Satellite pic of the Big Wet
September 2, 2005 2:34 PM   Subscribe

 
That particular shot dosn't have the convention center/superdome. There was a page with 3mb fullsized images that I was looking at earlier (including that one). Don't know where they are now, though
posted by delmoi at 2:37 PM on September 2, 2005


I think someone posted it in one of the threads.
posted by delmoi at 2:38 PM on September 2, 2005


is zoomable a word?
posted by slogger at 2:40 PM on September 2, 2005


Sure?
posted by TwelveTwo at 2:41 PM on September 2, 2005


Is zoomify?
posted by Acey at 2:42 PM on September 2, 2005


That particular shot dosn't have the convention center/superdome.

Yes it does.
posted by Robot Johnny at 2:46 PM on September 2, 2005


Google Earth has updated too...
posted by SweetJesus at 2:49 PM on September 2, 2005


the Superdome is there... not sure where the convention center is.

I figured it was probably buried somewhere in a thread, but I don't think that discounts it's FPP worthiness. I had been looking for something like this before it came out.
posted by trinarian at 2:49 PM on September 2, 2005


Interesting. This photo has the same cloud pattern on it as the photo at DigitalGlobe:

http://digitalglobe.com/images/katrina/new_orleans_msi_aug31_2005_dg.jpg

but the AP stuck their logo on it?
posted by 3.2.3 at 3:02 PM on September 2, 2005


The derailed trains are pretty disturbing.
posted by thanotopsis at 3:06 PM on September 2, 2005


They probably bought the image from the same source, nothing wrong with that (though attributing the source would be useful).
posted by fvw at 3:08 PM on September 2, 2005


Nah, the images look different. Besides, the AP photo shows more of the east that the Google Earth one.
posted by SweetJesus at 3:11 PM on September 2, 2005


the convention center is right on the river between the bridge and the french quarter. To the east of the superdome.

Went there in 2000 for SIGGRAPH.
posted by Heywood Mogroot at 3:26 PM on September 2, 2005


Zoomtastic zoomination. Utterly zoomifying.
posted by xmutex at 3:56 PM on September 2, 2005


:( looks so peaceful from that distance

I feel like crying for the first time since the hurricane.
posted by Kickstart70 at 4:07 PM on September 2, 2005


Yeah, this looks like someone ran the image from earlier through Zoomify.

I actually have used Zoomifyer at work for virtual microscopy; it's actually a pretty neat Flash app, but you really do need a huge source image to get the full effect. I recommend the Baghdad image (for comparison, the source image on that is 18,000 x 12,223).

In any case, back to N.O.: Google Earth has some functionality for examining the flood damage too.
posted by Remy at 5:59 PM on September 2, 2005


Zoomtacular!
posted by thecollegefear at 8:18 PM on September 2, 2005


Dang it. My mother's house is a blurry splotch!
posted by brundlefly at 10:12 PM on September 2, 2005


NOAA has all their post-flood aerial imagery up, taken very recently (they just put up the downtown shots today.) More will be made available as they take them and process them.

If you don't know the local geography very well: As it mentions in the fine print, images have not been rotated. This means that up is not necessarily north, and it makes finding things tricky, but doable.
posted by blacklite at 12:38 AM on September 3, 2005


And since I forgot to mention it: yes, it's much much higher resolution than the sat imagery. 3 pixels to the metre. So, brundlefly, you might be able to find your mom's house.
posted by blacklite at 12:39 AM on September 3, 2005


Anybody else find the exposed roof of the Superdome to be something of a metaphor for the whole experience? This thin, pristine-looking membrane is torn off the roof of a "modern" miracle building, exposing a beaten, weathered, shabby, war-torn-looking roof of a building that failed miserably. I get goose bumps - maybe it's just me.
posted by Jazznoisehere at 5:15 AM on September 3, 2005


I think someone posted it in one of the threads..

Right.
posted by grateful at 12:20 PM on September 6, 2005


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