Come Show us something with Google Earth!

[NeoV]

amazing

 

[chuckywang]

This can be an useful tool to solving Kryptos!!

 

[blure007]

I find this program addicting for some strange reason, a new breed of video game

 

[chuckywang]

38.95180556 N, 77.145556 W

These are the coordinates deciphered on the Kryptos structure, an partially solved cipher located on a structure at the CIA headquarters.

 

[mitaiwan82]

My hometown: Changhwa, Taiwan

 

[OREOSpeedwagon]

wow, this is sweet

but how did google get all these images in such detail?

 

[chuckywang]

Originally posted by: OREOSpeedwagon
wow, this is sweet

but how did google get all these images in such detail?

Not all the images are in great detail.

 

[GTAx]

This has been around for years as Keyhole, all Google did was buy them out.

 

[BrokenVisage]

Originally posted by: GTAx

This has been around for years as Keyhole, all Google did was buy them out.

thank you!

 

[loup garou]

Originally posted by: chuckywang
3d buildings only works for a few US cities. This would be the bomb if they got it for everything. That will take a LOT of work though.

Not even whole cities -- NYC only has a couple buildings downtown & in midtown. Still cool though.

EDIT: Whoops, nevermind, it's streaming more! Holy crap!

 

[Pepsei]

for fun, can anyone find these places?

1. Taipei 101
2. any part of great wall of china
3. that cool looking castle in Osaka, Japan
4. Leaning tower of pisa
5. red square, moscow
6. that jesus statue in Brazil

 

[Czar]

holy crap.. they outdid nasa

though.. nasa worldwind could be better.. not sure yet

 

[Czar]

haha cool, select volcanoes and go over iceland

 

[lokiju]

Originally posted by: BrokenVisage

Originally posted by: GTAx

This has been around for years as Keyhole, all Google did was buy them out.

thank you!

Still very cool that google has brought it to the masses for free.

:thumbsup: to google.

 

[Noema]

Playing with it right now...

It's amazing...it takes forever to refresh, but like someone said, the servers are probably getting hammered.

You can even use the hand to make it spin real fast...like a real globe!

 

[mwtgg]

Originally posted by: Noema
You can even use the hand to make it spin real fast...like a real globe!

Haha, that's awesome.

 

[Night201]

Originally posted by: GTAx

This has been around for years as Keyhole, all Google did was buy them out.

and integrate it with all of their data to make the original program the original program on steroids!

Can't wait to see what they do to this. I really want to try it with the GPS.

 

[Night201]

40°55'0.16"N, 74°10'53.49"W - Passaic Falls (largest waterfall "in terms of water volume" east of the mississippi) - zoom in and rotate clockwise 90 degrees

40°49'36.48"N, 73°55'41.28"W - Yankee Stadium

41°53'24.54"N, 12°29'31.11"E - The Colosseum (Rome, Italy)

43° 4'57.25"N, 79° 4'27.32"W - Niagara Falls

 

[Josh]

Originally posted by: Pepsei
for fun, can anyone find these places?

1. Taipei 101
2. any part of great wall of china
3. that cool looking castle in Osaka, Japan
4. Leaning tower of pisa
5. red square, moscow
6. that jesus statue in Brazil

those are good ones.

 

[So]

lat=36.023777369, lon=-115.118417488

hahah. There's the edge of a tile at that overpass ~2 miles from my house. Looks laike a real danger for traffic! :Q

 

[hevnsnt]

up, because I want to see more!

 

[Saint Nick]

Originally posted by: BrokenVisage
I found this pretty cool.

Las Vegas = Midgar?

OMFG FFVII :shocked: i LOVED that game. i still play it :roll:

I'll post some pics later maybe...maybe of where I live or whatever. I can't install stuff at work because it is gov't computer.

 

[gigapet]

so how long until i can zoom in on my house and see if the cleaning ladies are there yet in real time?

obviously if the public has a tool like this i can imagine the govt. has been able to do this for years.

 

[iamwiz82]

The beta is closed
Anyone have the install?

 

[VoteQuimby]

Originally posted by: iamwiz82
The beta is closed
Anyone have the install?

yes please help us!