thanks -- I was hoping to solicit the expertise of google earth folks like you on this forum to see if I was out in left field. I'm all in for noble causes (Got to keep that Good-Bad ledger balanced) but the last thing I would want to do is contribute to a misinformation overload. Be that as it may, I responded to a national internet request and spent hours on Google Earth...Once I saw the object could not go another day without consulting you guys who know about GE or someone at amazon Mech Turk acknowledging that they had received the info for further review -- which, btw, Amazon Mech turk did after I sent an email to the Hit requestor -- thanks AMT!. I can sleep now.
Anyway -- Everything is enabled as suggested but all I see corresponding to a date is "Image 2007digital globe'. I accessed this image via amazon mech turk.com hit using their xml and coordinates. I am, admittedly, a novice at Google Earth but I was relying on the assumption that they had enabled latest satellite imagery related to Fossett's flight before they solicted the assistance of a multitude of internet junkies like me.
While directly the only time I've wasted is my own, my concern is this -- if they ( at Amazon Mechanical Turk) knew that the images on Google Earth as of 0500 am Sept 8 are virtually useless - being 1-2 years old - why would they enable this task prior to any updates and before ensuring that we had the latest to look at . I am distressed to think of the wasted time and expense of reviewing each hit. I guess using technology is like having a spouse......Love but recognize limitations .
Hoping for happy conclusion for Fossett, family, and friends, Chelsblu.
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but the last thing I would want to do is contribute to a misinformation overload. Be that as it may, I responded to a national internet request and spent hours on Google Earth...Once I saw the object could not go another day without consulting you guys who know about GE or someone at amazon Mech Turk acknowledging that they had received the info for further review -- which, btw, Amazon Mech turk did after I sent an email to the Hit requestor -- thanks AMT!. I can sleep now. 
