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Posted by: GWN7 Jul 18 2005, 02:05 AM

http://earth.google.com/

Google Earth streams the world over wired and wireless networks enabling users to virtually go anywhere on the planet and see places in photographic detail. This is not like any map you have ever seen. This is a 3D model of the real world, based on real satellite images combined with maps, guides to restaurants, hotels, entertainment, businesses and more. You can zoom from space to street level instantly and then pan or jump from place to place, city to city, even country to country.

It's interesting what you can see with it....

Posted by: balljoint Jul 18 2005, 02:07 PM

Fun. I can see my neighbourhood, and my street and my house. Bit fuzzy after that, but I think that's my wife's fuzzy silver car there in the driveway and I am pretty sure that is my neighbour's fuzzy dog pooping on my front lawn.

Posted by: SLITS Jul 18 2005, 03:37 PM

Wow, they caught Ahndie peeing on the fence..................

Hey, I even spotted #4. It had a Joshua Tree growing out of it.

Posted by: Dr. Roger Jul 18 2005, 04:11 PM

The pics of my neighborhood are about 2 years old.

Satelite pics show no mega homes where there are many now.

Very cool.

Checking out the Rubicon Trail where we go camping, dirt biking, and 4 wheeling. Nice detail of our camp site. =-)

Hey, is that G-friend skinny dipping?

Posted by: bperry Jul 18 2005, 06:04 PM

Lately I've been playing with their WEB version of maps.

http://www.google.com/maps

You can switch between map and satellite views and can drag
the image around using the mouse. I like it alot better than
Yahoo, or Mapquest.

This is nice for those that can't run the Google Earth application.

--- bill

Posted by: TimT Jul 18 2005, 06:33 PM

I found my house, had the 911 in the driveway, and my boat on the trailer in the back.

I sold the boat 4 years ago, so the pic is kinda old

very cool though

Posted by: Elliot Cannon Jul 19 2005, 12:04 AM

Pretty scary stuff. Especially Zois' house! I got the GPS co-odinates for targeting purposes.
Cheers, Elliot

Posted by: Brent Jul 20 2005, 04:24 AM

Damn thats fun to spin the world with your mouse!

Posted by: CptTripps Jul 20 2005, 07:36 AM

I like this one better...

http://moon.google.com/

...no joke!

Posted by: URY914 Jul 20 2005, 07:48 AM

QUOTE (CptTripps @ Jul 20 2005, 05:36 AM)
I like this one better...

http://moon.google.com/

...no joke!

Hey you're right, here is a mooning pic I found on Google...

Attached image(s)

Posted by: Demick Jul 20 2005, 08:20 AM

QUOTE (CptTripps @ Jul 20 2005, 06:36 AM)
I like this one better...

http://moon.google.com/

...no joke!

be sure and zoom in all the way to see moons surface close-up.

Posted by: CptTripps Jul 20 2005, 08:26 AM

I love their sense of humor with that stuff...

Posted by: seanery Jul 20 2005, 09:18 AM

check out the arial of our local track, Putnam Park:
39' 34'59.44" N
86' 44'38.39" W Elevation 840 ft

post the coordinates of your local track(s) so we can all take a look see