Sat Issues Thailand - DO NOT MISS!

[GWR]

If Ron doesn't put some of these on the frontpage I'd be very surprised. This site is a real labour of love from Shinji Saito. Here's a selection, but it's difficult to decide where to start reading this site:-
http://www.geocities.com/satelthai/

Satellite Image of Thailand at Night:-
http://www.geocities.com/satelthai/projects/nightscape/nightscape03.jpg

Satellite Image of Chatuchak Park (Pre-BTS):-
http://www.fas.org/irp/imint/spin2_bangkok1.jpg

[ncr]

1. I have seen those nighttime 'light maps' before, but the transparent overlay onto a country map is a nice idea! Most amazing maybe how dark Laos and Cambodia are......

2. Now that's cool! I have asked for photos of the old Mo Chit bus terminal elsewhere on the forum, so far without any success. Here I finally get an idea of what it was like. (Note: this looks more like an aerial, not a satellite image. -- Correction: this was taken by the Russian KVR-1000 satellite camera system, 2 meters resolution. Traced the image back to fas.org (http://www.fas.org/irp/imint/spin.htm) where they show it as a sample; what does that have to do with Shinji Saito's site?)

[ncr]

Also compare the Mor Chit image with what it looks like today (http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=13.801339,100.553087&spn=0.005075,0.007918&t=k&hl=en) .