VirtualGlobetrotting: Maps Submitted On: 2005-11-23

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Michigan State Fairgrounds
AKpilotEMT (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: AKpilotEMT.
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Home to the Michigan State Fair which is the oldest state fair in the United States. The first was held in 1849 and it has been held on this current site for 100 years from 1905-2005. (Somebody must rent the fairgrounds for car storage 'cause there sure is a lot of 'em parked there and it ain't for the fair or a funeral.)

Iraq resort near Ramadi
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By: brimwolf.
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This is an Iraqi resort near the city of Ramadi as seen from the TQ airbase near the lake and resort.

Kilgore Lake Pond (Geog. Center of North America)
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The officially published geographic center of North America is at 48 10' N, 100 10' W, placing it in a muddy pond next to Kilgore Lake.
The city of Rugby to the north-northeast is home to a stone pillar at the Conoco station at the intersection of US-2 and ND Rt 3 commemorating the center. Although the published 1930 definition of the center is some 15 miles away, the state of North Dakota prefers to argue that geographic centers are not consistently defined or measurable, therefore Rugby's main intersection is an adequate estimate.

Ponysee Lake Community
romulusnr (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: romulusnr.

Slovnaft Refinery
kjfitz (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: kjfitz.
Slovnaft, a refinery and petrochemical complex, is one of the major refineries in Central Europe, with a processing capacity of 5 to 5.5 million tons of crude oil and other feed-stocks per year. Slovnaft is situated on the south-eastern outskirts of Bratislava - the capital of the Slovak Republic. It is spread on an area of approximately 520 hectares in the locality called Vlcie hrdlo.
The complex of production units EFPA with a total value of 526 M US$ is the most important investment project in the history of Slovnaft. The units transform heavy residue with high sulphur content to components of motor fuels and fuel oil with low sulphur content. The launch of the EFPA complex allows Slovnaft to produce (since December of 2000) Eurogasoline and Eurodiesel that meet requirements for the export to the countries of European Union.

Armed Libyan SA-2 missile site
kjfitz (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: kjfitz.
This is a textbook layout. With the contrast between the desert and the equipment it is very easy to pick out the cables connecting the batteries and control equipment, radars and support vehicles.
Maybe we can get analogman to give us a detailed comment on the components of the site.
Check it out in Google Earth and you can make out the missiles and a lot more detail.
There are two more of the sites protecting the air base to the east.
Also, each of the three sites has the same collection of buildings in close proximity.

Resting Place of Rosa Parks (& Others)
AKpilotEMT (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: AKpilotEMT.
On November 2, 2005, after her funeral, Rosa Parks' casket was placed on an antique horse-drawn carriage on its way to the Woodlawn Cemetery Mausoleum where she was laid to rest. Also interned at Woodlawn are the likes of several of Detroit's prominent politicians and businessmen.

Dow Chemical Company headquarters
AKpilotEMT (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: AKpilotEMT.

Letisko Bratislava / Bratislava Airport (BTS)
kjfitz (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: kjfitz.

Pez Candy factory
n0sy (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: n0sy.
Home of little candies that come in trendy dispensers

Itacoatiara
arleyramos (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: arleyramos.
Considerada a mais bela praia da região oceânica de Niterói, Itacoatiara é cercada por morros arborizados e picos que se elevam do mar até altitudes que superam os 400 metros. Seu canto esquerdo apresenta um relevo rochoso que é popularmente conhecido como "costão".
Na praia, à direita do "costão", está a pedra do "pampo", nome herdado do Itacoatiara Pampo Clube. Essa pedra divide a praia de Itacoatiara (o praião, uma faixa contínua de areia de cerca de 700 m) do recanto da "prainha", de águas mais propícias para o banho de mar.
Seu litoral possibilita a formação de correntes marinhas que privilegiam a prática do surf e do bodyboard como em poucos lugares do Estado, sendo comum a realização de campeonatos e competições. Em 1993, ao cobrir a etapa local de um campeonato de “Big-Riders” (surfistas de ondas grandes), o programa Globo Esporte teve a oportunidade de gravar o que chamou de "as maiores ondas surfadas no Brasil já televisionadas". Um outro esporte praticado no local, é o peculiar "surf de montanha".
Existem diversos pontos favoráveis ao mergulho amador e profissional. Um dos pontos mais disputados, em suas proximidades, é o da Enseada do Bananal, só acessível através de embarcações ou, então, por uma trilha.
É possível comer um bom sanduíche em um dos seis quiosques espalhados ao longo da orla que é coberta por uma vegetação de restinga.

Kamzik TV Tower
The Kamzík TV Tower is a 200 metre high TV Tower overlooking the City of Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia. It sits on Kamzík hill, part of the Little Carpathians. The Kamzík TV Tower was built in 1975 and has an observation deck and restaurant open for visitors. Its design is somewhat unusual.

