All Posts Tagged With: "Virtual Earth"
The Reno Arch Aerial and Birds Eye View
If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed or stay up to date with me on Twitter. Thanks for visiting! The original Reno Arch, built in 1926, didn’t say “The Biggest Little City in the World.” It wasn’t erected to add glitz to a downtown casino district (casino gambling didn’t [...]
20Nov2008 | Virtual Bird's Eye | 0 comments | Continued
Seaplane Landing in Lake Union Seattle
There are a bunch of Seaplanes in Lake Union in Seattle Washington - check out some of these images - click the images for some views of the planes. If you pan around, there are quite a few around - some docked and a couple moving around!
A seaplane is a fixed-wing aircraft capable of taking [...]
Browse Virtual Earth and Win a Zune Contest Starts NOW!
Today we start a round of contests here on Virtual Bird’s Eye! The first contest is to win a Microsoft Zune 4GB Black music player. Also, we have a couple of Microsoft T-shirts in the hopper as well, so we’ll send out a couple of those as well to some runner ups!!
13Nov2008 | Virtual Bird's Eye | 0 comments | Continued
2008 CMA Awards Location - Sommet Center Nashville
Recognized worldwide as “Country Music’s Biggest Night™,” the CMA Awards represent the pinnacle of achievement for Country Music artists, musicians, producers, publishers, songwriters, video directors and industry executives who work in America’s most popular music genre.
12Nov2008 | Virtual Bird's Eye | 0 comments | Continued
Chicago Building Demolition Bird’s Eye View
A building on the South Side of Chicago is getting demolished as the Bird’s Eye View plane was flying overhead. From looking at other map sources, Google Map Link (use street view), it appears that maybe some of the structure was remodeled to use in the current building.
Anyone know the building and when this [...]
USS Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor Aerial and Bird’s Eye View
The USS Arizona is the final resting place for many of the ship’s 1,177 crewmen who lost their lives on December 7, 1941. The 184-foot-long Memorial structure spanning the mid-portion of the sunken battleship consists of three main sections: the entry and assembly rooms; a central area designed for ceremonies and general observation; and [...]
7Nov2008 | Virtual Bird's Eye | 0 comments | Continued
The United States Capitol Aerial and Birds Eye View
The United States Capitol in Washington, D.C., is among the most architecturally impressive and symbolically important buildings in the world. It has housed the meeting chambers of the Senate and the House of Representatives for almost two centuries. Begun in 1793, the Capitol has been built, burnt, rebuilt, extended, and restored; today, it stands [...]
4Nov2008 | Virtual Bird's Eye | 0 comments | Continued
The White House Aerial and Bird’s Eye View
For two hundred years, the White House has stood as a symbol of the Presidency, the United States government, and the American people. Its history, and the history of the nation’s capital, began when President George Washington signed an Act of Congress in December of 1790 declaring that the federal government would reside in [...]
4Nov2008 | Virtual Bird's Eye | 0 comments | Continued
Fort McHenry Aerial View- Inspiration For “The Star Spangled Banner”
Designed by Ghanan Jean Foncin in 1798 and named after James McHenry, a Scots-Irish immigrant and surgeon-soldier who became Secretary of War under President Washington, Fort McHenry was built after America won its independence to defend the important Port of Baltimore from future enemy attacks. It was positioned on the Locust Point peninsula which juts [...]
2Nov2008 | Virtual Bird's Eye | 0 comments | Continued
USS Torsk - Submarine Fired The Last WWII Torpedo
Looking around Baltimore today we found another submarine docked and wondered. After looking around we found out that it is the USS Torsk, and is responsible for sinking the last WWII Japanease ship with a torpedo. After that, it was used as a training sub and is called the ‘divingest’ of the US Navy because [...]
2Nov2008 | Virtual Bird's Eye | 0 comments | Continued
In Flight - Planes Around Denver International DIA
There a re quite a few planes flying around Denver International Airport. These below are just the first post using just the aerial view, there are a few more in the Bird’s Eye View, but those will come in another post later. There is one in particular in this group that has a shadow, but [...]
26Oct2008 | Virtual Bird's Eye | 0 comments | Continued
The Golden Goose Has Been Found
Chad Zimmerman over on The Earth Is Square found this unique set of roads in the middle of Pennsylvania that with some imagination represents a flying goose. To top it off, there is even what apperars to be an eye that makes it seem even more realistic (it’s actually a house). If you want to [...]
8Oct2008 | Virtual Bird's Eye | 0 comments | Continued
Survivor Gabon Aerial View of Filming Location
Not exact (can’t zoom in close enough), and the Aerials aren’t that good in the area, but this is the area where the current, Survivor Gabon season 17 was filmed. Click for a larger map using Virtual Earth that you can pan and zoom around.
Gabon sits on the Equator in western Africa. Oil, timber, and [...]
St. Louis Rams - Edward Jones Dome Aerial and Birds Eye View
The Edward Jones Dome (more formally known as the Edward Jones Dome at America’s Center) and previously known as The Trans World Dome or TWA Dome is a multi purpose stadium in St. Louis, Missouri, and home of the St. Louis Rams of the NFL. It was constructed largely to lure an NFL team [...]
24Aug2008 | Virtual Bird's Eye | 0 comments | Continued
Seattle Seahawks - Qwest Field Aerial and Bird’s Eye View
Qwest Field is a stadium built for football and soccer located in Seattle, Washington, USA. It serves as the home field for the NFL’s Seattle Seahawks, the men’s and women’s Seattle Sounders soccer teams, and will be home of Major League Soccer’s Seattle Sounders FC beginning in 2009. The stadium opened in July 2002 [...]
24Aug2008 | Virtual Bird's Eye | 0 comments | Continued
Arizona Cardinals - University of Phoenix Stadium Aerial and Birds Eye View
The University of Phoenix Stadium, with its retractable roof and field, is unlike any other stadium in North America, and a marvel of design, engineering, and technology. This multi-purpose facility is located in Glendale, Arizona.
The primary tenants in the stadium include the NFL’s Arizona Cardinals and the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl. The 63,400-seat stadium (expandable [...]
San Diego Chargers - Qualcomm Stadium Aerial and Birds Eye View
August 20, 1967 – the San Diego Chargers take the field to play their first game in the newly completed San Diego Stadium. Formerly the Los Angeles Chargers, owner Barron Hilton had been convinced by local sports writer Jack Murphy to move his team from the LA Coliseum to San Diego. Unfortunately, San Diego [...]
22Aug2008 | Virtual Bird's Eye | 0 comments | Continued
Coolio.
Ghost towns! 
What a beautiful view. Only parasailers know the feeling, eh? 
Thanks. The location on your web site is definitely the current site for The Biggest Loser. I have been able ...
@Mike - comment form is corrected. As for your question, I don't know the name of the facility, you ...