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Title: Anyone else addicted to Google Earth???
Post by: TarpleyG on December 14, 2005, 03:35:48 PM
Subject line say it all...I have no time for anything else...I am even contemplating buying the Pro version for even more features.

Greg
Title: Anyone else addicted to Google Earth???
Post by: Sindawe on December 14, 2005, 03:56:29 PM
Its neat application.  I've been able to zoom around the Denver/Boulder front range and spot places I know very well.  I can even zoom in on my house and see my cars parked outside. OK, they are a white blob and a teal blob, but still. Smiley

My only issue is that date set is a bit off.  Google Earth as a deep ravine where the Baseline Rd. is, 'cept there aint no ravine there.
Title: Anyone else addicted to Google Earth???
Post by: MaterDei on December 14, 2005, 05:12:41 PM
Google Earth is the bomb!
Title: Anyone else addicted to Google Earth???
Post by: Spot77 on December 14, 2005, 05:12:57 PM
I use it to check out the waterways around my house. There's a lot of great creeks and coves, but they're real hard to find once you're out in the middle of the river......especially since I'm still pretty new to the area.
Title: Anyone else addicted to Google Earth???
Post by: Harold Tuttle on December 15, 2005, 04:28:15 AM
the Mac Beta is pretty robust.

Mike Jones from Keyhole/Google Earth is a really cool dood.
I hope to be doing more work with him next year.
Title: Anyone else addicted to Google Earth???
Post by: charby on December 15, 2005, 05:29:09 AM
Iowa State University has a nice collection of GIS files available to the public, I use this more than Google Earth

www.gis.iastate.edu/homepage.html
Title: Anyone else addicted to Google Earth???
Post by: Michigander on December 15, 2005, 05:44:07 AM
Google Earth is the coolest.  Kinda scary though.

Make sure you check out http://www.googleearthhacks.com/ too.  Lots of overlays and stuff to add-on.
Title: Anyone else addicted to Google Earth???
Post by: mfree on December 15, 2005, 09:00:28 AM
Yes, I'm an addict, but mostly through maps.google. I pick the hybrid maps and go "driving", tracing my route and seeing everything I notice on the ground, from the air Smiley
Title: Anyone else addicted to Google Earth???
Post by: Sylvilagus Aquaticus on December 15, 2005, 06:47:05 PM
I like it, but I'm nuts about any sat photos.

I spent way too much time looking at B52's and A10's sitting on the tarmac at Barksdale AFB as well as the permanant collection on the road.  Lockheed and the JRB in Ft. Worth, Bell-Textron, etc. are very enjoyable as well. Same for DFW and DAL as well, but not nearly as cool.

Yeah, I saw the 'Burb in the driveway of my house. You can spot the rusty roof from space. My wife keeps telling me....

One of these days they'll get around to putting the rest of the world in hi-res- not just the bigger Mero areas. That's when the big payoff begins.  I want to see China Lake.

Regards,
Rabbit.
Title: Anyone else addicted to Google Earth???
Post by: ...has left the building. on December 16, 2005, 02:33:20 AM
I use a GIS system in my county that is even better since it gives the owner's name and tax assessed value. Which is very helpful for doing commercial real estate deals.
Title: Anyone else addicted to Google Earth???
Post by: onions! on December 16, 2005, 02:44:45 AM
I was suprised at just how many golf courses there are.I found a few close to home that I didn't even know existed.There are some that don't show up too.

It is interesting.

Area 51 is what I want to see.
Title: Anyone else addicted to Google Earth???
Post by: cordex on December 16, 2005, 06:44:39 AM
Go check out the Google campus.  That is the kind of resolution I want to see elsewhere.

I like Google Earth, but I'm not all that addicted to it.
Title: Anyone else addicted to Google Earth???
Post by: Art Eatman on December 16, 2005, 10:00:59 AM
I like to be able to show folks why the UPS guy doesn't drive the big brown truck to my house.  Smiley

Art