Has Anyone Here Downloaded Google Earth?

[Qwickdraw]

Here you go Hos.
I found the Sphinx.
It's basically a little to the right of the Great Pyramids.
29(degrees) 58' 31.23" N
31(degrees) 08' 15.19" E

The Whitehouse, Capital Building, Pentagon and Washington Monument are awesome, too.

 

[lane]

google earth rocks!

my 10 year old likes to pan down on the highway and drive......... awesome.

 

[Hostile]

Here you go Hos.
I found the Sphinx.
It's basically a little to the right of the Great Pyramids.
29(degrees) 58' 31.23" N
31(degrees) 08' 15.19" E

The Whitehouse, Capital Building, Pentagon and Washington Monument are awesome, too.

That is just awesome. Thank you.











For those who are curious here is Area 51, also called Groom Lake.

In case anyone is interested...no, I do not believe in UFOs even though my Dad, a pilot, swears he saw one.

I believe this is a top secret Air Force Base and nothing more. It does have some extremely long runways though.

I also do not buy the Roswell, NM thing. I am from NM, and played football against the Goddard Rockets of Roswell, NM. Named for Robert Goddard, a scientist who was developing rocket propulsion. 2 + 2 = one of his experiments...

Enough of that...

37 degrees, 14', 21.5" N
115 degrees, 49', 11.75" W




I think there are two U2 spy planes visible here. If not U2s, then similar structure.

37 degrees, 14', 22.68" N
115 degrees, 48', 57.16" W





A couple of fighter jets. Not sure what the profiles are...

37 degrees, 14', 40.66" N
115 degrees, 49', 13.31" W




There's even 1 plane taxiing on the runway...

37 degrees, 14', 00.78" N
115 degrees, 48', 51.18" W




Check out the runways on the dry lake bed. You can see tire tracks off the end of one runway and you can see the runway numbers...

37 degrees, 17', 20.05" N
115 degrees, 47', 53.04" W



How about this little oasis they have...

37 degrees, 15', 40.94" N
115 degrees, 50', 36.24" W




For those who do not know basically everything inside all those surrounding mountain ranges is called Area 51. You cannot see this base because the mountains surround it.

Not exactly the desert area of Independance Day is it?

 

[Hostile]

The USS Arizona at Pearl Harbor.

21 degrees, 21', 53.37" N
157 degrees, 56', 59.83" W




Truly awe inspiring.

 

[Hostile]

Ground Zero, Manhattan, NY...

40 degrees, 42', 41.14" N
74 degrees, 00', 44.41 W



Empire State Building...

40 degrees, 42', 26.34" N
74 degrees, 00', 32.88" W



Lady Liberty...

40 degrees, 41', 20.99" N
74 degrees, 2', 40.23" W

 

[Hostile]

Texas Stadium, God's view...


32 degrees, 50', 22.17" N
96 degrees, 54', 39.35" W

 

[Hostile]

Mt. Everest...

27 degrees, 58', 52.63" N
86 degrees, 55', 19.12" E

Here's a panoramic view from the top of Everest.

http://www.panoramas.dk/fullscreen2/full22.html

 

[Hostile]

Kind of hard to see because of some cloud cover, but here's Mt. Rushmore...

43 degrees, 52', 44.75" N
103 degrees, 27', 35.23" W

 

[Hostile]

Niagara Falls...

43 degrees, 4', 26.67" N
79 degrees, 4' 8.35" W

 

[Hostile]

Forbidden City, Beijing, China...

39 degrees, 54', 59.09" N
116 degrees, 23', 27.82" E


No way can you see the Great Wall of China from space. That's a myth. It runs north - northwest of Biejing all the way west through China. Good luck seeing it even this close.

 

[Hostile]

The Coleseum in Rome...

41 degrees, 53', 24.62" N
12 degrees, 29', 32.62" E



The Vatican City. Smallest country in the world...

41 degrees, 54', 7.54" N
12 degrees, 27', 14.38" E



The Parthenon, Athens, Greece...

37 degrees, 58', 17.21" N
23 degrees, 43', 35.80" E




The Eiffel Tower, Paris, France....

48 degrees, 51', 29.47" N
2 degrees, 17', 39.09" E



This was fun.

 

[Qwickdraw]

Is there a way to just enter coordinates on the map to get there?

 

[Hostile]

Is there a way to just enter coordinates on the map to get there?

I haven't tried yet. Not sure.

 

[Dallas]

At the office we play a game w/ Google Earth. I basically find a historical site and get it all zoomed in and take a screen pic. I put the pic up and my staff gets 1 shot at identifying it. Trust me. Its not easy. It is fun tho.

 

[Hostile]

At the office we play a game w/ Google Earth. I basically find a historical site and get it all zoomed in and take a screen pic. I put the pic up and my staff gets 1 shot at identifying it. Trust me. Its not easy. It is fun tho.

I'd play. That sounds fun.