mmmm google

Easy Mac · 04-05-2005, 02:10 PM

i love these guys... this isn't even useful, its just fun. click satellite in the top right corner after inputting directions

maps.google.com

you can even move the map around... yum...

Passacaglia · 04-05-2005, 02:23 PM

Google Maps rocks.

cartman · 04-05-2005, 02:44 PM

Yep I just noticed this. Strange things is, they don't have my street in the maps view. But if I click on the satellite, I can see my house

I am the house in middle, if you zoom in all the way

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=driftw...4098&t=k&hl=en

Hurst2112 · 04-05-2005, 02:59 PM

At least your home can be seen. I still have the low res version of my part of minneapolis. The downtown isnt even hi res yet.

cartman · 04-05-2005, 04:48 PM

I just read on CNN where there are people protesting the satellite images as an invasion of privacy. Jeebus, it's not like there is a live satellite feed of your house! The images are at the newest several months old. The one of my place is from over a year ago, as there are several more houses built that aren't in the image.

Huckleberry · 04-05-2005, 04:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cartman

I just read on CNN where there are people protesting the satellite images as an invasion of privacy. Jeebus, it's not like there is a live satellite feed of your house! The images are at the newest several months old. The one of my place is from over a year ago, as there are several more houses built that aren't in the image.

The entire 20-building apartment complex I'm currently in is missing. Google Maps doesn't even recognize the street address.

Another oddity is that it knows where my house that I'm moving into this month is, and it maps out directions from that location even though it's pictured as in the middle of a bunch of pine trees.

sabotai · 04-05-2005, 04:58 PM

The sat. image of Lincoln Financial Field in Philly is from when they were constructing it. And if you go north a little, you see the hole left in the ground from Veteran's Stadium.

EDIT: I notice that my car is not in front of my house in the sat picture. I'm gonna try and find it.

Second Edit: Found my work and forogt it's basically under tree cover. No seeing it there. Oh well.

BigJohn&TheLions · 04-05-2005, 06:16 PM

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=144th+...5214&t=k&hl=en

I live here.

I bet the guys who are pissed about this are the ones who have bomb shelters and are in the process of constructing thermonuclear missle silos in their yard.

ShaqFu · 04-06-2005, 12:13 AM

The best part is that I still haven't been able to type in 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. and I can't get a good image of Disneyworld. However, I can get a great image of Disneyland in California.

I wouldn't be worrying about privacy. I'd be worrying about terrorism.

JeeberD · 04-06-2005, 01:19 AM

The year-and-a-half to two year old Walmart across from my apartment complex isn't even under construction in my pic. These pics must be pretty dang old...

JasonC23 · 04-06-2005, 09:51 AM

The entire new housing development I'm moving into once my house is done (July) is just a bunch of mud, and they started building back in 2002 (maybe early 2003), I believe. So yeah, the images are a little old.

The site still rocks, though.

Passacaglia · 04-06-2005, 12:16 PM

Do you guys live in mansions? My apartment building looks really small? Or is there some way to zoom in even further?

cartman · 04-06-2005, 01:33 PM

Hmmm.. that looks suspiciously like Big John's place...

edit: Doh.. Hurst2112 deleted his message, thwarting my quote

Hurst2112 · 04-06-2005, 01:37 PM

Great America in Gurnee, IL

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=gurnee...1672&t=k&hl=en

cartman · 04-06-2005, 01:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Passacaglia

Do you guys live in mansions? My apartment building looks really small? Or is there some way to zoom in even further?

Some parts of the country don't have the highest level of zoom yet. My house is decent sized (~3000 sq. ft.), but it looks small compared to some of these behemoths my neighbors have built.

Hurst2112 · 04-06-2005, 01:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cartman

Hmmm.. that looks suspiciously like Big John's place...

edit: Doh.. Hurst2112 deleted his message, thwarting my quote

Wha?!?! me??!?!?! I never delete messages...im always perfect.

Hurst2112 · 04-06-2005, 01:45 PM

...Hurst looking for address of Area 51

Hurst2112 · 04-06-2005, 01:48 PM

double dola...

I did notice that when I looked for Great America, it didn't seem to zoom in that far. I compared it to the greatest zoom of milwaukee and indeed it was further away.

