Main Site   ‹   Forum   ‹   Rules   ‹   Downloads   ‹   Wiki   ‹   Features   ‹   Podcast   ‹   Facebook   ‹   Twitter   ‹   YouTube   ‹   NBA Live 25th Anniversary   ‹   Discord   ‹   Support Us! 

Yet More Google: Google Earth

Other video games, TV shows, movies, general chit-chat...this is an all-purpose off-topic board where you can talk about anything that doesn't have its own dedicated section.
Post a reply

Yet More Google: Google Earth

Postby cyanide on 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?
Last edited by cyanide on Tue Jul 12, 2005 2:15 pm, edited 1 time in total.
if you were killed tomorrow, i WOULDNT GO 2 UR FUNERAL CUZ ID B N JAIL 4 KILLIN THE MOTHA FUCKER THAT KILLED U!
......|..___________________, ,
....../ `---______----|]
...../==o;;;;;;;;______.:/
.....), ---.(_(__) /
....// (..) ), ----"
...//___//
..//___//
.//___//
WE TRUE HOMIES
WE RIDE TOGETHER
WE DIE TOGETHER
User avatar
cyanide
Dat steatopygous
 
Posts: 9197
Joined: Sat Oct 11, 2003 6:09 am
Location: US's toque
Top

Postby Kemp on Tue Jul 12, 2005 2:11 pm

This is amazing! :crazyeyes:
Image
User avatar
Kemp
 
Posts: 929
Joined: Fri Jul 01, 2005 3:51 pm
Top

Postby Do' on 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!

Image
User avatar
Do'
 
Posts: 232
Joined: Tue Jun 21, 2005 12:41 am
Location: Here
Top

Postby Cloudy on Tue Jul 12, 2005 4:11 pm

OMG! Gotta try it out!
cloudy
Cloudy
 
Posts: 2142
Joined: Wed Sep 22, 2004 10:39 pm
Top

Postby Null17 on 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
Null17
 
Posts: 4543
Joined: Thu Jan 29, 2004 6:55 pm
Location: Philippines
Top

Postby Jugs on 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
Jugs
 
Posts: 7442
Joined: Wed Mar 16, 2005 9:32 pm
Location: Geelong, Australia
Top

Postby BOSS on Tue Jul 12, 2005 7:43 pm

Is it suppose to be clear or is it just my computer ?
User avatar
BOSS
 
Posts: 3889
Joined: Sat Mar 12, 2005 2:31 pm
Top

Postby Null17 on Tue Jul 12, 2005 7:45 pm

not that clear. they're just satellite pictures I think
Null17
 
Posts: 4543
Joined: Thu Jan 29, 2004 6:55 pm
Location: Philippines
Top

Postby Cloudy on 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...
cloudy
Cloudy
 
Posts: 2142
Joined: Wed Sep 22, 2004 10:39 pm
Top

Postby BOSS on 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.
User avatar
BOSS
 
Posts: 3889
Joined: Sat Mar 12, 2005 2:31 pm
Top

Postby Filip on Tue Jul 12, 2005 10:18 pm

This is the most amazing program I ever used :shock: :shock: :shock:
Good find
User avatar
Filip
 
Posts: 3911
Joined: Fri Jan 03, 2003 7:59 am
Location: England
Top

Postby Mazzocchi on Wed Jul 13, 2005 3:48 am

Next up-
Google: Universe.
or to further their takeover of the world... Google: People :!:
User avatar
Mazzocchi
Resident Mavericks Fan (Since 1994)
 
Posts: 3132
Joined: Sat Oct 25, 2003 6:00 am
Location: The Darkside Of The Moon
Top

Postby PiksS on Wed Jul 13, 2005 4:01 am

the graphics of Latvia sucks (N)
User avatar
PiksS
Beast from the East
 
Posts: 1778
Joined: Tue Mar 25, 2003 5:23 am
Location: England
Top

Postby J@3 on 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 :(
User avatar
J@3
 
Posts: 19815
Joined: Thu Mar 11, 2004 3:25 pm
Location: MLB
Top

Postby Jona on 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:
Jona - Rush Fan
Image
User avatar
Jona
 
Posts: 2659
Joined: Mon Apr 26, 2004 7:41 am
Location: Santiago, Chile
Top

Postby cyanide on 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:
if you were killed tomorrow, i WOULDNT GO 2 UR FUNERAL CUZ ID B N JAIL 4 KILLIN THE MOTHA FUCKER THAT KILLED U!
......|..___________________, ,
....../ `---______----|]
...../==o;;;;;;;;______.:/
.....), ---.(_(__) /
....// (..) ), ----"
...//___//
..//___//
.//___//
WE TRUE HOMIES
WE RIDE TOGETHER
WE DIE TOGETHER
User avatar
cyanide
Dat steatopygous
 
Posts: 9197
Joined: Sat Oct 11, 2003 6:09 am
Location: US's toque
Top

Postby iKe7in on 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.
Image
User avatar
iKe7in
 
Posts: 880
Joined: Sun Jul 18, 2004 7:16 am
Location: Mississauga, Ontario
Top

Postby Alcoholic on Wed Jul 13, 2005 12:14 pm

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

Image
User avatar
Alcoholic
 
Posts: 1543
Joined: Fri Apr 09, 2004 6:19 am
Location: California
Top

Postby #12 on Wed Jul 13, 2005 12:23 pm

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

Image


is that the max you can zoom in??? If is then I was expecting a lot more
Image
User avatar
#12
 
Posts: 959
Joined: Sun Jan 05, 2003 8:51 am
Location: Canada
Top

Postby Username123 on 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
Username123
 
Posts: 1996
Joined: Tue Apr 01, 2003 12:10 pm
Top

Postby Matthew on Wed Jul 13, 2005 12:33 pm

If only this was out 6 months ago, we couldve spotted your pimple! :crazy:
User avatar
Matthew
 
Posts: 5812
Joined: Mon Nov 11, 2002 7:34 pm
Location: Sydney
Top

Postby Alcoholic on Wed Jul 13, 2005 12:41 pm

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

Image
User avatar
Alcoholic
 
Posts: 1543
Joined: Fri Apr 09, 2004 6:19 am
Location: California
Top

Postby cyanide on 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.
if you were killed tomorrow, i WOULDNT GO 2 UR FUNERAL CUZ ID B N JAIL 4 KILLIN THE MOTHA FUCKER THAT KILLED U!
......|..___________________, ,
....../ `---______----|]
...../==o;;;;;;;;______.:/
.....), ---.(_(__) /
....// (..) ), ----"
...//___//
..//___//
.//___//
WE TRUE HOMIES
WE RIDE TOGETHER
WE DIE TOGETHER
User avatar
cyanide
Dat steatopygous
 
Posts: 9197
Joined: Sat Oct 11, 2003 6:09 am
Location: US's toque
Top

Postby J@3 on 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:
User avatar
J@3
 
Posts: 19815
Joined: Thu Mar 11, 2004 3:25 pm
Location: MLB
Top

Postby Null17 on 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
Null17
 
Posts: 4543
Joined: Thu Jan 29, 2004 6:55 pm
Location: Philippines
Top
Next
Post a reply

Return to Off-Topic

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 13 guests



Powered by phpBB® Forum Software © phpBB Group