10-04-2005, 18:11
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Google maps
Anyone seen this yet? Its only in beta so us and canada only but ***me its cool. You can zoom right in.
http://maps.google.com/
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10-04-2005, 18:12
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Re: Google maps
Great, if I ever decide to visit the States.....
Wonder if they'll bother with a UK version?
Nice find 
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10-04-2005, 18:15
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Re: Google maps
I used that yesterday, its great, I just wish they'd do one for the UK too.
Anyone know the zipcode of one of their land marks?
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10-04-2005, 18:20
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Re: Google maps
Try zooming on the Satellite view, that's pretty cool!
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Originally Posted by Shaun
I used that yesterday, its great, I just wish they'd do one for the UK too.
Anyone know the zipcode of one of their land marks?
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Here's a famous one in Washington DC, can you guess what it is?
20500
Try looking at the Satellite view and guessing what the building is.
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10-04-2005, 18:26
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Re: Google maps
now i like this , like raist says , a uk version would be good
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10-04-2005, 18:27
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Re: Google maps
If you put in something to search on it actually returns business adresses and all of their contact details down the right hand side, try Microsoft for example
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10-04-2005, 18:48
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Re: Google maps
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10-04-2005, 22:59
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Re: Google maps
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Originally Posted by Shaun
I used that yesterday, its great, I just wish they'd do one for the UK too.
Anyone know the zipcode of one of their land marks?
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Zip code seems a little flaky...here's a few locations to search on for you....
Type Zeeks Pizza Seattle, click on the one that's on Denny Street, zoom right in and switch to satellite view....there's a wonderul shot of the Space Needle. Also zoom out a bit for a terrific shot of the boats on the Puget Sound.
Over on the other coast... if you feel like gawping at the building site of the new twin towers, search on World Trade Center New York, select the Marriott WTC link and the WTC site is below.
From there scroll up the Island....see how big Central Park really is compared to the rest of Manhattan.
Just level with where Central Park starts, at the bottom left....scroll to the left towards NJ....then once you reach the river scroll down the coast about half a dozen quays....zoom right in and there's the USS Enterprise Aircraft Carrier.
If you want to see the Empire State Building....the quickest way I found it was to search for Empire Fifth Avenue....select the first company that comes up on the list then the ESB is just next door.
Hours of fun....great quality images too.
EDIT: Search on JFK Airport and zoom in to 70%...the size of that place!! Cool cloud in the way of the photo too!
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10-04-2005, 23:11
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Re: Google maps
The images really are stunning, wonder if I can find Niagara falls?
Found it, see attached
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10-04-2005, 23:15
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Re: Google maps
Disney is kinda fun to look at too. As is the Hawaiin coastline.
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10-04-2005, 23:16
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Re: Google maps
Anyone searched for area 51 yet ? hehehe
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10-04-2005, 23:27
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Re: Google maps
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Originally Posted by Kevin
Anyone searched for area 51 yet ? hehehe
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LMAO never thought of that one..sweet. 
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11-04-2005, 09:25
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Re: Google maps
The UK is already covered here with streetmap and aerial views.
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11-04-2005, 16:45
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Re: Google maps
not in anywhere near as much detail. I live round the corner from a landmark in glasgow, i'd have expected it to have been photographed, but nope.
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12-04-2005, 00:42
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Re: Google maps
Yep, multimap is pants compared to American sites... the most fun I ever had was trying to get somewhere in Nottingham that I've never visited, so I printed directions from multimap. All was fine until I was about ½ mile from my destination, and multimap said to take the next left - the only problem was I was on a fly-over and the road I was supposed to take was actually underneath the one I was driving along!
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