Baghdad

Some old satellite images from Baghdad...

Here's Saddam's main Presidential Palace.
I believe this was Saddam's Official Residence.
Iraq's Unknown Soldier Monument.
Saddam International Airport.
The traffic circle in the center of this image is Firdos Square. That's where the famous statue of Saddam was pulled down. The big building to the northwest is the Palestine Hotel, where most of the press was (is?) staying. Just south of the Palestine is a building that used to be the Ishtar Sheridan. I'm not sure what it is today. There's a small mosque to the east of the square.

Like the images of Paris, there's no corresponding Google Map. Finding anything is a matter of finding another map and trying to figure out what you're looking at. There's a lot of interesting images here, but it's hard to figure out what some of this stuff is. This was identified on one map simply as "Clock Tower." I'm not sure what this is, but it's very near where the Iraqi Air Force Headquarters is supposed to be.

More images as I figure out what they are...

New Satellite Images

Sorry for the absence of posts here. I have been busy lately, working to get a new group blog, The Blue Voice, up and running.

I just recently discovered that Google Maps has opened up more of the world to their satellite coverage. They sometimes don't have corresponding maps with the images though, so it's hard to tell what you're looking at.

From Paris, here's the Arc D'Triomphe.
And here's Le Tour Eiffel.

More later, as I track them down.

More Censored Washington

Here's Dick Cheney's undisclosed location. This is the vice president's residence at the U. S. Naval Observatory.

Queen Mary

From Long Beach, California, here's a view of the Queen Mary. It's next door to the gigantic dome that used to house Howard Hughes's Spruce Goose. The dome is now a convention center and sports venue.