28-06-2005, 19:21
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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.
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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‚ÂÂ. 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.
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28-06-2005, 23:02
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Re: Google Earth?
not bad, but needs some more images, like my area to have better detail.
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28-06-2005, 23:56
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Re: Google Earth?
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29-06-2005, 00:30
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Re: Google Earth?
ive been messing around with it for far too long already tonight... very funky stuff 
struggling to find mt. everest thoough. you wouldnt think it was that hard...
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29-06-2005, 08:07
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Re: Google Earth?
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Originally Posted by bmxbandit
ive been messing around with it for far too long already tonight... very funky stuff
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 
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29-06-2005, 11:48
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Re: Google Earth?
Absolutely marvellous! They just have to sort out a higher resolution........ 
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29-06-2005, 11:51
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Re: Google Earth?
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Originally Posted by Ramrod
Absolutely marvellous! They just have to sort out a higher resolution........ |
I know, some of the images are a bit rough lol. Saw it posted elsewhere so thought I would share 
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29-06-2005, 12:32
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Re: Google Earth?
Are these the same images as found on google maps?
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29-06-2005, 12:51
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Re: Google Earth?
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.
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29-06-2005, 12:53
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Re: Google Earth?
Is it me or have they copied Nasa's World Wind here?
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29-06-2005, 13:02
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Re: Google Earth?
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Originally Posted by Electrolyte
Is it me or have they copied Nasa's World Wind here?
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The similarities have been mentioned elsewhere
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29-06-2005, 13:03
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Re: Google Earth?
I don't flipping believe it! I can see the roof of my house!
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29-06-2005, 13:05
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Re: Google Earth?
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Originally Posted by Chris T
I don't flipping believe it! I can see the roof of my house!
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Are all the tiles in place? Saves climbing a ladder to check lol
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29-06-2005, 13:17
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Re: Google Earth?
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Originally Posted by Paul
Are all the tiles in place? Saves climbing a ladder to check lol
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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:
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29-06-2005, 13:22
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Re: Google Earth?
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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