Addresses from Aerial Photos, the Dummies Version

where's the "beginning"?

People type some of the strangest questions into internet search bars. Sometimes it's because they're pure-D stupid people, and sometime it's because they just don't know the right words to put together. That made no difference whatsoever to the bots that collected queries for eHow.com, much less the people who volunteered (for a few bucks) to answer them. Repeat DotD Neal Litherland now returns to pretend to answer the nonsensical query "How to Find a Physical Address by Looking at an Aerial Map" for Sciencing.com.

We have no idea why someone could even ask that question, but someone did. Let's be honest: without a map overlay of some sort, the only way you can pluck a street address out of midair is to already know some of the addresses. That's not what Litherland said, of course, because that would not have been enough words to earn his stipend. 

No, Neal had to pretend to have a solution to a problem he stated as,

"...if you have a historical [sic] photo or an aerial picture provided to you without text, you can still use a few navigational techniques to find a physical address."

The weakness with that argument, of course, is that a "historical" photo may not have the necessary landmarks. But even if it does overlay nicely with a modern map, Neal's "solutions" seem wanting, especially pronouncements like,

"Determine what block the address you're looking for is on by finding the beginning of the street and counting the blocks."

Really? Find "the beginning of the street"? Don't be stupid: streets start (and end) in random blocks and a lot of them cross the zero line! Neal also tried to tell us that,

"Numbered streets, such as 12th Street, generally are even numbers for one direction, such as north-south, and odd numbers for east-west streets, but the rule varies by location."

We have no idea where Litherland came up with that crapoid claim (something not supported by his sole reference). We aren't certain, but we suspect that is Litherland's clumsy interpretation of the house-numbering system in most cities, or perhaps the "street" vs. "avenue" difference in a few cities (e.g., San Francisco, Tucson).  And finally, Neal says to,

"...count the lots until you find the the address you're looking for on the aerial map..."

We defy our Dumbass of the Day to show us lot lines on an aerial photo. Nope, just more bullshit from a freelancer who has no idea what he's talking about.

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