Google Earth

[Sean]

35°29'23.12"N 109°15'51.43"W

Cool.

[highteknology]

this thing is pretty cool. i downloaded it at work yesterday and started messing around with it. my boss came in and got mad at me at first. then realized i was actually doing my job (GIS Analyst) and messing around with maps and stuff like that. In the July/August version of Earth Imaging Journal there is an article that compares Google Earth to Microsoft's Virtual Earth, (virtualearth.msn.com). it's pretty neat, they have teamed up with a company called Pictometry that does aerial photograph but also shoots at a 45 degree angle which will let you get more of a 3-D effect.

ahhh i can feel the inner geek coming out in me

[Heep]

Originally Posted by Sean

35°29'23.12"N 109°15'51.43"W

Cool.

A clearing in the desert?


Check out:

Ferrari Test Track: 44°32'04.01" N 10°51'28.23" E
Lotus Factory (and track): 52°33'44.21" N 1°10'47.26" E
My local pick'yer'part : 45°33'39.64" N 65°46'57.75" W
The Pyramids: 29°58'38.84" N 31°07'55.87" E

etc...

Fun stuff

[warmapplecobbler]

My New Favorite Site!!!!maybe Not But Its Still Freakin Awesome

[Heep]

Also note:

Suzuka Racetrack: 34°50'36.97" N 136°31'56.15" E
Silverstone Circuit: 52°04'22.04" N 1°00'55.02" W
Corleone, Sicily: 37°48'35.87" N 13°17'59.77" E

[highteknology]

how do you input the coordinates and go to that place?

[thecackster]

Pretty cool, out of date, but I can't expect them to keep up with our lil town of only 5000

[HogieGT-R]

i can't get it, i'm only running with 600MHz and 480 megs of ram.....

[Toksin]

Originally Posted by ci5ic

Not all of it is that old, and I'm sure it's constantly being updated. It's just that you can't get sattelite images for the entire earth whenever you want to. Eventually, they'll update the images of the highway, but meanwhile, images of other areas will get stale.

This used to be called Keyhole LT which I downloaded last year sometime. Was pretty damn cool. I always like looking at Vegas. You can also find Area 51.

KEYHOLE!! I FUCKING KNEW I'D USED THIS BEFORE!!!

It felt so familiar.

Anyways, this dominates Worldwind, except for its dumb backwards scroll thing.

Look up the whitehouse - it's mosaic'd. Why?

[highteknology]

it's mosaic'd for security reasons. just like the pentagon. even if you were to use Google's map system (http://maps.google.com) they are still mosaic'd. unless there is some other reason that i'm totally missing it's for security purposes.

[Ridenour]

The straits of Gilbratar have like 10 freighters in it - very cool

[Heep]

Originally Posted by highteknology

how do you input the coordinates and go to that place?

As far as I know, you can't, but you can scroll your mouse around until the desired co-ordinates (or close to) are displayed, then zoom in

As for the updating, the Google site says all pictures are between new and 3 years old, and are all updated every 3 years.

[ThatRoundHeadedKid]

Originally Posted by HogieGT-R

i can't get it, i'm only running with 600MHz and 480 megs of ram.....

you can get a PC with thigns that are standard to today for 3-400 bucks . Try eMachines or Dell.

Edit: lmao, they blurred out the Capital Building but not the White House in DC....hahahah

[highteknology]

as far as putting in coordinates, i figured it out. it was mostly to use the ones supplied in this thread to check out some places, just had to add a comma between the two. i'm sure you could type out the coordinates in MS word or something then copy and paste.

for someone like me, this is a VERY interesting and cool program. i work with things like this all the time at work trying to maintain our 15,000 + electricity poles.