Google Maps (Beta) (1 Viewer)

[McLake]

http://maps.google.com/ and EDIT: http://maps.google.co.uk/

OK, so Google Maps was cool enough in its normal mode (even if we can only search North America & the UK).

But now Google Maps has satallite maps it is awesome.

 

[RCMasterAA]

Yeah I've used it to 'stalk' my online US friends but damnit, I want an Australian version already!

 

[jm1234567890]

yeah, google must have spent their money hiring all the DHTML experts in the world

this is all from google aquireing "keyhole". Google make the best aquistions.
picsa is also an awesome application.

In the states you can zoom pretty close......

 

[sladehk]

It'll be a while till an Austrlian version comes out because of our low population density and our lack of population(compared to other countries).

 

[drewgcn]

It's pretty cool, but it'd be cooler if you could see the people walking around

 

[MoNNiE]

Hey thats pretty cool
we have something similar to that at work ... its fun..they have a layer as a still image and you can zoom right in.. i found someone swimming ") and if you don't want to view that you can always turn it off

 

[redslert]

hmmm now i wonder where those nudiest camps are

 

[Korn]

Brillant i wonder if we can find whats happening in the cities and individual suburbs and buildings, maybe even see ants

 

[sladehk]

It's pretty cool, but it'd be cooler if you could see the people walking around

Wait another 5 years and it'll be an avaliable feature

 

[drewgcn]

Wait another 5 years and it'll be an avaliable feature

And slightly disturbing at that.

 

[MedNez]

And slightly disturbing at that.

Yes, I don't think the average joe would be given access to real time positions of anywhere in the world that the map system covered. It would be a privacy/security risk. Plus then, there'd be no need for spy sattellites if Intelligence Agencies could just use google maps

 

[jm1234567890]

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=googl...6319,0.007918&t=k&near=mountain+view,CA&hl=en

lol, you can see the coloured balls in the google headquarters.

 

[MedNez]

You can see the result of a testing range here.

 

[AntiHyper]

i think this system should provide terrorists' ever terrifying forces the info they need to cause chaos.. (limited to america only)

 

[wanton-wonton]

Wow, I can see my house.

 

[Arvin Sloane]

Google maps < Worldwind.

 

[RCMasterAA]

Google maps < Worldwind.

I agree though it doesn't benefit those on a slower connection and you'll need a couple of gigs free for the images...and also the Landsats/NTLs stuff up sometimes.

 

[Arvin Sloane]

Slower connection? What is this madness?

 

[RCMasterAA]

Well the download for the program is 200mb or something. And then you have to download maps piece by piece and if you're on a slow connection that it'll take a while.

 

[Arvin Sloane]

Well the download for the program is 200mb or something. And then you have to download maps piece by piece and if you're on a slow connection that it'll take a while.

Dude. Joke. I understand that everyone doesn't have super efast broadband.

But thank you.