Karim · 04-06-2005, 01:56 PM

We live along the highlighted green which is a golf course. No high res imagery on zoom though...
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=calgar...3343&t=k&hl=en

cartman · 04-06-2005, 02:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hurst2112

...Hurst looking for address of Area 51

ask, and ye shall receive...

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=rachel...5563&t=k&hl=en

Hurst2112 · 04-06-2005, 02:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cartman

ask, and ye shall receive...

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=rachel...5563&t=k&hl=en

Really...interesting. I take it the big white thing is a space ship of some sort. Or a frozen over lake.

cartman · 04-06-2005, 02:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hurst2112

Really...interesting. I take it the big white thing is a space ship of some sort. Or a frozen over lake.

It's Groom Lake, the dry lake bed that most of the runway is on.

kparker15 · 04-06-2005, 07:02 PM

http://terraserver.microsoft.com/

try this, a little better resolution

BigJohn&TheLions · 04-06-2005, 07:10 PM

Cool shot here:

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=ellis+...5214&t=k&hl=en

FrogMan · 04-06-2005, 07:38 PM

Let's try this:
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=pinten...7693&t=k&hl=en

zoom in as much as you can, the blue thing sort of in the shape of a peanut, right smak in the middle, well this is our swimming pool, pretty cool, huh?

it's to the right of a house that looks like in the middle of a beach, since the picture dates of last Summer and that house's landscaping (our neighbour) wasn't done then... Very cool, showed it to my son, he was pretty impressed. The round thing you can see on the top left corner is the parking lot of his school

FM

kparker15 · 04-06-2005, 08:11 PM

http://terraserver.microsoft.com/ima...26&Y=18536&W=1

augusta national golf course. pretty cool

Craptacular · 04-06-2005, 10:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Easy Mac

i love these guys... this isn't even useful, its just fun.

It actually is useful for my line of work. We often used the USGS site (which I think uses TerraServer) to scope out project areas. The ability to flip back and forth between a map (with a nice interface) and the aerial will make this a great tool.

lighthousekeeper · 04-06-2005, 10:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kparker15

http://terraserver.microsoft.com/ima...26&Y=18536&W=1

augusta national golf course. pretty cool

but you gotta admit that google's is cooler:

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=west+a...9120&t=k&hl=en

04-05-2005, 02:23 PM	#2
Passacaglia Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Big Ten Country	Google Maps rocks. __________________ Pride and Prejudice -- an FOF9 Lions dynasty, starting 1966

04-05-2005, 02:44 PM	#3
cartman Death Herald Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Le stelle la notte sono grandi e luminose nel cuore profondo del Texas	Yep I just noticed this. Strange things is, they don't have my street in the maps view. But if I click on the satellite, I can see my house I am the house in middle, if you zoom in all the way http://maps.google.com/maps?q=driftw...4098&t=k&hl=en __________________ Thinkin' of a master plan 'Cuz ain't nuthin' but sweat inside my hand So I dig into my pocket, all my money is spent So I dig deeper but still comin' up with lint

04-05-2005, 02:59 PM	#4
Hurst2112 College Starter Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Minneapolis	At least your home can be seen. I still have the low res version of my part of minneapolis. The downtown isnt even hi res yet. __________________ http://www.myspace.com/longliveanalog

04-05-2005, 04:48 PM	#5
cartman Death Herald Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Le stelle la notte sono grandi e luminose nel cuore profondo del Texas	I just read on CNN where there are people protesting the satellite images as an invasion of privacy. Jeebus, it's not like there is a live satellite feed of your house! The images are at the newest several months old. The one of my place is from over a year ago, as there are several more houses built that aren't in the image. __________________ Thinkin' of a master plan 'Cuz ain't nuthin' but sweat inside my hand So I dig into my pocket, all my money is spent So I dig deeper but still comin' up with lint

04-05-2005, 04:58 PM	#7
sabotai General Manager Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: The Satellite of Love	The sat. image of Lincoln Financial Field in Philly is from when they were constructing it. And if you go north a little, you see the hole left in the ground from Veteran's Stadium. EDIT: I notice that my car is not in front of my house in the sat picture. I'm gonna try and find it. Second Edit: Found my work and forogt it's basically under tree cover. No seeing it there. Oh well. Last edited by sabotai : 04-05-2005 at 05:10 PM.

