Pruned: TerraServer

Google Maps has garnered a lot of attention and praise recently, but I still prefer TerraServer for my aerial needs. Not only are the aerials switchable to corresponding USGS topgographic maps but each one comes with the all important geographic coordinates and scale.

Below are two aerials of two landmark works in land art. I have always wanted to search for them in TerraServer. Using directions culled from the web, now I have.

Robert Smithson, Spiral Jetty, 1970

(Image: Roberth Smithson, Spiral Jetty, 1970. 64 km W of Ogden, Utah, United States 6/26/1993.)

Michael Heizer, Double Negative, 1969-1970

(Image: Michael Heizer, Double Negative, 1969-1970. 88 km NE of Las Vegas, Nevada, United States 6/9/1994.)

Future Tense:
TerraServer, Part II
TerraServer, Part III
Dugway Proving Ground: or, TerraServer, Part IV

Labels: land art, scopic drives

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Geoff Manaugh said...: ( January 11, 2006 12:41:00 PM CST ); Then there's this picture of Smithson's submerged/eroded relic.

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TerraServer Tuesday, June 21, 2005 \| Permalink Google Maps has garnered a lot of attention and praise recently, but I still prefer TerraServer for my aerial needs. Not only are the aerials switchable to corresponding USGS topgographic maps but each one comes with the all important geographic coordinates and scale. Below are two aerials of two landmark works in land art. I have always wanted to search for them in TerraServer. Using directions culled from the web, now I have. (Image: Roberth Smithson, Spiral Jetty, 1970. 64 km W of Ogden, Utah, United States 6/26/1993.) (Image: Michael Heizer, Double Negative, 1969-1970. 88 km NE of Las Vegas, Nevada, United States 6/9/1994.) Future Tense: TerraServer, Part II TerraServer, Part III Dugway Proving Ground: or, TerraServer, Part IV Labels: land art, scopic drives 1 Comment(s) Geoff Manaugh said... ( January 11, 2006 12:41:00 PM CST ) Then there's this picture of Smithson's submerged/eroded relic. Post a Comment

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