{"id":1078,"date":"2010-05-21T22:50:33","date_gmt":"2010-05-21T14:50:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/taiwanairpower.org\/blog\/?p=1078"},"modified":"2010-10-17T22:21:01","modified_gmt":"2010-10-17T14:21:01","slug":"shu-lin-kou-air-station","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/taiwanairpower.org\/blog\/?p=1078","title":{"rendered":"Shu Lin Kou Air Station (Updated)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For several years, I have been trying pinpoint the location of former <a href=\"http:\/\/shulinkou.tripod.com\/Dawg1.html\" target=_blank>Shu Lin Kou Air Station<\/a>, a military installation responsible for gathering sensitive intelligence from the 1950s into 1970s.  But the landscape of Linkou has changed so much in last decades that almost no leftovers of the installation can be found on Google Earth.  Fortunately, with CORONA satellite imagery available, I can finally locate this secretive site by comparing the landmarks and roads that still remains nowadays.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/taiwanairpower.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/shulinkou_1966.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/br>Shu Lin Kuo Air Station in 1966.  There is an abandoned airfield built by the Japanese in the WWII era on its east side.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/taiwanairpower.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/shulinkou_1969.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/br>Shu Lin Kuo Air Station in 1969.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/taiwanairpower.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/shulinkou_area_1969.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/br>Shu Lin Kou Air Station and its neighborhood in 1969.  The current Military Police School can be seen in the image, although I am not sure if it was used for the same function at that time.  &#8220;The winding road up the hill&#8221; referred to by <a href=\"http:\/\/members.tripod.com\/Shulinkou\/dawg7b.html\" target=_blank>this page<\/a> must be Dakeh Road.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/taiwanairpower.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/shulinkou_area_2002.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/br>The extent to which Lin Kou area has changed in last forty years is obvious in this 2002 Google Earth image.  Luckily, the MP School, Fushing Street, and Dakeh Road remain today, which proves to be very helpful to my work.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/taiwanairpower.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/shulinkou_area_composite.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/br>The 1969 CORONA image overlaid on top of 2002 Google Earth photo.<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"red\"> The kmz file for finding the site with the 1969 image overlaid on Google Earth is available <a href=\"http:\/\/bbs.keyhole.com\/ubb\/ubbthreads.php?ubb=download&#038;Number=951104&#038;filename=Shulinkuo1969.kmz\">here<\/a>.<\/font>   As of this writing, Google Maps uses satellite imagery taken in 2006 for Lin Kou area.  As Lin Kou is one of the fastest growing townships in Taipei County, many buildings had been erected in the mere four years between these images were taken:<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"425\" height=\"350\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" marginheight=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com.tw\/?ie=UTF8&amp;ll=25.06803,121.368713&amp;spn=0.034986,0.087204&amp;t=k&amp;z=14&amp;brcurrent=3,0x3442a14a23cff311:0x5f8ed96b93c47fd2,1,0x345d5538b0b6645f:0x5aa90dfa6620edc0&amp;output=embed\"><\/iframe><br \/><small><a href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com.tw\/?ie=UTF8&amp;ll=25.06803,121.368713&amp;spn=0.034986,0.087204&amp;t=k&amp;z=14&amp;brcurrent=3,0x3442a14a23cff311:0x5f8ed96b93c47fd2,1,0x345d5538b0b6645f:0x5aa90dfa6620edc0&amp;source=embed\" style=\"color:#0000FF;text-align:left\">\u6aa2\u8996\u8f03\u5927\u7684\u5730\u5716<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For several years, I have been trying pinpoint the location of former Shu Lin Kou Air Station, a military installation responsible for gathering sensitive intelligence from the 1950s into 1970s. 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