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It sounds like he used a combination of Arial footage and street views to locate the town. Having located it he could have traveled there or even called, but in
by onemoreact 15y ago
It sounds like he used a combination of Arial footage and street views to locate the town. Having located it he could have traveled there or even called, but instead use other services to talk to people in the area. So, IMO it really was Google street views coupled with maps that let him find the place.
PS: He remembered the Khandwa train station and surrounding area not a street name and not what the area looked like from space.
- pbhjpbhj 15y ago@sausax, no need to think whether Google have street views (note not Streetview) in India - http://maps.google.com/maps?client=ubuntu&channel=fs&q=Khandwa%20train%20station&oe=utf-8&gl=uk&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hl=en&sa=N&tab=wl http://maps.google.com/maps?client=ubuntu&channel=fs&... is an image of Khandwa station on Google. IIRC Google Earth have used Panoramio (sp?) for location images for some time, longer than they've offered Streetview or indeed location views on Google Maps.
- mayanksinghal 15y agoAny particular reason to chose Khandwa? (I am curious as I am from that town and it is not particularly well known)
- pbhjpbhj 15y agoUnless I made a mistake Khandwa is where the man was from and he tracked his family from a memory of the station there.
- mark_up 15y agoI find Helvetica footage works best when trying to track down long lost family members.
- sausax82 15y agoI don't think google has street view available in India.