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« on: July 10, 2005, 07:00:35 PM »
Google really has made a technological jump with this interesting idea. Definitely worth checking out. Download only takes less than a minute on a cable connection.

http://earth.google.com/
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Re: Google Earth
« Reply #1 on: July 10, 2005, 08:44:18 PM »
Lhotse, make sure you remember to introduce yourself.
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Re: Google Earth
« Reply #2 on: July 10, 2005, 09:04:15 PM »
this is really cool actually...
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Re: Google Earth
« Reply #3 on: July 10, 2005, 09:12:07 PM »
It is really cool, and good for many hours of time-wasting.

Though it does make me wish I had more money for travel.
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Re: Google Earth
« Reply #4 on: July 10, 2005, 10:12:42 PM »
I found Machupicchu, that was cool.
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Re: Google Earth
« Reply #5 on: July 12, 2005, 02:31:56 PM »
I found the images to be about 4-5 years old, but still it works great on my cable internet connects and allows me to waste so much time just looking around new areas of the world
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Re: Google Earth
« Reply #6 on: July 13, 2005, 09:26:43 PM »
Yes, the images are a little old, but I just found all of my childhood homes. Now I'm overwhelmed with nostalgia.
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Re: Google Earth
« Reply #7 on: July 15, 2005, 06:28:53 PM »
This may well be the coolest thing I've ever seen. The images of Mexico aren't as sharp as those of the US, but I still found all of my mission areas and one of my mission houses.
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Re: Google Earth
« Reply #8 on: July 18, 2005, 09:24:40 AM »
I found my house!

53 degrees 37'51.27 N       1 degree 44'28.43 W         Elevation 396 feet
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Re: Google Earth
« Reply #9 on: July 18, 2005, 12:14:44 PM »
I have now seen Entropy's house, though it was too fuzzy to get any real detail on. Mine is 40.17.17.02 N 111.43.23.53 W.

While we're at it, here's one of my houses in Mexico: 31.43.13.07 N 106.27.59.22 W. Though much cooler than that is the enormous message written on the mountain, that was visible throughout the city (and apparently from space): 31.42.16.75 N 106.31.08.11 W.
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Re: Google Earth
« Reply #10 on: July 18, 2005, 01:12:41 PM »
I have seen fellfrosches house.

The map zooming in like that gave me the feeling that it would load up into a game when it got to floor level, and i'd get to wander around fells house. :P

Plus it illustrated just how boring american addresses are.
« Last Edit: July 18, 2005, 01:15:48 PM by Charlie82 »
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Re: Google Earth
« Reply #11 on: July 18, 2005, 04:00:53 PM »
Well, that's a Utah address. Most other states have cooler address systems (but ours is easier).
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Re: Google Earth
« Reply #12 on: July 18, 2005, 04:15:11 PM »
yeah, don't confuse lame Utah addressing with the rest of the country. My parents live on Red Horse Tavern Lane, for goodness' sake!
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Re: Google Earth
« Reply #13 on: July 19, 2005, 09:18:47 AM »
It's so Xcom!
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Re: Google Earth
« Reply #14 on: July 19, 2005, 01:51:11 PM »
one day macintosh will rule you all... until then I'll wait for the mac version, cuz i'm too lazy to walk all thw way downstairs and use my windows computer.
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