philverney
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Reged: 11/29/04
Posts: 5650
Loc: Leek, UK
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I'm sure people have tried ayers rock before, but heres my attempt 
Phil, UK
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ink_polaroid
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Reged: 01/01/05
Posts: 1868
Loc: SF Bay Area, CA
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Nasa's Earth Observatory has some good landsat imagery of the area, but putting it in the right place is tricky because Keyhole doesn't (yet) cover the area with sufficient resolution. The attachment pulls an image from this page, which I positioned by doing a quick compare & contrast with Worldwind's much better data.
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ink_polaroid
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Reged: 01/01/05
Posts: 1868
Loc: SF Bay Area, CA
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If any of you have Worldwind installed, this should take you to Uluru.
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FuNkY_CaPrIcOrN
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Reged: 01/08/05
Posts: 1375
Loc: Lou-a-ville Kentucky
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I had Worldwind installed but took it off the PC.Might install it again later.
I fealt kinda bad cheating on my Keyhole. 
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[image]http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y62/FuNkY_CaPrIcOrN/tn_newsig.jp[/image]
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neon_
Master Cartographer
Reged: 01/30/05
Posts: 695
Loc: hamsterwatch.com
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I don't think the shadowy spot is the rock, as it's not very tall and fairly rounded so not likely to cast much shadow.. but I'm not certain exactly where it is, either.
NASA Earth Observatory has a fabulous new pic of the rock taken January 17 but I can't figure out exactly where it goes - hopefully someone else can. The road shown in the pic seems to be just a loop around the rock that isn't shown on the Roads layer - but I can't jive up the roads that are shown in Keyhole with any maps of the area that I've found.
Reduced version of the photo:
see the original here
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RockMan
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Reged: 02/08/05
Posts: 184
Loc: Hawaii, US (not of A)
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According to the Space Imaging website the coordinates of the photo are these:
Upper Left Latitude: -25.2899
Upper Left Longitude:130.9871
Upper Right Latitude: -25.2929
Upper Right Longitude: 131.1079
Lower Right Latitude: -25.4022
Lower Right Longitude: 131.1081
Lower Left Latitude: -25.3994
Lower Left Longitude: 130.9873
I aligned the overlay attachment as best I could...
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neon_
Master Cartographer
Reged: 01/30/05
Posts: 695
Loc: hamsterwatch.com
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Good job Rockman, and pretty close to Phil's original spot.. I guess Keyhole's roads and Ayers Rock label are just wacky in that area.
btw it dawned on me after posting the smaller image above that it is from the same photo you guys are working on so... nevermind lol
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Kaveman
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Reged: 07/18/05
Posts: 2
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Rockman's Overlay doesn't seem to work.
SO here's my attempt
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hgholden
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Reged: 07/20/05
Posts: 5
Loc: Adelaide , Australia
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 The roads are within a national park so may not show on the roads layer. Aboriginal name of Ayres Rock is "Uluru" and is the prefered name by most Australians.
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hughwill
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Reged: 08/11/05
Posts: 40
Loc: London UK
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Nice view of Uluru, but whats this Monolith a few miles to the east?
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Edited by hughwill (08/12/05 05:58 AM)
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