Bing Maps Adds 41TB of Aerial and Birds Eye Photography – Awesome

Thursday, August 13th, 2009

Bing Maps Adds 41TB of Aerial and Birds Eye Photography - Awesome

The baddest search engine on the internet – Bing, just got badder. Formerly known as Virtual Earth, Bing Maps offers an awesome Birds Eye View feature which allows you to see some areas of the planet from the air, but under an angle, which offers pretty clear perspective of said area. This unsurpassed feature just got better on August 4, 2009 after folks from Microsoft Corporation added 41TB worth of aerial and birds eye photography to Bing Maps. That means there will be many more places covered at higher resolution and many more offered from birds eye perspective.

Bing Maps has a really cool demo site located at http://bingmapsupdates.cloudapp.net/ which has a really cool slideshow that will take you on a virtual tour throughout the planet. It’s a fascinating ride and I recommend everyone checking that link out. It also shows new places that Bing Maps added to their depository and has icons to indicate whether the area has aerial view or whether it also has birds eye view. Check it out, it’s really cool. Make sure you roll your mouse over Map Options and click Play Slideshow. They just sit back and indulge in your personal “around the world in a few minutes” tour.

I have been watching is whole morning and can’t seem to get enough of it. The slideshow obviously focuses primarily on newly covered areas of Bing Maps (to show what those 41TB of data were collected from) but you will see many interesting places of the world. According to Bing Community bulletin post, new satellite imagery covers extra 189,000 square kilometers of the planet and includes more than 12,000 square kilometers of new Bird’s Eye Photography. During my first few minutes of enjoying the virtual tour I have been to Taiwan, Henderson Island, Luanda, Angola, Diego Garcia and Cardamum Amihi, Maldives, Leuven, Belgium, Goteborg and Malmo, Sweden, Denali, Alaska, Huahine and Moorea, French Polynesia, Kanggye and Gumi, South Korea, Tolyatti, Russia, Wellsford, New Zealand, Pasuruan and Chatrapur, India, Pavia and Crotone, Italy, Avila, Spain, Sydney and Fredericton, Canada, San Blas, Mexico, Brazzaville, Congo, Dakar, Senegal, Bourail, New Caledonia, Munich and Stuttgart, Germany, Tubukiniberu and Ijaki, Kiribati, Xinxiang, China, Leiden and Rotterdam, The Netherlands, Graz, Austria, Upolu Samoa, Jyvaskyla, Finland, etc etc. Sweet ride. Bing Maps rules.

 

Alaska Volcano Eruption – Mt. Redoubt Reawakens

Monday, March 23rd, 2009

Alaska Volcano Eruption – Mt. Redoubt Reawakens

Alaska volcano eruption is here as expected. And not just one, according to reports from The Alaska Volcano Observatory, Mount Redoubt has erupted several time already and the activity is ongoing. What started with rumblings deep within the gorge has now turned into separate explosions as Alaska’s Mount Redoubt Volcano erupted overnight.

Remember when Beer Steak industries international reported of seismic activity at said Mt. Redoubt, near Alaska’s largest city Anchorage? Of course you don’t, but I’ll refresh you memory – just head over to Alaska Volcano Mount Redoubt Erupting Any Minute.

Mount Redoubt is located in Lake Clark National Park, 100 miles from Anchorage. It stands 10,197 foot tall and has been shaking angrily since early 2009. Come near midnight (Alaska time), Sunday March 22, The Alaska Volcano Observatory has elevated the aviation color code to RED (meaning Eruption is either imminent or underway with significant emission of volcanic ash into the atmosphere) and issued an ashfall advisory to the residents of Susitna Valley, Cantwell, Willow and Talkeetna. According to geophysicists from the Alaska Volcano Observatory, there have been a minimum of five eruptions by early Monday morning.

The first Alaska volcano eruption sent ash up to 9 miles in the air, but luckily for Anchorage residents, the ash appears to be heading north – aka in the opposite direction from Anchorage. Many Alaska Airlines flights to and from Anchorage have been cancelled.

Check out the video of Alaska volcano eruption in an interesting time lapse below:

 

Alaska Volcano Mount Redoubt Erupting Any Minute

Thursday, January 29th, 2009

Alaska Volcano Mount Redoubt Erupting Any Minute

Mount Redoubt, an Alaska volcano some 100 miles south-west of Anchorage (Alaska’s largest city) has been making rumbling noises and simmering to the points that geologists are warning it could erupt any minute. The activity of Mount Redoubt has been monitored by the Alaska Volcano Observatory since rumbling started over the weekend.

