Google Earth

[Kev]

Want to know more about a specific location? Dive right in -- Google Earth combines satellite imagery, maps and the power of Google Search to put the world's geographic information at your fingertips.

Free Version (http://kh.google.com/download/earth/index.html)

I love this, you can zoom from space right into selected major areas around the world! I found the hotel we stayed in, in Paris last year!

[Max]

Was too blury when I found my area on it.

[Jock]

Have read reports (but not investigated or tried) that NASA do their own downloadable copy (i.e. no need for permanent internet connection). Do know how it fares though in comparison to Google Earth, which I have to say is awesome!

[Kev]

Was too blury when I found my area on it.

Unfortunately Liverpool isnt in detail :( But Manchester is, hmm I wonder what criteria they looked at when prioritising areas for greater detail.

Try the Grand Canyon, thats impressive so is New York!

[Max]

It got my street but it was blurry. :(

I am now using it to aim laser beams at the BBC for lack of good sports. :D

[Scousemouse]

D'you know, you guys are really p***ing me off...yep, I follow your instructions hoping to view the earth from afar...and what's the first thing that greets me? — "Apple Macintosh computers are not supported at this time (but we are working on it)" — patronising b******s.

Oh bloody super, fantastic, superbloodycalifragic, I'll get down on me knees and thank the Lord that you're thinking of me!

Perhaps you can get those morons at telewest to cater for us Mac users sometime in the not too distant future, grrr....

Anyway, I didn't want to see our 'ouse anyway-I know what the bloody roof looks like!

mutter, mutter, mutter, smug sods.... :D :D

(picks up ball and goes home)

an' I'm glad it's all blurry, so there!

[Max]

It now has the BBC building on target and stand by. Pow, Pow it's now gone. :D

[lindylou]

I looked at Google Earth a while back, but couldn't do much with it. I only managed to see one decent image of Buenos Aires ( I have a friend there !)
... but couldn't get anything else. Things were just a blur and the computer kept freezing. I had to uninstall it before it killed my pc ! :cry:

I keep hearing about all the fantastic images people have seen - it was a nonstarter for me.

[Max]

Too blurry onmost places!

[Kev]

Google earth now has Liverpool in glorious detail!

Check it out

I can see the roof of my house!

[Scousemouse]

Anyway, I didn't want to see our 'ouse anyway-I know what the bloody roof looks like!

mutter, mutter, mutter, smug sods....


Google earth now has Liverpool in glorious detail!

Check it out

I can see the roof of my house!

NOW YER TAKIN' THE MICKEY, KEV! :badgrin:

[Kev]

No micky takin i promise, I was genuinely impressed. I traced the route back from town, for old times sake :tear:

[theninesisters]

If Google Earth doesn't like ya system then go and try www.flashearth.com !

[Kev]

Now that's brilliant!

[Max]

A much more evolved version of Google Earth.

[scouse smurf]

If Google Earth doesn't like ya system then go and try www.flashearth.com !

That is amazing. I can almost see the missing tiles off my roof hehe

[marie]

That´s fantastic!! :PDT_Piratz_26:

Lat.: 43°15'10.79"N
Alt.: 2°54'55.16"W

[SteH]

Google Earth need to do some updates on Liverpool. Chavasse Par is still there and there's not even Beetham 1.

[robbo176]

www.flashearth.com is at least 6 years out of date, my partners house is still a building site ,he moved into his house 2001

[marie]

I read it:

Google Earth exploite les images de la NASA datant de 2002 et permet des vues géographiques splendides. Pour les fans de géographie ou de cartographie, Google Earth vous comblera ,c'est sur. Attention, chargez ce logiciel sur une machine récente, puissante et connectée à internet.

[taffy]

I read it:

Google Earth exploite les images de la NASA datant de 2002 et permet des vues géographiques splendides. Pour les fans de géographie ou de cartographie, Google Earth vous comblera ,c'est sur. Attention, chargez ce logiciel sur une machine récente, puissante et connectée à internet.

Now that's what I call true scouse !!

[marie]

Now that's what I call true scouse !!

Sorry, I was copy&paste. This web said that the images are from 2002.

[taffy]

Sorry, I was copy&paste. This web said that the images are from 2002.

