Google earth has become even more amazing

[BubbaZanetti]

i know many of enjoy browsing the world at Google Earth (http://earth.google.com/). there are now two places in the world that are being displayed at 6 INCH resolution. fly to las vegas NV or cambridge MA and check it out. i could see a potted plant on the back deck of my old apartment in cambridge that is still there!:type

[GeneT]

Holly S**t......what an improvement, but I don't believe the 6 inch photos were taken from the satellite


:clap

[jdmetzger]

I was trying to check out the rally site with google earth, yesterday. It doesn't seem to have very good zoom in that area. :(

[Voni]

Holly S**t......what an improvement, but I don't believe the 6 inch photos were taken from the satellite


:clap

And if they are, Big Brother is certainly here!

Voni
not paranoid or anything;)

[wezul]

Amazing detail, hopefully when the satellite does it's next hi-res flyover I'll be outside prepping the bike, looking up and waving. :laugh

[SheRidesABeemer]

i know many of enjoy browsing the world at Google Earth (http://earth.google.com/). there are now two places in the world that are being displayed at 6 INCH resolution. fly to las vegas NV or cambridge MA and check it out. i could see a potted plant on the back deck of my old apartment in cambridge that is still there!:type

That is amazing. The maps must be of various dates. I looked for my former employer in Cambridge and the building is just begining constructed, placing it back in 2004.

[username]

below is a comparison image of how the new and old maps of cambridge look. The lower left (brighter) area shows the new hi-res pictures. the darker are is the old stuff. dang. i used to think the old stuff was good!

http://leetonium.com/misc_images/ge.jpg

[mrich12000]

i know many of enjoy browsing the world at Google Earth (http://earth.google.com/). there are now two places in the world that are being displayed at 6 INCH resolution. fly to las vegas NV or cambridge MA and check it out. i could see a potted plant on the back deck of my old apartment in cambridge that is still there!:type

Hope that your house wasn't under suvalence(DEA) because of those potted plants:laugh
I have found the use of google earth amazing as well. chaeck out Stonehenge,U.K:thumb

[kbasa]

The resolution on the pools in Las Vegas is sadly lacking.




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[OfficerImpersonator]

You don't want to see the average pool-side lounger in Vegas - old, fat, wrinkled - yuck!

Show me the high-res shots of Daytona Beach, or Ft. Lauderdale, or Bourbon Street last night :)

[bluehole]

I use Google Earth and in general it is okay, but I am disappointed in the the resolution in many areas (obviously not Cambridge or Vegas). I have had better luck with Live Local in my area (they have some neat color photos which can be viewed from north,south, east or west), but I suppose it all boils down to which service has beter photos of a given area. I understand Live Local has 3-D photos, but I have not joined or downloaded to view them. Anyone seen the 3-D stuff?

[Holly]

This is where I live:

[1flyer]

Holly,

Your picture was a little out of focus so I passed it to one of our guys working in the recon lab. They have the magic programs and the stuff we don't usually get to see.

Nice dress!

[aerialfilm1]

Here's one to ponder. When I searched for my parents Florida home on Google Earth,it was off by 3 houses. No big deal right? My new Garmin 2720 is off by the same 3 houses. Spooky huh? :confused:

[GeneT]

Here's one to ponder. When I searched for my parents Florida home on Google Earth,it was off by 3 houses. No big deal right? My new Garmin 2720 is off by the same 3 houses. Spooky huh? :confused:

Perhaps they have moved

:wave

[dlearl476]

You don't want to see the average pool-side lounger in Vegas - old, fat, wrinkled - yuck!

Show me the high-res shots of Daytona Beach, or Ft. Lauderdale, or Bourbon Street last night :)


Jeez, I hope I wasn't sunbathing naked out in the back yard that day! (for your sakes):laugh


Whew, I wasn't! I'm thinking I need a message on my roof though! :idea

[hondarider]

If Google Earth represents some fraction of the governments satelite imaging capability, I'll never feel comfortable on the toilet under the skylight again:D

[Holly]

Holly,

Your picture was a little out of focus so I passed it to one of our guys working in the recon lab. They have the magic programs and the stuff we don't usually get to see.

Nice dress!

