h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Useing google maps find an airliner in flight over open conutry (not on or near an airfield)

+3 for the first post with location in any form as long as it can be found by all.

Good hunting

http://earth.google.com/kmlpreview/#url=http%3A%2F%2Fbbs.keyhole.com%2Fubb%2Fubbthreads.php%3Fubb%3Ddownload%26Number%3D92337

you may need to download the plugin, but it will zoom in on the jet

All I could find was parked planes on runways, however, I did find this...

http://googlesightseeing.com/maps?p=&c=&t=h&hl=en&ll=-67.671202,45.827043&z=17

Just north east of this is another site and there is one just south west aswell.

"Google sightseeing -- why bother seeing the world for real?"

logicus

I said google maps as everyone should have access but good find +3 dgi

Silvernalot
Same comment but +3 dgi

I hadn't noticed it was QI, so I was wondering why you started distributing dgi's in <./>askh2g2</.>

i can't get google maps

Sorry about that mate

Can't access google maps at the moment, but am I right in thinking that it starts of at high altitude with a satalite image and then switches to photos taken from a plane as you zoom in?

Tell the truth I am not at all sure. Anyone got any idea?

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=34.219497,-118.490634&num=1&t=h&sll=34.111228,-118.394024&sspn=0.006295,0.006295&ie=UTF8&ll=34.219483,-118.490236&spn=0.000776,0.00114&z=19&iwloc=near&source=embed

How about that...

Ok, its on approach to an airfield...

The problem is with Google Maps, is its taken from a relatively low flying airplane, so spotting an aircraft under it is quite difficult - as they would have to be even lower flying - streetview should be easier to find....

Or there's this one from Google Streetview:

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=16+Beverley+Ave,+Hounslow,+England,+United+Kingdom&sll=51.317984,-0.130998&sspn=0.010447,0.01929&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=16+Beverley+Ave,+Hounslow,+Greater+London+TW4+5,+United+Kingdom&ll=51.46363,-0.378655&spn=0.001302,0.002411&t=h&z=19&layer=c&cbll=51.46375,-0.378781&panoid=GhlwvIqTKhbgrRHUlH_giQ&cbp=12,71.35,,0,3.6

Argon0

Ah but there is one Argon

And as street view is harder +2

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=&ie=UTF8&ll=51.57722,-0.696956&spn=0.001834,0.004174&t=h&z=18&om=1

Result well done +3 now comes the sting in the tail Masaqui you set the next Scavenger hunt 2

Silvernalot
Toybox +3 DGI

Argon +2 DGI within airport area
Masaqi +3 Correct sighting (there are others)

The DGI should go to logicus instead of me

Ah OK I had to download a plugin for that OK +2 logicus