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‘Vomit Comet’ at Pima Air and Space Museum Aerial View

A NASA ‘Vomit Comet’ is show below at the Pima Air and Space Museum. These types of planes provide a feeling of a weightless environment for training, research or even for you favorite movie!
Pima received a famous aircraft in December 2004, the NASA ‘Vomit Comet’ which was regularly used in the training of [...]

Virtual Bird's Eye | July 21st, 2008 | Continued

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Ernest Hemingway House Chicago Aerial and Bird’s Eye View

Today marks the birthday of Ernest Miller Hemingway in 1899. Below you will find the link to his restored childhood home located in Oak Park Illinois.
The first son of Clarence Edmonds Hemingway, a doctor, and Grace Hall Hemingway, Ernest Miller Hemingway was born in a suburb of Chicago. He was educated in the [...]

Virtual Bird's Eye | July 21st, 2008 | Continued

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Apple Inc Corporate Headquarters Aerial and Bird’s Eye View

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL, LSE: 0HDZ, FWB: APC), formerly Apple Computer, Inc., is an American multinational corporation with a focus on designing and manufacturing consumer electronics and closely related software products. The company’s best-known hardware products include the Macintosh line of personal computers, the iPod line of portable media players, and the iPhone. Apple’s [...]

Virtual Bird's Eye | July 16th, 2008 | Continued

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Big Brother 10 House Aerial and Bird’s Eye View

The popular TV Show Big Brother has recently started for the 2008 season in the USA with a new set of house guests for us all to watch. Below is the house from an aerial view - make sure and click the Bird’s Eye view to get a closer look!
Big Brother is a [...]

Virtual Bird's Eye | July 13th, 2008 | Continued

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New Harley Davidson Museum Aerial and Bird’s Eye View

Today marked the opening of the new Harley Davidson Museum in Milwaukee Wisconsin. This event has been 105 years in the making! At the museum they have items including the very first Harley Davidson ever built and also Elvis Presley’s Harley Davidson!
As you can see in the map below, the museum was [...]

Virtual Bird's Eye | July 12th, 2008 | Continued

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Some Site Changes - Come Look!

There were quite a few site changes this weekend. General layout stayed the same, just added some new things and change a few colors to make it my own.  There are still a few items I need to work on, but those are minor and don’t decrease the functionality.
Any suggestions are also welcome!  Thanks again [...]

July 20th, 2008 | Virtual Bird's Eye | 0 comments | Continued
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Kilauea Volcano Aerial View

This post has it’s roots in the current events section at OSEI - daily reports of images of signifant events from around the world. On July 10th, the site posted about the eruptions currently happening on the island with the image shown in the post. To see images from the Virtual Earth Live [...]

July 10th, 2008 | Virtual Bird's Eye | 0 comments | Continued
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Indianapolis Motor Speedway Virtual Seating Map Using MapCruncher and Virtual Earth

A while back Microsoft released a program called MapCruncher – an easy way to georeference an image to be placed right on top of Virtual Earth Maps.
MapCruncher™ beta for Microsoft® Virtual Earth™ is a newly-released, innovative tool that allows anyone to import maps, layer them, and share them on a website using the Microsoft Virtual [...]

July 7th, 2008 | Virtual Bird's Eye | 0 comments | Continued
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The Motorcycle Hall of Fame Museum Aerial and Bird’s Eye View

Founded in 1990 by the American Motorcycle Heritage Foundation, the goal of the Motorcycle Hall of Fame Museum is to tell the stories and preserve the history of motorcycling.
Located on the campus of the American Motorcyclist Association in Pickerington, Ohio, the Museum’s three major exhibition halls feature the machines and memorabilia of those who [...]

July 6th, 2008 | Virtual Bird's Eye | 0 comments | Continued
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The Declaration House (Graff House) Aerial and Bird’s Eye View

Although the house where Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence was torn down in 1883, the house has been rebuilt in 1975 to be an almost exact copy thanks to the Independence Hall Association
Finding his lodging in the heart of the city uncomfortable, he removed to the rooms of Jacob Graff. Graff was [...]

July 4th, 2008 | Virtual Bird's Eye | 0 comments | Continued
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Declaration of Independence at the National Archives Aerial View

It’s the 4th of July here in the US - currently the Declaration of Independence is currently at the National Archives building in Washington DC.
The United States Declaration of Independence was a statement adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, announcing that the thirteen American colonies then at war with Great Britain were [...]

July 4th, 2008 | Virtual Bird's Eye | 0 comments | Continued
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Boston Tea Party Museum Aerial and Bird’s Eye View

Currently under renovation, the Boston Tea Party Ship and Museum are shown on Virtual Earth in the map below. Check out the link below to read more about the renovation. First, a little history about the Boston Tea party from their site:
On May 10, 1773, the British parliament authorized the East India Co., [...]

July 2nd, 2008 | Virtual Bird's Eye | 0 comments | Continued
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Worlds Largest Wind Farm - Horse Hollow Wind Energy Center Aerial View

It’s located right here in the US – Texas to be exact! It’s the Horse Hollow Wind Energy Center.
Horse Hollow Wind Energy Center is the world’s largest wind farm at 735.5 megawatt (MW) capacity. It consists of 291 GE Energy 1.5 MW wind turbines and 130 Siemens 2.3 MW wind turbines spread over nearly [...]

July 1st, 2008 | Virtual Bird's Eye | 0 comments | Continued
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Six Flags New England Aerial and Bird’s Eye View

Six Flags New England, or SFNE, is a theme park in the Six Flags chain of parks, named for the New England region in which it is located. Six Flags New England is located in greater Springfield, Massachusetts, in the nearby town of Agawam, Massachusetts. Like most other Six Flags parks, Six Flags New [...]

June 28th, 2008 | Virtual Bird's Eye | 0 comments | Continued
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Lego Home Office Aerial and Bird’s Eye View

Here is the location of the Lego office and Factory location. This post was created after reading some interviews over on Gizmodo.
The name ‘LEGO’ is an abbreviation of the two Danish words “leg godt”, meaning “play well”. It’s our name and it’s our ideal. The LEGO Group was founded in 1932 by [...]

June 27th, 2008 | Virtual Bird's Eye | 0 comments | Continued
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Golden Gate Bridge Aerial, Bird’s Eye and 3D View

The Golden Gate Bridge is a suspension bridge spanning the Golden Gate, the opening of the San Francisco Bay onto the Pacific Ocean. As part of both US Highway 101 and California Route 1, it connects the city of San Francisco on the northern tip of the San Francisco Peninsula to Marin County.
The Golden [...]

June 24th, 2008 | Virtual Bird's Eye | 0 comments | Continued
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Washington Monument Aerial, Bird’s Eye and 3D View

The Washington Monument is the most prominent, as well as one of the older, attractions in Washington, D.C. It was built in honor of George Washington, who led the country to independence, and then became its first President. The Monument is shaped like an Egyptian obelisk, 555’ 5/8” high, and averages 30 to 40 [...]

June 24th, 2008 | Virtual Bird's Eye | 0 comments | Continued
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