rob16584 42 Posted September 30, 2011 Report Share Posted September 30, 2011 Not sure how real this is but it's pretty cool http://www.vagabondish.com/google-maps-plane-in-flight-chicago/ Link to post Share on other sites
mutley 4,498 Posted September 30, 2011 Report Share Posted September 30, 2011 Pretty real Rob, I followed he link to GE and yup, it looks just like that! Link to post Share on other sites
ddavid 149 Posted September 30, 2011 Report Share Posted September 30, 2011 The rainbow images are due to relativity being taken into account by Google's GPS engine - thanks to Albert! Cheers - Dai. Link to post Share on other sites
stu7708 244 Posted September 30, 2011 Report Share Posted September 30, 2011 The unicorn magic theory sounded much more plausible Link to post Share on other sites
hurricanemk1c 195 Posted October 1, 2011 Report Share Posted October 1, 2011 That's quite cool! There's loads of aircraft in flight in Google Earth/Maps, like around Heathrow Link to post Share on other sites
Troy 0 Posted October 1, 2011 Report Share Posted October 1, 2011 Nice Link to post Share on other sites
Tim_A 997 Posted October 1, 2011 Report Share Posted October 1, 2011 They move around a bit as the photos get updated, but the planes have been visible in there since day one. The colour banding is a result of the 3-CCD cameras being used, and the relative proximity of the fast moving aircraft. The pictures are taken from survey planes at between 5000 & 8000ft, not from satellites as the author of the article seems to think. Link to post Share on other sites
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