Google Earth

Greg · Jul 5, 2005

Anyone else check out Google Earth yet? Google's temporarily suspending downloads, but I was able to find a download here. If you're running Windows 2000 or XP, check it out. It's really cool.

You can fly over Mount Washington:

Or maybe you'd rather visit Whiteface:

Or Sugarbush:

Or even the mighty Jiminy Peak:

The stills don't do it justice. The really cool part is flying around and zooming in and out. 8)
:beer:

thetrailboss · Jul 5, 2005

Downloading now...you do such a great job of finding EVEN MORE distractions for me! :lol: :wink:

Greg · Jul 5, 2005

thetrailboss said:
Downloading now...you do such a great job of finding EVEN MORE distractions for me! :lol: :wink:

No prob. This one is a major time suck. Be careful!

thetrailboss · Jul 5, 2005

Yeah, just spent a few minutes playing around with it...how did you get the 3d images? I'm only getting the aerial shots but not a fly by.

Greg · Jul 5, 2005

thetrailboss said:
Yeah, just spent a few minutes playing around with it...how did you get the 3d images? I'm only getting the aerial shots but not a fly by.

The right-hand vertical slider is your tilt. That's the cool part. 8)

thetrailboss · Jul 5, 2005

Greg said:
thetrailboss said:

Yeah, just spent a few minutes playing around with it...how did you get the 3d images? I'm only getting the aerial shots but not a fly by.

Click to expand...

The right-hand vertical slider is your tilt. That's the cool part. 8)

OK, I'll give it another go...wasn't working at the time...

Paul · Jul 5, 2005

Yep, been beta-testing it for awhile now. I've been using Keyhole (the larval stage of GE) for about 5 months now. Fun stuff. Check out the 3D buildings in NY and Chicago. Also, the Grand Canyon is a hoot...

Stephen · Jul 5, 2005

The sickest thing I've come across is leapfrogging from one spot to another.

Start in DC and then enter Moscow, Russia and watch the flight in action.

-Stephen

awf170 · Jul 5, 2005

have you seen hi res location with it, man it is insane... snowbird/alta looks awsome

bvibert · Jul 5, 2005

Thanks for another major time waster!

That is really slick though!

Greg · Jul 5, 2005

The Pemi and Franconia Ridge are cool areas to "fly" around...

ALLSKIING · Jul 5, 2005

Fun stuff...

TramperKen · Jul 5, 2005

:angry: I can't download, site says too many are downloading

I have to come back later.

riverc0il · Jul 5, 2005

interesting how it can't show depth well on buildings which makes sense because the photo was shot from essentially straight down. so the lower you put the angle in boston, the flatter the buildings become whereas lowering the camera position in the mountains shows depth. whew, one hour of my evening has been totally lost!

Greg · Jul 5, 2005

riverc0il said:
interesting how it can't show depth well on buildings which makes sense because the photo was shot from essentially straight down. so the lower you put the angle in boston, the flatter the buildings become whereas lowering the camera position in the mountains shows depth. whew, one hour of my evening has been totally lost!

For Boston and other major cities you can toggle on a 3D model of the buildings. Click the "Buildings" checkbox. I'm really digging this!

BeanoNYC · Jul 5, 2005

<sigh> They don't support OS-X. I have to run a pc emulator to run it. Looks real cool though!

Stephen · Jul 6, 2005

If you turn on roads, it'll show you the trails.

thetrailboss · Jul 6, 2005

Man, this is sick. I did flyovers of Burke, Whaleback, Pats, Okemo, Killington, etc.

So is it 'in real time feed' or something? I ask because yesterday afternoon Killington was in a large shadow when I did my flyover.

Greg · Jul 6, 2005

thetrailboss said:
So is it 'in real time feed' or something? I ask because yesterday afternoon Killington was in a large shadow when I did my flyover.

Nope. All satellite imagery. Killington happens to be in a dark, but high res image. Try doing a slow and low flight over the Berkshires. The resolution in most of Mass is incredible.

Stephen · Jul 6, 2005

Yeah, you wonder how they decide what gets included for photographic imagery and what doesn't. All of the state of MA is in there, but very little of the rest of New England. All of NJ is there too.

P.S. Check out Giza, Egypt.

-Stephen

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