Comments on: Google Maps and Astronomy http://noisyastronomer.com/2008/11/07/google-maps-and-astronomy/ Wed, 25 Jan 2012 18:33:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ian O'Neill http://noisyastronomer.com/2008/11/07/google-maps-and-astronomy/#comment-127 Ian O'Neill Mon, 17 Nov 2008 19:52:00 +0000 http://astronoise.wordpress.com/2008/11/07/google-maps-and-astronomy/#comment-127 Love it! <br/><br/>I see your Green Bank Telescope and I raise you Goonhilly Earth Station: http://www.astroengine.com/?p=253<br/><br/>Ah, the wonders of Google Earth :)<br/><br/>It's great to be able to overview the facility before going there. Looking at it on Google Earth, I planned my trip around what I could see from the air :-)<br/><br/>Cool post!<br/><br/>Cheers, Ian Love it!

I see your Green Bank Telescope and I raise you Goonhilly Earth Station: http://www.astroengine.com/?p=253

Ah, the wonders of Google Earth :)

It’s great to be able to overview the facility before going there. Looking at it on Google Earth, I planned my trip around what I could see from the air :-)

Cool post!

Cheers, Ian

]]> By: Ian O'Neill http://noisyastronomer.com/2008/11/07/google-maps-and-astronomy/#comment-128 Ian O'Neill Mon, 17 Nov 2008 19:52:00 +0000 http://astronoise.wordpress.com/2008/11/07/google-maps-and-astronomy/#comment-128 Love it! <br/><br/>I see your Green Bank Telescope and I raise you Goonhilly Earth Station: http://www.astroengine.com/?p=253<br/><br/>Ah, the wonders of Google Earth :)<br/><br/>It's great to be able to overview the facility before going there. Looking at it on Google Earth, I planned my trip around what I could see from the air :-)<br/><br/>Cool post!<br/><br/>Cheers, Ian Love it!

I see your Green Bank Telescope and I raise you Goonhilly Earth Station: http://www.astroengine.com/?p=253

Ah, the wonders of Google Earth :)

It’s great to be able to overview the facility before going there. Looking at it on Google Earth, I planned my trip around what I could see from the air :-)

Cool post!

Cheers, Ian

]]> By: George http://noisyastronomer.com/2008/11/07/google-maps-and-astronomy/#comment-126 George Sat, 15 Nov 2008 12:39:00 +0000 http://astronoise.wordpress.com/2008/11/07/google-maps-and-astronomy/#comment-126 Yahoo's mapping program has older satellite images where it shows the GBT still under construction.<br/><br/>http://maps.yahoo.com/#mvt=s&lat=38.432268&lon=-79.839432&zoom=17&q1=Green Bank%2C WV Yahoo's mapping program has older satellite images where it shows the GBT still under construction.

http://maps.yahoo.com/#mvt=s&lat=38.432268&lon=-79.839432&zoom=17&q1=Green Bank%2C WV

]]> By: Nicole http://noisyastronomer.com/2008/11/07/google-maps-and-astronomy/#comment-125 Nicole Mon, 10 Nov 2008 00:48:00 +0000 http://astronoise.wordpress.com/2008/11/07/google-maps-and-astronomy/#comment-125 Hehe, yeah, Kim, calculus can be teh suck. Good luck with your telescope! I never got quite good at handling one myself :-P<br/><br/>Thanks for the links, Rich! And I will definitely go looking for those map files. It would make sense that they'd have something like that on file, either in CVille or GB. Hehe, yeah, Kim, calculus can be teh suck. Good luck with your telescope! I never got quite good at handling one myself :-P

Thanks for the links, Rich! And I will definitely go looking for those map files. It would make sense that they’d have something like that on file, either in CVille or GB.

]]> By: Richard Drumm The Astronomy Bum http://noisyastronomer.com/2008/11/07/google-maps-and-astronomy/#comment-124 Richard Drumm The Astronomy Bum Sat, 08 Nov 2008 15:31:00 +0000 http://astronoise.wordpress.com/2008/11/07/google-maps-and-astronomy/#comment-124 The GBT image might be from aircraft, not from space. But you're right, it -COULD- be seen from space, with a large enough telescope. <br/><br/>But for topographic maps of Green Bank, stat here:<br/>http://www.cleardarksky.com/c/GrnBnkObWVkey.html?1<br/><br/>Which is the Clear Sky clock page for Green Bank. Click on "Topo Map" and you get a low resolution topo. <br/>If you need a better quality one, try here:<br/>http://mapserver.maptech.com/homepage/index.cfm<br/><br/>This one has a nice readout of the lat/lon on it as you move your mouse around. The image quality is better than the one Clear Sky Clock links to, but the map is the same, with 20 foot elevation line resolution. But, hey, it's free! One with 5 foot resolution would be nice, though... <br/><br/>That kind of resolution might require a specially commissioned (and paid for) survey. I'll bet that NRAO paid for just such a survey sometime in the past. They'll have the map on file somewhere over there... Check the library there or at HQ to see. Maybe Lance Utley in the library can help. The GBT image might be from aircraft, not from space. But you’re right, it -COULD- be seen from space, with a large enough telescope.

But for topographic maps of Green Bank, stat here:
http://www.cleardarksky.com/c/GrnBnkObWVkey.html?1

Which is the Clear Sky clock page for Green Bank. Click on “Topo Map” and you get a low resolution topo.
If you need a better quality one, try here:
http://mapserver.maptech.com/homepage/index.cfm

This one has a nice readout of the lat/lon on it as you move your mouse around. The image quality is better than the one Clear Sky Clock links to, but the map is the same, with 20 foot elevation line resolution. But, hey, it’s free! One with 5 foot resolution would be nice, though…

That kind of resolution might require a specially commissioned (and paid for) survey. I’ll bet that NRAO paid for just such a survey sometime in the past. They’ll have the map on file somewhere over there… Check the library there or at HQ to see. Maybe Lance Utley in the library can help.

]]> By: Kim http://noisyastronomer.com/2008/11/07/google-maps-and-astronomy/#comment-123 Kim Sat, 08 Nov 2008 13:09:00 +0000 http://astronoise.wordpress.com/2008/11/07/google-maps-and-astronomy/#comment-123 *Jealous.* <br/><br/>I was initially studying physics in university so I could be an astronomer. But I was not as good at the calculus as I misleadingly was in high school, so I had to minor in it instead. :( Next year I should finally be able to afford my own telescope and my years of astronomical hiatus will be over!<br/><br/>But enough of my jealous whining. :) Good luck with your experiment! *Jealous.*

I was initially studying physics in university so I could be an astronomer. But I was not as good at the calculus as I misleadingly was in high school, so I had to minor in it instead. :( Next year I should finally be able to afford my own telescope and my years of astronomical hiatus will be over!

But enough of my jealous whining. :) Good luck with your experiment!

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