google earth

[chev982]

anyone heard or try google earth? its pretty cool, satelite pictures of the earth. u can type your address in and it zooms u to your house. residential areas arent all that clear, but go to copper mtn, Colorado and u see all the roads, mtns lakes and streams!! its really quite a neat program,
heres a link to download

http://earth.google.com

 

[VaBusa]

I loaded it on my work PC...it's pretty neat, but most rural areas are very blurry...I'm sure the bigger structures/landmarks are more visible...

It's pretty cool software though...

 

[fstAZfk]

i have it. Like Va said, lot of blurry area's. But its neat to mess around with.

 

[shenoyp]

sounds pretty cool... im going to go and check t out now

 

[adrenaline junkey]

looks interesting

 

[VaBusa]

Just to show you that I live at the end of the world, RIGHT ON the Chesapeak Bay...water, water all around...

 

[Rockin C Racing]

It is pretty cool, but there are flaws and problems. some of the higher resolution areas, the pictures aren't seemed together very well, and when I put my address in it put the location and zoom in about 6 houses away from mine, and the satilite photo is about 3-4 years old.

 

[VaBusa]

That's so no one can see our Busa and go steal it...

 

[FL Knifemaker]

It is pretty cool, but there are flaws and problems.  some of the higher resolution areas, the pictures aren't seemed together very well, and when I put my address in it put the location and zoom in about 6 houses away from mine, and the satilite photo is about 3-4 years old.

That's how it is with area. The development across the street shows the golf course being all dirt and now homes yet. I have to think the photo is about 8-9 years old!

 

[cache]

you can get there from maps.google.com do a normal map, then on the right side click satellite.

it is off a couple houses for me too, but you can see the dragstrip a mile away from my house.....

 

[VaBusa]

Pretty cool...my old neighborhool/house in CO...

I moved from there when I was 9...a lifetime ago...

 

[BusaWhipped]

Google Earth is awsome!  I noticed they don't have the high res imagery loaded for alot of the East Coast.  Here is a picture of St. Louis Missouri. I had to shrink it to get under the UL limit.

 

[BusaWhipped]

Here's Bush Stadium where the Cardinals play. Go Red Birds!

 

[BusaWhipped]

And here is the 5000 foot view of where we live.

 

[BusaWhipped]

And finally, here's our home.

 

[doodoggy]

Great...no version for Macs.... guess I'll have to wait...pfft...

Do they have maps for other countries as well?

 

[cache]

bet the terrorists love this.

 

[Krieg]

Very cool program. Thanks for the tip

 

[race1gun]

very cool

 

[05BUSABLU]

i wish it was a bit more up to date, but cool non the less