The White House, and surrounding buildings show up for me... they're just pixelated at full zoom compared to everything else. The Pentagon, however, shows up in full resolution.
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I couldn't find Area 51, wonder why?
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And now they've taken it one step further: <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://earth.google.com/">http://earth.google.com/</a><!-- m -->
Since they've got the earth, why not the moon???
<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://moon.google.com/">http://moon.google.com/</a><!-- m -->
Make sure that you zoom in all the way... the detail is incredible!!
chris Wrote:Since they've got the earth, why not the moon???
<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://moon.google.com/">http://moon.google.com/</a><!-- m -->
Make sure that you zoom in all the way... the detail is incredible!!
incredible detail indeed!
Google's got some cool stuff for sure. I just started playing around with their picture program Picasa. Pretty neat program. <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://picasa.google.com/index.html">http://picasa.google.com/index.html</a><!-- m -->
How about some "fun" with google maps???
Go to
maps.google.com and search for "hitler".... and zoom in on the satellite shot all the way!
What the fuck??? Who's programming this stuff?
[edit]Upon further investigation, it doesn't always return the destination that I linked above.. but it does sometimes.[/edit]
And if you think you know geography and landmarks, here's a game based on google maps: <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://heyletsgo.com/gmapsgame.php">http://heyletsgo.com/gmapsgame.php</a><!-- m -->
chris Wrote:How about some "fun" with google maps???
Go to maps.google.com and search for "hitler".... and zoom in on the satellite shot all the way!
What the f**k??? Who's programming this stuff?
[edit]Upon further investigation, it doesn't always return the destination that I linked above.. but it does sometimes.[/edit]
And if you think you know geography and landmarks, here's a game based on google maps: <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://heyletsgo.com/gmapsgame.php">http://heyletsgo.com/gmapsgame.php</a><!-- m -->
why the interest in looking up hitler???
opiated Wrote:why the interest in looking up hitler???
I found that on a "humourous things on the internet" page... no personal interest at all. :thumb:
Has anyone been using their Picasa2 picture program?
I downloaded it a few weeks ago and it's the best thing for digital pictures I've ever come across and the best thing is... it's totaly free. Go check it out:
<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://picasa.google.com/index.html">http://picasa.google.com/index.html</a><!-- m --> :thumb: :thumb:
It's amazing how much it resembles iPhoto for Mac... but yes, it is pretty darn good, and the price is right.
I think that Amazon might take over as my favourite mapping site! A9 is their new mapping service and it takes it to a whole new level!
<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://maps.a9.com/">http://maps.a9.com/</a><!-- m -->
Although only in beta, and only listing 20 major US cities, A9 takes users on a street level tour. They drove every street in each city with an SUV equipped with a digital video camera and lots of hard drive space. The location of the images was then mapped using GPS and the resulting ability to "drive" down the street is pretty awesome.
For example:
Seinfeld fans:
Monk's Diner
Here's a how'd they do that video
And if you are a Flickr fan... there are lots of pics tagged a9local. If you set the slideshow speed to 1 second, it creates a cool stop motion sort of video drive down the streets.
hock: ...yeah, what mark said...
So what the heck is this: <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://maps.google.ca/maps?ll=37.526609,-117.899780&spn=.166839,.356163&t=h&hl=en">http://maps.google.ca/maps?ll=37.526609 ... &t=h&hl=en</a><!-- m -->
What are those green circles in the middle of nowhere?