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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: phreak on April 05, 2005, 09:17:53 pm
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Google maps now has satellite maps. Hot ****. Granted there's only the major North American cities, but its still ****ing awesome.
http://maps.google.com
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The satellite half is much better. I've got it right over 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue right now.
If you don't know where that is, I'm sorry.
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You should use it to look around Texas. Somewhere, there's a village in Texas without it's idiot.
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Drat... no entry for Arlen...
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Originally posted by Raa
You should use it to look around Texas. Somewhere, there's a village in Texas without it's idiot.
aww, dont start that **** again....
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:lol:
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:lol:
JINX! :nervous:
Edit:
How the feck is it 10:39?! It's not even there on my clock yet!! :p
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When they have Sydney on there, I'll be excited. ;)
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I'm now reminded of Heinlein's Friday, where corporations have taken over the Earth. Or, The Cat who Walks Through Walls.
Just wait 'til we get wmd.google.com.
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Do we not already? :nervous:
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I found my house!
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Originally posted by WMCoolmon
I'm now reminded of Heinlein's Friday, where corporations have taken over the Earth. Or, The Cat who Walks Through Walls.
Just wait 'til we get wmd.google.com.
(http://politicalhumor.about.com/library/graphics/iraq_wmd_google.jpg)
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The detail on this is incredible. Lets hope they expand their list of mapped cities (I can find myself alright, just in general.)
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I found my house, but I am out in the woods.
Maybe its mapped because I am in the bay area?
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I'm not on the map and I'm in a pretty high density area... :(
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Take a look at the Great Wall of China. I never realized how massive that thing is.
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(http://game-warden.com/raa/raamap.jpg)
:D
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Christ.. that's pretty scary. The level of detail I mean.
Raa, looks like you live in a nice green neighberhood ;)
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(http://freespaceserver.cjb.net/gti/nuclear.JPG)
There we go.
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Originally posted by Kalfireth
Raa, looks like you live in a nice green neighberhood ;)
It's not bad. Although it looks alot greener on Satelite... :lol:
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How do you get the photos? Just zoom in to the max?
EDIT: Just figured it out with my mad l337 computer skillz.
Okay, here's the capital of the universe:
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=01833&ll=42.737889,-70.962067&spn=0.005440,0.007918&t=k&hl=en
The larger building in the center is my puny high school. (http://maps.google.com/maps?q=01833&ll=42.724081,-70.986410&spn=0.005440,0.007918&t=k&hl=en)
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I prefer world wind, you get just as much, if not more, detail of N.America. Wish they'd put as much detail into the UK world wind images.
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(http://www.penguinbomb.com/rictor/rictor/sheridan.gif)
Sheridan College
My house was right on the boundary between where they have a good, clear picture, and where its all blurry 'n ****. So, here's the next best thing.
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Well, on the downloadable version i found a car parked illegaly across two parking spaces in the parking lot above the white building in the middle http://maps.google.com/maps?q=01833&ll=38.901558,-77.017035&spn=0.007564,0.010643&t=k&hl=en
In relation ot whitehouse (near bottom, blurred out)
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=01833&ll=38.895228,-77.011993&spn=0.015128,0.021286&t=k&hl=en
Whitehouse in reelation to big river
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=01833&ll=38.869114,-77.021456&spn=0.060511,0.085144&t=k&hl=en
If you cant find that far i'm not posting anymore shots, the river is the one that looks all segmented when you zoom in.
and my house...
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=01833&ll=49.350747,-123.135034&spn=0.007317,0.010643&t=k&hl=en
See near the middle of trhe picture, the little white square is a tent i had in my back yard until a heavy rainfall bent the big steel supports holding it up (rain and cloth are strong forces)
And my house its the one in wich the square is in the backyard.
Edit: you may wanna zoom in a step on theese, for some reasong google maps zoomso ut when copying the link.
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Now I know where target my oribital laser platform. Thanks guys :D
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Very nice stuff indeed :yes: Too bad I can't zero in on my house :D
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Heck, I can see the shed in my backyard with this thing, not to mention my dorm. :)
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Originally posted by karajorma
Now I know where target my oribital laser platform. Thanks guys :D
I'm going to call you Khrima from now on.