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YotaMan20
Location: Washington Gender: Male Total Likes: 250 likes
| | | Using Google Earth in a rural area... < on 3/29/2016 3:05 AM > | Reply with Quote
| | | Hi everybody. I have been spending a lot of time on Google Earth as well as UER. After doing some searching, I was unable to find a good "write up" on Google Earth usage. Many places I see on GE look abandoned but can be deceiving in this area. Like this:1. Worth the drive? Hard to tell. What are some of the tricks you use when searching for places on GE? Any advice for a n00b like me?
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Location: Indiana Total Likes: 50 likes
| | | Re: Using Google Earth in a rural area... < Reply # 5 on 3/29/2016 4:24 PM > | Reply with Quote
| | | I find pretty much all of my locations on Google Earth. Those that I haven't found through google earth I've found while driving to somewhere I found through google earth. For the particular example shown, I wouldn't make the trip just for that location, not matter how close or far it was. I may drive by it to scope it out if it was on the way to some other location, but on it's own it's not worth it. It's small and doesn't look that exciting. For potentially abandoned rural locations, I've found a few things can tell you a lot about a building. Most of them are common sense. 1. Plant growth is huge. In rural areas especially, abandoned buildings aren't going to have anyone on landscaping duty. If you see tall grass, overgrown bushes, anything like that, it's a good sign. Inversely, trimmed bushes and a manicured lawn are a sure sign that the area is occupied. 2. Also look out for a lack of paths towards the building in question. If plants have overgrown the path to the building, or better yet if there is no visible path the building, it's a very good sign the property is abandoned. 3. Use street view when you can. Many rural areas don't have any street view data but it's always worth checking. It's pretty easy to tell whether or not a location is abandoned on street view. 4. Always look for the obvious stuff too. Caved in roofs or holes in the wall means the building legally can not be occupied. 5. Rusted roofs will catch your attention, but they're a very poor indicator of whether or not a building is inhabited. If it were me making the decision and the only indicator of vacancy were a rusted roof, I wouldn't do it. 6. If you're not sure about a location, google it (if it looks big enough to come up on google). Use street view to find building/company names. If that's not an option, and it often isn't, google the address. The address will typically turn up a company/owner name which can then be googled to get more information and boom suddenly you're a historian on the place. 7. Look for cars. If there is a car there that looks like it could move, it's probably got a driver. If there's not a car there, the place could be vacant. I personally use google maps satellite view, not google earth, but google earth, I believe, has a function where you can look up the date and time when the image you are looking at was taken. That might not be true, but if it is that information could be used to your advantage. If the picture was taken early in the morning or late at night, or on a weekend, and there's no car, that's a better indicator of vacancy then if it's at noon on a Tuesday.
That's pretty much all I got. When you're trying to decide if a location is abandoned you gotta look at the evidence and weigh it for yourself. There is never a sure shot that something is abandoned or even still there if you're using google earth. A location is worth visiting when you have enough evidence to make the risk negligible compared to the pain of driving there.
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| Peptic Ulcer
Location: Katy, TX Gender: Male Total Likes: 839 likes
"Isn't it fun - being bad?"
| | | | Re: Using Google Earth in a rural area... < Reply # 7 on 3/29/2016 4:34 PM > | Reply with Quote
| | | Google earth is a useful tool overall to spot potential sites and to map out locations you're interested in. The street view is probably the best tool for confirming if a building is abandoned. There can be a disconnect however. I've found that the satellite view is usually more current than the street view so make sure you compare the two images. When looking on a satellite view, I tend to look for large structures, with roof damage. As Blackhawk pointed out, railways and bodies of water are also a good place to start. Typically, these places will have roads leading into/in front of the building that you can use street view to confirm. As far as rural exploration, it's an absolute crap shoot, GE or not. I've run into places that I would have sworn were abandoned based on what I saw on GE, infiltrated it only to find a truck or car parked on the property and people living in really crappy housing. I do a ton or RUREX, more out of necessity than desire, and it's always more dangerous than most urban settings. Farmers with guns, hoboes, meth cookers and pot growers are all standard dangers facing rural abandonments. Generally these places aren't even that interesting inside but the exteriors can be neat. Remember, it's called Urban EXPLORATION. If all you want to do is just go see cool abandonments then you are missing out on half the fun. The journey, the spontaneous discovery of another site while on the road, and the time you spend with friends and family are all part of the hobby. My best explores have come by just driving by someplace and saying, "Oh look a fence! Bet there's something cool behind that or they wouldn't be trying to keep me out!"
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