Google maps goes satellite!!!!!!!!!

[wacki]

Google maps now has satellite imagery.

Woot!!!

Messed up, I guess they bought a company called Keyhole that used to require you to pay $30. No more!! How does google do it???

http://www.ifyourenerdyandyouknowitclapyourhands.com/images/shirts_google.gif

[mmbt0ne]

I don't why the southern half of my city looks like post-tsunami Thailand on googlemaps, but it does.

http://www.f2f2s.com/images/house.jpg

[mmbt0ne]

1) Center Street Apartments. Where I am right now
2) Bill Moore Tennis Center. Where I worked until last thursday when it shut down. That tit looking thing across the street is the Coloseum. I'm going to see Ludacris there for free on Thursday
3) All my ISyE classes are in this cluster of buildings
4) I pwn Reggie Ball in basketball here
5) This must be old because that looks like when they were adding on to the football stadium almost 2 years ago.
6) The shaft.

http://www.f2f2s.com/images/GATech.jpg

[mannika]

I think Google is still charging a $25 annual fee.

[mason55]

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I think Google is still charging a $25 annual fee.

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I think you're wrong.

[mannika]

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I think Google is still charging a $25 annual fee.

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I think you're wrong.

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Ah nevermind, the downloadable Keyhole software costs money, but using it in Google maps does not.

[MelK]

It worked great until a few minutes ago, now I get no images, just maps. Too much demand?

The rural areas are not covered in as much detail. I tried to zoom into Foxwoods, but it doesn't zoom that far in. /images/graemlins/frown.gif

[mason55]

I wanna find some top secret areas out in the desert.

[mason55]

look at the SR-71s (http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Kramer+Junction,CA&ll=34.952788,-117.884331&spn=0.006480,0.006738&t=k&hl=en)

[badonkadonk]

victoria bc is satellited up yet

[badonkadonk]

actually it is a little bit but it's total shite.

[lucas9000]

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http://www.ifyourenerdyandyouknowitclapyourhands.com/images/shirts_google.gif

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[private joker]

http://img168.exs.cx/img168/850/satellitehouse3xf.jpg

Lavender circle is my apartment building. Holy crap this is cool.

[mmbt0ne]

West Hollywood
Lavender circle
Gay poster

It all makes sense now. /images/graemlins/wink.gif /images/graemlins/tongue.gif

[private joker]

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West Hollywood
Lavender circle
Gay poster

It all makes sense now. /images/graemlins/wink.gif /images/graemlins/tongue.gif

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You're just saying this because you're a Yellow Jacket and I'm a Bulldawg.

[mmbt0ne]

Well, damn, I didn't know that. I immediately take back those smileys then.

[PokerNoob]

I like it.

Janets on the ramp at McCarran:

http://webpages.charter.net/jquay/janet.jpg


The operating location at Groom Lake (aka Area 51):

http://webpages.charter.net/jquay/area51.jpg

[wacki]

How did you find area 51?

[mmbt0ne]

I went through the desert looking for it, but couldn't find it. I did find some other hella desolate bases though. I would hate to live there with only the aliens to keep you company.

[PokerNoob]

To find Area 51, start at Rachel, Nev. Find Groom Road. Go West.

Everybody lives in Vegas. Some (a very few) of the staff bus in from the surrounding countryside.

[young nut]

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look at the SR-71s (http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Kramer+Junction,CA&ll=34.952788,-117.884331&spn=0.006480,0.006738&t=k&hl=en)

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Is that Beale Air force base?

[mmbt0ne]

All of the green/black circles bother me more than the zoom restrictions over certain places. Google Maps is pointless if I can't use it spy on my own government.

[Rhone]

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Google maps now has satellite imagery.

Woot!!!

Messed up, I guess they bought a company called Keyhole that used to require you to pay $30. No more!! How does google do it???

http://www.ifyourenerdyandyouknowitclapyourhands.com/images/shirts_google.gif

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there are a couple of interesting things about this service.

First, check out the White House (1600 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington DC). The roof has obviously been doctored. Remember mapquest used to have satellite imagery, too, just like this, and I remember seeing full details of the White House roof just before 9/11, and that it became blanked out the way it is now on keyhole shortly thereafter.

