Google Satellite Maps
DOOManiac
Worst. Critic. Ever. Join Date: 2002-04-17 Member: 462Members, NS1 Playtester
Worst. Critic. Ever. Join Date: 2002-04-17 Member: 462Members, NS1 Playtester
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<div class="IPBDescription">pwn.</div>A few months ago, Google made public their new service, <a href='http://maps.google.com/' target='_blank'>Google Maps</a>. Not to be outdone by, errm, themselves, yesterday they released a new Satellite photo based version of the same service.
<a href='http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=20.039063,-93.339844&spn=130.781250,174.726563&t=k&hl=en' target='_blank'>Clickity</a>
It's not really a suprise if you knew about their recent purchase of the company behind <a href='http://www.keyhole.com/' target='_blank'>Keyhole</a>.
It's still a damned impressive, almost mystical use of XML to seamlessly deliver content to your browser - any browser (cross-platform ftw) w/o a page refresh.
No java, no flash apps, nada.
Raw. Unadulterated. Speed.
Look ma, <a href='http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=35.649551,-97.453258&spn=0.007982,0.010664&t=k&hl=en' target='_blank'>I can see my house from here</a>! (Apartment actually. It's centered in the photo. You want the address? Too bad, you'll have to get a little smarter. :P)
So sexy...
<a href='http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=20.039063,-93.339844&spn=130.781250,174.726563&t=k&hl=en' target='_blank'>Clickity</a>
It's not really a suprise if you knew about their recent purchase of the company behind <a href='http://www.keyhole.com/' target='_blank'>Keyhole</a>.
It's still a damned impressive, almost mystical use of XML to seamlessly deliver content to your browser - any browser (cross-platform ftw) w/o a page refresh.
No java, no flash apps, nada.
Raw. Unadulterated. Speed.
Look ma, <a href='http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=35.649551,-97.453258&spn=0.007982,0.010664&t=k&hl=en' target='_blank'>I can see my house from here</a>! (Apartment actually. It's centered in the photo. You want the address? Too bad, you'll have to get a little smarter. :P)
So sexy...
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<a href='http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=30.066533,-95.490696&spn=0.010343,0.015836&t=k&hl=en' target='_blank'>Houston</a> ftw
<a href='http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=30.066533,-95.490696&spn=0.010343,0.015836&t=k&hl=en' target='_blank'>Houston</a> ftw <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
Yes, as soon as I learned there was a trailer park behind my apt. complex I immediately checked our insurance to ensure it covers tornados.
Thankfully tornados in central Oklahoma seem to be VERY descriminating, and there are known cases where they'll touch down in an apartment complex, tear **** up, then lift up again before hitting houses.
(And no, I'm not making that up)
<a href='http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=30.066533,-95.490696&spn=0.010343,0.015836&t=k&hl=en' target='_blank'>Houston</a> ftw <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Yes, as soon as I learned there was a trailer park behind my apt. complex I immediately checked our insurance to ensure it covers tornados.
Thankfully tornados in central Oklahoma seem to be VERY descriminating, and there are known cases where they'll touch down in an apartment complex, tear **** up, then lift up again before hitting houses.
(And no, I'm not making that up) <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
If you're a weather-fanatic like myself, you'd already know that's possible. As with the whole wind, companion vortexes..etc..etc..I watch too many specials. :x It's fun, though.
Sad thing is, all we've gotten in our area is probably a funnel cloud at most. *shrug* What a sight.
I cant even zoom in close enough to ft.knox to find where I live. How suxorz is that <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
<a href='http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=43.201797,-87.932085&spn=0.061197,0.085316&t=k&hl=en' target='_blank'>linka</a>
The entire apt complex has gray roofs if that's what you mean. But yeah, I can see what you mean. Top-down view isn't the most flattering I guess. And they took it in the middle of summer when all the grass is dead cause it never rains in the summer. That explains some of the large patches of dirt, however the really really large patches of dirt to the left are from where they were doing construction. (The photos are about 2 years old, everything there is up now)
Oh, and here's my house:
Metal... Gear?
