Japan before and after photos done right

[(vikm)]

Not sure if this link (or similar) has been posted but MSNBC has done the best job in presenting the before and after pics, imo.

The slider is a nice mechanism and helps provide a cleared understanding of the destruction that was caused. I find it much better than a simple mouse over. The pics are unbelievable as one would imagine. Still, to see them is just well, unbelievable.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42083890/ns/...iapacific/

[jdc]

These have been all over -- but cool what modern tech can do.

[M>B>]

Posted earlier http://forums.macresource.com/read.php?1,1114974

Thanks for refreshing the page!

[M A V I C]

I think this one is better done: http://www.abc.net.au/news/events/japan-...eafter.htm

http://forums.macresource.com/read.php?1...sg-1115079

[MacDoxy]

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2011/...sheadlines&emc=thab1

[(vikm)]

Ahhh, sorry. I hadn't really clicked any of the before and after pic threads as I'd just seen much of it documented on the news via video. I figured most had seen the pics but I hadn't seen the slider bar presentation and thought it pretty slick.

I'm still just amazed at how it looks hundreds of times worse than if a war had broken out. Incredible and very saddening.

[gabester]

So here's a question - when remaining landmark features of the before/after don't line up right is it because the two pictures just don't quite line up 100% due to slightly different satellite position? Or is it because of the force of the earthquake actually moving the land mass?

Followup - if you knew your property borders (say by GPS demarcation) before the quake, do you retain that position relative to everything else or do you keep the GPS coordinates so dirt under your property boundary shifts?

Finally - since all these towns are devastated, how will the Japanese know which areas belonged to Burakumin before and need to be avoided?

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[WHiiP]

gabester wrote:
So here's a question - when remaining landmark features of the before/after don't line up right is it because the two pictures just don't quite line up 100% due to slightly different satellite position? Or is it because of the force of the earthquake actually moving the land mass?

Followup - if you knew your property borders (say by GPS demarcation) before the quake, do you retain that position relative to everything else or do you keep the GPS coordinates so dirt under your property boundary shifts?

Finally - since all these towns are devastated, how will the Japanese know which areas belonged to Burakumin before and need to be avoided?

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If you look in the bottom right hand corner you will see a "Before/After" button. Click on it and you will see the whole picture "Before" and then click again and you will see the whole picture "After". Then everything lines up . . .

[OWC Jamie]

Everything may not line up perfectly, but a lot of rivers and bays are now a lot larger and shifted, especially along the coast. If it seems that what you are seeing is the scouring affect of walls of water, that's probably just what you are seeing.