google earth

[scottb]

Does everyone already know about this?

I just found out about it today. Amazing stuff. I can see my old house and even make out the kids swingset and slide in the back yard!

"Without going out of my door, I can know all things on earth."

Forget transcendental meditation George, I've got google earth!

This is going to save me tons of money on vacations!

"Hey kids, gather around the monitor, we're going to the Grand Canyon!"

Here's the LINK

Here's my old house.

Edited August 2, 2005 by scottb

[neveronfriday]

This is where I lost my virginity.

That program is amazing. I actually managed to map out my entire life besides on one continent where the images for the places I lived are simply not there yet, meaning they are blurry as hell.

[ghost of miles]

Must be in the air (so to speak)... one of our engineers just showed me this earlier today, and I was taking an aerial tour of Bloomington.

[scottb]

My current house is just beyond a very good resolution area (on the right of this picture)

[Peter Johnson]

The golf flag is on my roof deck!

[Craig23]

Previous (short) discussion that didn't really go anywhere.

[Big Wheel]

Somewhat off topic, an idea I had at 4am this morning resulted in my company spending $3000 on a Google product today. Shoulda bought the stock...

[Jazzmoose]

Damn it, Big Wheel! You buy the stock, then you announce the idea! Keep your eye on Washington and take notes.

[Christiern]

I've been having fun with this for a couple of months. Here's my last address in Copenhagen:

[Randy Twizzle]

The Placemark marks the house where I lost my virginity during the summer of 71. Thank You NL!