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Halifax Housewife
06-29-2005, 12:39 AM
Awesome, awesome program. It's literally a free GPS device.

http://earth.google.com/

Can't get enough of it. It's all satellite imagery. No further explaining needed, download it now.

Shlup
06-29-2005, 01:04 AM
Hot.

rubah
06-29-2005, 01:52 AM
I was surprised at first when I couldn't zoom down to see what that greyish blob was.


So I zoomed out and it was a beautiful interstate highway.

Wow.

DMKA
06-29-2005, 05:05 AM
How big is the download? It's not telling me and I don't wanna end up waiting when I don't know how long it's gonna take. =/

SomethingBig
06-29-2005, 05:09 AM
Wasn't this released a while ago? I remember playing around with it at school. There was also this problem where these circular, grayish blobs showed up in some maps and people thought that they were UFOs.

Meat Puppet
06-29-2005, 05:11 AM
*spies on ShlupQuack*

Yamaneko
06-29-2005, 05:57 AM
*zooms in*

Oww... :(

ZeZipster
06-29-2005, 05:57 AM
28 degrees 15' 37.34" N, 81 degrees 16' 04.70 W is my house. The blue blur is a tent, and the white one is a boat.

How fast does it take to update? I'm tempted to go out and spell obscenities with sticks or something.

Kirobaito
06-29-2005, 07:23 AM
I downloaded it. Look up your favorite landmarks. I found the Great Pyramids pretty easily. I also looked at my favorite baseball stadiums. I think I found the Eiffel Tower, too.

EDIT: My house is 32 degrees, 39' 26.00" N, 97 degrees, 22' 06" W.

Rainecloud
06-29-2005, 07:30 AM
I think I can see my Dad.

Old Manus
06-29-2005, 07:35 AM
I can see my house from here!


I've always wanted to say that.

Lenna
06-29-2005, 11:04 AM
I downloaded it and it only shows the towns of certain areas :/ I was trying to look where I am but it doesn't get any clearer, I try and zoom in and it's just ... blurred green :s it wont zoom in any further

Shauna
06-29-2005, 11:32 AM
I found EXACTLY where my house should be. And, it doesn't even exist. xD
The street name isn't the same either, but it is a fairly new housing estate. But, I'm pretty sure that's where my house should be. xD

Blah! :D

Resha
06-29-2005, 11:33 AM
o_O Why did Maxico keep finding non-existant places in Malaysia?!?!?! o_O I felt a speck of doubt in my heart of this 'wonderful' thing.

Devourment
06-29-2005, 12:27 PM
How big is the download? It's not telling me and I don't wanna end up waiting when I don't know how long it's gonna take. =/
Minimum configuration:

Operating system: Windows 2000, Windows XP
CPU speed: IntelŪ PentiumŪ PIII 500 MHz
System memory (RAM): 128MB
200MB hard-disk space
3D graphics card: 3D-capable video card with 16MB VRAM
1024x768, 32-bit true color screen
Network speed: 128 kbps ("Broadband/Cable Internet")

DMKA
06-29-2005, 02:11 PM
I've already downloaded it, and nowhere does it say how big the file was in what you just posted, so I have no clue what your point was...unless it has something to do with me using dialup...however, it works just fine on my dialup, so I have no clue what they're talking about.

It's neat, though I do wish you could zoom in a tad more and that it wasn't more or less depending on where you live. I can't see anything where I live, but where my transfer school is I can see everything...it's awesome. :love:

Meat Puppet
06-29-2005, 03:42 PM
*has KB's floorplans AND coordinates (or whatever)*

Necronopticous
06-29-2005, 03:59 PM
Beta closed ;(

RSL
06-29-2005, 06:53 PM
It doesn't zoom in very far on my town. I can recognize it as my town but I can't like zoom in on my yard or anything.

I might play around with it some more later.

kikimm
06-29-2005, 07:09 PM
I would download it...but what's it really good for?


:D

Dreddz
06-29-2005, 07:10 PM
Hot.

DMKA
06-29-2005, 07:47 PM
I would download it...but what's it really good for?


:D
Oh come on...you've been on the internet long enough to know. ;)

Rainecloud
06-29-2005, 08:53 PM
I've been "playing around" with the program quite a bit today, and I'm very impressed. The picture quality is quite good, and the whole thing loads very quickly. Well worth a download, in my opinion.

disapointedchild
06-29-2005, 09:11 PM
I think its down right now, cause i keep going to it, and it tells me its down.

Damn I wish it was up.