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Paranoia
So I’m trying to use Google Earth to check out some of the neighborhoods in the Washington DC area, and guess what? When I zoom in, I don’t see details on the homes or buildings. It’s like I’m looking at some kid’s Lego model of Capitol Hill.
Seriously. At first I thought, “Gee, the houses on this little inlet of Chesapeake Bay look similar. And, wow, they’re all painted white?”
If you have Google Earth, go take a look at Capitol Hill. Named buildings like the Library of Congress have greater detail than other places, but they’re still fakes.
Maybe there is no Capitol Hill. Maybe it’s all one giant sound stage. Maybe after the War of 1812, DC was never rebuilt.
D.
Is that a result of Cheney’s paranoia about the VP residence being visible on Google Earth?
The giant sound stage for Capitol Hill would explain a lot about our political system…
Hmm . . . yes, if you had Lego-ized only ONE residence, it would have been pretty obvious, eh?
Hunh. Online, the Google Maps/satellite view version shows buildings pretty clearly; using the Google Earth plugin produces pretty much what you describe.
I think it’s mostly a data issue. The same thing happens when I zoom in on Worcester, MA – only more so – and it gets even worse when I zoom in on the small town I grew up in.
There may be no rhyme or reason to it. Google Earth as great detail for our former home turf at the Oregon/California border — so it doesn’t seem to correlate with any sort of rural/urban metric. Unless it’s an inverse correlation.
Paranoia is more fun. There is no actual Capitol!