google earth

JonnyW@dd · 11-27-2005, 02:22 PM

http://earth.google.com/

pretty kool. I was looking at where I used to live and you can see the camero I used to have. too funny

Stryker412 · 12-15-2005, 09:10 AM

MS now has their own version if you can even get the page to load:

http://local.live.com/

Wilson · 12-15-2005, 09:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stryker412

MS now has their own version if you can even get the page to load

Loaded fine for me

Stryker412 · 12-15-2005, 09:22 AM

Hmm I wonder if work has it blocked somehow.

GorroXXII · 12-15-2005, 02:08 PM

I cant access it at work either.

Stryker412 · 12-15-2005, 02:53 PM

Yeah it's strange because people from here used Remote admin to their PCs at home and they said the site worked fine. Odd....

Horsepower · 12-15-2005, 02:58 PM

that MSN site is more llike Google Maps than Google Earth.

Stryker412 · 12-15-2005, 04:34 PM

Click on Bird's Eye Images. Obviously they have a LONG way to go to compete with Google Earth but those images are incredible.

Horsepower · 12-21-2005, 04:01 AM

Rachel, NV (Research Center) 115š44'00"W 37š38'30"N
Groom Lake Base, Bldg 170 115š49'00"W 37š14'00"N
Freedom Ridge 115š38'30"W 37š20'30"N
White Sides Mtn. 115š37'30"W 37š22'00"N
Tikaboo Peak 115š21'30"W 37š21'00"N
Papoose Lake (northernmost shore) 115š51'30"W 37š07'30"N
Black Mailbox 115š29'00"W 37š27'30"N
Tikaboo Peak 115š22'00"W 37š21'00"N
Janet 737 Terminal (Las Vegas) 115.16450šW 36.09212šN
Area 51 Nightclub (Las Vegas) 115.17714šW 36.12340šN

Area 51 - Groom Lake, center of lake bed. 115š47'30"W 37š16'30"N

i've driven on Route 375, the Extraterrestrial Highway. there isn't a damn thing out there.

EDIT: Governments Tremble at Google's Bird's-Eye View. http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/20/te...EeQmHBFprRfYmw

Stryker412 · 02-28-2006, 09:59 AM

NASA just released a program that's supposed to be better than Google Earth:

http://worldwind.arc.nasa.gov/download.html

edit: nm this is crap.