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Pacman

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Has anyone else seen this?

http://earth.google.com/

Search for anything in the world and it will find it! Some pictures are
clearer than others, e.g. if you search on Solihull, or London...some of the
pictures are fascinating. e.g search on B92 8NW and you'll see a clear
aerial shot of the Lode Lane factory!

Thanks,
Paul
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1992 Range Rover Vogue SE "Arthur"


 
On or around Mon, 1 Aug 2005 16:43:02 +0100, "Pacman"
<[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:

>Has anyone else seen this?
>
>http://earth.google.com/
>
>Search for anything in the world and it will find it! Some pictures are
>clearer than others, e.g. if you search on Solihull, or London...some of the
>pictures are fascinating. e.g search on B92 8NW and you'll see a clear
>aerial shot of the Lode Lane factory!
>


clever, ain't it. You can download one, or look at it online.

online earth thing:
http://maps.google.com/

there's a moon one, too:
http://moon.google.com/

--
Austin Shackles. www.ddol-las.net my opinions are just that
Too Busy: Your mind is like a motorway. Sometimes it can be jammed by
too much traffic. Avoid the jams by never using your mind on a
Bank Holiday weekend.
from the Little Book of Complete B***ocks by Alistair Beaton.
 
so Pacman was, like...
> Has anyone else seen this?
>
> http://earth.google.com/
>
>
Yes, found it the other day and spent a fun evening checking out all my
previous lives. I eventually found Malham Cove (favourite spot) after a lot
of searching with a road atlas in one hand. I doesn't look half as
impressive from space! It won't go down to individual house detail, but
damn near. Great fun.

--
Rich
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Disco 300 Tdi auto
S2a 88" SW
Tiggrr (V8 trialler)


 
On or around Mon, 1 Aug 2005 19:00:29 +0100, "Richard Brookman"
<[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:

>so Pacman was, like...
>> Has anyone else seen this?
>>
>> http://earth.google.com/
>>
>>
>Yes, found it the other day and spent a fun evening checking out all my
>previous lives. I eventually found Malham Cove (favourite spot) after a lot
>of searching with a road atlas in one hand. I doesn't look half as
>impressive from space! It won't go down to individual house detail, but
>damn near. Great fun.

will on some bits, where there's more detail.

--
Austin Shackles. www.ddol-las.net my opinions are just that
"Pereant qui ante nos nostra dixerunt"
(confound the men who have made our remarks before us.)
Aelius Donatus (4th Cent.) [St. Jerome, Commentary on Ecclesiastes]
 

"Austin Shackles" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On or around Mon, 1 Aug 2005 19:00:29 +0100, "Richard Brookman"

>
> will on some bits, where there's more detail.

My house is clearly visible, the pictures are at least two years old because
we painted the roof August 2003.
Two great features in South Africa are the Tswaing crater (using decimal
minutes S25.40779 E28.08189) and the Vredefort Dome (now a world heritage
site) which is about 100 km South West of Johannesburg. The ripples of the
crater are around Jhb. You can clearly see that the meteorite was travelling
from the south.


 
On or around Mon, 1 Aug 2005 22:35:26 +0200, "Landynut"
<[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:

>
>"Austin Shackles" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]...
>> On or around Mon, 1 Aug 2005 19:00:29 +0100, "Richard Brookman"
>
>>
>> will on some bits, where there's more detail.
>
>My house is clearly visible, the pictures are at least two years old because
>we painted the roof August 2003.
>Two great features in South Africa are the Tswaing crater (using decimal
>minutes S25.40779 E28.08189) and the Vredefort Dome (now a world heritage
>site) which is about 100 km South West of Johannesburg. The ripples of the
>crater are around Jhb. You can clearly see that the meteorite was travelling
>from the south.
>

moving north a bit, vic falls is easily visible.

3 gorges dam in china is out of date, it's further advanced than the
pictures show.

If you're using the downloaded one you install on yer comnputer, then the
hoover dam, with "terrain" turned on and tilted to somewhere about 20-30
degrees is quite impressive.
--
Austin Shackles. www.ddol-las.net my opinions are just that
"Festina Lente" (Hasten slowly) Suetonius (c.70-c.140) Augustus, 25
 

"Austin Shackles" wrote
>
> moving north a bit, vic falls is easily visible.
>
> 3 gorges dam in china is out of date, it's further advanced than the
> pictures show.
>
> If you're using the downloaded one you install on yer comnputer, then the
> hoover dam, with "terrain" turned on and tilted to somewhere about 20-30
> degrees is quite impressive.

Nearer home I just spend too much time travelling along the R.Thames
identifying things like "The Globe", "Buck House", etc in London & things
like "Dorney Rowing Centre" further out. Great fun.

--
Regards
Bob
1974 S111 SWB 2.25 petrol Hardtop (For Sale...still)
1987 90 2.5 petrol Hardtop


 
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