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 Oct 25 2006, 06:46 PM
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Who thinks google earth is really cool?
I do, I got to see beverely hills haha. |
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| *salcha4u* |
Oct 25 2006, 06:47 PM
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I saw my house! But that thing was taken hella long ago..
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Oct 25 2006, 06:49 PM
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 Nikkie Group: Member Posts: 2,336 Joined: Jul 2004 Member No: 28,991 |
haha we were talking about this in my digital imaging class, we looked at our college and too was talken a long time ago i haven't looked for my house yet though
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Oct 25 2006, 06:51 PM
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Its kinda scary tho, I mean everyone can see what your house looks like.
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| *mona lisa* |
Oct 25 2006, 06:58 PM
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QUOTE(Tymel @ Oct 25 2006, 7:51 PM)  Its kinda scary tho, I mean everyone can see what your house looks like. How is that scary though?  I've used it to look at my previous homes, school, and a few monuments/buildings. Ooh, you know what I've never searched for? The Taj Mahal and Great Wall of China! I should search for Mt. Rushmore, Washington/Lincoln/Jefferson memorials, CN Tower, the Malaysian twin towers, and Sydney's opera house too. Though I wish the images were clearer for places outside the US, Canada, parts of Europe, and a few other places. |
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Oct 25 2006, 07:01 PM
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I dont know terroist can use it or something haha.
I still like looking at california and dreaming of me living there. =P |
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Oct 25 2006, 07:02 PM
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. Group: Member Posts: 3,264 Joined: Jan 2004 Member No: 761 |
I've seen my house! And the cars were parked there too and you could even see the tree in the backyard. :D It was cool.
I've seen my school from it too. It looks like a little speck compared to my old middle school. I like using the Google Mars map thing better :D |
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Oct 25 2006, 07:05 PM
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Is that what lets you see the planets?
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| *mona lisa* |
Oct 25 2006, 07:07 PM
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I've never heard of Google Mars. How awesome. *goes to check it out*
Oh, man. I haven't looked at my university from Google Earth. I should; the campus is huge. |
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Oct 25 2006, 07:13 PM
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. Group: Member Posts: 3,264 Joined: Jan 2004 Member No: 761 |
QUOTE(Tymel @ Oct 25 2006, 8:05 PM) Is that what lets you see the planets? Hmm. I think it's only to see the images that Spirit and Opportunity sent back. I've heard that they're planning on making a Google Universe though. |
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| *mona lisa* |
Oct 25 2006, 07:17 PM
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QUOTE(rawr SOCK @ Oct 25 2006, 8:13 PM) I've heard that they're planning on making a Google Universe though.  What won't Google do? 
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Oct 25 2006, 07:35 PM
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 Pocketful of Sunshine Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 8,690 Joined: Nov 2005 Member No: 289,004 |
QUOTE(rawr SOCK @ Oct 25 2006, 5:13 PM) I've heard that they're planning on making a Google Universe though. Haha, sheesh. I love google earth. My house doesen't look much like my house, though. It looks like my house is seperated into two. 
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Oct 25 2006, 07:39 PM
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 Pokeball, GO! Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 2,832 Joined: Jul 2006 Member No: 433,009 |
Yeah, I play with it in 2nd period like every day. I found my friend in Texas' High School and her house, haha. She really does have a helicopter!
 I never believed her.I think they're taking new photos all over the country because today in 2nd I couldn't zoom in on anything without images not being available. I couldn't even zoom in on New York. Also, it depends on where you look how old the photos are. The pic of my school was taken this past summer when they first started the new construction so it's not too bad.  I heard you could pay a certain amount of money each month to get pics updated like every 5 minutes or so. Maybe even every couple of seconds. I kinda doubt the latter though. Anyone know if there's truth to that?
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| *WHIMSICAL 0NE* |
Oct 25 2006, 08:00 PM
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We have it on our desktops at school. But our school monitors everything you do on it and the computers (they have those keystroke things to know what you're typing). I don't have it on my computer though, I have dialup so it will take way too long to download.
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Oct 25 2006, 08:03 PM
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 Starving Artist Group: Official Designer Posts: 444 Joined: Jul 2006 Member No: 437,344 |
That's really cool!
I live out in the middle of nowhere, though, so you can't really see my house too well. Just the fields around it. |
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Oct 25 2006, 08:22 PM
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 Home is where your rump rests! Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 4,235 Joined: Aug 2006 Member No: 451,969 |
I love Google Earth, it can keep my occupied for like, hours.
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Oct 25 2006, 08:43 PM
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QUOTE(iRock cB @ Oct 25 2006, 8:39 PM) Yeah, I play with it in 2nd period like every day. I found my friend in Texas' High School and her house, haha. She really does have a helicopter! I never believed her.I think they're taking new photos all over the country because today in 2nd I couldn't zoom in on anything without images not being available. I couldn't even zoom in on New York. Also, it depends on where you look how old the photos are. The pic of my school was taken this past summer when they first started the new construction so it's not too bad. I heard you could pay a certain amount of money each month to get pics updated like every 5 minutes or so. Maybe even every couple of seconds. I kinda doubt the latter though. Anyone know if there's truth to that?Oh yeah I heard about that. I heard there's even one live. There's a list on the website you download it from, but I forgot what it was. Yeah I've used this program before. I went to the Spy Museum while in D.C. and they told us about this really cool thing we could use to look at other people's houses. Turns out it was just Google Earth.  But I think it was the more expensive version, so it was probably better. |
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| *stephinika* |
Oct 26 2006, 03:41 AM
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Yeah, Google Earth is fun to fiddle around with when one is bored hehe...
It can be quite entertaining to just look around for stuff sometimes. I haven't been on it in awhile though now that I think about it.
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Oct 26 2006, 06:14 AM
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pretty cool! I can see the top's of my building.
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Oct 26 2006, 06:33 AM
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te quiero Group: Banned Posts: 472 Joined: Sep 2006 Member No: 467,840 |
QUOTE(Tymel @ Oct 25 2006, 7:01 PM) I dont know terroist can use it or something haha. Terrorists are going to use Google Earth to look up what your house looks like and, what, bomb you? No. |
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Oct 26 2006, 06:48 AM
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QUOTE(funk.this @ Oct 26 2006, 7:33 PM) Terrorists are going to use Google Earth to look up what your house looks like and, what, bomb you? No. I like yr response.
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Oct 26 2006, 01:58 PM
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its ok, i used it on my school computers
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| *StanleyThePanda* |
Oct 26 2006, 02:15 PM
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Google Earth is great, yes.
haha its a very wonderful thing. I like Zillow (or maybe its Zillows) too. You can type in your address and it tells you how much your house is worth or something. Its pretty rad. But it hasnt been updated in a long while, so your house may not be on there. My best friends house wasnt. |
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Oct 26 2006, 03:20 PM
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Senior Member Group: Member Posts: 234 Joined: Jun 2006 Member No: 428,439 |
Wow it isnt updated regularly. Because it says $355k, but since we upgraded it its now worth $610k
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