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Yet More Google: Google Earth

Tue Jul 12, 2005 2:05 pm

Pretty amazing stuff :shock:

http://earth.google.com/

I can literally see my own house :shock:

Edit: Japan is incredible. Zoom into Tokyo and you'll see structured high-tech buildings everywhere, then zoom out, and you'll see them all over that part of Japan. My god, no wonder they're an economic world power.

And then I went to New York City :lol: and man, that place literally looks dirty compared to Japan. If I'm not mistaken, is that the empty lot that used to be the twin towers?
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Tue Jul 12, 2005 2:11 pm

This is amazing! :crazyeyes:

Tue Jul 12, 2005 2:12 pm

does anybody now what is that yellow purple thing!

http://img338.imageshack.us/img338/4743 ... opy6bu.jpg

And that is my home...my street is Florence!

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Tue Jul 12, 2005 4:11 pm

OMG! Gotta try it out!

Tue Jul 12, 2005 6:33 pm

my friend showed me this before. he even showed his school and house in Long Island before he moved here. pretty cool. They haven't updated the other countries though

Tue Jul 12, 2005 7:11 pm

I tried to find my house but there were squares and couldn't tell and then i got confused and hurt my brain so i went to see New York

Tue Jul 12, 2005 7:43 pm

Is it suppose to be clear or is it just my computer ?

Tue Jul 12, 2005 7:45 pm

not that clear. they're just satellite pictures I think

Tue Jul 12, 2005 8:16 pm

Clear enough to see the mansion I live in though... (Y)
But kinda hard to search Chinese addresses...

Tue Jul 12, 2005 9:25 pm

Cloudy wrote:Clear enough to see the mansion I live in though... (Y)
But kinda hard to search Chinese addresses...


Oooh Mansion. There is alot of them in Thailand.

Tue Jul 12, 2005 10:18 pm

This is the most amazing program I ever used :shock: :shock: :shock:
Good find

Wed Jul 13, 2005 3:48 am

Next up-
Google: Universe.
or to further their takeover of the world... Google: People
:!:

Wed Jul 13, 2005 4:01 am

the graphics of Latvia sucks (N)

Wed Jul 13, 2005 4:12 am

Do they have England or Australia? Can I get a screenshot of Huncote (England) or Kensington (Australia)? ... I can't use it due to internet connection :(

Wed Jul 13, 2005 7:48 am

Man, I walked in my school into the English department today, and saw this in one of the computers!!
I thought it was a joke, but it turned out to be true! Pretty amazing stuff, huh?

EDIT: Fuck!!! I CAN SEE MY HOUSE!!! :shock:

Wed Jul 13, 2005 11:01 am

Jae wrote:Do they have England or Australia? Can I get a screenshot of Huncote (England) or Kensington (Australia)? ...


They have every single place in the world, but depending on the city, you might be able to zoom in far enough to see your house. I did find Kensington, England through the program, but not Kensington in Australia or Huncote in England.

I had to look up Kensington, Australia, through a net search to find it in Google Earth, and it's only good for 20 000 feet before it gets too blurry. I'm not sure where Huncote, England is.

I'm not much help :lol:

Wed Jul 13, 2005 12:08 pm

Awesome. Google is God.
I found my house (even though it pointed me to the house 3 down from me. I could tell because I could see my car in the freaking driveway!!!
I'm gonna spend so much time just looking up random places now.

Wed Jul 13, 2005 12:14 pm

Holy freaking crap!!!! I had to brighten it a little but yea..

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Wed Jul 13, 2005 12:23 pm

Alcoholic wrote:Holy freaking crap!!!! I had to brighten it a little but yea..

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is that the max you can zoom in??? If is then I was expecting a lot more

Wed Jul 13, 2005 12:31 pm

You cant how many tiles you have in your roof... sheesh :roll: Anyway I saw my house it and my school :D

Wed Jul 13, 2005 12:33 pm

If only this was out 6 months ago, we couldve spotted your pimple! :crazy:

Wed Jul 13, 2005 12:41 pm

Yea I think thats the max zoom but its crazy!! I mean is this creepy or what!

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Wed Jul 13, 2005 12:42 pm

#12 wrote:is that the max you can zoom in??? If is then I was expecting a lot more


Well, if you consider how much you can zoom out then it's pretty freaking impressive. Screenshots don't do justice, compared to the actual program. It's really fun just scrolling the mouse wheel to see the view of the entire earth then zoom all the way in to see your house.

Wed Jul 13, 2005 2:19 pm

cyanide wrote:
Jae wrote:Do they have England or Australia? Can I get a screenshot of Huncote (England) or Kensington (Australia)? ...


They have every single place in the world, but depending on the city, you might be able to zoom in far enough to see your house. I did find Kensington, England through the program, but not Kensington in Australia or Huncote in England.

I had to look up Kensington, Australia, through a net search to find it in Google Earth, and it's only good for 20 000 feet before it gets too blurry. I'm not sure where Huncote, England is.

I'm not much help :lol:


:lol: that's a shame, the closest cities (which you would be able to see) are Adelaide (Australia) and Leicester (England) but I doubt you'd get my houses :cry:

Wed Jul 13, 2005 2:40 pm

stop complaining...all I see are trees when I looked up the Philippines. Stupid Google prioritizing other countries. :( Just because we're a third world country
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