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This has to be the coolest Interweb toy ever!

18 replies · 3,306 views · Started 29 June 2005

carrot red 29 Jun 2005, 18:15

Google Earth

Google released the beta version of their keyhole satellite software today. This thing is awesome! I can make out my car in the driveway (barely.) Check it out, it's free. keyhole.com costs you like $20 a month for the same thing.

Beldaran 29 Jun 2005, 18:24

I downloaded this yesterday and played around with it. It's pretty bad ass. I could see my apartment building crystal clear. I also took a peek around New York, Chicago, and Washington DC, all cities I have never been to.

carrot red 29 Jun 2005, 18:59

Check out 1600 Pennsylvania Ave, Bel. It looks like they cut off the top of the White House!

I Just found Area 51 by using Latitude and Longitude points.

EDIT:
I got that yesterday, cap2030 . Try again in a few minutes.

Raichu86 30 Jun 2005, 16:50

My house is a mere blur to Keyhole, since I live in the middle of nowhere. All the surrounding towns are of extremely low resolution, too.

SixTen 30 Jun 2005, 17:07

For the last couple days it has been down every time I try to get it.

Is it small enough to zip up and email?

Breaker 30 Jun 2005, 21:07

Shadowblazer wrote:Load this placemark to visit my favorite place ever.

I don't think it can zoom in that closely to my pants.

mikeron 30 Jun 2005, 21:16

Shadowblazer wrote:Load this placemark to visit my favorite place ever.
I should have guessed, you poor man. Here's one that makes good use of my favorite feature, the tilt control.

Rainman 01 Jul 2005, 17:20

O...k... I download it off that mirror and it says something about account activation when I load it. I don't see any thing about that in the program or on the site.

Masamune 01 Jul 2005, 17:42

I was getting shit like that too yesterday. Something about not being able to log in. But when I tried it this morning, it worked fine.

vaosu 01 Jul 2005, 20:00

"We were unable to connect to the Google Earth servers to activate your account." Same problem here. Even logged into my GMail account and it didn't help. Oh well, guess I'll have to wait until 4 AM when less people are on.

fatcatfan 26 Jul 2005, 17:18

Google Earth is available for public download once again. If you haven't played with it yet, nows your chance.