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Old 11-03-2006, 04:41 PM   #1
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Too Close For Comfort?

I'm sure many of you out there messed aroung with Google Earth and such. Today I wanted to see my brother's residence, so I went to MSN's local.live.com:



Holy Crap! When you click on "bird's eye" you get pics like above. This is crazy! Cool crazy.

FYI: My bro lives in Watertown, Mass.
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Old 11-03-2006, 06:17 PM   #2
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[half]That just means the NSA is very interested in your brothers neighborhood. It might be time to move.[/kidding]
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Old 11-04-2006, 07:47 AM   #3
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[boo]The nsa likes pangloss62's brother better than me[/hoo]
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Old 11-04-2006, 08:45 AM   #4
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Old 11-04-2006, 08:45 AM   #5
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Old 11-04-2006, 10:24 AM   #6
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Cool.
But I can't find the birds eye button...
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Old 11-04-2006, 06:12 PM   #7
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Holy Crapoli!

That must be one of those "20 yards" shots. Is that where your freakin live?

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I don't think so. I've noticed a bias in the closeness of the pics. I tried to find my sister's house and only got the 90-degree shot. The "bird's eye" won't show if they don't have it.

I see this as a good tool for real estate agents. Seriously. People want to know the neighborhood, and what better a way than a 20-to-40-yard bird's eye view free on the internets. As W says, just go to "the google."
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Old 11-04-2006, 06:17 PM   #8
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footfoot has altitude!

Seriouslhly, (Foster Brooks), where, generally, do you reside?
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Old 11-04-2006, 08:01 PM   #9
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I see this as a good tool for real estate agents.
www.zillow.com
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Old 11-04-2006, 08:02 PM   #10
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Seriouslhly, (Foster Brooks), where, generally, do you reside?
generally in the little known area near vermont and new york.
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Old 11-04-2006, 09:18 PM   #11
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Holy Crapoli!

That must be one of those "20 yards" shots. Is that where your freakin live?
Yup. I'm guessing DC is covered pretty well.
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Old 11-04-2006, 09:20 PM   #12
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Cool.
But I can't find the birds eye button...
You mean when you try it over your place? It only shows up if they've got the coverage for that area/zoom level.
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Old 11-06-2006, 08:08 PM   #13
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According to Zillow our house is worth $425,000!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Old 11-06-2006, 09:25 PM   #14
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Zilliow is seriously behind in their pictures. They're showing houses torn down some time ago.
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Old 11-06-2006, 09:28 PM   #15
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Yeah, the photo of my house on Zillow is at least three-and-a-half years old.
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