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/
I made a simple Python tool for estimating the distance of an explosion in a video based on the sound delay between the flash and boom of the explosion. Link: github.com/davidnewschool…
The use case is geolocating an explosion when you only have one geolocated POV, while normally at least two POVs are required to triangulate the position of an event. You just need to know the location of the POV and the direction of the event.
The concept is based on the explanation of @Dmojavensis who wrote his own custom script (I believe in MATLAB?). Give him a follow, he's a very talented geolocator.
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