Have a play on this....great fun! (56kers beware ;))

 

Clicky clicky

that is sweet

Hey Peeps, I can see my house from here. :rofl:

This http://earth.google.com/ is even more fun :)

http://www.300zx.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=52990&page=2&pp=15&highlight=google

That is mad - North Korea, Bagdad, military bases everywhere, there's a boat on fire somewhere and other boats going to help it - near scandinavia!

i love google earth! first hour you're like "woah"! second hour you're like "woah"!

 

58th day and im still like "woah!" :D

 

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i love google earth! first hour you're like "woah"! second hour you're like "woah"!

 

58th day and im still like "woah!" :D

 

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:D Have you found something interesting yet? I found a plane in mid air, and I saved the coordinates but now I can't find that file :p Oh, and I found a quite interesting place in Africa, I'll post it up if I find it.

 

Does someone know the coordinates of Area 51? I think it's in Nevada, if I don't remember all wrong.

Check out 19°00'10" 12°53'36".

WTF whats all this about salt cities and such like?

WTF whats all this about salt cities and such like?

No idea, but zoom in real close :)

will do

Looks like a village of some sort ? Nice find though ken !

Recognise this place Ken? 60°10'14" 24°55'52"

ok why does everything just look blured on real close zoom

because the picture was taken from 90 miles above the earth's surface!!!!

 

Some have better quality than others depending on what satalite took the image

ok why does everything just look blured on real close zoom

There aren't hig resolution pictures for all places.

I have seen pictures of US airbases with Steath Bomber on the runway.

And a goverment building in Seattle shaped like a SWASTIKA

Recognise this place Ken? 60°10'14" 24°55'52"

Yep, It's about 35 kilometers from where I live :)

ok the places that were mentioned on here with the grid references just looked like blurs either i need to pay for the upgraded version or im going blind

ok the places that were mentioned on here with the grid references just looked like blurs either i need to pay for the upgraded version or im going blind

No you have to wait a good long while to let them load, even on 2MB broadband :( It's pretty cool when you can see things close up though!

ok im going to give it another try

ok im going to give it another try

 

 

it tells you the % of what is downloaded at the bottom of the screen

Yep, and it can take quite long to download if you have a slow connection.

yep and even at 100% most things are still blurred

yep and even at 100% most things are still blurred

Go to i.e. London, it should be quite sharp :)