How did this happen? I was looking at Google Maps Street View to get an idea of the local waiting restrictions. I had dropped the "little yellow man" onto the satellite view, and was...

vulture

I was looking at Google Maps Street View to get an idea of the local waiting restrictions. I had dropped the "little yellow man" onto the satellite view, and was working my way along the road until I saw the attached. This is a straight out of camera shot of my laptop screen with absolutely nothing done to it. I can't work out how only the front part of the car is blurred/moving and everything else appears stationary and sharp. Any ideas?

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sailorWB

Google Earth's cameras are like movie cameras. That is they take individual pictures except at a relatively slow rate. Then they stitch them together. This is two pictures stitched together and the seam is where the car's wheels are. The buildings didn't move but the car did so it is in both pictures.

vulture

Thanks sailor, I knew there had to be a logical explanation; it just looks so odd when everything else is normal.

R.G. Loc: Scotland

sailorWB wrote:

Google Earth's cameras are like movie cameras. That is they take individual pictures except at a relatively slow rate. Then they stitch them together. This is two pictures stitched together and the seam is where the car's wheels are. The buildings didn't move but the car did so it is in both pictures.

Nah - that's Lady Penelope's hot hatch

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DirtFarmer Loc: Escaped from the NYC area, back to MA

Concept car out for testing.

vulture

Thanks RG and Dirt Farmer, now I'm getting the true UHH explanations that I expecte and can believe. I thought it was somebody who had been inspired by the old Tyrell six-wheeled Formula One car from way back.

LFingar Loc: Claverack, NY

Sell the photo to Motor Trend. Tell them you just discovered a new model being secretly tested!
You can see some interesting things on Google Streets and Google Earth. A while back someone saw what looked like a jet airliner lying in a lake. No airliners had been reported down so immediately the conspiracy theory idiots started claiming that they had discovered a gov't coverup. Actually, it was just a blurred image of an airliner passing over the lake as the satellite took the photo. Happens a lot with planes at lower altitudes. I found a 737 in the middle of Queens, NY one time.

vulture

Thanks for the suggestion LF, had to do a double-take when I first saw it, then wondered just how it was taken. I can understand the reflection of the 'plane in the lake but with the reputation of 737s that just could be possible.

PHRubin Loc: Nashville TN USA

Interesting..

vulture

My thoughts too, thanks for looking.

LFingar Loc: Claverack, NY

vulture wrote:

Thanks for the suggestion LF, had to do a double-take when I first saw it, then wondered just how it was taken. I can understand the reflection of the 'plane in the lake but with the reputation of 737s that just could be possible.

The new generation Boeing 737 jets have a fatal accident rate of 1 in every 12.5 million flights. Virtually identical to it's Airbus counterpart, the A320. The "Classic" 737 has a ratio of 1 in 4 million flights but few if any of the major airline fly those planes. They are in use mainly with smaller airlines where pilot training and aircraft maintenance are often major contributors. It is nearly impossible to find an 'unsafe' airliner in today's world. In normal times there are roughly 100,000 commercial flights per day worldwide and yet fatal accidents are extremely rare. Don't get caught up in the media hype. Most of those reporters and commentators know little or nothing about the nuts-and-bolts of aviation.

vulture

Don't they say, "Don't spoil the story by telling the truth", facts will never change a cherished public perception. Perhaps I've been watching too many episodes of "Air Crash Investigations".

rmalarz Loc: Tempe, Arizona

That is a rare capture of an attempt to utilize Tyrrell Formula 1 technology on a street car. It turned out that the concept really didn't work well.
--Bob

vulture wrote:

I was looking at Google Maps Street View to get an idea of the local waiting restrictions. I had dropped the "little yellow man" onto the satellite view, and was working my way along the road until I saw the attached. This is a straight out of camera shot of my laptop screen with absolutely nothing done to it. I can't work out how only the front part of the car is blurred/moving and everything else appears stationary and sharp. Any ideas?

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vulture

Thanks for finding a picture of the Tyrell Bob, it was my first impression too, then I noticed the very slight overlap of the wheels, even Ken Tyrell wouldn't have made that mistake.

sodapop Loc: Bel Air, MD

Google map street photos are loaded with overlaps and mismatches