Comments on: NYC From Above

NYC From Above

ericb — Thu, 07 May 2009 09:10:10 -0800

Aerial Virtual Tour of New York City -- navigate with your arrow keys (or the embedded controls). Change views on the lower left. [via Gothamist]

By: Astro Zombie

Astro Zombie — Thu, 07 May 2009 09:11:47 -0800

Everybody on the ground was pointing up at me and screaming.

By: The Whelk

The Whelk — Thu, 07 May 2009 09:12:44 -0800

Peter Parker Vision: Actual images.

By: gman

gman — Thu, 07 May 2009 09:17:36 -0800

Everybody on the ground was pointing up at me and screaming. You could've avoided that by informing people of the photo-op, dickhead.

By: ocherdraco

ocherdraco — Thu, 07 May 2009 09:19:45 -0800

I was thinking of posting this. Nice. Could anyone figure out how to pause it? I found it really annoying that it just keeps spinning.

By: Burhanistan

Burhanistan — Thu, 07 May 2009 09:21:53 -0800

NYC is so often overlooked for photo shoots, so it's good that we finally can catch a glimpse of this unknown backwater.

By: not_on_display

not_on_display — Thu, 07 May 2009 09:31:18 -0800

I liked finding the picture of the guy looking out the window of the skyscraper.

By: ericb

ericb — Thu, 07 May 2009 09:41:24 -0800

You could've avoided that by informing people of the photo-op, dickhead. BTW -- $328,000 Photo: White House Will Release Picture from Air Force One NYC Fiasco.

By: Acey

Acey — Thu, 07 May 2009 09:42:26 -0800

Now imagine if they made one of those fancy 360-degree cameras small enough to fit in your mouth or maybe even your ear...

By: ricochet biscuit

ricochet biscuit — Thu, 07 May 2009 10:03:47 -0800

Could anyone figure out how to pause it? I found it really annoying that it just keeps spinning. Always twirling, twirling, twirling towards freedom. I like that in the "downtown" view, the camera is next to a mirrored glass wall. I spun the view to look into the mirror to see if I could see the camera, and found myself face to face with a bemused dude looking out the window.

By: gman

gman — Thu, 07 May 2009 10:14:20 -0800

I found it really annoying that it just keeps spinning. That's actually you revolving around New York.

By: Oddly

Oddly — Thu, 07 May 2009 10:58:06 -0800

Yeah, you'd BETTER keep your invisible flying fishbowl out of Queens, bitch!

By: ocherdraco

ocherdraco — Thu, 07 May 2009 11:02:32 -0800

That's actually you revolving around New York. Oh. I thought New York revolved around me.

By: adamms222

adamms222 — Thu, 07 May 2009 11:07:52 -0800

Um, Google Earth?

By: Burhanistan

Burhanistan — Thu, 07 May 2009 11:15:26 -0800

Google Earth doesn't autoplay cheesy derivative ambient music, though.

By: grubi

grubi — Thu, 07 May 2009 11:34:53 -0800

I want to go to there.

By: grubi

grubi — Thu, 07 May 2009 11:35:09 -0800

(No seriously, I want to go to there.)

By: eyeballkid

eyeballkid — Thu, 07 May 2009 12:39:03 -0800

Man. That is really cool. And that's nothing like Google Earth.

By: orville sash

orville sash — Thu, 07 May 2009 12:44:59 -0800

Holy browser crashing, Batman! No, seriously. It crashed my browser. Batman wasn't actually involved. Just accidentally wrote this in the wrong post. Feel free to favorite there as well!

By: rokusan

rokusan — Thu, 07 May 2009 16:30:31 -0800

Konami code doesn't work.

By: zzazazz

zzazazz — Thu, 07 May 2009 16:48:17 -0800

Wow, that was very cool. Thanks.

By: fidgets

fidgets — Thu, 07 May 2009 20:25:06 -0800

Hey I can see the Mets suck from up here!

By: papercake

papercake — Fri, 08 May 2009 06:55:12 -0800

I wish it was really an "aerial virtual tour of the city," as advertised. Instead it's just some pictures from high above that you can spin around? Meh.