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Huntingtons

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was told people found area 51 on it, maybe it was the older version. us gov. didnt like that feature :( its good fun to use tho, you can even go 3d mode on its ass.
 

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Osama Bin Laden and save those American fools the trouble of locating him.

oh wait, didn't he die or was that just a stunt
 

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so old i got this when you could zoom in on the dinosaurs

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pffft its so old I even used to use google pre-earth.
 

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hehe yeah google earth is awesome, some weird stuff on it too, like planes flying over towns being caught on camera and saw an article today about "a native american chieftan's face carved into rock" o_O
 

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Could not give two shits if its old:) Some people may not have used it before, sucks that cant zoom in where I live all blured:p
 

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on the screenshots it shows, it shows the buildings in 3d, how do u get it in 3d? only in 2d on mine
 

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Dudley52 said:
on the screenshots it shows, it shows the buildings in 3d, how do u get it in 3d? only in 2d on mine


High populated areas like NY, has that. but that meens (Im guesing here) some xtra work from GE staff, as that should have to be 3D rendered "by hand".

My home can be clearly seen (can even see the balconey of my landlord) but was realy impressed me that me and my friend was abel to zome in on his summer house and locate a small plastic tabel they had in the yeard (thanks god it was white or we would have missed that littel speck)
 

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Rhana said:
High populated areas like NY, has that. but that meens (Im guesing here) some xtra work from GE staff, as that should have to be 3D rendered "by hand".

My home can be clearly seen (can even see the balconey of my landlord) but was realy impressed me that me and my friend was abel to zome in on his summer house and locate a small plastic tabel they had in the yeard (thanks god it was white or we would have missed that littel speck)

Ive managed to zoom in on my uncles house way over the west side of the states, but qq as my area is all blured
 

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Elkie said:
Ive managed to zoom in on my uncles house way over the west side of the states, but qq as my area is all blured

My home was blured a year ago, but the areas that gets updated and not "scetchy" photgraphered expands. I gues they will come to your area soner or later.
 

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Huntingtons said:
was told people found area 51 on it, maybe it was the older version. us gov. didnt like that feature :( its good fun to use tho, you can even go 3d mode on its ass.
Area 51 is just a part of Nellis Air Force Range, it's not a secret. What goes on there is secret but it's marked on maps.

Most of the pictures are from CIA surveillance satellites so the places with more military value are photographed in higher resolutions. Check out places like downtown Baghdad if you want to see really high definition photographs...

Something that was pointed out to me was this place: 19 00'11.53" N 12 53'27" E
Put those co-ordinates into Google Earth and zoom in as far as you can. You have to wonder what was so interesting about a mud village in central Africa that they needed pictures like that of it....
 

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chretien said:
Area 51 is just a part of Nellis Air Force Range, it's not a secret. What goes on there is secret but it's marked on maps.

Most of the pictures are from CIA surveillance satellites so the places with more military value are photographed in higher resolutions. Check out places like downtown Baghdad if you want to see really high definition photographs...

Something that was pointed out to me was this place: 19 00'11.53" N 12 53'27" E
Put those co-ordinates into Google Earth and zoom in as far as you can. You have to wonder what was so interesting about a mud village in central Africa that they needed pictures like that of it....

Probably was a milita base for some civil war and the CIA were involved in taking them out.
 

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Gamah said:
Probably was a milita base for some civil war and the CIA were involved in taking them out.
i think the question was rhetorical(sp?)...


ok... find a special place on earth!
 

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Kaun_IA said:
not really... more like 1 year :p hehehe

nah its about about 6-7 years out of date in places, my house is out of date (we moved in 6 years ago or so and on the pic the previous occupants' car is parked in the drive :p )
 

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