Google Earth

bvibert · Jul 11, 2005

Greg said:
ALLSKIING said:

riverc0il said:

unfortunatley, my system can't run the software without some distortion

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I am interested on how well it runs with a state of the art computer? Anyone...Greg I think I remember you getting a computer with nitrous. :lol: :wink:

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I believe it's your bandwidth that makes the biggest difference. At work, the screen draws very quickly, but at home (newer PC) and with only a ~1 mbps DSL it is noticeably slower. Still very useable and with the pro-speed DSL I'll be getting soon (up to 3 mbps) it should work really well.

I'll be Greg is right, it seems a little better on my work laptop while I'm at work than it does when I'm at home using DSL through the wireless router. Its not a really big difference in my case but the laptop is brand new. It works pretty smooth and really isn't much different then my work desktop which is much more powerful.

Greg, you'll have to let us know if its better with the pro DSL..

riverc0il · Jul 11, 2005

i have cable with a very fast download connection. whereas my computer only has 128 RAM on a 666Mhz, i say it's the comp as my download speeds are really fast compared to other connections i have used.

riverc0il · Jul 11, 2005

allow me to clarify, the "drawing" is pretty fast except when i add multiples layers such as buildings, roads, and other features. however, i am reciving "splotches" in which certain sections of the map are not viewable or are not easily viewable. that seems to be the limitation i was referring to as when i free up resources i get slightly better imaging results.

Greg · Jul 11, 2005

Here's the best bandwdith meter I've found:

http://reviews.cnet.com/7004-7254_7-0.html?tag=cnetfd.dir

Again, I usually hover around 1 mbps.

awf170 · Jul 11, 2005

Greg said:
Here's the best bandwdith meter I've found:

http://reviews.cnet.com/7004-7254_7-0.html?tag=cnetfd.dir

Again, I usually hover around 1 mbps.

it said i had 3.1 mbps but that doesnt real mean anything to me because i dont even know what it means :dunce:

riverc0il · Jul 11, 2005

fwiw as a point of comparison, 1531.5 Kbps with three internet applications running in the background.

ALLSKIING · Jul 11, 2005

I got 1.5 mbps

ALLSKIING · Jul 11, 2005

Any idea why I can't run google earth in dirctx mode? I have to run it in openGL.

ctenidae · Jul 12, 2005

3845.4 kbps here at work. Not too shabby.
Still can't download GoogleEarth, though.

Greg · Jul 15, 2005

Virtual Earth

Very interesting. Check this out:

http://www.virtualearth.com/

ALLSKIING · Jul 15, 2005

Re: Virtual Earth

Greg said:
Very interesting. Check this out:

http://www.virtualearth.com/

That looks to be a big step up from google earth.

Greg · Jul 15, 2005

Re: Virtual Earth

ALLSKIING said:
Greg said:

Very interesting. Check this out:

http://www.virtualearth.com/

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That looks to be a big step up from google earth.

Yup. And it will only cost $1,499.99....

bvibert · Jul 15, 2005

Re: Virtual Earth

Greg said:
Very interesting. Check this out:

http://www.virtualearth.com/

Ick, it mentions using IE for viewing. There's a pretty good chance that it will only be compatible with IE being that its a product of Microsoft...

Greg · Jul 19, 2005

Stephen said:
Googel Earth Plus?

Thanks for the spelling error, Stephen. Searches on "googel earth" is by far the most popular search phrase that is sending people here this month (over 1,000 referrels). :blink:

Stephen · Jul 19, 2005

ROFL!

Oh my word. That's... um... wow. :blink:

-Stephen

ALLSKIING · Oct 14, 2005

You guys still playing around with this? Nice shot of the Chin.

ALLSKIING · Oct 14, 2005

Greylock

ski_resort_observer · Oct 14, 2005

Have any of you guys bought the Pro option? Alot of the places that I check out have such poor resolution. Does the Pro option have more places with good resolution?

ALLSKIING · Oct 14, 2005

ski_resort_observer said:
Have any of you guys bought the Pro option? Alot of the places that I check out have such poor resolution. Does the Pro option have more places with good resolution?

I think the res is all the same no matter what option you have.

bvibert · Oct 14, 2005

ALLSKIING said:
You guys still playing around with this? Nice shot of the Chin.

I stopped playing with it when I had almost all of the ski areas in the North East placemarked and the program crashed causing to me to loose all the ones I entered since my last save! :angry:

Here's the ones I managed to save if anyone is interested:
http://skiing.bvibert.com/misc/ski.kmz

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