Google Earth

[Love4Cheno]

Posted: 7/15/05 at 11:36am

OK, I am obsessed with this program. I've been searching cities around the globe, looking at various monuments- Il Duomo, La Tour Eiffel, Taj Mahal.

It's amazing how detailed these satellite images are.

[Elphaba]

Posted: 7/15/05 at 11:43am

was doing the same thing earlier cheno.....

[Love4Cheno]

Posted: 7/15/05 at 11:44am

The detail is remarkable. Totally fascinating.

[Millie42]

Posted: 7/15/05 at 12:12pm

Oh. My. Gosh. This is incredible. Hours of amusement!

It's also a little scary how detailed it is. I looked up a dorm I lived in my junior year and it was even LABELED by name.

[Aigoo]

Posted: 7/15/05 at 12:22pm

Aww..my house isn't there. Just this big mass of...dirt.

[morosco]

Posted: 7/15/05 at 12:42pm

It's remarkable isn't it? I could see my car parked near where I live.

[Elphaba]

Posted: 7/15/05 at 1:54pm

I zoomed in on Corvallis, OR........and was right above the OSU football stadium, and could read OREGON STATE in the ends zones...bizarre

[Millie42]

Posted: 7/15/05 at 1:56pm

I cannot stop messing with this program....

Does anyone know how old this data is? I am guessing at least 5 years

[BroadwayDiva]

Posted: 7/15/05 at 2:05pm

I love this!! I'm completely addicted to it. A few days ago, I was on it for probably 3 hours straight.

[Aigoo]

Posted: 7/15/05 at 2:11pm

http://earth.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=21414&topic=-1



How old is your data?

Google Earth acquires the best imagery available, most of which is approximately one to two years old.

We recently launched our new Primary Database which includes:
- 15m imagery for the entire globe
- 90m terrain elevation mode data
- Updates to many US cities
- Major international expansion including, but not limited to, all major Canadian and Australian cities, Santiago, Buenos Aires, Rome, Naples, London, Luxembourg, Paris, Toulouse, Valencia, Barcelona, Lisbon, and Athens.

[Elphaba]

Posted: 7/15/05 at 2:28pm

yup, cause the house next door to mine has only been around for at best two years, and it's show being built

[Elphaba]

Posted: 7/15/05 at 2:53pm

I must be REALLY bored, since I keep zooming into stadiums around the country

[Millie42]

Posted: 7/15/05 at 2:54pm

Is it all from the same time? I had thought two years because of the construction on the WWII memorial but then, at home, my 4 yr old apartment complex doesn't appear to be there!

ETA: I finally found it! The church beside it looks different and there are many more buildings and trees now. Plus, I haven't lived in the city for 8 months now--my memory is failing!

Updated On: 7/15/05 at 02:54 PM

[dietcherryemma]

Posted: 7/15/05 at 3:08pm

Man! You guys got me interested in this, and now the website says that downloads are temporarily unavailable. Just my luck.

[Forester]

Posted: 7/15/05 at 3:26pm

That thing is evil. I've spent countless hour looking at different conflict zone just because I can. The entire office is obsessed with the program. It's addicting.

[Marlene]

Posted: 7/16/05 at 9:32pm

Haha...I already had a program like that...but I had a friend call me about it early and demanded that I install it...I had a lovely time looking at my house from above.

[insomniak]

Posted: 7/16/05 at 11:17pm

I downloaded this out of curiousity, but something seems screwy. Every time I move my mouse over the thing I'm trying to look at, lines and shapes go all over. I can't really describe it well, but did anyone else have this problem?

[Link Larkin Wanabe]

Posted: 7/17/05 at 1:58am

Hah,

I love how all the detail in my city cuts off RIGHT before it gets to my house...i'm talking like three blocks. BUt I have already found all my friends houses and stuff.

Akiva