Google Earth!

hoosier21
hoosier21 Posts: 4,413
edited April 2024 in Clubhouse Archives
If you haven't tried this, you are missing out on some real cool fun. High speed internet is a MUST. You can "zoom" on your own house or anything in the world! TOO COOL.

Just go to google.com and you will see the link on the main page, have fun.

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Where is the remote? Where is the $%#$% remote!

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  • jcaut
    jcaut Posts: 1,849
    edited December 2005
    I had a friend tell me about this a while back. Now I have to resist the temptation to do that all day at work. :)

    It really is cool. Only downside is that high resolution is not available everywhere. That and some of the images are rather old.

    I've been checking out Area 51 this morning. :D
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  • Dennis Gardner
    Dennis Gardner Posts: 4,861
    edited December 2005
    jcaut wrote:

    I've been checking out Area 51 this morning. :D

    He hears a knock on his door in the middle of the night, and the neighbors didn't see or hear anything................and the elderly lady next door tells the reporter, he was such a nice young man. ;)
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  • nadams
    nadams Posts: 5,877
    edited December 2005
    The original would've been NASA's WorldWind. I go back and forth between the two, and tend to prefer the NASA program.
    Ludicrous gibs!
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  • BIZILL
    BIZILL Posts: 5,432
    edited December 2005
    google earth mobile is sweet with a high speed pda cell phone.

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    bobman1235 wrote:
    I have no facts to back that up, but I never let facts get in the way of my arguments.
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  • petrym
    petrym Posts: 1,912
    edited December 2005
    I love Google Earth. Has anyone tried to find Polk Audio Corporate on it? Standby...

    Download/save and rename from .zip extension to .kmz :D Does this look familiar to those who have visited the place?
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  • HBombToo
    HBombToo Posts: 5,256
    edited December 2005
    ya we have been playing with this at the office and it is real KEWL!
    ***WAREMTAE***
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited December 2005
    I recently found a new toy similar to google Earth (actually more similar to google's map service, but cooler). Windows Live. The key is to type in an address (preferably in a CITY, they don't tend to have the closeups for rural areas), and then on the left click BIRD'S EYE. It's a shot from 60 or 25 yards away! YOu can make out what type of cars are in a driveway, it's so close.
    If you will it, dude, it is no dream.
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  • TroyD
    TroyD Posts: 13,080
    edited December 2005
    Holy crap, man. I can see RuSsMaN sitting in his back yard beating it like a cave man trying to start a fire...

    BDT
    I plan for the future. - F1Nut
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  • petrym
    petrym Posts: 1,912
    edited December 2005
    Go RuSsMaN, Go RuSsMaN, Go RuSsMaN, it's your birthday...
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  • ohskigod
    ohskigod Posts: 6,502
    edited December 2005
    allrighty....I'll just be here gouging my mind's eye out.......LOL
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  • petrym
    petrym Posts: 1,912
    edited December 2005
    Yeah, that's an image I want out my head too... (smacks BDT) ;)
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  • TroyD
    TroyD Posts: 13,080
    edited December 2005
    While I can't see George smoking a lucky strike......you CAN see the white Shark in the drive as well as how freakin' green his grass is (George has about the best grass I've ever seen outside of a resort)

    BDT
    I plan for the future. - F1Nut
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  • aaharvel
    aaharvel Posts: 4,489
    edited December 2005
    Bump.

    G.E. this is awesome. Just zoomed in on the Hollywood Sign, Biltmore Estate, The Whitehouse, my neighborhood Pub & Condo complex and AREA 51!!! WAAAAAAA! :D
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  • BIZILL
    BIZILL Posts: 5,432
    edited December 2005
    this engine is run off of keyhole's earthviewer. just loaded google earth onto my computer and it detected a previous version of keyhole's product on my computer. this is schweet.

    the beauty of this version is the fact that it's free as opposed to $100/year.

    POLK SDA-SRS 1.2TL -- ADCOM GFA-5802
    PANASONIC PT-AE4000U -- DIY WILSONART DW 135" 2.35:1 SCREEN
     ONKYO TX-SR805
    CENTER: CSI5
    MAINS: RTI8'S
    SURROUNDS: RTI8'S
    7.1 SURROUNDS: RTI6'S
    SUB: SVS PB12-PLUS/2 (12.3 series)
    XBOX 360    WiiPS3/blu-rayTOSHIBA HD-A35 hd dvd

    http://polkarmy.com/forums/index.php
    bobman1235 wrote:
    I have no facts to back that up, but I never let facts get in the way of my arguments.
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