new jersey geographer » nature http://njgeo.org GIS and planning in New Jersey Mon, 23 Jan 2012 15:50:32 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Two Recent Stories on Aerial Photography http://njgeo.org/2008/08/27/two-recent-stories-on-aerial-photography/ http://njgeo.org/2008/08/27/two-recent-stories-on-aerial-photography/#comments Thu, 28 Aug 2008 02:26:51 +0000 John Reiser http://njgeo.org/?p=15 Continue reading →]]> With all the recent news about cattle orienting themselves in cardinal directions (and the debate on the story’s veracity) I found it more interesting that the researchers used Google Earth to find oriented photography, instead of say, going out and observing cattle.

“The Last Guy” introduces an even more esoteric use of aerial photography. This zombie/survival action game for the Playstation 3 uses high-res aerials of cities as the playing field.

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