I know you guys have probably seen all those satellite image web sites with zoomed in pictures of your houses, but this was recently added to google today.

 

 

 

http://maps.google.com/

 

 

 

Sure, it's nothing new, but now privacy concerns will rise, and that ability will be given to a ton more people.

 

 

 

Anyways, the interface is pretty good, and it's a cool little tool to use. Just don't go and post a picture of your house. :)

I'm confused... isn't that just like what Mapquest is?

Eh, pretty much. Just adds some competition, and competition is always good. I haven't seen Mapquest's in awhile, does it have all the features that this one has? Nonetheless, one or the other is bound to one up the other one if they're identical to get that edge.

you cant actuly get a picture of the house, but you can get the exact location.. really exact. LOL it showed me a map of US, and fromt here i could find my house, lol.

you cant actuly get a picture of the house, but you can get the exact location.. really exact. LOL it showed me a map of US, and fromt here i could find my house, lol.

 

 

 

Pros can find their house just by zooming. 8)

 

 

 

I'm bad with directions, I was surprised I found my house so quickly from all the way zoomed out.

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go to maps.google.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

then click satillite in the top right corner. Thats how u get there.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yeah its a pretty cool site! I found a car accident in Atlanta that way 8) . Also, look at ur local airport.... what airline just took off :lol: ?

Wow, that is pretty rad.

 

 

 

I started out at the farthest out map of Canada showing just provinces and zoomed all the way in until I could see my street. :shock: I guess that does raise some privacy issues if people start using their mailing addresses to get stuff of the internet and the person on the other side....well let's not go there shall we?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wow. There's my house.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I spy with my little eye... This house.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I'll give you a hint... It's NOT in Canada.... Go! :wink:

I'd prefer, for future reference, that photos aren't posted from the satellite feature. It's cool, but can give out too much information if used incorrectly. Thanks for understanding.

Just checked out my house in the google sattelite map, and noticed the pic was outdated by a few years. A couple of roads weren't built yet, and either a nuke dropped or half of my neighborhood wasn't built yet. :lol:

Arg, my area is too rural to get a clear/close picture of my house.

my apt complex wasj ust build last year so its just a huge empty lot i see :?

In the UK the http://www.multimap.com one is pretty good. Its not quiote so zoomed in but you can still make things out. Also if you roll the mouse over the map it shows an ordinance survey type map

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Example below

 

 

 

 

 

 

Note to mods: Its a map showing the location of a gig venue. Theres no way people can find my address from this considering I don't even live there.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The google satellite maps are incredibly detailed really. I mean look how good this image is of a small harbour.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Note: No information is given about the location of this image.

Just checked out my house in the google sattelite map, and noticed the pic was outdated by a few years. A couple of roads weren't built yet, and either a nuke dropped or half of my neighborhood wasn't built yet. :lol:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

if a nuke dropped and you were looking at the right time, and didnt have your music too loud, you would probably notice.

Amazing :shock:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I found my grandparents house in Florida, but the pic was from before they got their new roof :(

I found my grandparents house in Florida, but the pic was from before they got their new roof :(

 

 

 

Can you see your grandparents inside? :D

ok, sweet! my house's roof looks a little greeen...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

its funny going ove the industrial part of my city, mostly diffrent coloured piles of dirt, lol.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Note:no info in my where abouts in this picture are given, unless you know what city this is from, then you know the city...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Omg look, this is the diffrence between the marshy area/cootsparidise (left) and the main waters of our city/poluted mixture (right)....

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

never knew it was this bad.

srry for double post but!!! woot idea! Wonder if they have area 51? im looking for the white house right now... found washington, but thats it so far.

http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=37.23077 ... &t=k&hl=en

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

;) Found it

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

muahahaha Google > US Goverment

Well, my address on google maps is outdated by at least 2 years because it doesn't show the 2 new houses and car garages that were built some time ago near my house. :)

How do you zoom in so far? :? I keep getting: "We're sorry, but we don't have imagery at this zoom level for this region."

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Says that everywhere...

http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=37.230778,-115.806713&spn=0.081539,0.126686&t=k&hl=en

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

;) Found it

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

muahahaha Google > US Goverment

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Omg, its area 51. You know, the main part, with the runways is where they test new technologies. No aliens. The aliens are in the mountain next to it.

How do you zoom in so far? :? I keep getting: "We're sorry, but we don't have imagery at this zoom level for this region."

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Says that everywhere...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

live somewhere rural? I get the same message, and the visuals i do have are very blurry.

What do you use to upload pics? Image shack can't upload pics that big...

The pictures are taken via satellite and plane I believe. They really have no reason to take detailed pictures of rural areas, so they do that only in bigger cities. If you like this, check out Google's Keyhole program as well. You can find some cool things there, just get the trial edition.