ROTFL

Holly

[BMWDEAN]

The view of Vegas buildings is spectacular. You can easily see people walking.

The view of my house is much less sharp. Can't see the motorcycles:

[BubbaZanetti]

If Google Earth represents some fraction of the governments satelite imaging capability, I'll never feel comfortable on the toilet under the skylight again:D



i'm sure what google earth is giving us is a mere fraction of nasa and the military's satellite capability

[The_Veg]

Twenty years ago I recall reading something to the effect that spy-satellites could not read newspaper headlines, but could tell a hamburger from a hot dog at a picnic. If that was twenty years ago...

[hondarider]

I started expounding about the capabilities of current military ordnance...I work on the baddest of the bad...but then I remembered that my every keystroke was being monitored and recorded...DELETE, DELETE, DELETE...I wonder if I can still visit the forum from federal prison:wave

[bubbagazoo]

Here's one to ponder. When I searched for my parents Florida home on Google Earth,it was off by 3 houses. No big deal right? My new Garmin 2720 is off by the same 3 houses. Spooky huh? :confused:

That boils down to how accurate the info is that is provided to Google Earth/Mapsource. The location of one of the local gas stations is only off by 1 km. Mapsource puts this particular gas station in the middle of a set of railway tracks. Can you imagine what happens when the train hits the pumps? :laugh

[Holly]

Wow, last time I looked my town wasn't covered on Google maps. Now not only can you see my house, but you can see my bike. This is tooooo neat!

Holly

[Rapid_Roy]

Here is my house on terraserver. I'll try Google Earth next.
Link (http://terraserver.microsoft.com/image.aspx?T=1&S=10&Z=16&X=1974&Y=23788&W=1&qs=%7cwaukesha%7cwI%7c)

[darencs]

Wow, last time I looked my town wasn't covered on Google maps. Now not only can you see my house, but you can see my bike. This is tooooo neat!

Holly

I don't mean to hijack the Google Earth thread but did you notice the newer features on Google Maps? If you use the routing feature, you're not stuck with the boring route it comes up with. You can click on the route and drag it onto some more interesting roads. You can also right click on the map and choose "directions from (to) here", and other stuff.

So, if you're at work looking outside at a beautiful afternoon you go to Google and calculate that route that will take you 100 miles out of the way on your way home, clock out, and ride!

[BubbaZanetti]

Wow, last time I looked my town wasn't covered on Google maps. Now not only can you see my house, but you can see my bike. This is tooooo neat!

Holly


are you sure thats not just an oil stain:laugh

[Holly]

Nope, I sold my British bikes last year.:laugh

Holly

[snoone]

This is where I live:

My house looks like that as well. In fact since my local area looks at it does Google Earth is a big disappointment and I live in the NYC metro area. I don't get it

[beemerron]

I dunno if youse have already seen this...but if you use google maps and get DIRECTIONS, you can change your route by simply picking up the connecting line on the map with yer cursor and moving it. If you get directions to say Ann Arbor from Munith MI, and then decide you want to go through Grayling to get there, just pick it up & move it and it'll give you directions therefore. Lovely!!

(This is Shell not Ron)
(Ron you might want to think about changing your password :D)

[RandallIsland]

The resolution on the pools in Las Vegas is sadly lacking.




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When HAULOVER BEACH FL becomes 1" resolution I'll be happy in my own world and very, deeply sad, as Voni referred to.

[KGT1200]

Perhaps they have moved

:wave

Mapping software in our car shows our neighbor's driveway as 146th street. There is NO 146th st, never was!

[KGT1200]

When HAULOVER BEACH FL becomes 1" resolution I'll be happy in my own world and very, deeply sad, as Voni referred to.

The cheap clorine shock is clouding the water!:)

[BradfordBenn]

Try looking at the Hard Rock Hotel Las Vegas, you can see where the seasons of the photos changed.

[wezul]

Was tracing a route up 355 north from Roosevelt Road and as I was scrolling along I had to stop and . . . . *L* . . . an MD-80 on approach to O'Hare!

[OfficerImpersonator]

If you're Dick Cheney, you get Google to blur the image of your official residence on the grounds of the U.S. Naval Observatory.

That's a government employee using our tax dollars to prevent us from seeing the property we all collectively own.