http://earth.google.com/
Hehe this is fun. Where I live isn't in too much detail, but still! Found my house, school, girlfriend's... Britain is so small...
http://earth.google.com/
Hehe this is fun. Where I live isn't in too much detail, but still! Found my house, school, girlfriend's... Britain is so small...
Can you see Area 51?
Do I need to download it?
how big is it?
Careful with the maps and co-ordinates brother, I'll bet Kaiser is fueling the V2s as we speak.
Unto each good man a good dog
Just what I thought lol. Anyone know the coordinates?Can you see Area 51?
It's about 10mb, it streams it as you look.
All I get is a blury mess.
Hmm, some of the screenies on the website showed 3D buildings...is this only for some areas?
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My house in London is just outside the detailed bit, so it is just a blur
The images are also over a year old as it doesn't show the new sports hall and halls of residence at my uni.
Heh, too lazy.
You need to wait for the maps to download, is pretty quick on 2mbit. Some areas don't get that detailed, big cities seem to. So does Bagdad...
Area 51 is just a white blur because it's all built on a salt plain.
I found it.
List of landmarks found so far:
Big Ben, London, England
London Eye, London, England
Statue of Liberty, New York, USA
Ellis Island, New York, USA
My house, Somewhere near Huddersfield, England
The site of the former World Trade Centre, New York, USA
The Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, USA
Alcatraz Prison, San Francisco, USA
Albert Docks, Liverpool, England
Not in any detail though.Albert Docks, Liverpool, England
Oh your god, that is so cool! Go to Mt St Helens, and make sure you have the 'terrain' option ticked. Then, use the tilt tool, and you can see 3D Mt St Helens! It's cool! Heheh, i think i know what i'm going to be doing for the next week or so...and btw, i found the Colosseum and the Vatican.
And this is how I find out my neighbor three doors down has had a pool this whole time?!
Na, I am. I mean.........nice day, eh?Originally Posted by Beirut
Coolest. Thing. Ever.
This is fantastic! Wow wow wow!
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"Beta Temporarily Closed" just my luck
From this land I was made
For this land I will fall
Heheh, i've found a nice way of viewing the world. Put yourself at a height of about 200-240 miles (operating height of the space shuttle) and then tilt the camera so you can see the curvature of the Earth. Then, put yourself into a slow orbit. It's the closest you'll ever get to going into space.
Found a version on download.com
http://www.download.com/Google-Earth...l?tag=lst-0-13
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It was not theirs to make reply,
It was theirs but to do or die.
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Maybe you should edit your post for your own saftey. Anyhow I guess it's just a small oversite in what you wroteOriginally Posted by Martinus
Same foe me"Beta Temporarily Closed" just my luck
When a fox kills your chickens, do you kill the pigs for seeing what happened? No you go out and hunt the fox.
Cry havoc and let slip the HOGS of war
I was talking about Big Ben.Maybe you should edit your post for your own saftey. Anyhow I guess it's just a small oversite in what you wrote
I can see my mouse with google!!!
Originally Posted by Martinus
Just don't provide a link
When a fox kills your chickens, do you kill the pigs for seeing what happened? No you go out and hunt the fox.
Cry havoc and let slip the HOGS of war
I guess it's down for all of you too?
Works for me, don´t know what it means when talking about an account, at least I didn´t create any.
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