Sightseeing on Google earth

[{{909}}]

this is basically a collection of notable sights on google earth, a very easy way to waste a few hours

http://perljam.net/google-satellite-maps/

[Andy]

very nice !

[Keva]

try NASA world wind m8 :thumbs its alot better you can even tilt the view so its 3D

[Andy]

try NASA world wind m8 :thumbs its alot better you can even tilt the view so its 3D

I think most of us on here are fans of google earth now tbh

[{{909}}]

gonna try nasa whatsit in a mo, theres a link for it here if anyones interested

http://worldwind.arc.nasa.gov/download.html

[ubergaz]

saw the advert for this on centr pages of the sun the other day...was blown away although apparently i live in a big blur the size of BOlton

[beansontoast]

How does it work? New York is in great detail but if I try to look in on London it's very low res. Do I need to leave it zoomed in for a while to see higher detail?

p.s. I tried worldwind a while back but I kept getting problems with their streaming.

[{{909}}]

some areas are mapped in greater detail than others, if you check the official site it tells u when updates are made, places like tokyo and mexico are very clear

[marcode]

try NASA world wind m8 :thumbs its alot better you can even tilt the view so its 3D

you can do that on google maps too. they even have 3d building models in some places. eg newyork and most of americas major cities..

hopefully they will do it for uk too eventually.

[Keva]

you can do that on google maps too. they even have 3d building models in some places. eg newyork and most of americas major cities..

hopefully they will do it for uk too eventually.

on world wind you can do it anywhere

[{{909}}]

ive just tried nasa ww and i cant get anywhere near the level of detail i can on goodle earth, the only detailed view of new york seems to be in black and white and all distorted, what am i doing wrong?

[marcode]

on world wind you can do it anywhere

um.. ye.. on google maps too..

or do you mean it can produce 3d rendered buildings of ANY location in the world? which i doubt.



i was just about to download the old nasa thing to try it out, but at 180 megs, i dont think ill bother.

have you actually tried google earth yet?

[{{909}}]

unless im missing something, nasa ww is shite

ill leave it installed so someone can prove to me otherwise

marcode, im using the stardard free google earth, is there much benifit to upgrading to pro?

[BM]

Ive used both and was a fan of NASA WW before i tried google maps. Now i have uninstalled NASA WW

[marcode]

marcode, im using the stardard free google earth, is there much benifit to upgrading to pro?

not unless you intend to use any of the extra features. which is unlikely... i havent touched em..

[Keva]

um.. ye.. on google maps too..

or do you mean it can produce 3d rendered buildings of ANY location in the world? which i doubt.



i was just about to download the old nasa thing to try it out, but at 180 megs, i dont think ill bother.

have you actually tried google earth yet?

sweet i never new that about the buildings in 3D ww does the land so you can see valleys etc and yes i have got google earth on my hard drive but only skimmed through it btw {{909}} try getting the uraban addon i cant remember the exact name but it adds a higher level of detail to most areas

[marcode]

google maps has the terrain modelling too. which is very cool in a dipped viewing angle.

you got a link to this urban addon thing?

[Keva]

google maps has the terrain modelling too. which is very cool in a dipped viewing angle.

you got a link to this urban addon thing?

http://forum.worldwind.arc.nasa.gov/...showtopic=3151

Alot of other cool addons on there ... i just spotted one that gives you real time earth quake information

[marcode]

i think you should check out google earth m8, it does everything your talking about, and much more all the way to crap like crime stats (and earthquakes, volcanoes, geographic features of interest, current events, landmarks etc)... including stuff like hotels restraunts road maps etc. its all built in... without the need for addons

and it does it a lot better, with more detailed map imagry.

world wind is pretty old.

[Keva]

i think you should check out google earth m8, it does everything your talking about, and much more all the way to crap like crime stats (and earthquakes, volcanoes, geographic features of interest, current events, landmarks etc)... including stuff like hotels restraunts road maps etc. its all built in... without the need for addons

and it does it a lot better, with more detailed map imagry.

world wind is pretty old.

ok m8 will check out google earth a bit more as i said ive only previosly skimmed through it