Google Earth

Mr_Skint_2

I know this is a bit off subject but it might be of interest and I think
this is the company Auntie Beeb use http://www.digitalglobe.com/

Curry_Queen

Wow! This has just kept me and my son entertained for the last couple of hours!

Garetha

When I first tried Google Earth a few weeks ago I was impressed - then I learnt that you could tilt your view so that the mountains look real. You can then 'fly' through the scenery.
Try 'Fort William, UK' in the Search box (without the 'quotes')
Then click and hold 'tilt down' (bottom button to the right of the arrows) until you can see the sky.
Now 'rotate left' until you see Ben Nevis, 'Zoom out' a liitle .... amazing?
When you're bored try 'chamonix mont blanc, france' and fly around Mt Blanc

Curry_Queen

Have you tried spinning the earth on it's axis too?

Do you realise how many hours I've spent on this thing LOL! :rolleyes:

howalsh

Darksun wrote:

Also see NASA Worldwind, an open source development. It doesn't have as great a source of imagery as other providers, but I find it nicer to use, it's got a lot of development for various people, and also has some great sources for scientific data not avaliable in Google Earth

Couldnt get this to work earlier this week - it kept saying I didnt have the latest DirectX so I downloaded the latest but got the same again. Going to try the Google one tomorrow!

Curry_Queen

I've been all over the world in just one evening! ... can't be bad :j

Ann1e

How do I find the postcode thingy? I've had Google Earth for ages, but have just downloaded another version and now have two icons on my desktop, which are different. My small village is very blurred and I have never been able to get a close up of it, so how can I get a picture of my house??? :j :money:

Genghis

Ann1e wrote:

so how can I get a picture of my house??? :j :money:

Buy a camera

Only jokin.. its going to take a while for Google earth to have decent pics of the lil villages/towns in UK. USA will come first, then our lil towns

rogerramjet

Some of the map details are not up to date...I checked one are in Port Talbot (south Wales) which is really funny as there has been a open superstore on the site for at least two years which is shown as being built

Curry_Queen

Genghis wrote:

Buy a camera

Only jokin.. its going to take a while for Google earth to have decent pics of the lil villages/towns in UK. USA will come first, then our lil towns

I live in a small village in the UK and can get an excellent aerial view of it on Google Earth, even down to seeing people in the street! ... but I suspect it comes from aircraft photography and not a satellite image. I tried looking up a previous place I'd lived and the image wasn't so clear at all. Guess it's luck of the draw as to where you live