Google Earth

#1 I just downloaded it. Man, that's kinda cool

#2 Holy hell neato!

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#4 This is amazing. I'm looking at my house. Then my mom's and then friends locally and in other countries. I feel like kind of a cyber stalker. I've been playing with this thing for hours now. I guess I'm easily entertained. I didn't know China is kind of nice looking around the forbiden city. The earth of Japan and Korea are completley engulfed in man made structures. Theres almost no natural looking land anywhere in those areas. Australia is the complete opposite and is almost nothing but natural lands. Where was this tool when I was in grade school.
-Ajari-

#5

Quote:Someone needs to intergrate that with a flight sim

There is an option, "G-force" in the controls section of the options menu,

-Tools
-Options...
-Navigation
-G-Force

It isn't Flight simulator, but it's still pretty fun, however very basic. To use it Hold the right mouse button, Push your mouse up, let go. That should have you moving forward, and hold the left mouse button to aim. It takes a while to get used to.


Edit: This just came to mind speaking of options, set "Altitude exageration" to 3, that makes mountains, canyons, gorges, etc look much more realistic., There is a draw back, when not in a moutainous area, such as a city, or suburb, the hills look odd. To view the hills you need to tilt the camera, or else it will look a 2D as it ever was.

-Alex

#6 I cant seem to find the great wall of china, would have though that would have been easy enough :(

#7 I love google

#8 Sweet app... I found Area 51 :p

#9 @John Coyne ya i was looking for it to, but if you think about it, it doesnt have all that much width, but its really long, so it just apears like a line. Say its width is about the same as a average house(from the pictures iv seen, it appears that you would just be able to fit 2 cars side by side on it, but thats just a guess) So, if it is olny that wide it well be very hard to see from high up, unless you have very good photos

#10 I don't know, the feeds they get are pretty amazing. If you zoom in enough you'll probably be able to see it. I was pretty impressed with the Grand Canyon but it's too bad that Niagara Falls is just a flat picture.

#11 Oh ya, if you zoom in you can find it, you can see small boats some times. but dont expect to fly over china, and just see it :P its not THAT big. and i found a censored spot in russia, its cool :D ill get the cords...

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#12

Quote:Sweet app... I found Area 51 :p

Where might that be? (Lat and long, please)

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#13 37-14'07.92 N 115-48'19.05 W

if you turn on the keyhole community BBS and check 'earth browsing', there is a little i right on it

#14 Awesome. Many thanks. :D

#15 He he I found you guys, unfortunatly it's only this kind of visit I can afford since I am too far form you :)

#16 That would be us...but what you are missing is the hot bachelor action pad where I live ;)

#17 Oh Stephen that reminds me. That old bag lady Thelma wanted me to remind you to get a stepping stool or a ladder for your "bachelor pad" behind Wal-Mart so the alley rats don't have to keep hoysting her up in there every time you want some "action". ;)
-Ajari-

#18

Quote: Australia is the complete opposite and is almost nothing but natural lands

If all American and European tourists get a hold of this, where is the fun? We Aussies love hearing about how tourists drive from one city to another and take nothing but a mobile phone for safety.

If they break down crossing the Nullabor or similar deserts and find no mobile signal for a few thousand kilometres, sometimes we find the bodies :) mostly just the abandond vehicle though.

So I put to Google, if we educate all these tourists about the fact most of Australia is a whole lot of nothing, where is the fun in that? :)

#19

Quote:
Oh Stephen that reminds me. That old bag lady Thelma wanted me to remind you to get a stepping stool or a ladder for your "bachelor pad" behind Wal-Mart so the alley rats don't have to keep hoysting her up in there every time you want some "action". ;)
-Ajari-

/snicker...nice try ;)

#20 LOL Nigel ;) But a big congrat for google (like they need one) ;)

Now how could we use this in Games? ;)