>> Google Earth.

[War Angel]

I am in the business of global\geographic information system (GIS), you could say. Now, this... this is very nice. The rasters (the actual photographs of the terrian) are of very low quality, but then again, it's a home program. It cannot weigh hundreds of terra-bytes, nor can it provide civilians with too much information (i.e, the exact appearance of cities, army bases), as countries go to great lengths to prevent un-wanted people from knowing what they really look like - on the inside. What are spy-sattelites for, anyway?

But, this is still awesome. I'd use this in geography lessons. No longer will American kids not be able to find Iraq, Bosnia or even Canada on the map.

[Meat Puppet]

i can'twait for the update that lets you look down girls tops to come out

[Cid]

Wow, that is really cool. I've been playing with it for a while. Thanks for the idea.

[Zante]

Cool stuff, I even found my house.

[Old Manus]

The abilty to see a planet is nothing compared to the power of the force.

[black orb]

It seems like scans of pictures that are quite old. I looked over my home and the pool that's supposed to be in the backyard is not there. ):

>>> Do the Twin Towers still there?
I want to see Manhattan..

[Hawkeye]

I dunno why, but I have been having a fun time zooming down at LA

Once then make this as non-still imagry, this stuff will literally be the [img]/xxx.gif[/img][img]/xxx.gif[/img][img]/xxx.gif[/img][img]/xxx.gif[/img]z

[Primus Inter Pares]

Once they update the database fully...

*dies*

[War Angel]

Once then make this as non-still imagry, this stuff will literally be the z

You'll have to wait about 7-10 years for that.

[Maxico]

Think of the amount of satellites they would need to have a constant live feed of the the world. How big an area do they cover at a time anyway?

To be honest all I can see happening in the near future would be an image that updated every time a satellite passed over it. Even then that would cost far to much for it to be a free service.


On another note, on the old version of Google earth (the one I have on this computer) Area 51 is in the sight seeing section, however in the newer version (I have on the other computer) Area 51 seems to be missing.

[Sasquatch]

A lot of the images are years old, too. Try to find some of the military camps in Iraq or Afghanistan. ... I didn't look in Afghanistan, though.

[Shoden]

It doesn't have clear graphics, only problem, more zoom in options and search capabilities and It'll be so god damn great.

[Max]

Its pretty cool, It would be better if the satalite pics were more recent.

[Madonna]

The girlfriend loves it and could easily spend all day on it.

[GooeyToast]

goooooooooooooooooooooooooogle

what a great word