Mike's Borestone Homepage


Boarstone Mountain, Maine (virtual image using USGS topographic grid data and Vistapro)



Last updated January 25, 2004

 

Here's a job I worked on.  It was really interesting.  My task was to improve the robotic machine vision and fuel door recognition algorithms for the Shell SmartPump Project.  Here is a link to the Shell SmartPump car refueling project I worked on for almost 2 years in the Los Angeles area.

SmartPump Machine Vision... click here   (Thanks to Louis Brassard PhD, ISE)  (sorry this link is broken)

 

SEE MY WEBCAM: see what's going on at Sebec Lake, Maine... probably nothing... but isn't that nice.... click here.

Picture for today... click here.

Me and my dad, he's in his 80th year here

Pictures from Maine added here

 

Travels:

              California here

              Hong Kong 1998  here

              Hong Kong 1999  here

              Hong Kong, China, Thailand 2001  here

             Austin  here

            Quebec  here  

           

One of the things I like most is hiking. This page describes my favorite small mountain in Maine, Boarstone Mt. (or Borestone) located near the town of Monson. It's a very easy mountain to climb with a great view from the top.

The image above is of Boarstone and Barren mountains from Sebec Lake. It was made using a program called Vistapro which can deliver realistic images of landscapes using 30 meter grid data from the US geologic survey (USGS).

Vistapro software lets you see what a place looks like before visiting and you can explore places you can't visit, like Mars and Venus using USGS and NASA data.

 

This is my cat, Tigie.

                            

Real Boarstone Pictures...  Really

                 

View of Chairback - Barren Range

 

 

Panorama from the summit of Borestone.

 

Photo and Vistapro rendering comparison from the Onawa Trestle looking across lake Onawa. Boarstone is to the left, Barren to the right. The trestle provides a unique vantage point for one of the prettiest spots in Maine. Few people have the opportunity to see this view save for the train crews, venturesome hikers and those who have summer camps on lake Onawa.

 

·        Directions to Boarstone.

·        Email: mmccormack_@yahoo.com

 

The Onawa Trestle crosses Ship Pond stream at the outlet of Lake Onawa. The trestle is part of the former Canadian Pacific railway between New Brunswick and Quebec. It is 1200 feet long and 130 feet above the stream.

 

The westbound Scoot crosses Onawa trestle with Boarstone mountain in the background. Credit: (Maine Rail Photos)

An eastbound freight led by an FP7 and RS18s passes through Onawa just before crossing the large trestle over Ship Pond Stream. Credit: (Maine Rail Photos)

 

This is an aerial view of the region using Vistapro. Borestone is at the upper left.

Ice Age Borestone.

 

More images to click on

 

·        An interesting site with reference to Boarstone

 

 

Here is some music I made by playing guitar and singing using the computer sound card to record...

                  Music 1 - I Love You, Martina McBride

                  Music 2 - Here There and Everywhere, Beatles - Paul McCartney

                  Music 3  Ashokan Farewell or Ashoken  from the PBS Civil War series

                  Music 4 - Instrumental (this one I made up)