Want To Waste A Half Hour?
Sorry, no Mac software yet.
But this is an incredible piece of technology.
Google's been showing it off on Google local for a while and I blogged about that in early April.
It's so much fun to type in addresses of places you've lived, places you've visited, and be taken there through the power of desktop computing and satellite imaging.
Wow.
It's scary, because I don't think it's in the interest of National Security to be able to see a satellite map of our childhood home.
Posted by: jackson | June 28, 2005 at 06:06 PM
Its a huge improvement over the previous version of google maps. The ability to change the angle of observation makes it really seem like you are flying at 5000 feet. As I pilot, I can attest to this.
Posted by: fred krueger | June 28, 2005 at 07:42 PM
I've been facinated with Google Maps and its satellite feature since it came out.
Posted by: Neville Medhora | June 28, 2005 at 08:31 PM
Half an hour? What, you bore easily? Yeah, this is very cool - I'm hopping ona plane tomorrow and virtuall flew the route in GE...
Posted by: rick gregory | June 28, 2005 at 10:56 PM
Guess this would be a USA only application
Posted by: Ruchit | June 29, 2005 at 04:26 AM
Unfortunately, they've canceled the download feature for now...kinda like their Web Accelerator...
I downloaded it on my home pc while I still could, but I don't have windows 2000 there. I do have 2000 here, on my dorm pc, so I hope that I can just transfer the install file to this pc via gmail and it'll work.
Anyway, Google should test their stuff more. Disabling the download after only, what, 2 days, is very bad pr.
Posted by: Hans Van Deun | June 29, 2005 at 08:53 PM
If you were lucky enough to get a copy, open this file in google earth and click on the "play" button- you get to fly over the path of the ride!
http://trail.motionbased.com/trail/kml/episode.kml?episodePk.pkValue=151363
Its a map of a bike ride that was uploaded from a GPS to www.motionbased.com, then exported to Google earth.
Posted by: walker | June 30, 2005 at 12:46 AM