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have i missed a thread about this?

holy mother of all that is new and shiny on the internet
google earth is a! maz! ing!
๐Ÿ˜ฒ

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Originally posted by murrow
have i missed a thread about this?

holy mother of all that is new and shiny on the internet
google earth is a! maz! ing!
๐Ÿ˜ฒ
It's not that good =/

Once you get over the initial "OH MY GOD! I can see my house!" rush, it's kinda fades off a bit.

Still I suppose it's better than buying those crappy aerial photos people always try to sell you.

Can you get updated images. The house I'm in at the moment isn't even on there cos the image os 3 years old.... according to the image I'm living in a tree! ๐Ÿ˜•

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Originally posted by murrow
have i missed a thread about this?

holy mother of all that is new and shiny on the internet
google earth is a! maz! ing!
๐Ÿ˜ฒ
whats the exact website? i wanna go!

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Me too. Someone assist....

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http://earth.google.com/

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Originally posted by murrow
have i missed a thread about this?

holy mother of all that is new and shiny on the internet
google earth is a! maz! ing!
๐Ÿ˜ฒ
AM I missing something here?
*types in google earth*
* waits impatiently and drums fingers*
*wonders why it doesn't tell you the size of the file being downloaded and how long it will take*
*Goes for a cigarette*
*dies of cancer*
*file still isn't downloaded*
*grand children die of old age*
*file is finally downloaded*
Hey that's pretty good dude

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You have to use a mirror off www.majorgeeks.com or something similar. earth.google.com took down the download after a while, not sure why.

You can see Area 51.

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Originally posted by jimslyp69
AM I missing something here?
*types in google earth*
* waits impatiently and drums fingers*
*wonders why it doesn't tell you the size of the file being downloaded and how long it will take*
*Goes for a cigarette*
*dies of cancer*
*file still isn't downloaded*
*grand children die of old age*
*file is finally downloaded*
Hey that's pretty good dude
http://earth.google.com/

its not that good. i couldnt see my house, nor could i see myself hanging out the window. PANTS.

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Originally posted by dale21
http://earth.google.com/

its not that good. i couldnt see my house, nor could i see myself hanging out the window. PANTS.
Lmao, your house must be tiny. I live in a two bdroom terrace and i can see it. Do you live on a park bench? ๐Ÿ™„

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Originally posted by dale21
http://earth.google.com/

its not that good. i couldnt see my house, nor could i see myself hanging out the window. PANTS.
Considering it can go up to 100ft above the ground, you should be able to see your house, unless it was built and finished in the last six months.

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it's just a beta version - they haven't done the whole world in detail, only some parts. so i guess it depends where you live.
i can see my flat, plus each tree ouside. pretty cool.
the saharra looks really nice too.

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Originally posted by jimslyp69
Do you live on a park bench? ๐Ÿ™„
a park bench with windows? now that would be something!

also, do you have to pay for it in britain? i have a vague memory of this a while ago but i think you had to pay for it or something along those lines...

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Originally posted by genius
a park bench with windows? now that would be something!

also, do you have to pay for it in britain? i have a vague memory of this a while ago but i think you had to pay for it or something along those lines...
Nope. Park benches are free in Britain too. ๐Ÿ˜›

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I take back my inital criticisms.... and add some new ones!

It is a pretty amazing program... if you live in the US or Southern Europe. They get great, detailed images of their areas. If you live anywhere else than your house is the brown blur next to the green smudge!

If they update it more and pick out a few more European cities it'd be much better! But I'm just grumpy cos I can't see my house :'(

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