For reference: line of sight from smokestack to pole next to bus stop (see rest of thread) 2/
Smokestack and adjacent building are good match for shape, color, and angle at 00:06. Credit goes to @Peter_0_0_g for finding the smokestack. 3/
Now, starting from the very first frame, these two buildings at 46.093147 33.697102 seem like a nice match. Note: Selfie videos have a mirroring effect, that's why the buildings appear on opposite sides of the road (h/t @ve5ukka). 4/
At 00:02, a narrow dirt path running parallel to the main road ends, right where a dirt road perpendicular to the main road begins. 5/
Bus stop and cross walk at 00:05. The bus stop has been repainted to more Russian colors, I'm assuming after annexation (#CrimeaIsUkraine). Credit goes to @stillesich for finding the bus stop and photo. ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1… 6/
This tree right next to the bus stop, visible at 00:05, is a nice match to the tree in the photo, with the trunk splitting into two branches near the ground. (h/t @nicomen) 7/
The line of sight from the smoke stack to the pole runs through a gap between the trees after the bus stop. A dirt road running parallel to the main road can be seen next to the pole at 00:06. 8/
A dirt road perpendicular to the main road after the bus stop can be seen at 00:11. 9/
Tutorial thread on how to overlay Sentinel-2 imagery in Google Earth Pro and blend them into an animated slide show using PowerPoint. (1/8)
In this animation by @bradyafr, high-resolution Google Earth imagery serves as a reference to help the audience understand what they’re seeing in the subsequent low-resolution imagery from Sentinel-2.
I wanted to make something similar for this cultural center that was destroyed in Novopetrivka, Kherson Oblast two weeks ago during the AFU offensive in the region.
Thread on why the @GeoConfirmed map, when combined with Google Earth PRO and @OpenSreetMap infrastructure data, is a powerful geolocation tool for those researching the war in Ukraine. 1/12
For this example, I'll be using the Google Maps version of the GeoConfirmed map (tinyurl.com/2uas5rjp), and will manually import its associated KMZ file into Earth PRO. I think this parred-down version is a bit cleaner for geolocation. 2/12
You’ll want your map to refresh regularly, so in Earth PRO, click “Add -> Network Link” and select your KMZ file, entering something like “GeoConfirmed” for “Name:” Go to “Refresh” and change “Time-Based Refresh” to “Periodically”, setting the time period to once every hour. 3/12
Tutorial 🧵 on how to import infrastructure such as power lines into Google Earth Pro from OpenStreetMaps using Overpass Turbo. 1/6
Go to overpass-turbo.eu and click “Wizard”. For power lines in Ukraine, for example, enter “power=line in Ukraine” into the prompt and click “build query”. 2/6
This will generate code for Overpass Turbo’s native database language to query the results. Change “timeout:25” to “timeout:100” to give the system more time to query this relatively large dataset. Now click “Run”. 3/6
FIRMS and Sentinel-2 reveal that a building was destroyed in #Novopetrivka, #Kherson Oblast, between Oct. 2 and Oct. 3. @GeoConfirmed 47.429190, 33.465831