<a href='http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=30.066533,-95.490696&spn=0.010343,0.015836&t=k&hl=en' target='_blank'>Houston</a> ftw<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Mwahaha...I'm gonna come knock on doors now, to annoy someone.
<img src='http://destroyer.evilsquid.net/pics/untitled.JPG' border='0' alt='user posted image' />
University of Houston (and my dorm in the tower at the bottom) FTW!
This is the coolest thing evar.
Look ma, <a href='http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=35.649551,-97.453258&spn=0.007982,0.010664&t=k&hl=en' target='_blank'>I can see my house from here</a>! (Apartment actually. It's centered in the photo. You want the address? Too bad, you'll have to get a little smarter. <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->)<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
<!--QuoteBegin--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->maps.google.com/maps?<b>ll=35.649551,-97.453258&spn=0.007982,0.010664</b>&t=k&hl=en<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Location Noted. Cruise missles launched.
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HAHA PJ: 0 Cold-NiTe: 1
<!--QuoteBegin--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->pjofsky: i can't find my house :
pjofsky: /
GrainSilo No 04: haha
GrainSilo No 04: noob<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
How long have you lived there, son?
Canada
Look ma, <a href='http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=35.649551,-97.453258&spn=0.007982,0.010664&t=k&hl=en' target='_blank'>I can see my house from here</a>! (Apartment actually. It's centered in the photo. You want the address? Too bad, you'll have to get a little smarter. <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->)<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
<!--QuoteBegin--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->maps.google.com/maps?<b>ll=35.649551,-97.453258&spn=0.007982,0.010664</b>&t=k&hl=en<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Location Noted. Cruise missles launched. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
<b><span style='color:red'><span style='font-size:21pt;line-height:100%'>PWNT!</span></span></b>
Canada <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
Hmm... I guess you get <b>1</b> point for that.
Cold-NiTe: 1
Pjofsky: 1
I cheated. Fort Worth is on the Global Map. But it still took me 10 seconds to find mah howse.
<a href='http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=30.066533,-95.490696&spn=0.010343,0.015836&t=k&hl=en' target='_blank'>Houston</a> ftw<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Mwahaha...I'm gonna come knock on doors now, to annoy someone.
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University of Houston (and my dorm in the tower at the bottom) FTW! <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Oh snap. Any other Houstonians here, anyways? Or are we the only two special ones? D: [edit] Ah yes, I see Ft. Worth people. Yay. Nasty Ft.Wroth/Dallas area ;P [edit redux] Of course, I REALLY meant Texans as well. Of course. *mutters to self about sleep...*
University of Houston, eh? I'd think about attending there, but...it's downtown, and I despise downtown. *shiver* You're already familiar with the construction mess, I assume? Yeah, I'd hate to deal with that. All the crime too. I shudder, knowing what happens there.
<a href='http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=30.066533,-95.490696&spn=0.010343,0.015836&t=k&hl=en' target='_blank'>Houston</a> ftw<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Mwahaha...I'm gonna come knock on doors now, to annoy someone.
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University of Houston (and my dorm in the tower at the bottom) FTW! <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Oh snap. Any other Houstonians here, anyways? Or are we the only two special ones? D: [edit] Ah yes, I see Ft. Worth people. Yay. Nasty Ft.Wroth/Dallas area ;P
University of Houston, eh? I'd think about attending there, but...it's downtown, and I despise downtown. *shiver* You're already familiar with the construction mess, I assume? Yeah, I'd hate to deal with that. All the crime too. I shudder, knowing what happens there. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
Counting you guys and Tex or The hero or whatever, that makes <b>3</b> Smogvillers.
No java, no flash apps, nada. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
My PSP says different:
"Your browser is not officially supported by Google Maps"
(doesn't work if I try the try loading anyway either :X)