JLWM8609 Posted August 14, 2008 Share Posted August 14, 2008 I was playing around on google maps today on the sat. view, and found this outside of Austin near Smithville. Is that the name of a family that settled nearby or something? Certainly interesting to say the least. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heights2Bastrop Posted August 14, 2008 Share Posted August 14, 2008 There are three Lueckes listed in the area phone book, but none match that Zip Code. I know that location well, The dark green strip to the left of the name and just above the intersection of 71 and 153 is Buescher State Park. I will be in Smithville this weekend, and I Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
memebag Posted August 14, 2008 Share Posted August 14, 2008 From NASA:We also made an empirical estimate of spatial resolution for lower contrast vegetation boundaries. By clearing forest so that a pattern would be visible to landing aircraft, a landowner outside Austin, Texas (see also aerial photo in Lisheron 2000), created a target that is also useful for evaluating spatial resolution of astronaut photographs. The forest was selectively cleared in order to spell the landowner's name 'LUECKE' with the remaining trees (figure 10). According to local surveyors who planned the clearing, the plan was to create letters that were 3100 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLWM8609 Posted August 15, 2008 Author Share Posted August 15, 2008 That is VERY interesting. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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