Mick West | Response to Dr. John Accusing me of Faking an Image @MickWest | Uploaded May 2019 | Updated October 2024, 15 hours ago.
I was accused of manipulating an image by YouTuber "Dr. John D", and his accusations are false.
I don't normally get into tit-for-tat video discussions, but here there's a potential for confusion if I don't address it, and potential for increasing understanding if I do.
Basically, John did not realize you can zoom in to as much as 1° FOV (2000+mm) in Google Earth. So he moved the camera instead. The result was a very different image, and so he assumed I'd faked mine somehow, maybe with increasing the terrain height.
In fact, the image is just a zoomed in image using the Photo trick in Google Earth
Dr. John's Accusation: youtube.com/watch?v=7uxoImpTJ5U
His Original video: youtube.com/watch?v=6VqCWgkCm5A
My video critiquing him, which is where he says I faked the image of the cliff, which I did not. youtube.com/watch?v=9fJBrCs6VXM
Google Earth file of my zoomed-in image: metabunk.org/attachments/worthing-to-beach-head-detail-kmz.37305
My Email exchange with Dr. John from before he made his video, where I show him that it's using a photo overlay. I include screenshots with all the information. metabunk.org/f/Dr.John%20Email%20Explaining%20Zoom.pdf
Discussion on Metabunk: metabunk.org/demonstrating-the-curve-of-the-earth-with-observations-of-beachy-head-from-worthing.t10724
I was accused of manipulating an image by YouTuber "Dr. John D", and his accusations are false.
I don't normally get into tit-for-tat video discussions, but here there's a potential for confusion if I don't address it, and potential for increasing understanding if I do.
Basically, John did not realize you can zoom in to as much as 1° FOV (2000+mm) in Google Earth. So he moved the camera instead. The result was a very different image, and so he assumed I'd faked mine somehow, maybe with increasing the terrain height.
In fact, the image is just a zoomed in image using the Photo trick in Google Earth
Dr. John's Accusation: youtube.com/watch?v=7uxoImpTJ5U
His Original video: youtube.com/watch?v=6VqCWgkCm5A
My video critiquing him, which is where he says I faked the image of the cliff, which I did not. youtube.com/watch?v=9fJBrCs6VXM
Google Earth file of my zoomed-in image: metabunk.org/attachments/worthing-to-beach-head-detail-kmz.37305
My Email exchange with Dr. John from before he made his video, where I show him that it's using a photo overlay. I include screenshots with all the information. metabunk.org/f/Dr.John%20Email%20Explaining%20Zoom.pdf
Discussion on Metabunk: metabunk.org/demonstrating-the-curve-of-the-earth-with-observations-of-beachy-head-from-worthing.t10724