Handzus' Stupid Fro wrote:I do know what you're saying in regards to the "undeveloped" feel to the Comtron surroundings, but remember, it may not necessarily indicate an undeveloped area, per se.
Looking at an image of the area taken in 1980 (it was built in 1978 apparently), it's literally a combination of the two, underdevelopment in a developed area, literally… you couldn't make it up.
Handzus' Stupid Fro wrote:Haha so awesome. HOTRS and Comtron all within the same several days. Amazing how all of this stuff is right under our noses. I've canvassed the city a million times myself... I probable looked right over it. Search and rescue isn't in my future!
I quickly realised it wasn't Santa Clarita after scoping it out in Bing Maps (fantastic tool, much better than Google Earth for scoping), the absolute only location that raised a doubt there, was the old Lockheed Skunkworks plant up near the hills in the north of Santa Clarita, (after studying the stills I posted, I was utterly convinced it was very near to hills) and that location had the trees and the hills and was a raised location, but using Google Earth's timeline, and Historic Aerials ruled it out.
But like I said, I was convinced it was located near to undeveloped hills, so to cover more ground quickly, I used Google Earth with the timeline set back to as far back as it'd go, and focused simply on industrial parks on the edges of developed area's near to hills (which is when Google Earth's terrain settings really come into there own) thought much of the L.A. area was either too developed, or too flat so worked my way west instead, Simi Valley first, then thought I might be on to something when I saw some similarly styled buildings in Calabasa, then continued west and saw it instantly.
Of course, I came here to post it, then noticed you'd posted in this thread and immediately thought, sh*t… I bet I've just been beaten to it.
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