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Holy Crap Google Earth For Mac Is Out!
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I'm pretty sure it's the beta, nevertheles it's still fun to play with.
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Yeah, it is...but who cares. Still works great! I'm adding a ton of places I've been to and whatnot. Tons of stuff to explore! I suggest checking out russia. 
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I just don't find google earth that exciting. 
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Originally Posted by Cubeoid
I just don't find google earth that exciting.
That is because you have no clue about technology. Whenever Google brings something out you are supposed to be excited as if it's the best thing since sliced bread. It's the Google Sliced Bread Beta after all!
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Originally Posted by TubaMuffins
I'm pretty sure it's the beta, nevertheles it's still fun to play with.
Alpha Beta, ooh ahh, Alpha Beta, ooh ahh... 
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it may be beta but it seems to work fine
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Cool, I never grabbed the beta when I had the chance! I found my house:
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Originally Posted by RAILhead
Cool, I never grabbed the beta when I had the chance! I found my house:
uh oh - I got bad news for you. This was posted on an Islamic Jihad website as the next target!
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Originally Posted by mania
uh oh - I got bad news for you. This was posted on an Islamic Jihad website as the next target!
Read my mind.
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I agree it is pretty cool, but seems to be outdated. When I used it a week or two ago, I realized the image was almost a year old.
J.
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Originally Posted by jhogarty
I agree it is pretty cool, but seems to be outdated. When I used it a week or two ago, I realized the image was almost a year old.
J.
It's better than Microsoft's. Their's is over 10-years-old.
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you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods,
you will understand why I dismiss yours." - Stephen F. Roberts
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Originally Posted by mania
uh oh - I got bad news for you. This was posted on an Islamic Jihad website as the next target!
[IMG]
There are many more people closer to home that would nuke my house, so the camel jockeys can kiss spot.
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Originally Posted by jhogarty
I agree it is pretty cool, but seems to be outdated. When I used it a week or two ago, I realized the image was almost a year old.
J.
Google Earth is fun, but the maps are 1-2 years old on average.
http://earth.google.com/faq.html#2
Cheers!
James
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Aye, thanks for the the clarification. Like you said, it fun, but I wouldn't use for navigation. :-)
J.
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Originally Posted by James L
Thing is, they're being updated constantly. The reason the app is so small is that it's just the app, no images, so they're constantly streaming into your computer as you use it. This means that as google updates the pictures, they'll be updated instantly. Also, enable 'terrain' and go to some mountain ranges and 'tilt' the viewing angle. It's pretty incredible to zoom into a ski resort and see some of the runs I've taken. 
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i tried that to but it was hard to find places i recognise
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Go to your hometown.
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Originally Posted by Cubeoid
I just don't find google earth that exciting.
Its awesome.
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"... in 6 months if WMD are found, I hope all clear-thinking people who opposed the war will say "You're right, we were wrong -- good job". Similarly, if after 6 months no WMD are found, people who supported the war should say the same thing -- and move to impeach Mr. Bush." - moki, 04/16/03
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Originally Posted by ShadowoftheColossus
Wow! Cool stuffs.
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Originally Posted by RAILhead
There are many more people closer to home that would nuke my house, so the camel jockeys can kiss spot.
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Last edited by Busemann; Jan 3, 2006 at 08:25 PM.
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been messing about with google earth myself today and from what little i've been able to get working, it looks pretty cool. unfortch i cannae put it properly through its paces yet, as my broadband's down at the mo' and i'm on a crappy 56k dial-up. whenever i zoom in on a location, the streaming percentage indicator increments to 91% where it sticks for a couple of minutes and then the modem disconnects - every time.
very weird! - but then, i don't suppose something like google earth is meant to be accessed via such stone-age technology!
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heh. The only noticeable bug I've found so far is the sketchy glitchy 'markers' you put down. Hit open apple - N to add one, but then try dragging it around. It disappears. Some I made, added custom icons, and added the name, and they stayed. But once you try to move it over a bit, POOF, gone. It helps to be looking STRAIGHT down and having terrain 'off' for placing them, so they don't disappear so often.
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Frak! It requires Mac OSX 10.4! I'm still running Panther!
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Hmmm... some new high res maps of Japan.....
Thanks google.
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I like the way it gradually speeds up when you tell it go somewhere. I feel like I'm in a high tech espionage movie... except my monitor isn't 40 feet tall on the wall.
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I just said to myself "Oh, I didn't know they had a pool in their backyard..."
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Originally Posted by RAILhead
Cool, I never grabbed the beta when I had the chance! I found my house:
We all know where you live now... GET HIM!!!
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