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Paul K 28-06-2005 19:21
Google Earth?
 
Google Earth
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Want to know more about a specific location? Dive right in -- Google Earth combines satellite imagery, maps and the power of Google Search to put the worldÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šà ¬Ã¢â€žÂ¢s geographic information at your fingertips.
From http://google.blognewschannel.com/in...hing-for-free/
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The program lets you do smooth sailing flybyes of the entire Earth. You can easily fly to any spot on the globe, by entering any associated data, like street addresses, place names or lat/long coordinates. There are overlays that put additional information on the map, like roads, international boundaries, terrain, 3D buildings, crime statistics, schools, stadiums, any number of interesting stuff.

You can do Local searches in the program, with icons on the map and a display on the side showing your results. You can leave notes, called †œplacemarksÃƒà ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã‚à ‚ all over the map, so you can remember where all sorts of places are. Searches and placemarks can be saved as bookmarks in †œMy PlacesÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šà ¬Ã‚Â. Everything can be output in an XML format called KML, that will allow the vast popularity of Google Maps to continue in Earth. You can also email a JPEG of the map, or send a KMZ file if you know the recipient has Earth installed.

ikthius 28-06-2005 23:02
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not bad, but needs some more images, like my area to have better detail.

ik

paulyoung666 28-06-2005 23:56
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i put my postcode in and it resolved to it , big brother or what , very impressed , now all it needs is closer resolution maps and i will be able to see myself :disturbd: :D :D :D



edit :- just played about with it , type in something like orlando and :Yikes: :D :D :D

bmxbandit 29-06-2005 00:30
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ive been messing around with it for far too long already tonight... very funky stuff :D

struggling to find mt. everest thoough. you wouldnt think it was that hard...

Paul K 29-06-2005 08:07
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Originally Posted by bmxbandit
ive been messing around with it for far too long already tonight... very funky stuff :D

struggling to find mt. everest thoough. you wouldnt think it was that hard...
It can't find Mt Everest? Well that's the Yanks for you ;)

Ramrod 29-06-2005 11:48
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Absolutely marvellous! They just have to sort out a higher resolution........ :tu:

Paul K 29-06-2005 11:51
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Originally Posted by Ramrod
Absolutely marvellous! They just have to sort out a higher resolution........ :tu:
I know, some of the images are a bit rough lol. Saw it posted elsewhere so thought I would share :)

zoombini 29-06-2005 12:32
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Are these the same images as found on google maps?

Paul K 29-06-2005 12:51
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Quite possibly though I'm not 100% sure. I would expect them to be the same images rather than Google using and therefor paying for 2 different sets of images.

Electrolyte01 29-06-2005 12:53
Re: Google Earth?
 
Is it me or have they copied Nasa's World Wind here?

Paul K 29-06-2005 13:02
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Electrolyte
Is it me or have they copied Nasa's World Wind here?
The similarities have been mentioned elsewhere ;)

Chris 29-06-2005 13:03
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I don't flipping believe it! I can see the roof of my house!

Paul K 29-06-2005 13:05
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Originally Posted by Chris T
I don't flipping believe it! I can see the roof of my house!
Are all the tiles in place? Saves climbing a ladder to check lol

Chris 29-06-2005 13:17
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Originally Posted by Paul
Are all the tiles in place? Saves climbing a ladder to check lol
Heh ... it's almost that good actually. I just did a postcode search on where I grew up, for a comparison, and it was nowhere near as good. But I can actually see my house where I live now. Take a look. We live in a semi-deatched, so I've marked the half of the building that's ours:

http://homepage.mac.com/towny/googleme.jpg

Paul K 29-06-2005 13:22
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Cool, nice and remote, bet you don't get many drunks rolling pass your house or little scrotes keying your car lol


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