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Post by GEBBL »

Cool write up! It reminds me of the amateur osint that was carried out after Donald Trump showed the aerial photo of the Iranian power facility (iirc) and people were able to work out the exact coordinates and flight path of the satellite that took the photo from using the shadows on the ground. Amazing.

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Post by pintxo »

Doing this quite often as we are currently looking for a new house. Real estate offerings here in Germany often omit the actual address. So some research on the actual location is needed. It’s fun and reduces the list of possible objects easily without communicating with the realtor.

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Post by pintxo »

pintxo wrote: post #4

Doing this quite often as we are currently looking for a new house. Real estate offerings here in Germany often omit the actual address. So some research on the actual location is needed. It’s fun and reduces the list of possible objects easily without communicating with the realtor.

Standard approach is to check the provided pictures for any containing the roof or parts of it. Color of the tiles, the form of windows etc are good features to look for on a google maps satellite view.

This usually brings up several possible matches. These can often be reduced by checking any interior pictures Including windows showing the immediate surroundings. Adding nearby buildings as features to look out for.

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Post by pintxo »

phreeza wrote: post #2

If you enjoy this kind of thing, you may like the Geoguessr game ( https://www.geoguessr.com/ ), and this guy on youtube who is really good at it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xApbqwtnSzs&list=PL_japiE6QK...

Goeguessr is the best. Remember the day it put me right in front of a street sign basically stating the exact location.

But then in the next game you are placed right on midway island with no clues but sand and some birds...

Fun times

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Post by polytely »

phreeza wrote: post #2

If you enjoy this kind of thing, you may like the Geoguessr game ( https://www.geoguessr.com/ ), and this guy on youtube who is really good at it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xApbqwtnSzs&list=PL_japiE6QK...

That guy (GeoWizard) has an amazing video series where he attempts to cross the whole country of Wales while walking in a straight line [0], it is honestly one of the best things I've ever seen on the internet.

[0]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7w986ni7_g&list=PL_japiE6QK...

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Post by kl4m »

GEBBL wrote: post #3

Cool write up! It reminds me of the amateur osint that was carried out after Donald Trump showed the aerial photo of the Iranian power facility (iirc) and people were able to work out the exact coordinates and flight path of the satellite that took the photo from using the shadows on the ground. Amazing.

This one? "Trump Tweets Sensitive Surveillance Image Of Iran" https://www.npr.org/2019/08/30/755994591/president-trump-twe...

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Post by thepangolino »

pintxo wrote: post #4

Doing this quite often as we are currently looking for a new house. Real estate offerings here in Germany often omit the actual address. So some research on the actual location is needed. It’s fun and reduces the list of possible objects easily without communicating with the realtor.

Any idea on why the address is not provided?

I just find this practice really annoying and I don't see how it helps sell a property.

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