Google Earth

Eline · Post by **Eline** » Tue Jul 05, 2005 8:58 am

This is a fun program to spend an hour on!

And downloading is free, I think http://earth.google.com/

You can fly to different places and zoom in etc., quite fun! Though not everything in the world looks sharp, my house is just a big blur. But the cathedral in Rome is quite sharp for example.

Anyone else tried this yet? I heard that Microsoft was developing something like this as well, but can't find anything about it except for some news articles like http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,120968,00.asp

Legion · Post by **Legion** » Tue Jul 05, 2005 12:55 pm

can't download... anyone have the installer to hand?

Impactor returns 2.0 · Post by **Impactor returns 2.0** » Tue Jul 05, 2005 1:02 pm

Cool - whats North Korea like?

Eline · Post by **Eline** » Tue Jul 05, 2005 1:15 pm

Legion wrote:can't download... anyone have the installer to hand?

hmm... I've thrown away the installation file. Why can't you download?

Autobloke · Post by **Autobloke** » Tue Jul 05, 2005 7:50 pm

Bah - 'Download Unavailable'.
And I wanted to check if my house had any loose roof tiles...

Legion · Post by **Legion** » Tue Jul 05, 2005 10:06 pm

me want! me want!

me can't have!

me sulk.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Tue Jul 05, 2005 10:37 pm

The web-based version is http://maps.google.com/

Although, until recently, they only had USA, UK and no satellite images.

Legion · Post by **Legion** » Tue Jul 05, 2005 11:22 pm

oh, is it the same thing?
ok, then me already got! me happy!

can see my house from here!
http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=51.55879 ... &t=k&hl=en

yipee! the joys of Leyton!

saysadie · Post by **saysadie** » Tue Jul 05, 2005 11:57 pm

Oh my god.

If the zoom were just a little bit better I'd be able to see my parent's house. That's ******' creepy!

I see the dirt road just off the highway... the field surrounding our house... even the little bits of scrub bush around the area. I used to play in that scrub bush!

And woah dude, I can see my apartment building from here!

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 12:02 am

My house is safely tucked away under a nice fluffy white cloud.

http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=51.55879 ... &t=k&hl=en

A pity my area is under such lo-res, though.

Eline · Post by **Eline** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 9:20 am

If anyone's still interested, I do have the installer file and can mail it.

It's about 10 MB.

Legion · Post by **Legion** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 11:27 am

thanks Eline, but they've re-enabled the download!

it's cooler than the online version as you can tilt your point of view and see 3d buildings (in some american cities anyway)...

Autobloke · Post by **Autobloke** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 4:45 pm

Bah, mine came out crap.
I live in that pale blue bit, right by the sea.
http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=52.65695 ... &t=k&hl=en

But I used to live here (centre of pic), which came out much better.
http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=51.76677 ... &t=k&hl=en
Oh the excitement...

Señior's Covenant · Post by **Señior's Covenant** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 5:13 pm

Say, on that google satillite stuff. Is this something updated fairly often or just some database? I refreshed a couple of times to see if anyone was perhaps visiting my household, but noticed a couple of semi trucks still in the same spot on the freeway to the left of my house.

Legion · Post by **Legion** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 8:28 pm

um, it's not really updated, i can't find the FAQ that states how old the pictures are, but i think it's something that's been compiled over a long period of time. certainly, i don't think it's going to be able to be used to check up on visitors.

Señior's Covenant · Post by **Señior's Covenant** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 8:46 pm

It is the year 2005... ...and Chuck still doesn't have the level of technology he feels he should have available at his fingertips.

Bummer.

Legion · Post by **Legion** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 9:19 pm

Señior's Covenant wrote:It is the year 2005... ...and Chuck still doesn't have the level of technology he feels he should have available at his fingertips.

The technology exists, just not available to general public!

saysadie · Post by **saysadie** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 10:19 pm

Legion wrote:The technology exists, just not available to general public!

Thank ****!

Seriously though, that (web version- I can't dl ****, not my comp

)thing kicks ass.

Metal Vendetta · Post by **Metal Vendetta** » Thu Jul 07, 2005 12:30 am

Eline · Post by **Eline** » Thu Jul 07, 2005 6:12 am

Señior's Covenant wrote:Say, on that google satillite stuff. Is this something updated fairly often or just some database? I refreshed a couple of times to see if anyone was perhaps visiting my household, but noticed a couple of semi trucks still in the same spot on the freeway to the left of my house.

I talked with the Google Earth guys, and they said that the data is 1-3 years old. It is continously updated, but since it takes a year for a satellite to fly around the world, it might take some time. They don't have satellites all over the world taking pictures all the time.

It also depends on the companies/municipalities/etc who actually buy the data. If no-one wants to buy for sharp photos in your general area, then you will remain blurry.

You can always get them to take the pics you want, if you pay.

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