Pan over to Capitol Hill. Notice the decrease in resolution as you near the Capitol.

Also interesting, is how certain urban areas have much higher resolution than others. Compare Washington DC with Boston, for instance. You can easily make out individuals walking around Harvard Square, but it's not nearly so good in DC.

(All these comments refer to the software version of keyhole...I haven't tried the google one yet)

Rhone.

[Rhone]

I just checked this out on google, and they give you MUCH higher resolution on the downloaded version of Keyhole. (which, btw, has a free 7-day trial period...it's definitely worth playing around with...very cool).

[PokerNoob]

You can get 2 meter resolutions of pretty much anything. The Russians don't care. You're not going to see anything terribly interesting on the ramp or the radar test pylons though.

[ddollevoet]

Some of these images are old.

I sodded my backyard 4 years ago this spring, but the satelite picture still shows dirt in my backyard.

[pshreck]

http://img141.exs.cx/img141/2420/mjrance22qt.png

who can guess what this is? took me a while to find it.

[Duke]

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http://img141.exs.cx/img141/2420/mjrance22qt.png

who can guess what this is? took me a while to find it.

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Looks like a Zest riddle to me!

~D

[mmbt0ne]

Neverland?

[pshreck]

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Neverland?

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Right, but this was a test.

We now know you were molested by Michael Jackson.

[MelK]

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I sodded my backyard 4 years ago this spring, but the satelite picture still shows dirt in my backyard.

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Dude, is that a hole in your roof? You ought to fix that.

[eric5148]

This is frickin cool, but I'm not gonna show you perverts where I live.

[spamuell]

www.streetmap.co.uk (http://www.streetmap.co.uk) has had free satellite images in the UK for some time. If google implement it here (which hopefully they will), I'd imagine it would be much better.

Where I live (can you tell it's England?):

http://img45.exs.cx/img45/6374/lesleyroad2ur.jpg

[stabn]

Zoom in, address has been changed a block or so to protect the innocent /images/graemlins/smile.gif.
The Image (http://maps.google.com/maps?q=17650+se+296th+st,kent,+wa&spn=0.007993,0.0 10450&t=k&hl=en)

[Emmitt2222]

My house look so freakin sweet from the air

The Jersey Shore on one side, Barnegate Bay on the other.
http://img40.exs.cx/img40/5367/arialshotofhouse0nv.jpg

[Jazza]

ok i feel dumb, can some one give me a linky to this google satellite thing? i can't find it

[wacki]

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ok i feel dumb, can some one give me a linky to this google satellite thing? i can't find it

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try using this:

http://www.google.com/intl/en/images/logo.gif

And yes, you should feel very dumb.

[Jazza]

i think the problem is when i try to go to www.google.com (http://www.google.com) it automatically redirects me to www.google.com.au (http://www.google.com.au)

[wacki]

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i think the problem is when i try to go to www.google.com (http://www.google.com) it automatically redirects me to www.google.com.au (http://www.google.com.au)

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No, that's not the problem.

Seriously, just sit back and think about it. You found 2+2, you can solve this problem.

[mostsmooth]

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ok i feel dumb, can some one give me a linky to this google satellite thing? i can't find it

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try using this:

http://www.google.com/intl/en/images/logo.gif

And yes, you should feel very dumb.

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or you could have clicked on mason55s link above and typed your own location in

[mostsmooth]

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My house look so freakin sweet from the air

The Jersey Shore on one side, Barnegate Bay on the other.
http://img40.exs.cx/img40/5367/arialshotofhouse0nv.jpg

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is that seaside park?

[Jazza]

thought about it for a minute, i give up

[ThaSaltCracka]

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Zoom in, address has been changed a block or so to protect the innocent /images/graemlins/smile.gif.
The Image (http://maps.google.com/maps?q=17650+se+296th+st,kent,+wa&spn=0.007993,0.0 10450&t=k&hl=en)

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Haha, Kent, I think you meant to type in Camas

[Emmitt2222]

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is that seaside park?

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Yup, nice catch. What gave it away, the police station in the middle of the main road?

[mostsmooth]

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is that seaside park?

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Yup, nice catch. What gave it away, the police station in the middle of the main road?

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yeah, but ive never been there before /images/graemlins/grin.gif