Google Earth

[KJJ]

I got hooked on this it's pretty cool. I grew up in a small Texas town of less than 3000 people and was able to get a street view and guide myself around town.

I haven't been back there in 30 years so it was very entertaining to be able to see my old home and places I use to hangout as a kid.

I saw my old high school which isn't a high school anymore. A lot of changes have taken place over the years.

I saw new streets, homes and businesses that weren't around when I lived there.

Some areas looked completely different while others looked exactly the way they did when I was growing up.

There was an old basketball court that me and my friends use to shoot hoops at and it's still there.

This thing will take you anywhere just type up a city, state and address.

If you haven't explored Google Earth download it.

 

[SaltwaterServr]

This came up today on Space.com

http://www.space.com/10864-google-earth-saudi-archaeology-tombs.html

I use it frequently for the novel I'm working on to explore parts of Afghanistan, Pakistan, and islands in the Pacific. It's pretty amazing that you can zoom in and sit at the base of the Korengal Valley and look at how nasty the terrain is, or sweep down the Tora Bora region to find ancient nomadic paths across the Safed Mountains.

 

[KJJ]

This came up today on Space.com

http://www.space.com/10864-google-earth-saudi-archaeology-tombs.html

I use it frequently for the novel I'm working on to explore parts of Afghanistan, Pakistan, and islands in the Pacific. It's pretty amazing that you can zoom in and sit at the base of the Korengal Valley and look at how nasty the terrain is, or sweep down the Tora Bora region to find ancient nomadic paths across the Safed Mountains.

Being able to zoom in on things is pretty amazing but there's nothing like being able to get a view from street level.

It's like being in a car and driving around a neighborhood. You can pan the camera in any direction you want.


I've seen plenty of zoomed in satellite views but never knew you could get right down on the street.

 

[SaltwaterServr]

You know they have a built in flight simulator as well? It's on the tool bar above the actual map interface. Top left, second from left, on the actual border of the map. Pretty neat to be able to fly over historic landmarks in an F-16 or a prop plane.

It's of no consequence, but if you go to Jabba, Pakistan there's an upside down arrowhead formation in the mountains to the southeast. That's where I'm planning one of my final battle scenes in the book. I've "walked" every square foot of that arrowhead at least twice. Nasty terrain, a hair over 3 square miles IIRC.

 

[Signals]

You know they have a built in flight simulator as well? It's on the tool bar above the actual map interface. Top left, second from left, on the actual border of the map. Pretty neat to be able to fly over historic landmarks in an F-16 or a prop plane.

Awesome! I'm going to have to check that out.

 

[KJJ]

You know they have a built in flight simulator as well? It's on the tool bar above the actual map interface. Top left, second from left, on the actual border of the map. Pretty neat to be able to fly over historic landmarks in an F-16 or a prop plane.

It's of no consequence, but if you go to Jabba, Pakistan there's an upside down arrowhead formation in the mountains to the southeast. That's where I'm planning one of my final battle scenes in the book. I've "walked" every square foot of that arrowhead at least twice. Nasty terrain, a hair over 3 square miles IIRC.

I haven't seen that yet I just downloaded this the other day. I plan on exploring everything that you can do on it but I'm still fascinated by the street level views it's like going home again.

This is bringing back a lot of memories for me.

 

[theebs]

I use it all the time to look at places that were used for filming locations for movies and tv shows!!

 

[SaltwaterServr]

I use it all the time to look at places that were used for filming locations for movies and tv shows!!

Another great use is for real estate agents looking to see how many swimming pools are in a neighborhood for pricing.

 

[Vtwin]

A couple years ago a biker friend in Pittsburgh hosted and eyeball. The Google Earth view of his house shows all our bikes in his yard.

 

[5Stars]

In Albuquerque, where I grew up...now it's like a juink yard!


How does that street level image happen? That are some bad cameras...sattalites.

Oh, and I spent to many hours touring around the Earth. It was way cool...