Google does it better

xoxoxoBruce · 07-31-2005, 02:41 PM

Google

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The idea is simple. It’s a globe that sits inside your PC. You point and zoom to anyplace on the planet that you want to explore. Satellite images and local facts zoom into view. Tap into Google search to show local points of interest and facts. Zoom to a specific address to check out an apartment or hotel. View driving directions and even fly along your route. We invite you to try it now.

A 10.3Mb download that works great. No spyware that I can detect. It even gives you the gps coordinates and elevation of what you're looking at. And of course it's dragable.
I like it.

Happy Monkey · 07-31-2005, 04:56 PM

It's pretty awesome. Check out 35°38'14.07"N 139°45'22.96"E, for an odd highway in Tokyo.

richlevy · 07-31-2005, 05:38 PM

This is the coolest app I have seen in a long time. It's like being Superman flying around and carrying a library.

I was able to get the elevation of my house above sea level, which was something I was curious about.

It popped up traffic webcams I didn't know were in my area.

BTW, you want to enter coords as 35.381407, 139.452296

xoxoxoBruce · 07-31-2005, 05:48 PM

I wouldn't bet on the elevations, Rich. As I go from the creek up the backyard to the house the elevations go down.

They are ballpark, though, I'm being pretty picky here.

capnhowdy · 08-01-2005, 09:05 AM

This really IS cool.. Quite amazing to say the least. Sure beats hell outa the old Microsoft Terra Imager I have used. Any more clarity would be an invasion of privacy, Allthough I would love it. I think I'll go buy a huge monitor today. Thanks, Bruce......

Happy Monkey · 08-01-2005, 09:21 AM

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Originally Posted by richlevy

BTW, you want to enter coords as 35.381407, 139.452296

No, the calculation isn't quite that easy. I just figured out how to reset the coordinate system to decimal instead of degrees/minutes/seconds, so I'll post the updated values when I get home.

Undertoad · 08-01-2005, 09:30 AM

Just copy and paste HM's location and put a comma between the two values.

capnhowdy · 08-01-2005, 01:47 PM

you can use N and W with a space, if you know the coords......at least it worked for me.

Happy Monkey · 08-02-2005, 06:35 AM

OK, here it is converted to decimal. Lat/Lon: 35.637242, 139.756379

xoxoxoBruce · 08-03-2005, 08:05 PM

I'm disappointed in the clarity of some areas. My house and the areas around Philly, you can zoom in on individual homes and identify them. Other areas of the country you can only see neighborhoods. lancaster County, PA, western MA and Kansas are a some I've found lacking. I guess they spent their money on the keyholes.

Happy Monkey · 08-03-2005, 09:24 PM

Yeah. I tried to find Tent Rocks, but it was just outside the high-res area. Too bad. It would have been an interesting view. The Grand Canyon is awesome, though.

07-31-2005, 04:56 PM	#2
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	It's pretty awesome. Check out 35°38'14.07"N 139°45'22.96"E, for an odd highway in Tokyo. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

07-31-2005, 05:38 PM	#3
richlevy King Of Wishful Thinking Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Philadelphia Suburbs Posts: 6,669	This is the coolest app I have seen in a long time. It's like being Superman flying around and carrying a library. I was able to get the elevation of my house above sea level, which was something I was curious about. It popped up traffic webcams I didn't know were in my area. BTW, you want to enter coords as 35.381407, 139.452296 __________________ Exercise your rights and remember your obligations - VOTE! I have always believed that hope is that stubborn thing inside us that insists, despite all the evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us so long as we have the courage to keep reaching, to keep working, to keep fighting. -- Barack Hussein Obama Last edited by richlevy; 07-31-2005 at 05:42 PM.

07-31-2005, 05:48 PM	#4
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	I wouldn't bet on the elevations, Rich. As I go from the creek up the backyard to the house the elevations go down. They are ballpark, though, I'm being pretty picky here. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

08-01-2005, 09:05 AM	#5
capnhowdy Blatantly Homosapien Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 6,200	This really IS cool.. Quite amazing to say the least. Sure beats hell outa the old Microsoft Terra Imager I have used. Any more clarity would be an invasion of privacy, Allthough I would love it. I think I'll go buy a huge monitor today. Thanks, Bruce...... __________________ Please type slowly. I can't read very fast............... and no holy water, please.

08-01-2005, 01:47 PM	#8
capnhowdy Blatantly Homosapien Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 6,200	you can use N and W with a space, if you know the coords......at least it worked for me. __________________ Please type slowly. I can't read very fast............... and no holy water, please.

08-01-2005, 09:30 AM	#7
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Just copy and paste HM's location and put a comma between the two values.

08-02-2005, 06:35 AM	#9
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	OK, here it is converted to decimal. Lat/Lon: 35.637242, 139.756379 __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

08-03-2005, 08:05 PM	#10
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	I'm disappointed in the clarity of some areas. My house and the areas around Philly, you can zoom in on individual homes and identify them. Other areas of the country you can only see neighborhoods. lancaster County, PA, western MA and Kansas are a some I've found lacking. I guess they spent their money on the keyholes. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

08-03-2005, 09:24 PM	#11
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	Yeah. I tried to find Tent Rocks, but it was just outside the high-res area. Too bad. It would have been an interesting view. The Grand Canyon is awesome, though. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

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