Holy crap, this is the most awesomest thing I've ever seen.

It's actually "Google Earth" :p

Crush showed this to me yesterday. I was hooked for the rest of the night. So many things to find and see. And then you can turn on elevation, where you actually see mountains and valleys, and rotate the camera to any angle... Then you turn on 3D buildings, and take a look at the big cities. Hours upon hours of time spent exploring. Has MANY other features as well.

A+ program, really.
 
I was gonna try this the other day, but that page said something about it not being available even though people had already downloaded it.

I also noticed that google maps updated to include the UK at least, maybe elsewhere too.

Downloading...
 
vegeta897 said:
It's actually "Google Earth" :p

Crush showed this to me yesterday. I was hooked for the rest of the night. So many things to find and see. And then you can turn on elevation, where you actually see mountains and valleys, and rotate the camera to any angle... Then you turn on 3D buildings, and take a look at the big cities. Hours upon hours of time spent exploring. Has MANY other features as well.

A+ program, really.
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Only the major cities show 3D buildings? I'm having fun searching for area 51:E

I also found some weird stuff. Is there anyway I can save the pictures?
 
dream431ca said:
Only the major cities show 3D buildings? I'm having fun searching for area 51:E

I also found some weird stuff. Is there anyway I can save the pictures?
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Printscreen + Ctrl-V in MS Paint?
 
This is like, the best thing ever.

What gets me is the speed of it. It's so freakin' fast!
 
StardogChampion said:
Mmmmkay, how do I turn on the 3D buildings?
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It's under the Layers panel on the bottom left. Only enables it on big cities. Click the folder next to the check box to view a list of these cities.
 
MiccyNarc said:
San Diego :)
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Zoom out from that image... The water looks like a giant malformed penis in a way. lol
 
dream431ca said:
http://img115.imageshack.us/my.php?image=untitled0vd.jpg

Here's something I found..anyone know what it is?? South of Las vegas somewhere.
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those are used for irrigation, if you look they are all over that part of the US. i even saw some via the air when i went to san diego.

if you want to know, the supposed area 51 installation is located a place called emigrant valley, a few miles east of rachel, nevada. its longitude/latitude are

37"17'07.60 N 115"49'37.39" W

its 4.5k feet above sea level. screenshot is attached.
 

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gh0st said:
those are used for irrigation, if you look they are all over that part of the US. i even saw some via the air when i went to san diego.

if you want to know, the supposed area 51 installation is located a place called emigrant valley, a few miles east of rachel, nevada. its longitude/latitude are

37"17'07.60 N 115"49'37.39" W

its 4.5k feet above sea level. screenshot is attached.
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That's my screenshot :E Took it and posted it on my first post.
 
This program is great. Everything that Google releases is top notch.
 
ooh i found my house and school... and its the same as every other satellite thing, because they're always the same source images
 
evil^milk said:
does this work with say, a country like mexico?
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Oh yeah, its cool!

I'm viewing from my california house, to my alaska house, to my iowa house, to my texas house. HEE HEE!
 
evil^milk said:
does this work with say, a country like mexico?
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Every country around the world, with every city around world. Remembe, I found area 51. :E
 
dream431ca said:
Every country around the world, with every city around world. Remembe, I found area 51. :E
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Thats because its in the 'tour' list :-P

You wouldn't know where to look, otherwise. Heh.
 
Raziaar said:
Thats because its in the 'tour' list :-P

You wouldn't know where to look, otherwise. Heh.
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I actually found it by accident..didn't know there was a tour list.
 
dream431ca said:
I actually found it by accident..didn't know there was a tour list.
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Sure... sure... Riiight. And I found the atlantic ocean all by myself too.
 
The resolution of the photos is so strange sometimes.

For instance: Kabul, Afghanistan is amazingly sharp but a place like Lawrence, Kansas is blurry as hell.
 
DarkStar said:
The resolution of the photos is so strange sometimes.

For instance: Kabul, Afghanistan is amazingly sharp but a place like Lawrence, Kansas is blurry as hell.
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Incase you haven't noticed, it's because these are different shots taken by different sattelites (sp?)

Bigger cities would naturally have higher res, as they are more important. Or well known.
 
vegeta897 said:
Incase you haven't noticed, it's because these are different shots taken by different sattelites (sp?)

Bigger cities would naturally have higher res, as they are more important. Or well known.
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Yeah, I know that.

I just thought they would have the entire US in super sharp res before they got to a place like Kabul.....but you never know.
 
My coordinates are 53.1312041795, 8.22100999052 :) too blurry to find my houses, though.
 
Brighton has small resolution. In fact, is it just me or do they only have 3D buildings for US cities? Hong Kong didn't have em'.
 
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