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Posted: **Wed Jul 13, 2005 11:27 am**

I've just downloaded and played with Google Earth application.
This thing is FANTASTIC.
You can fly from space to your street address using satellite imagery. It is awesome.

You can download the app from here http://earth.google.com/
Man, the technology available to us these days is simply mind blowing.

Posted: **Wed Jul 13, 2005 12:47 pm**

Hah!

This is a program I played with a few months ago that it appears Google may have either bought out or just adapted for their own use.

Still, it's a hell of a lot less inexpensive than the original company used to charge for it.

Posted: **Wed Jul 13, 2005 12:51 pm**

Nnnnsic wrote:Still, it's a hell of a lot less inexpensive than the original company used to charge for it.

Less inexpensive?

As in more expensive?

Posted: **Wed Jul 13, 2005 12:53 pm**

Doh.

Posted: **Wed Jul 13, 2005 1:03 pm**

Yup since Google aquired it I have has a lot of fun playing with it. Obviously some areas are more clearly defined than others, but for free................ :wink:

Posted: **Wed Jul 13, 2005 1:09 pm**

that is pretty cool

Posted: **Wed Jul 13, 2005 3:44 pm**

Matt, can you see the streets of Sydney? When MHD was showing a similar service, Canberra was high definition but Sydney was very LQ.

Posted: **Wed Jul 13, 2005 3:46 pm**

I've been using Google earth for about 2 weeks now. Glen - parts of Sydney are excellent, i.e over the airport etc, but anywhere (at the moment) north of the bridge is crappy. Still, it can only improve. An amazing piece of software though!

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Posted: **Wed Jul 13, 2005 3:48 pm**

Thanks Geoff. As you say they will have to improve the coverage of the north side. Frenchs Forest controls a few sattelites so I am sure they will get northside eventually

Posted: **Wed Jul 13, 2005 4:28 pm**

Geoff wrote:I've been using Google earth for about 2 weeks now. Glen - parts of Sydney are excellent, i.e over the airport etc, but anywhere (at the moment) north of the bridge is crappy.

So, it's true to life then ?

Posted: **Wed Jul 13, 2005 4:50 pm**

gstark wrote:
Geoff wrote:I've been using Google earth for about 2 weeks now. Glen - parts of Sydney are excellent, i.e over the airport etc, but anywhere (at the moment) north of the bridge is crappy.

So, it's true to life then ?

Posted: **Wed Jul 13, 2005 4:55 pm**

WOW, thanks Rokkstar, this is amazing! Been playing all afternoon! A lot of Melbourne looks crap (NO comments please Sydneysiders!! :wink:

), but I have had a wonderful trip around Europe, and next stop is America!

This is awesome....although I feel a little like Big Brother!

Posted: **Wed Jul 13, 2005 4:57 pm**

stormygirl wrote:WOW, thanks Rokkstar, this is amazing! Been playing all afternoon! A lot of Melbourne looks crap (NO comments please Sydneysiders!! ), but I have had a wonderful trip around Europe, and next stop is America!

This is awesome....although I feel a little like Big Brother!

No worries.
It is incredibly 1984 isn't it. :shock:

Posted: **Wed Jul 13, 2005 5:05 pm**

It seems to crash far too often...
Gerard

Posted: **Wed Jul 13, 2005 9:18 pm**

I posted this a few weeks ago, but it's worth repeating now that a few more people have got into Google Earth...

If you download this highlights file then you can take a virtual tour of some of the world's greatest sights...

Posted: **Wed Jul 13, 2005 9:24 pm**

It'd be nice if they made a Mac version

Posted: **Wed Jul 13, 2005 11:01 pm**

In fact didn't we have this whole thread a few weeks ago?

It must be deja vu, but I seem to see threads repeat.

Maybe the problem is being on the bleeding edge of technology.

It could also be that there is so much activity (a very good thing) that people don't see threads as they go past ( a bad thing) despite the view topics since your last visit facility (which is a good thing).

Overall I prefer vuja de - seeing things that you haven't seen before.

Posted: **Thu Jul 14, 2005 10:27 am**

rjlhughes wrote:Overall I prefer vuja de - seeing things that you haven't seen before.

Beautifully put Bob

Posted: **Thu Jul 14, 2005 11:00 am**

I should have acknowledged Kel Richards and Word Watch on News Radio for that phrase. Thanks Kel!