04-05-2005, 06:16 PM	#8
BigJohn&TheLions College Benchwarmer Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: New York	http://maps.google.com/maps?q=144th+...5214&t=k&hl=en I live here. I bet the guys who are pissed about this are the ones who have bomb shelters and are in the process of constructing thermonuclear missle silos in their yard. __________________ In the immortal words of a great alcoholic, "Can't we all just get along?" Last edited by BigJohn&TheLions : 04-05-2005 at 06:20 PM.

04-06-2005, 12:13 AM	#9
ShaqFu H.S. Freshman Team Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: South Florida	The best part is that I still haven't been able to type in 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. and I can't get a good image of Disneyworld. However, I can get a great image of Disneyland in California. I wouldn't be worrying about privacy. I'd be worrying about terrorism.

04-06-2005, 01:19 AM	#10
JeeberD General Manager Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: The Town of Flower Mound	The year-and-a-half to two year old Walmart across from my apartment complex isn't even under construction in my pic. These pics must be pretty dang old... __________________ UTEP Miners!!! I solemnly swear to never cheer for TO

04-06-2005, 09:51 AM	#11
JasonC23 High School Varsity Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Huntley, IL, USA	The entire new housing development I'm moving into once my house is done (July) is just a bunch of mud, and they started building back in 2002 (maybe early 2003), I believe. So yeah, the images are a little old. The site still rocks, though. __________________ "I'm A god. I'm not THE God...I don't think." Bill Murray, Groundhog Day

04-06-2005, 12:16 PM	#12
Passacaglia Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Big Ten Country	Do you guys live in mansions? My apartment building looks really small? Or is there some way to zoom in even further? __________________ Pride and Prejudice -- an FOF9 Lions dynasty, starting 1966

04-06-2005, 01:33 PM	#13
cartman Death Herald Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Le stelle la notte sono grandi e luminose nel cuore profondo del Texas	Hmmm.. that looks suspiciously like Big John's place... edit: Doh.. Hurst2112 deleted his message, thwarting my quote __________________ Thinkin' of a master plan 'Cuz ain't nuthin' but sweat inside my hand So I dig into my pocket, all my money is spent So I dig deeper but still comin' up with lint Last edited by cartman : 04-06-2005 at 01:34 PM.

04-06-2005, 01:37 PM	#14
Hurst2112 College Starter Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Minneapolis	Great America in Gurnee, IL http://maps.google.com/maps?q=gurnee...1672&t=k&hl=en __________________ http://www.myspace.com/longliveanalog

04-06-2005, 01:45 PM	#17
Hurst2112 College Starter Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Minneapolis	...Hurst looking for address of Area 51 __________________ http://www.myspace.com/longliveanalog

04-06-2005, 01:48 PM	#18
Hurst2112 College Starter Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Minneapolis	double dola... I did notice that when I looked for Great America, it didn't seem to zoom in that far. I compared it to the greatest zoom of milwaukee and indeed it was further away. __________________ http://www.myspace.com/longliveanalog

04-06-2005, 01:56 PM	#19
Karim College Starter Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Calgary	We live along the highlighted green which is a golf course. No high res imagery on zoom though... http://maps.google.com/maps?q=calgar...3343&t=k&hl=en

04-06-2005, 07:02 PM	#23
kparker15 n00b Join Date: Sep 2002	http://terraserver.microsoft.com/ try this, a little better resolution

04-06-2005, 07:10 PM	#24
BigJohn&TheLions College Benchwarmer Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: New York	Cool shot here: http://maps.google.com/maps?q=ellis+...5214&t=k&hl=en __________________ In the immortal words of a great alcoholic, "Can't we all just get along?"

04-06-2005, 07:38 PM	#25
FrogMan Hattrick Moderator Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Pintendre, Qc, Canada	Let's try this: http://maps.google.com/maps?q=pinten...7693&t=k&hl=en zoom in as much as you can, the blue thing sort of in the shape of a peanut, right smak in the middle, well this is our swimming pool, pretty cool, huh? it's to the right of a house that looks like in the middle of a beach, since the picture dates of last Summer and that house's landscaping (our neighbour) wasn't done then... Very cool, showed it to my son, he was pretty impressed. The round thing you can see on the top left corner is the parking lot of his school FM __________________ A Black Belt is a White Belt who refused to give up... follow my story: The real life story of a running frog...

04-06-2005, 08:11 PM	#26
kparker15 n00b Join Date: Sep 2002	http://terraserver.microsoft.com/ima...26&Y=18536&W=1 augusta national golf course. pretty cool

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