:13:01 PM PDT by catholicfreeper (Proud supporter of Pres. Bush and the Gop-- with no caveats, qualifiers, or bitc*en)
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Why is Indiana photographed at a far lower resolution than all of the rest of the United States???

it's at a far higher resolution than most of the country. Take a look at Michigan for example.
25 posted on 05/29/2006 4:29:20 PM PDT by cripplecreek (Never a minigun handy when you need one.)
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Hoosiers are the best thats why! :)


26 posted on 05/29/2006 4:33:27 PM PDT by Echo Talon
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We're so far backward, we're ahead of most folks. Those are images taken from airplanes. They don't show up in the huge picture because they were taken at low altitude, but just zoom in and they are higher res than anything other than the special big city images google earth uses.


27 posted on 05/29/2006 4:34:08 PM PDT by RockinRay
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It's not Indiana, it's Google!

Boycott Google!  Google is doing evil!

Google Ignores Memorial Day

Google (No recognition of Memorial Day on Home Page)

 

Here's the Indianapolis Speedway thanks to Windows Live Virtual Earth!

http://local.live.com/default.aspx?v=2&cp=39.816507~-86.347093&style=h&lvl=14&rtp=null~null

 

32 posted on 05/29/2006 4:56:43 PM PDT by Incorrigible (If I lead, follow me; If I pause, push me; If I retreat, kill me.)
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For a long time there was no detail satellite imagery of most of Alaska. They were busy imaging third-world countries, and once that was done they could get around to fourth-world stuff.


41 posted on 05/29/2006 5:18:14 PM PDT by RightWhale (Off touch and out of base)
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Population density is probably part of the reason for the difference. If you notice in your third picture, the urban areas are imaged in higher resolution than the rural areas, same as with aerial photos.

I, too, live in a rural area, and we are lucky to get aerial flights once every ten years, whereas a nearby city has them annually.
42 posted on 05/29/2006 5:23:13 PM PDT by clyde asbury
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I'm not defending google's choices of resolution in particular places. They are in some ways trying to strike a balance in the overall US map, because all of the US probably has not been imaged in the same high resolution. (Not commercially, anyway.) To show miles and miles of Indiana farmland in the same resolution as Indianapolis or Bloomington would be a waste of resources.

Why they apparently didn't cover Evansville and South Bend in the same resolution as Terre Haute baffles me.
47 posted on 05/29/2006 5:47:12 PM PDT by clyde asbury
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don't you know 'there's only corn in Indiana'
49 posted on 05/29/2006 6:26:47 PM PDT by grame (wife, mom, grammy)
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To: Swordmaker

I'm creeped out.

I was born in Missouri.
I now live in Indiana.
Something is following me!


50 posted on 05/29/2006 6:57:30 PM PDT by JRochelle
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They guard their Official State Casserole Recipe verrrrry carefully.


51 posted on 05/29/2006 7:11:57 PM PDT by Pharmboy (Democrats lie because they must)
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http://www.ahajokes.com/indiana_jokes.html

Dumb Indiana Laws
# Baths may not be taken between the months of October and March.

# It is illegal to sell cars on Sunday.

# A person who dyes, stains, or otherwise alters the natural coloring of a bird or rabbit commits a Class B misdemeanor. (Ind. Code 15-2.1-21-13(b)

# A man over the age of 18 may be arrested for statutory rape if the passenger in his car is not wearing her socks and shoes, and is under the age of 17.

# It is against the law to pass a horse on the street.

# It is illegal for a liquor store to sell cold soft drinks.

# Liquor stores may not sell milk.

# Grocery stores may not sell any type of cold liquor.

# You can get out of paying for a dependent's medical care by praying for him/her.

# One man may not back into a parking spot becasue it prevents police officers from seeing the license plate.

# Smoking in the state legislature building is banned, except when the legislature is in session.

# Check forgery can be punished with public flogging up to 100 stripes.

# Pedestrians crossing the highway at night are prohibited from wearing tail lights.

# No one may catch a fish with his bare hands.

# Men are prohibited from standing in a bar.

# You are not allowed to carry a cocktail from the bar to a table. The waiter or waitress has to do it.

# Drinks on the house are illegal.

# Drinking from your own bottle in a bar can lead to your arrest.

# You are required to pour your drink into a glass.

# "Spiteful Gossip" and "talking behind a person's back" are illegal.

# State government officials who engage in private duels can be dismissed from their post.

# All males 18 to 50 years old must work six days a year on public roads.

# Mustaches are illegal if the bearer has a tendency to habitually kiss other humans.

# Hotel sheets must be exactly 99 inches long and 81 inches wide.

# If any person has a puppet show, wire dancing or tumbling act in the state of Indiana and receives money for it, they will be fined $3 under the Act to Prevent Immoral Practices.

# Anyone 14 or older who profanely curses, damns or swears by the name of God, Jesus Christ or the Holy Ghost, shall be fined one to three dollars for each offense, with a maximum fine of ten dollars per day.

# A three dollar fine per pack will be imposed on anyone playing cards in Indiana under the Act for the Prevention of Gaming.

# The value of Pi is 4, and not 3.1415. (Repealed)

Auburn
# It is illegal to bike, roller-skate, skateboard, or inline skate in a commercially zoned area. For these offesnses, there is a fine of no more than $5 or the impounding of one's bicycle for a period not to exceed 30 days.
Beech Grove
# It is forbidden to eat watermelon in the park.
Elkhart
# It is illegal for barbers to threaten to cut off kid's ears.
Evansville
# While driving on Main Street you may not have your lights on.
Fort Wayne
# You may not sell or play on a radio broadcast, the record "It`s In the Book".
Gary
# Within four hours of eating garlic, a person may not enter a movie house, theater, or ride a public streetcar.
South Bend
# It is illegal to make a monkey smoke a cigarette.
Terre Haute
# No one may spit on the sidewalk.


53 posted on 05/29/2006 7:50:58 PM PDT by Graybeard58 (Remember and pray for Sgt. Matt Maupin - MIA/POW- Iraq since 04/09/04)
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What is it with Indiana? Isn't Indiana as American as Apple Pie??? What have they got to hide? Are they ashamed of their state? Why is Indiana photographed at a far lower resolution than all of the rest of the United States???

Obviously, these pictures were taken when everyone else was on Daylight time.

SD

57 posted on 05/30/2006 6:54:26 AM PDT by SoothingDave
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