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Posted by Blayne Bradley (Member # 8565) on :

http://maps.google.com/

[Smile]

Posted by Xann. (Member # 11482) on :

Dude, i think were neighbors.

Posted by Blayne Bradley (Member # 8565) on :

Hmm, it would appear theres no easy way to link google earth searches.

Posted by Xann. (Member # 11482) on :

ahh... so were not neighbors?

Posted by Elmer's Glue (Member # 9313) on :

My house is on street view. [Taunt]

Posted by anti_maven (Member # 9789) on :

My house has been cunningly obsured by a well placed cloud. Google has been well paid to hide my mountain lair.

[Cool]

Posted by AvidReader (Member # 6007) on :

I can estimate roughly where my building is on the picture, but there's too many trees to actually see it. Hooray trees!

Posted by fugu13 (Member # 2859) on :

If you check out the upper-right corner of the map, you'll see "Link to this page". Click that, then copy the stuff in the first text box. That's a link to exactly what you're seeing.

For instance, the building I live in.

For that matter, here's the building I'm in right now.

Posted by Dr Strangelove (Member # 8331) on :

Fugu, that's a pretty awesome building you're in.

Here's where I am. :-)

[ July 08, 2008, 03:38 PM: Message edited by: Dr Strangelove ]

Posted by maui babe (Member # 1894) on :

My office is right here.

Posted by Artemisia Tridentata (Member # 8746) on :

OK, there is a tree in the front of my Building . But, if you move out, you will see that it is about 70 miles to the next one!

Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :

My house.

Posted by JonnyNotSoBravo (Member # 5715) on :

quote:
Originally posted by fugu13:
If you check out the upper-right corner of the map, you'll see "Link to this page". Click that, then copy the stuff in the first text box. That's a link to exactly what you're seeing.

For instance, the building I live in.

For that matter, here's the building I'm in right now.

Targeting...targeting...we have a lock.

Posted by Eaquae Legit (Member # 3063) on :

Where I like to study. It's a surprisingly nice place to go read.

Posted by rollainm (Member # 8318) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Tante Shvester:
My house.

And that doesn't creep you out at all?

Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :

Yup! I'm creeped out. Those shrubberies need pruning.

Posted by Carrie (Member # 394) on :

Oddly, the satellite picture on Yahoo Maps has better resolution for most of northern WI than does Google.

I would have expected otherwise, especially with Google's new street view thing. [Dont Know]

Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :

I wonder who will be living here next?

Posted by Mucus (Member # 9735) on :

http://picasaweb.google.com/mucous/Huangshan/photo#map

My latest walk through mountains

Posted by scifibum (Member # 7625) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Dr Strangelove:
Fugu, that's a pretty awesome building you're in.

Here's why I am. :-)

I'm a bit envious that you have such a concrete purpose.

Posted by Dr Strangelove (Member # 8331) on :

Yes, yes I know. Not many can be as lucky as me. [Wink]

(Funny thing is, it could be construed to make sense if I was a die-hard FSU football fan. But alas, I'm not. I just work in the same building.)

Posted by Dr Strangelove (Member # 8331) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Mucus:
http://picasaweb.google.com/mucous/Huangshan/photo#map

My latest walk through mountains

Umm ... I'm not sure how exactly to express how ridiculously envious I am of you.

Posted by 0Megabyte (Member # 8624) on :

Now, the really interesting thing is to move away from the United States, and start looking at the way the world is.

For example. Compare Japan to Iraq.

For Japan, look at how massive the Tokyo area is, for example. Looking across the entire country, you get a feeling for it you can never get any other way.

Japan has hugely concentrated areas, I mean, stupidly massive concentrations of people. And then, in between those huge blotches of gray are huge swaths of green! Tons of it!

I've heard Japan has a huge amount of it's land forested and so forth, but I didn't really grok it until I saw it for myself here.

As for Iraq, you see just how... deserty the place is. And how different the situation is. That is, a vastly different environment, and even the cities are different.

You can see these differences, and zoom in and see individual buildings, even!

It also gives you a feeling of size. The size of countries, and the size of the planet. But also, just how much is here. How many people, how many cities. This place is massive beyond almost all imagination.

Posted by orlox (Member # 2392) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Eaquae Legit:
Where I like to study. It's a surprisingly nice place to go read.

My step-mum had a little shop on Gillygate so I read there often! Another great place.

Posted by Eaquae Legit (Member # 3063) on :

Haha, orlox, it really is! As long as it's sunny, though. Actually, my academic building is in that picture, too, so I read a lot there.

I really love how you can see the layout of the abbey ruins. How gorgeous!

Posted by Blayne Bradley (Member # 8565) on :

On an other note I just returned home from a friends place and I am happy to note nothing bad happened.

Posted by Pegasus (Member # 10464) on :

Since we're sharing, I'm a little more rural than some of you.

No street view, go figure. [Dont Know]

Posted by scifibum (Member # 7625) on :

Right abouuut...there

BTW, if you just zoom and move the map and don't start fresh, it retains the page title from the saved URL that you started out with. So Pegasus's link currently is titled "Florida State University".

Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :

quote:
Originally posted by scifibum:
Right abouuut...there

BTW, if you just zoom and move the map and don't start fresh, it retains the page title from the saved URL that you started out with. So Pegasus's link currently is titled "Florida State University".

Yeah, I always figured Florida State was a bigger school.

Scifibum, what is that on your map, crop circles?

Posted by Pegasus (Member # 10464) on :

quote:
Originally posted by scifibum:
Right abouuut...there

BTW, if you just zoom and move the map and don't start fresh, it retains the page title from the saved URL that you started out with. So Pegasus's link currently is titled "Florida State University".

Laziness strikes again! [Taunt]

Posted by scifibum (Member # 7625) on :

Tante, I guess they are, in a literal sense. My understanding is that the irrigation is performed automatically by a large pipe held up off the ground on wheels, and it moves around in a circle (not sure whether it's an internal combustion engine driving the wheels or if the water flow moves the machinery). It's anchored at the center point, so the irrigated green portion of the field ends up circular.