Google Earth

This is cool. Especially the “flying” in from space to a city, and then from city to city. Thanks to Michel for the link.

This entry was written by JB, posted on July 7, 2005 at 11:16 am, filed under Blog Posts and tagged .

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15 Comments

  1. Dave Z
    Posted July 7, 2005 at 1:27 pm | Permalink

    That was great!
    I tried the flying feature from Hanalei to Ventura to NY. The curvature of the earth looks really amazing.

  2. nstryker
    Posted July 7, 2005 at 2:30 pm | Permalink

    nice. i like “pool, the” and “lake, the” in central park. also, the international names for cities is fun… first person to name what “al-qahirah” is wins the prize!

  3. Dan
    Posted July 7, 2005 at 9:17 pm | Permalink

    I am suprised this is the first time you heard of this. I used Google earth to create a countdown I did a long time ago.

    It proves I guess you don’t read my blog.

  4. JB
    Posted July 7, 2005 at 9:52 pm | Permalink

    Google Earth is the same thing as Keyhole?

  5. Dan
    Posted July 8, 2005 at 9:32 am | Permalink

    Yeah, they bought keyhole.

    Just go to keyhole.com, and you will be redirected.

  6. Dan
    Posted July 8, 2005 at 9:41 am | Permalink

    That was old news but it is a lot better then when I first used it, as keyhole, right after google bought it.

    I think I might use this for some bridge announcements. you know from theB to the park, or whatever.

    I wish they had VTA a little more detailed but I guess it’s better then some places.

  7. Dave Z
    Posted July 8, 2005 at 10:30 am | Permalink

    Do either or any of you know how to get better resolution?
    Are the green areas as good as it gets?

  8. JB
    Posted July 8, 2005 at 10:48 am | Permalink

    The resolution is not adjustable, because they are satellite shots that were taken a while ago. You can get some better resolution in some areas on TerraServer

  9. nstryker
    Posted July 8, 2005 at 11:52 am | Permalink

    man, no one cars about my fun contest.

  10. Dave Z
    Posted July 8, 2005 at 12:55 pm | Permalink

    “al-qahirah� ???

    Is it the newest Las Vegas hotel?

  11. Martha
    Posted July 8, 2005 at 3:42 pm | Permalink

    Cairo, Egypt

  12. nstryker
    Posted July 9, 2005 at 9:40 am | Permalink

    yey!

  13. Dave Z
    Posted July 15, 2005 at 4:31 pm | Permalink

    what was the prize?

  14. nstryker
    Posted July 15, 2005 at 5:07 pm | Permalink

    it’s all about personal reward for you…

  15. Dave Z
    Posted July 15, 2005 at 6:29 pm | Permalink

    personal reward is overrated

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