When Mount Redoubt volcano erupted in 1989, it shot volcanic dust miles in the air, causing disruption in international air traffic and clouding Anchorage area for a while. Now, almost 20 years later, the residents of Anchorage are advised to prepare for volcanic ask and stock up on food and water, as ash may make the outside air hazardous to health.

Alaska Volcano Observatory reports that seismic activity of Mount Redoubt hasn’t changed since they started monitoring it around the clock last weekend, but delivers volcanic earthquakes about once every hour. They have a couple of webcams set up at the location of Mount Redoubt with live streaming of the volcano. Take a look at it HERE

 

Tripp Easton Mitchell Johnston – What Kind of Name is That?

Monday, December 29th, 2008

Bristol Palin Holds Trig Palin Next to Levi Johnston

Behold! New Palin’s blood entered this world. Tripp Easton Mitchell Johnston, kid of 18 year old Bristol Palin and her boyfriend Levi Johnston has been spawned upon this Earth. I’m having hard time deciding who gave stupider name to their kid. Whether Ashlee Simpson and Pete Wentz who named their kid Bronx Mowgli or whether Bristol Palin and Levi Johnston with that Tripp Easton Mitchell Johnston shit. Sarah Palin must be proud. Sherry Johnston is probably even prouder.

Bristol Palin let her vagina fart out Tripp Easton Mitchell Johnston in Palmer, Alaska yesterday. Everyone was silent about it, but then sister of Sarah Palin, that attention whore spilled the bean. She also said they’d named the son Tripp Easton Mitchell Johnston. I know Bristol Palin was due any time, but who knows if that attention whore knows what she’s talking about…

Speaking of weird names – The Palins are notorious for naming their kids with all those bonus names – aside from Bristol they have Track, Willow, Piper and Trig. Now they can add Tripp to the collection. What a family!

Even though I hate kids with a passion, I’ll be polite and welcome Tripp Easton Mitchell Johnston to planet Earth. Enjoy your stay, little one. You came out of Bristol Palin’s vagina. You were this close to being a vice president’s grand son. Now you’re just some Tripp Easton Mitchell Johnston.

 

Sherry Johnston – Bristol Palin’s Future Mother-In-Law Arrested

Friday, December 19th, 2008

Sherry Johnston Barr

Sherry Johnston, mother Levi Johnston, the fiancé of Bristol Palin was arrested earlier today at her home in Wasilla, Alaska. Chuck Heath, the father of governor Sarah Palin mentioned that his grand daughter Bristol Palin was due this Saturday. Wow – so little girl is giving birth while her future mother in law is getting arrested on drug charges. That’s right – Sherry Johnston was charged with six felony counts of misconduct involving a controlled substance.

Damn, you’s think Sherry Johnston would know better. Unles it’s marihuana she got busted for. Weed is good and everybody smokes it. Except that people still get arrested for it. If she was smoking weed and got arrested for it, then WTF? But if Sherry Johnston was involved with some shit drugs, like Meth or Coke, the fuck’er! She should have stayed away from that shit now that her future daughter-in-law is the daughter of future president of the United States. WTF?

According to Politico, Sherry Johnston has been released on a $2000 bond form the Mat-Su Pretrial Facility. Sarah Palin’s spokes whore did not provide any official statement other than this was not a state government matter so they had nothing to add to it.

That’s kind of shitty. As of right now we don’t know what drugs Sherry Johnston got busted for. It’s all in the level of guessing. I hope it’s Meth, cause that would make for some wicked headlines!

Sherry Johnston Pic credit: Associated Press AP

 

Sarah Palin Turkey Killing Video

Friday, November 21st, 2008

This is the video everybody wanted to see – Sarah Palin is interviewed on a turkey farm while show off guy in the background is slaughtering turkeys. The blood is flowing and the guy is just staring at the camera as giant turkeys are being butchered. And Sarah Palin just talks and talks in the same exciting way she always does. Smile on her face is a given.

The interview was conducted by a local reporter from KTUU-TV in Wasilla, Alaska. Sarah Palin pardoned a turkey for Thanksgiving but Triple D Farms worker obviously enjoyed promenading himself within camera’s point of view slaughtering one turkey after another by putting them head first into a grinder. The moron continuously stared at the camera like he was a fucking star of the show.