Bomb Crater Amid SA-2 Site
pdunn (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: pdunn.
The cables linking what used to be SA-2 missiles to their radar are still visible, appearing as the pizza slice shapes in the middle of the berms. A meium-sized crater is visible where the cable intersects the road.

Airplane landing at Birmingham International Airport
TexasAndroid (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: TexasAndroid.

Fortaleza de Santa Cruz
arleyramos (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: arleyramos.
Em 1555, Villegaignon improvisou uma fortificação para a defesa da entrada da Baía de Guanabara. Tomada por Mem de Sá dois anos mais tarde, foi ampliada, recebendo o nome "N.Sra. da Guia", origem da Fortaleza de Santa Cruz. Com uma área construída de 7.153 m2, passou por reformas e teve seu poder de fogo ampliado por ordem do Vice-Rei Conde de Cunha, visando proteger o embarque do ouro de Minas Gerais, feito no Porto do Rio de Janeiro. A Fortaleza de Santa Cruz participou de momentos importantes de nossa história, impedindo invasões francesas e holandesas. Enquanto presídio, recebeu figuras ilustres como José Bonifácio, Bento Gonçalves e Euclides da Cunha.Durante a Revolta da Armada, lutou contra o Forte de Villegaignon. Em 1922, na Revolta Tenentista, disparou contra o Forte Copacabana. Seu último disparo, contra cruzador Tamandaré, foi dado em 1955.

University of Maine
romulusnr (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: romulusnr.

Lafayette Place (Mobile Home Park)

Partially assembled Libyan SA-3 missile site
Very similar to the other sites in the area along with the support buildings.
I only make out three launchers and it isn't clear that they have missiles mounted. There looks to be anothet three launchers clustered in the parking area of the buildings.
I assume this site is being set up or taken apart.
Perhaps there is some rotation of activation among the three sites with one or more taken out of service for rest / maintenance.

Broken MiG
pdunn (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: pdunn.

Green Acres is the Place To Be
Green Acres Park

Wiffle Ball factory
n0sy (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: n0sy.
Where the yellow plastic bats and white plastic balls come from

General Motors Powertrain Austria Plant

DeWitt Field

Libyan communications facility with very tall antennas
Note the shadows on the four very tall antennas.
It doesn't "feel" like these are anything covert or military. There is almost no defensive installations that you'd expct if these were important intel or military antennas.
You can also make out the three concrete foot pads fo each support cable around each antenna.

Funny Place To Park a MiG
pdunn (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: pdunn.

Hafen Freudenau shipping terminal

Club Danube Golf Club and Hotel
Club Danube is a fitness center with sports facilities throughout the Vienna area.

Slovakian President's Palace
The dominant of Hodzovho Square is a beautiful garden rococo palace built facing the city walls by its facade. It belonged to the Count Anton Grassalkovich and was built in 1765 by the architect Mayerhofer. The extensive garden is now a public park, where a bust of baroque composer J. N. Hummel born in Bratislava is placed. Famous composer and virtuoso Joseph Haydn conducted the home orchestra there in the year 1772. During the reign of the communists the palace served the needs of Bratislava children for their after-school activities. Since the reconstruction in 1996 the palace serves the needs of state representation as the residence of the President of the Slovak Republic.

MiGs In The Scrap Heap

Possible coastal defense missile site
There are two other similar sites nearby. Like the others this one has the same support buildings nearby.
This one does not seem to be armed unlike the other two.

Helicopter in flight
TexasAndroid (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: TexasAndroid.

Cemetery amongst the trees
Neat pattern of trees.

GM Test Tracks

Eastside Tennis and Fitness Club

Midland Community Tennis Center
Site of the Dow Corning Tennis Classic in February.

Chatterton Middle School

Octagonal apartments

Iraqi MiG in Desert
One of a number of Iraqi aircraft dispersed in desert berms in and around this airfield near Al Ramadi

Slovakian Paliament Building
Picture

Sozialmedizinisches Zentrum Ost
Thumnail is of hi-res portion.

Iraqi MiG in Desert
One of a number of Iraqi aircraft dispersed in the desert around an airbase north west of Ramadi

MSC Complex
Fields of the Midland Soccer Club. Thumbnail shows some of their expansion on the northwest corner of the property.

Hazel Park Harness Raceway

Iraqi MiG in desert
One of a number of Iraqi aircraft dispersed around this airfield near Al Ramadi

Iraqi MiG in Desert
One of a number of Iraqi aircraft dispersed around this airfield near Al Ramadi

Iraqi MiG in desert
One of a number of Iraqi aircraft dispersed in and around this airfield near Al Ramadi

Red dot
dda (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: dda.

Iraqi Mig in Desert
One of a number of Iraqi aircraft dispersed in and around this airbase near Al Ramadi

Iraqi MiG in desert
One of a number of Iraqi aircraft dispersed in and around this airbase near Al Ramadi