There is something to say about the print media after all when one can discover a fantastic new website through a Magazine. Through a reference in the Economist:
heywhatsthat.com is a website that plots a panorama of hills/areas that one can see from any particular point. For example, from Mt. Soledad in La Jolla, the most distant visible point is San Bernardino Mountain, 91 miles away. This site is a mashup, using google maps as the underlying data source.
The visibility cloaks and contours buttons are a nice touch, showing you the exact regions that are visible from any given point.
The process is a bit compute intensive, so it takes about 20-30 seconds for the profile to show up. However, once you enter a location, it becomes available to future users, and they can see the results right away.
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