Coolest App of the Decade

Post by **benheck** » Wed Dec 21, 2005 7:59 pm

Most of you are tech-savvy on here so you probably know about this.

Those that don't - http://earth.google.com/

Coolest. App. Ever.

Free up several hours the first time you play with this - you'll need it!

Post by **marshallh** » Wed Dec 21, 2005 8:02 pm

Yup, that's definitely a cool program. I had it even before Google re-branded it.
If you zoom in on the White House, it's pixelated out. (Like someone can use a low-res satellite image to plan an attack?)

Undisclosed · Post by **Undisclosed** » Wed Dec 21, 2005 8:03 pm

o ya had it for a long time....its great fun. some guy hacked it and saw area 51

Trv · Post by **Trv** » Wed Dec 21, 2005 8:20 pm

yeah, ive been using it for the past few weeks. Its so sweet. Try looking at the Grand Canyon, its amazing.

MaDnEsS · Post by **MaDnEsS** » Wed Dec 21, 2005 8:31 pm

Undisclosed wrote:o ya had it for a long time....its great fun. some guy hacked it and saw area 51

right and pigs can fly to the sun turns off at night and benheck is the center of the universe

seriously they are very scrict and watchful there

vb_master · Post by **vb_master** » Wed Dec 21, 2005 8:33 pm

Windows Live Local is the same.

Radon199 · Post by **Radon199** » Wed Dec 21, 2005 8:40 pm

That Windows live is sweet, mostly because the aerial images are at a 3D angle and you can get really close in, so close you can see in peoples windows if they have big enugh ones.

Turbo Tax 1.0 · Post by **Turbo Tax 1.0** » Wed Dec 21, 2005 9:39 pm

we have a whole thread about this check it out i think it is in one of the anouncements

vb_master · Post by **vb_master** » Wed Dec 21, 2005 9:55 pm

Turbo Tax 1.0 wrote:we have a whole thread about this check it out i think it is in one of the anouncements

That's the The Official Benheck Guestmap.

wallydawg · Post by **wallydawg** » Wed Dec 21, 2005 9:56 pm

My town is horribly outdated; I can see my sister's old car in my driveway, my friends house doesn't exist yet, and they haven't even started the new High School in these photos. I guess I'm expecting too much.

psychotic_mechanic · Post by **psychotic_mechanic** » Wed Dec 21, 2005 10:47 pm

It would be even cooler if it had Japanese street names (at least highway numbers) on it. I use it to find Japanese thrift stores and recycle shops.