Scale Model of China-India border found in Google Earth

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  • RayBonga
    too cool for highschool
    • Nov 2005
    • 12164

    #1

    Scale Model of China-India border found in Google Earth

    This is one of the most interesting finds in Google Earth in quite some time. A few weeks ago a first time poster, called KenGrok, at the Google Earth Community (GEC) discovered a very exact scale model of some mountainous region located in the middle of a desolate area in north central China. Seen in Google Earth the huge scale model is .9 km tall by .7 km wide. It is adjacent to what looks like a military base with many camouflaged vehicles. Last week, the same poster found the location the scale model represents - a region occupied by China but claimed by India near north central India. If you turn on the "Borders" layer in GE you will see they are colored red to indicate the dispute. Another GEC member showed how exact the scale model is by taking a screen shot of the satellite photo of the scale model and overlaying it over the real terrain (turn the image overlay on and off to see how exact it is). This scale model was most likely created for military reasons. Someone posted a description of why a military terrain visualization is critical for military purposes.


    http://www.gearthblog.com/blog/archi...cale_mode.html
  • Mr. Soul
    Confirmed User
    • Jul 2005
    • 1633

    #2
    I'm confused. What am I looking at and why is it interesting?

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    • Mr. Romance
      The Face of Romance and the Symbol of Freedom
      • Mar 2005
      • 7821

      #3
      Google earth rocks


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      • OG LennyT
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        • Jun 2003
        • 14345

        #4
        I dont get it
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        • vas
          Confirmed User
          • Dec 2003
          • 562

          #5
          from what i gather, the chinese created a scale model of an area thats being disputed by india and china, for military training purposes or such..

          i could be wrong..
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          • Xenophage
            Registered User
            • Oct 2001
            • 12122

            #6
            thats fuckign insaine can you imaging how long it must have taken to build that. AWESOME !!!!!

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            • crockett
              in a van by the river
              • May 2003
              • 76818

              #7
              Damn that's a lot of effort to put into something that they wouldn't plan on taking for their self.

              Seems like China has some plans there.. would be about like Israel making a scale model of Lebanon before they invaded.
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              • avalanche
                Confirmed User
                • Feb 2005
                • 1922

                #8
                That's awesome!
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                • Bdiddy
                  Confirmed User
                  • Mar 2006
                  • 2456

                  #9
                  I wonder why they would do that?

                  lol
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                  • BoyAlley
                    So Fucking Gay
                    • Nov 2004
                    • 19714

                    #10
                    Originally posted by LegendaryLars
                    thats fuckign insaine can you imaging how long it must have taken to build that. AWESOME !!!!!

                    I know, look how detailed the damn thing is, and the whole thing is an accurate scale model?

                    Freaky.

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                    • reynold
                      Too lazy to set a custom title
                      • Oct 2002
                      • 51271

                      #11
                      You'll never find 'trust' among these countries. Anyway, nice find google!

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                      • salsbury
                        Confirmed User
                        • Feb 2002
                        • 1070

                        #12
                        ahh. the first impression i had was that they superimposed that section on the left over a larger image. the link in the blog "overlaying it over the real terrain" explains it perfectly.

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