Has anyone played with Google Earth? Its great!!

EDManual · 08-08-2005, 08:44 PM

I am enjoying going from place to place!! You can zoom in on your house, or the grand canyon, etc.

Turn on the latitude and longitude and go here :

E144degree24'33" S37degree53;15"

Where do you go if you go here? Somewhere we would like to hide in the bushes at!! ;-D

Kapn_Kiwi · 08-08-2005, 08:47 PM

http://www.fordforums.com.au/showthr...t=google+earth
why yes we have.
Google moon is cool too. Zoom all the way in.

RED_EL_XR8 · 08-08-2005, 08:47 PM

Get in quick before Lucas Heights is pixalated.

Dave_au · 08-08-2005, 08:49 PM

^ Not that there is any information that isn't available elsewhere.

Sigh - one does tire at the media's current "anti-terror terror campaign".

Sourbastard · 08-08-2005, 08:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Dave_au

^ Not that there is any information that isn't available elsewhere.

Sigh - one does tire at the media's current "anti-terror terror campaign".

I feel safer already under the hysterical guidance of Field Marshall Ray Martin.

Mike Gayner · 08-08-2005, 09:02 PM

Yeah Google Earth is amazing, the 3d grand canyon is spectacular. My computer is far too slow to run Google Earth properly but I have had a play on my brothers machine.

M14A-Mclaren · 08-08-2005, 09:03 PM

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Originally Posted by RED_EL_XR8

Get in quick before Lucas Heights is pixalated.

What the hell is Lucas Heights? placemark?

Dark Horse · 08-08-2005, 09:17 PM

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Originally Posted by M14A-Mclaren

What the hell is Lucas Heights? placemark?

Let's just say the local roads there are named after famous physicists.

Falcon Freak · 08-08-2005, 09:51 PM

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Sigh - one does tire at the media's current "anti-terror terror campaign".

Newsflash article

FF

RED_EL_XR8 · 08-08-2005, 09:56 PM

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Originally Posted by M14A-Mclaren

What the hell is Lucas Heights? placemark?

That is classified information - Domestic release only!!!

Mike Gayner · 09-08-2005, 05:10 AM

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Originally Posted by M14A-Mclaren

What the hell is Lucas Heights? placemark?

I think it's a nuclear power plant. I heard about this on the news, some people are concerned that you can see it from google earth. I agree with the previous comments about hysterical media.

**Full Noise** · 09-08-2005, 05:27 AM

I got it last week and so far have spent about 30 hours on it.

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The Hoover dam is as clear as a bell and check out the Suez canal.

Cheers, Danny

galaxy xr8 · 09-08-2005, 07:30 AM

I need to update my Laptop to run Google earth, but I have played with it on the computer's at work.

MrSparkle · 09-08-2005, 07:37 AM

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Originally Posted by sourbastard

I feel safer already under the hysterical guidance of Field Marshall Ray Martin.

Hey, hang on a minute - I thought he was a Generalfeldmarschall, or was it Riechsführer-SS????

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Paxton · 09-08-2005, 07:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Mike Gayner

I think it's a nuclear power plant. I heard about this on the news, some people are concerned that you can see it from google earth. I agree with the previous comments about hysterical media.

Gotta love Kiwi's

: , however you are WRONG. Australia has NO nuclear Power. Lucas Heights is ANSTO, or Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation. It is used to create Isotopes for use in medicine and other nuclear related research. The Government here believe that it it is a terror threat, however the reactor (yes I have seen it) is the size of a NRL Football. If it got hit, it would not damage the CBD of Sydney, it would only go as far as Bangor, to the west of the Shire.

-Andrew

Dave_au · 09-08-2005, 09:10 AM

Only Bangor! I think the rest of Sydney was hoping it would take out the shire!

http://www.ansto.gov.au/natfac/hifar.html - its the size of a washing machine :P

Shonky · 09-08-2005, 09:57 AM

This is mad!

My mate has spent the last 5 minutes scrolling slowly over his ex-girlfriend's house making noises like a bomber dropping a nuke!

I zoomed in on the top of the office building where I work... apparently we have air-conditioning. When I asked why it wasn't turned on, I was told that they were "inefficient" and as such had been turned off. (which means the stingy company is trying to cut costs by not using it)

Google is my FRIEND!

FRDXR6 · 09-08-2005, 10:28 AM

Dammit they need better zoom in SE Melbourne!

jmc-007 · 09-08-2005, 10:58 AM

Yeah its good been playing with it for about 2 months now :hihi:

I think its taken off pretty well. not all areas are covered but most are.

Some of the Citys in the US are 3D

try and get a hold of the pro edition

OED666 · 09-08-2005, 11:29 AM

yea, its awesome... found where i live, and where my brother lives in the UK, same with where i stayed in london and paris... its bloody unreal... i also looked at where the world trade centres were... and as jmc-007 said, some of the buildings are in 3d... its pretty good!!! definitely a good way to waste employers time...

**Full Noise** · 09-08-2005, 12:26 PM

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Originally Posted by FRDXR6

Dammit they need better zoom in SE Melbourne!

I'll say. I can see all of the depots I've worked at, but not my bloody house.

Cheers, Danny

MITCHAY · 09-08-2005, 12:29 PM

Seen my house. I tried to look down the south coast at stuff but it doesnt seem to show much detail. Is there anyway to show road names and stuff like that? All in all its pretty darn cool

OED666 · 09-08-2005, 12:43 PM

yea, just put a tick in the roads box... but you have to zoom in a bit to get the road names to show up

sfr rob · 09-08-2005, 01:01 PM

yeah whats the go with the SE of vic?!
they got a WHOLE lot of grass and trees... but when it comes to MY area... there is Crap all! sucks! check out the pyramids and sh!t... its wicked!

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M14A-Mclaren · 09-08-2005, 01:57 PM

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Originally Posted by paxtonandrew

Gotta love Kiwi's

: , however you are WRONG.

To be fair, what do you know about New Zealand?

Dave_au · 09-08-2005, 02:14 PM

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Originally Posted by M14A-Mclaren

To be fair, what do you know about New Zealand?

Only what the dog taught us from Footrot Flats cartoon series:hihi:

vino3o2 · 09-08-2005, 03:00 PM

Yeah great site...saw the mazdabater in my drive-way!

M14A-Mclaren · 09-08-2005, 03:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Dave_au

Only what the dog taught us from Footrot Flats cartoon series:hihi:

Lol, nicely done.

Hawk · 10-08-2005, 12:02 PM

NASA has a similar program called World Wind. A guy at work has it and it is sensational.

Downloaded the Google one the other day and am impressed with it. Zoomed in on my Brother-in-Law's work and could make out his car....zoomed to my house and saw the car park next to it etc. Isn't the best visually close up, but hey it is only 10mb. The NASA one is 180mb!

Rodp · 10-08-2005, 07:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Hawk

NASA has a similar program called World Wind. A guy at work has it and it is sensational.

Downloaded the Google one the other day and am impressed with it. Zoomed in on my Brother-in-Law's work and could make out his car....zoomed to my house and saw the car park next to it etc. Isn't the best visually close up, but hey it is only 10mb. The NASA one is 180mb!

I'm sure I can see my car on Google Earth as well, not too many Orange cars in my units. Would have snapped me as I was going out too because it's always garaged.