Sorry too. I was only joking !! I could actually understand what you'd written

[marie]

Sorry too. I was only joking !! I could actually understand what you'd written

Uppssss!!!!!!! Ok ok

[ukvette]

My house in Warrington is hardly visable,

[Wato]

Only me,

I done an overlay a few years back in Google earth of Liverpool in 1903, to be specific its more south and takes in runcorn etc.

If your not used to google earth...you can fade the overlay in and out on the left with the slider bar....to see a " Then and Now " type thing.

It has slightly moved out of alignment since I placed it, the new google terrain is a bit off from what it was....I might re-align it if I get a chance....but you'll get the general idea.

click the view in google earth link and it will download the image to your comp and open up google earth.

http://bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/showthreaded.php?Cat=&Board=EarthHistory&Number=161725&Searchpage=1&Main=161725&Words=+wato&topic=&Search=true#Post161725

I done a previous one of the docks from 1868 but thats well out of alignment now, I will redo asap.

http://bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/showthreaded.php/Cat/0/Number/161656/page/

Hope it interesting to some of you :PDT16

Peace and Happiness..........Gaz.

[Kev]

That is brilliant, cheers. Never knew that could be done.

[Cadfael]

Fantastic :PDT11

[Wato]

Yeah Kev, sound isn't it. I spent wayyyy too long fading in and out going " ooh look thats still there!" etc, but everyone had gone to bed. :disgust:

The later overlay I enjoyed cos I'm from that end of the City Woolton / Speke / Childwall. So I was well into spotting the changes.

There's loads of great overlays on the Google Earth Community

http://bbs.keyhole.com/entrance.php

Please Everyone, be warned : if your into Geography and/or History this will Seriously eat into your Life! :PDT_Xtremez_42:

Peace and Happiness......Gaz :PDT11

[eddie french]

I looked at Google Earth a while back, but couldn't do much with it. I only managed to see one decent image of Buenos Aires ( I have a friend there !)
... but couldn't get anything else. Things were just a blur and the computer kept freezing. I had to uninstall it before it killed my pc ! :cry:

I keep hearing about all the fantastic images people have seen - it was a nonstarter for me.

Try installing it again and turn off your firewall when you try to use it. If it works then turn your firewall back on and tweak it until you find what's killing it.

[eddie french]

Only me,

I done an overlay a few years back in Google earth of Liverpool in 1903, to be specific its more south and takes in runcorn etc.

If your not used to google earth...you can fade the overlay in and out on the left with the slider bar....to see a " Then and Now " type thing.

It has slightly moved out of alignment since I placed it, the new google terrain is a bit off from what it was....I might re-align it if I get a chance....but you'll get the general idea.

click the view in google earth link and it will download the image to your comp and open up google earth.

http://bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/showthreaded.php?Cat=&Board=EarthHistory&Number=161725&Searchpage=1&Main=161725&Words=+wato&topic=&Search=true#Post161725

I done a previous one of the docks from 1868 but thats well out of alignment now, I will redo asap.

http://bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/showthreaded.php/Cat/0/Number/161656/page/

Hope it interesting to some of you :PDT16

Peace and Happiness..........Gaz.

Wato,
That's awesome, the overlay was spot on even at highest resolution. :handclap:

[iain]

I just looked at the Flash Earth thing on the Microsoft VE Aerial setting, and there's a fairground on Chavasse Park :unibrow:

[Wato]

Wato,
That's awesome, the overlay was spot on even at highest resolution. :handclap:

Thanks mate, appreciate that. :PDT11

I'm scared to go on it cos its so addictive....I'll end up like the peter dogherty of the google earth world :PDT_Aliboronz_24:

Peace and Hapiness......Gaz

[matt]

I've had Google Earth in work for a couple of years now. I've just downloaded the 2007 version from here http://earth.google.com/ and it's bang up to date.

Enjoy (except if you're a mac user LOL!!) :unibrow:

[GingerTheCat]

Just been playing with the new Flight Sim on Google Earth. Its on the Tools menu. You need the latest version I think.

You can choose between 2 planes a slow one and a mega fast jet.

Managed to crash them both :PDT_Xtremez_42: