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See your House from Space,

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,... and then fly around your neighbourhood !

I just discoverd Google Earth !

http://earth.google.com/

DL the software and then be amazed .. ! I can see my house, work, .. OMFG !

.. has this been posted here before ?!
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I think Roidi may have mentioned it once or twice!!
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Mine is just a blob.
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thats so creepy
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Post by Pun »

how many freakin google earth threads are we gonna have?
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Post by El Ka Bong »

... ahh I'm just slow, that's all.. and now AMAZED !

I'm at V4B 4n8, ... just two blocks from the beach !

.. Soo Cool is how you can adjust the angle of view, and ( for eg, at my V4B 4N8), see the steepness of the terrain ! ( .. trying to not get too distracted at work..!)
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Yeah, its the bong stuff eh?
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Post by Robo »

Cool, it's got a somewhat decent coverage of the UK which is hard to find.

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Post by suicide eddie »

a target for my orbital station at last

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Eeek.
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Post by Pun »

Ahaha! awesome! Thanks, Edge, that justified leaving it open.
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Post by Iceman »

Get the Google Earth software, its much better (resolution + 3D). I use it for planning my bike rides. I map out an area and take 4 to 16 snaps of them, stitch them together in Photoshop, and print the result. I stick the pic in my helmet so when I need help finding my way around ... there it is.

New Home ...
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Old Home ...

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Post by Flatlander »

I have a few aviation links for Google Earth, including a B-2 and F-117 @ Palmdale, the desert boneyard @ Davis-Monthan, Kennedy Space Center, the USAF Museum, etc.
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Bwahaha
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Post by Nightmare USA »

that is so cool. I noticed that the pictures were fairly old though. There was a car at my god parents house that was wrecked over a year ago.
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Post by bash »

Ice, I do sort of the same thing. Lacking a distance computer, GE's path function enables me to determine the length of my daily ride. I was pleasantly surprised to discover it's about a mile further than I thought. :D

In other news (thanks to Robo's keen eyes), I'm now a DBB MASTER (since Jim screwed me out of my DEMIGOD rank when my NTrap forum bit the dust :mad:) with 5,000 posts! Yay4me! In order not to ruin that number I will now only re-edit old posts and continue to delete all new submissions moments after posting. The balloons and basket of personal hygeine products sent by Kevin was a nice touch to commemorate the milestone. :D
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Post by Vander »

Flatlander, there's a plane taking off from SFO.
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Vander wrote:Flatlander, there's a plane taking off from SFO.
So there is, very cool; on runway 19L.
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I'd show you all a picture of the terrain where i live but all you would see is trees...
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