Interesting Google Maps Shot
Mar 29, 2011, 8:36 pm
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I hope you are all wearing anoraks and have biros behind your ears with all this plane spotting going on. 
Mar 30, 2011, 1:10 am
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This image of Frankfurt Airport shows 4 aircrafts seemingly taking off very close to each other.
Mar 30, 2011, 1:17 am
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This image of Frankfurt Airport shows 4 aircrafts seemingly taking off very close to each other.
Mar 30, 2011, 1:19 am
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It's a mixture of satellite imagery and aerial photography - what's used depends on the location and the 'virtual altitude' / height (i.e. as displayed in Google Maps / Earth), and I think what you can get at some altitudes is a certain meshing of the satellite and aerial imagery together.
The imagery in the OP's link certainly looks like high quality aerial imagery to me, much like the rest of the coverage of London and indeed other (western) cities at that 'virtual altitude'.
The imagery in the OP's link certainly looks like high quality aerial imagery to me, much like the rest of the coverage of London and indeed other (western) cities at that 'virtual altitude'.
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