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July 19th, 2005, 02:37 PM
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Re: OT: Google Earth
Sweet! You can zoom in on the Grand Canyon with the Colorado river view and zoom through the canyon like you are flying. It's a little akward with the controls, but I can imaging somone writing a flight simulator program to interface with this thing.
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July 19th, 2005, 09:29 PM
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Re: OT: Google Earth
actually most of the pictures were taken by a plane flying at 40000 feet. Wanna see something cool check out bermuda. So many pools...
Also there is a pool downtown manhatten that can be seen from like 11 miles out 
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July 20th, 2005, 11:06 AM
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Re: OT: Google Earth
Damn, my city is not even in the right place! If you ask for "Umuarama, Brazil" it takes you to a completely different state! maybe it´s because in Brazil we have a lot of cities with the same name...
If you wish to see the real Umuarama, search for "Cruzeiro do Oeste, Brazil" and go a little West and you will see it...
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July 20th, 2005, 12:43 PM
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Re: OT: Google Earth
Open the attached zip and double click the kmz to be taken to my house - sadly somewhat low-rez.
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July 20th, 2005, 12:45 PM
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July 20th, 2005, 01:23 PM
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Re: OT: Google Earth
Fah! It's not even green!  |
July 20th, 2005, 01:32 PM
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Re: OT: Google Earth
We need to get Narf up there. I wonder how long it would take him to eat it all.  |
July 20th, 2005, 06:15 PM
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Re: OT: Google Earth
How big is the download for the Google Earth thingy? I'm on dialup, so if it's large...
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Re: OT: Google Earth
I believe you can use http://maps.google.com to see the same things. |
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Re: OT: Google Earth
Ah, ok thanks...
Found my place...its a tiny dot, they don't have any high-res pics of it 
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