Google Earth?

Originally Posted by Paul

Cool, nice and remote, bet you don't get many drunks rolling pass your house or little scrotes keying your car lol

You'd be surprised ... rural crime ain't no joke. We had our garden chairs and petrol mower nicked last weekend. And we're close enough to Glasgow for gangs of neds* in their mums Corsas to come up here at the weekend for drunken BBQs on the lochside.

* Scots for 'chav'.

[Paul K]

Originally Posted by Chris T

You'd be surprised ... rural crime ain't no joke. We had our garden chairs and petrol mower nicked last weekend. And we're close enough to Glasgow for gangs of neds* in their mums Corsas to come up here at the weekend for drunken BBQs on the lochside.

* Scots for 'chav'.

They get about don't they, Chi's car was keyed along the passenger side Monday night, we're hoping it will T-Cut and polish out. Why don't people respect other peoples property anymore?

If you look at the UK as a whole, most of it is picked out in lurid green, while some strips are in a more muted colour. If you're lucky enough to live in one of the duller strips, those are the ones that have been imaged at a higher resolution.

I've just had another look at my place and for some reason it's even better now than it was before! Something to do with available bandwidth perhaps.

[ikthius]

this is the best resolution I can get.

ik

[Paul K]

Originally Posted by ikthius

this is the best resolution I can get.

ik

Yeah same here, unfortunately Google is still sorting high res images out for a lot of places. Can't be easy trying to sort images out of such a large area.

[ikthius]

everest is there, but it is called Annapurna II

ik

edit, as it looks like it from another pic I have of everest, from google.

[bmxbandit]

Originally Posted by ikthius

everest is there, but it is called Annapurna II

ik

edit, as it looks like it from another pic I have of everest, from google.

it is there, but its called various things depending on exactly what angle youre lookng at it from! from kathmandu, go north-east to the border...

i dont think it handles contours and names very well. looks pretty though!

[zoombini]

can't connect tp the servers, evern if I add it an as exception or turn the firewall off.
error code ffffffffc00a01f6 ?

Originally Posted by zoombini

can't connect tp the servers, evern if I add it an as exception or turn the firewall off.
error code ffffffffc00a01f6 ?

I got a message saying they are temporarily stopping any more downloads & to try again tomorrow

[Paul K]

I would attach the program to a post but it's 10Mb I blame Zoom for breaking Google lol

[Ramrod]

Originally Posted by homealone

I got a message saying they are temporarily stopping any more downloads & to try again tomorrow

It's up again now



IMO......if google improve their resolution and coverage, google earth will be one of the most widely used and interesting bits of software of all time. The reason that I say this is that I think it has enormous potential as a learning tool and as a navigation tool. It is immensely absorbing and has the potential to be very useful..........and that's as a beta!
It will make the planet smaller and more 'accessible'!

[danielf]

Hong Kong is fantastic! I found the house where my gf used to live. (Near Happy Valley racecourse, so easy to find)

[Paul K]

See, sometimes I do post useful an interesting stuff

[zoombini]

uh oh, sorry folks, didn't want to break it

I'll try again later then, thought it may be the server or something.
I turned off both PC & router firewalls (temp) didnt work.
never mind, wont stop me sleeping.

[ikthius]

i could not find the great wall of china at all yesterday on the google earth program, I am going to try for longer today

ik