Aerials

 
DZH22 said:
Ugh I hate seeing how much open space there still is out in the Seaport area! It will be siphoning off demand from the bigger potential projects downtown for decades.
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It strikes me every time I see aerials of The Seaport - it seems like no matter how much gets built, there's still sooooooo much space left to fill.
 
^^Let's not run amok--
It's mostly windswept wasteland, (very low FAA) jetwash zone in the range of ~89-140'.
Good on Boston for what ultra-soundproofed hotel vomit, gets summarily thrown up out there,
w/ guests shuttled in/out through basement garage tunnels.
 
you can also see the Winthrop garage under construction or maybe just the vacant lot
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There's a whole trove of aerials, mostly 1920s to 1950s, here.

Can anyone help date this photo? (full size) The best I can do is between 1915 (Andersen Bridge complete) and 1929 (semicircular bleachers at the north end of the stadium not yet installed).

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The EGE said:
There's a whole trove of aerials, mostly 1920s to 1950s, here.

Can anyone help date this photo? (full size) The best I can do is between 1915 (Andersen Bridge complete) and 1929 (semicircular bleachers at the north end of the stadium not yet installed).

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I think that might be a date/timestamp in the lower-left corner.
(7-1-25-2P)
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July 1, 1925 2:00pm???
 
Great catch, thank you! Looking at some other photos confirms you're spot-on.
 
F-Line to Dudley said:
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^^ Bookmark this site. Its satellite refreshes are 6+ months more up-to-date than Google's.

Check the difference in GLX aerial progress here vs. here.
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Yeah but with Google's you get a joyfully maneuverable, highly detailed 3D model of the entire city. The key is to hold "control" on the keyboard and let the mouse do the spinning and zooming. It's like a 1000x better version of the straight-down satellite views. Better still if you "remove labels" so it's just you and the city.
 
DZH22 said:
Yeah but with Google's you get a joyfully maneuverable, highly detailed 3D model of the entire city. The key is to hold "control" on the keyboard and let the mouse do the spinning and zooming. It's like a 1000x better version of the straight-down satellite views. Better still if you "remove labels" so it's just you and the city.
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Where was it ever suggested that this was a Google replacement?

The one thing Google doesn't do well is update satellite imagery more than once a year to year-and-a-half. So if you need aerials reflecting recent changes, you have to supplement with outside sources. This site has the most up-to-date imagery I've yet seen with any aerials catalogue...ranging from less than 6 months to no more than a year. So when you have to supplement for a more recent look, this site is a rec.

Absolutely no one said "replace Google with this". I don't know how that ever entered consideration.
 
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