oldgit
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Go on google earth and have a look at
51.30.14.48 N
0.05.14.76 E
See anything interesting ?
51.30.14.48 N
0.05.14.76 E
See anything interesting ?
If you have 5 mins to spare...
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Actionmat
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Give us a clue? All I'm getting is an ariel view of Reading. Is it a boat break in?
byron
RIP
Just tell me. I don't know how to make Google Earth look up a Lat/Long
Blackfeather
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Nope, just a patch of rough at Woldingham golf club
oldgit
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H,mm ...either my cordinations are rubbish or.....how do you lot find you way home at night. 
Location is the other side of the river opposite London City Airport.The date of the image this year 6th April ?
Is it me or am I seeing things ?
No usual activity either on streetview...
Location is the other side of the river opposite London City Airport.The date of the image this year 6th April ?
Is it me or am I seeing things ?
No usual activity either on streetview...
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Actionmat
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It's a narrowboat with outriggers hogging the moorings!
Dave_Seager
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When did Reading move East of Greenwich?
Dave_Seager
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I was not sure how to interpret your notation with three decimal points. I think that you mean 51° 30' 14.48" N 0° 05' 14.76" E as that matches your picture.
boatone
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Found it - but take a look at the shadows which are at 90degrees to those of the buildings and trees !
byron
RIP
Could it be, (just a thought) an aircraft just taken off from the City Airport and still at low level?
Chris_d
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There are a lot of these, if you google "Planes on google maps" there are some really odd ones.
MinorSwing
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Of course it could. Somewhere on Google Earth there a Lancaster bomber in the shot.
oldgit
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Seems the most obvious but surely the image of the aircraft would be much bigger......perspective puts that one firmly on the foreshore ?
Chris_d
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You would expect that but its the same for most planes caught on google earth, they look like they are on the ground when actually they must be a couple of thousand feet up. I guess from 250 miles away everything looks the same size
oldgit
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Did think for few brief moments that someone had come up with a unique and usual idea for a Thames style livaboard
Then thought.......Naa never get it through the lock at Teddington ?
Then thought.......Naa never get it through the lock at Teddington ?
Actionmat
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No problem. Just chop the wings off.....
I quite like it, although i foresee issues with the piles of logs, bags of coal and tomato plants rolling off the roof.
It is nice and dirty already, but sticking a bucket out the window without spilling it may prove tricky
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bumperdump
N/A
No it is a Ghost plane
Tiller Girl
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It's obvious they just happened to take a sat image as it took off from City Airport!
Alpha22
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That was just to the south of Huntingdon. It has been updated and sadly vanished a few years ago.