Google Earth!

[hoosier21]

If you haven't tried this, you are missing out on some real cool fun. High speed internet is a MUST. You can "zoom" on your own house or anything in the world! TOO COOL.

Just go to google.com and you will see the link on the main page, have fun.

Russ

[jcaut]

I had a friend tell me about this a while back. Now I have to resist the temptation to do that all day at work. :)

It really is cool. Only downside is that high resolution is not available everywhere. That and some of the images are rather old.

I've been checking out Area 51 this morning. :D

[Dennis Gardner]

I've been checking out Area 51 this morning. :D

He hears a knock on his door in the middle of the night, and the neighbors didn't see or hear anything................and the elderly lady next door tells the reporter, he was such a nice young man. ;)

[nadams]

The original would've been NASA's WorldWind. I go back and forth between the two, and tend to prefer the NASA program.

[BIZILL]

google earth mobile is sweet with a high speed pda cell phone.

[petrym]

I love Google Earth. Has anyone tried to find Polk Audio Corporate on it? Standby...

Download/save and rename from .zip extension to .kmz :D Does this look familiar to those who have visited the place?

[HBombToo]

ya we have been playing with this at the office and it is real KEWL!

[bobman1235]

I recently found a new toy similar to google Earth (actually more similar to google's map service, but cooler). Windows Live (http://local.live.com/). The key is to type in an address (preferably in a CITY, they don't tend to have the closeups for rural areas), and then on the left click BIRD'S EYE. It's a shot from 60 or 25 yards away! YOu can make out what type of cars are in a driveway, it's so close.

[TroyD]

Holy crap, man. I can see RuSsMaN sitting in his back yard beating it like a cave man trying to start a fire...

BDT

[petrym]

Go RuSsMaN, Go RuSsMaN, Go RuSsMaN, it's your birthday...

[ohskigod]

allrighty....I'll just be here gouging my mind's eye out.......LOL

[petrym]

Yeah, that's an image I want out my head too... (smacks BDT) ;)

[TroyD]

While I can't see George smoking a lucky strike......you CAN see the white Shark in the drive as well as how freakin' green his grass is (George has about the best grass I've ever seen outside of a resort)

BDT

[aaharvel]

Bump.

G.E. this is awesome. Just zoomed in on the Hollywood Sign, Biltmore Estate, The Whitehouse, my neighborhood Pub & Condo complex and AREA 51!!! WAAAAAAA! :D

[BIZILL]

this engine is run off of keyhole's earthviewer. just loaded google earth onto my computer and it detected a previous version of keyhole's product on my computer. this is schweet.

the beauty of this version is the fact that it's free as opposed to $100/year.