Jan 09, 2006 03:52 pm Yup I've played around with several times. It's pretty cool to see close you can zoom in on stuff.
Dan
Anyone played much with Google Earth
Posted on Jan 09, 2006 02:40 pm
dbmasters
Administrator Since: Apr 03, 2002
I was bored today and decided to check out that Google Earth thing earth.google.com/ and it's pretty damn cool. Within 5 minutes I had zoomed in on my house, my martial arts gym (or where it should be), my dad and moms house, Noize2u's house (damnedest thing the Google Lazer wouldn't arm :-)
it's pretty cool, it's amazing how fast you can find your way around if you somewhat know the area you are looking at.
Everybody should check it out, kinda fun...obviously not current tho, as my martial arts gym wasn't even built when the last pic was taken, and hell, there isn't even snow on the ground.
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Jan 09, 2006 03:52 pm Yup I've played around with several times. It's pretty cool to see close you can zoom in on stuff.
Dan
Jan 09, 2006 04:00 pm Ya, its awesome. Check this out!
www.theregister.co.uk/2006/01/09/google_lancaster/
Jan 09, 2006 05:57 pm Oh yeah, Google Earth is pretty cool . I was just checkin' out our road trip destinations... hehe... Huegle Earth .
In particular: Marco Island, FL . A friend from work heard we were going to be in the Tampa area that week, and he knew a charter fishing captain that operates out of Marco, he's going to fly down and meet up with us to catch some groupies... er, I mean groupers . : )
Hey fortymile ! Where are you in Florida ?
BEER man, BEER !... or do I remember correctly that you do the vino ?
Jan 09, 2006 07:11 pm I guess there's different levels of GE that you can subscribe to... kind'a scary thinkin' anyone can 'look down on you' in almost real time for a price... not cheap, though .
Oh, and grouper is out of season .
Jan 09, 2006 10:31 pm I'll have to DL it tommorrow and give it a try. Maybe I can zoom in on the neighbor lady Skinny dipping in the pool. :-)
Jan 10, 2006 02:18 am ah i live in orlando, hugh. not too far from tampa, but im a hermit. i reneged on a camping trip this weekend with some peeps i know. its notoriously hard to get me to come out of my cave. though if you showed up in orlando i might shyly drop by for a beer at some bar and then run away back to the shadows.
Jan 10, 2006 05:18 am Yeah,polar caps are cool,but not if you zoom in.Saw building work at twin tower site and people are hard to spot but have seen some in cities.
Jan 10, 2006 08:12 am WOW, I just zoomed in to New York City...saw Liberty Island, Ellis Island then flipped over the the Twin Towers site...very sad. I have never been to New York so I didn't really know exactly where I was going but just used common sense...and boy, those tow building were RIGHT downtown, what a nightmare that must have been, not only those buildings but all the buildings surrounding them how busy the streets can be...WOW...crazy.
"The Battery", from this view, looks like some sort of park...with that kind of name I sort of expected to see slums and hookers and stuff...the name just sounds like a bad 'hood.
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