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william
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Joined: 25 Nov 2004
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Tue Aug 23, 2005 6:21 am |
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to coin a phrase made famous by the Quo, i was shown a neat web-based program called Google Earth. No doubt there is bound to be someone on here thats already heard of it/has it, but assuming not many know of it, this is what it is...
Basically, there is Google Earth (free), GE Plus ($20) and GE Pro ($400). The free version is about 10Mb to download and once downloaded to your computer, and you start the program it connects with Google HQ (i assume) and you can roam a 3D representation of the Earth, zoom in, zoom out, and focus in on cities, towns, villages or a lone phone box 3 miles down the road from you.
Its pretty cool and well worth a look. I'm on 56k dial-up so it takes a little while for the screen resolution to alter and for you to get a decent picture of what ur looking at...but seeing how most of you lot are on broadband, there won't be much trouble there 
http://earth.google.com/
ROCK ON!!
Just noticed that if you type in a place name, it'll find it for you and automatically zoom into it |
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Chris H
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Joined: 02 Mar 2004
Posts: 19978
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Tue Aug 23, 2005 6:32 am |
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cool, I love satelite pics! |
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JB
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Joined: 16 Feb 2004
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Tue Aug 23, 2005 6:36 am |
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maps.google.com is pretty much all the same without the need to download the software....uses the same satellite imagery anyway.
it is good. i can see my individual house...
weird that swansea has high resolution but cardiff doesnt...wonder how they chose. |
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Chris H
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Tue Aug 23, 2005 6:41 am |
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well i d/l th eprogram, ran it then it made my pc reboot. got system error messages, I will try it again and see if it plays up, but from the brief 3 mins I had with it its kin brill! |
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Chris H
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Tue Aug 23, 2005 6:45 am |
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its liek the maps, not got all the detail 
but its got loads of cool tricks. Liek you can tilt the map so you can see it in 3d, mountains etc. |
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huwwatkins
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Joined: 10 Jun 2004
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Tue Aug 23, 2005 9:01 am |
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Its a bit like the Nasa one thats out, only not as good:P |
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Chris H
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Tue Aug 23, 2005 9:04 am |
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1 thing thats crap is you can get mountains etc in, even building in some places but no eifel tower standign up or statue of liberty etc.
Its still pretty smart but would be bette rif it was more accuate, I assume the expensive version you can aks a satelite to go look for you!?! |
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Roger Red Hat
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Tue Aug 23, 2005 9:10 am |
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be even better if it was live! |
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Chris H
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Tue Aug 23, 2005 9:11 am |
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yeah I could go out and moon you all!  |
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Roger Red Hat
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Tue Aug 23, 2005 9:13 am |
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lol.
wonder if there is one of the moon..
and is ther eone that is perfect on every bit of the world?
and can zoom RIGHT! in. |
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