Members CTBMETAL Posted October 13, 2005 Members Share Posted October 13, 2005 www.earth.google.com download this program. its pretty amazing. you can navigate the world pretty much.. zoom in, zoom out, get directions, all in real time. i just zoomed in right on my apartment complex. only downside is you can only zoom in close to bigger cities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Random Hero Posted October 13, 2005 Members Share Posted October 13, 2005 yes. I made a thread about this about a month ago. Google Earth is amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members -=MYK=- Posted October 13, 2005 Members Share Posted October 13, 2005 I wonder if the government has something like this, but hooked up to their satellites and stuff and they can see stuff in real time as it happens. That would be neat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members redrol Posted October 13, 2005 Members Share Posted October 13, 2005 Originally posted by -=MYK=- I wonder if the government has something like this, but hooked up to their satellites and stuff and they can see stuff in real time as it happens. That would be neat. The sure do, though its not quite the same as you are saying. The google earth data non-existant for areas like military bases. Wouldnt want the terrorists using google earth to plan attacks would we? Military satellite data resolves down to like a meter or less. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members CTBMETAL Posted October 13, 2005 Author Members Share Posted October 13, 2005 Originally posted by -=MYK=- I wonder if the government has something like this, but hooked up to their satellites and stuff and they can see stuff in real time as it happens. That would be neat. like that scene in men in black when k is watching his wife garden? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members -=MYK=- Posted October 13, 2005 Members Share Posted October 13, 2005 Originally posted by redrol The sure do, though its not quite the same as you are saying. The google earth data non-existant for areas like military bases. Wouldnt want the terrorists using google earth to plan attacks would we? Military satellite data resolves down to like a meter or less. Of course we wouldn't want that available to the public. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members -=MYK=- Posted October 13, 2005 Members Share Posted October 13, 2005 Originally posted by CTBMETAL like that scene in men in black when k is watching his wife garden? Just like that!I just watched that movie like an hour ago too:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Random Hero Posted October 13, 2005 Members Share Posted October 13, 2005 Originally posted by CTBMETAL like that scene in men in black when k is watching his wife garden? I hear they can read number plates from the military versions.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ant Posted October 13, 2005 Members Share Posted October 13, 2005 I like the way you can drag the map around but I thought the images were much better back when Mapquest had satellite images available a few years ago.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Teronzhul Posted October 13, 2005 Members Share Posted October 13, 2005 The kinds of satellites that are taking these pictures are typically in polar orbits and not geostationary ones. The satellite goes north/south around the earth as the earth rotates inside of it allowing the sat to get pictures from all over the globe. Having a realtime feed from a satellite that probably won't be anywhere near what you want pictures of wouldn't do you much good. Further, most military spy satellites are in eliptical orbits rather than circular ones so that the satellite can get much closer to the earth for taking pictures. A circular geostationary orbit requires a satellite be at 22,000 miles above the earth, while an eliptical can get much closer, but only for 1/3 of its orbit. I'm sure they have some that allow realtime views of certain locations, but I don't think they'd be at the quality of the images you see on google earth even. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BerkleeBill Posted October 13, 2005 Members Share Posted October 13, 2005 Google Earth was something else a year or so ago -- I know, cuz I had used it to zoom in on a wicked close-up pic of my backyard. Then, the Govt. freaked out, and now you can only zoom in to like the 5,000 foot level (??) Not very close, whatever it is.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members -=MYK=- Posted October 13, 2005 Members Share Posted October 13, 2005 Originally posted by Teronzhul The kinds of satellites that are taking these pictures are typically in polar orbits and not geostationary ones. The satellite goes north/south around the earth as the earth rotates inside of it allowing the sat to get pictures from all over the globe. Having a realtime feed from a satellite that probably won't be anywhere near what you want pictures of wouldn't do you much good. Further, most military spy satellites are in eliptical orbits rather than circular ones so that the satellite can get much closer to the earth for taking pictures. A circular geostationary orbit requires a satellite be at 22,000 miles above the earth, while an eliptical can get much closer, but only for 1/3 of its orbit. I'm sure they have some that allow realtime views of certain locations, but I don't think they'd be at the quality of the images you see on google earth even. Aw man... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members scottosan Posted October 13, 2005 Members Share Posted October 13, 2005 Originally posted by Random Hero yes. I made a thread about this about a month ago. Google Earth is amazing. The pictures are from the mid 90's though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members scottosan Posted October 13, 2005 Members Share Posted October 13, 2005 Originally posted by BerkleeBill Google Earth was something else a year or so ago -- I know, cuz I had used it to zoom in on a wicked close-up pic of my backyard. Then, the Govt. freaked out, and now you can only zoom in to like the 5,000 foot level (??) Not very close, whatever it is.... It used to be on the microsoft site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Random Hero Posted October 13, 2005 Members Share Posted October 13, 2005 Originally posted by scottosan The pictures are from the mid 90's though Ground Zero - Mid 90s eh? Also, if you go to Donington Park, it has the stage set up for the Download Festival, which has only ran 2003-2005 so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Fiverz Posted October 13, 2005 Members Share Posted October 13, 2005 Keyhole would be the company you were thinking of ... Google bought them out. I first checked out a trial 2 years ago and all the maps were within a year or two old. I know all the maps for the suburbs of Chicago are 2 years old (easily dated because of constant construction). Also if you look at Area 51 you can see it all ... some bases have intricate overlays over bases. Can't see the surrounding area though. Who knows if that's even what it looks like (gov't has to have some mad photoshop skillz too). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Teronzhul Posted October 13, 2005 Members Share Posted October 13, 2005 Google Earth tells you what year the images you're looking at were taken in, and there are many areas that are 2005 imagery. Google is very good about liscensing images from Digital Explorer etc as soon as possible and updating. New image overlays for New Orleans were available only days after Hurricane Katrina. See here:http://www.google.com/earth/katrina.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Serj Posted October 13, 2005 Members Share Posted October 13, 2005 Originally posted by Fiverz Keyhole would be the company you were thinking of ... Google bought them out.I first checked out a trial 2 years ago and all the maps were within a year or two old.I know all the maps for the suburbs of Chicago are 2 years old (easily dated because of constant construction).Also if you look at Area 51 you can see it all ... some bases have intricate overlays over bases. Can't see the surrounding area though. Who knows if that's even what it looks like (gov't has to have some mad photoshop skillz too). Area 51 is fully visible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members shredhead666 Posted October 13, 2005 Members Share Posted October 13, 2005 www.esri.comEven more amazing. But it's commercial software. I'm certified in their ArcSDE Geodatabase application server software. It's truly insane {censored}! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members -=MYK=- Posted October 13, 2005 Members Share Posted October 13, 2005 Originally posted by Serj Area 51 is fully visible. Just not the inside:mad: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Doug's Tubes Posted October 13, 2005 Members Share Posted October 13, 2005 Originally posted by CTBMETAL www.earth.google.comdownload this program. its pretty amazing. you can navigate the world pretty much.. zoom in, zoom out, get directions, all in real time. i just zoomed in right on my apartment complex. only downside is you can only zoom in close to bigger cities. Um, you could just go outside and look at your apartment complex............. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members -=MYK=- Posted October 13, 2005 Members Share Posted October 13, 2005 Originally posted by Doug's Tubes Um, you could just go outside and look at your apartment complex............. It's not the same perspective;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Fiverz Posted October 13, 2005 Members Share Posted October 13, 2005 Originally posted by Serj Area 51 is fully visible. "Also if you look at Area 51 you can see it all ..." That's what I said ... but the overlay is not current to what is really there now (I know for a fact there is another runway they have added on since that pic). Why would they put a MORE detailed overlay for a base when the surrounding area is not very visible? To hide what's really there (I don't mean little green men, I'm talking about structures that are possible terrorist targets). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ranalli Posted October 13, 2005 Members Share Posted October 13, 2005 This is one of the coolest free programs ever on the internet.....I hope schools are using neat stuff like this to teach kids about geography. You never know how really small and {censored}ty where you live is until you either get on a plane or look at something like this. If you do the tilt view with terrain on something like Hoover Dam the view is pretty damn amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Big Hair Posted October 13, 2005 Members Share Posted October 13, 2005 everyone should be required to put their google earth co-ordinates in so a) we can check out where you liveb) we can come round and kick your arse if you troll Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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