View Full Version : Anyone ever used Google Earth?
Gunny 07-21-2006, 10:23 AM http://earth.google.com/
download this program and you can search the globe, the mapping is in such detail I actually found my house and saw the roof.
Amazing stuff, I think it was taken early this year.
I kinda wish it would be really upto date the images so I could look in on whats going on in Lebanon.
avvie 07-21-2006, 11:48 AM Google Earth is the Total Shizznit! The finest of digital globes!
Be sure to check out the topography and building settings where applicable.
Hawaii's aerial photography just got added very recently. Now I can see my house...type in 300 Nehu Place, Kihei, HI
Check out the twin sister program "Stellarium"...it's basically "Google Sky", and it works in real time. If you zoom in on a planet, you have to freeze time; otherwise the planet just zips out of sight due to our rotation and it's orbit.
I kinda wish it would be really upto date the images so I could look in on whats going on in Lebanon.
you wouldn't see much ... too much smoke
Vigsted 07-21-2006, 12:14 PM Gunny, do you have any idea how many satelittes would have to orbit earth for uptodate pictures of the entire globe?
And I used it for the last 3 weeks to track the progress of every stage in the Tour de France, pretty cool actually.
Hoffa 07-21-2006, 01:14 PM Big brother, as well as anybody's brother, is watching...:eek:
titanbuoy 07-21-2006, 01:35 PM I can see my Niagara Falls store... and it looks like my car is parked out back! What the heck am I doing there?
LazyManJackson 07-21-2006, 01:40 PM Google Earth says I live right in the middle of a field............................
Still great though! :)
Sledge 07-21-2006, 02:24 PM I can see my Niagara Falls store... and it looks like my car is parked out back! What the heck am I doing there?
Dude, I'll be in the Falls on the 11th of August, where's your store?
Sledge 07-21-2006, 02:24 PM Google Earth says I live right in the middle of a field............................
Still great though! :)
Isn't that what England is, a huge field? Then they're right on LOL
maximus 07-22-2006, 01:41 PM I love google earth
That's sweet. Anyone know if the beta version (version 4) is better?
Anyone know the address to LP Field?
Ah nevermind, think I found the field :)
Seems like some places, like where I live, have bad resolution. But other places have really good resolution. Like I can see the 4 seats I had season tickets for at The Colesium 2 years ago :O
avvie 07-23-2006, 02:30 AM Here's where I went fishing this morning:
20 degrees 56'43.42"N
156 degrees 19'10.83" W
Lava fields, strong winds, crashing waves... :cool:
Seems like some places, like where I live, have bad resolution. But other places have really good resolution.
Pardon if I misunderstand your statement...
The low resolution is satellite imagery. The high resolution is aeriel photography; I don't think they're coming from the same camera. Look for superimposed clouds. Also notice the dark/light shading of the pictures.
Vigsted 07-23-2006, 05:41 AM The low resolution is satellite imagery. The high resolution is aeriel photography; I don't think they're coming from the same camera. Look for superimposed clouds. Also notice the dark/light shading of the pictures.
yeah it's a mix, at the bottom of the screen you can see where Google got the images from (TerraMetrics, GeoContent, NASA, etc.).
Can someone explain to me why there's so much detail in Missouri though??
Didn't notice there were different ways of photographing what I was looking at. I'll try version 4 for the hell of it.
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