Google Earth.

[deKay]

Soni tempori elseu romani yeof helsforo nisson ol sefini ill des 29 Jun 2005
06:20:37 -0700, sefini jorgo geanyet des mani yeof do alt.comp.freeware,
yawatina tan reek esk (e-mail address removed) fornis do marikano es bono tan el:

It is quite an impressive piece of software. For those in the US,
simply enter a Zip Code in the Search window and click "Search"; you
will be taken to that location, as if by helicopter (!!) It will
probably take several seconds to minutes before the new image "sets
up", but it's worth the wait. Click-hold-and-drag the image to move
left and right, etc.

The same works with UK postcodes.

deKay

 

[Olaf Greck]

[snip]

That may be, but I and many people in this group don't use Windows XP or
have fancy new systems, and thus are left out in the cold.

well, it runs happily on a three year old laptop under win2k.
(although I am aware that computers exist in this galaxy older than
three years
Actually the limiting factor for me is the network speed. The line is
faster than the requirement, but the servers appear to be slow in
responding.

best regards

Olaf

 

[Sparky]

FWIW I have just discarded WorldWind, which refused to run on my machine (XP
SP2) due to unsolvable problems. Has anyone else had difficulties with WW?

===

Frank Bohan
¶ Pangram: Just keep examining every low bid quoted for zinc etchings.

Yup;

My platform: Intel P4 w/1Gb RAM, ATI 9100 IGP, Win2k SP$. I could load
WW successfully but when launching any of the map options, the system
would lock up harder than a nunnery during Mardi Gras.

Btw, earth.google downloads are temporarily down as of this writing:

----quote
Welcome, frustrated would-be planet surfer.

We appreciate your interest in accessing 3D geospatial information, but
due to the technical limitations of this beta launch, Google Earth has
been forced to take a brief breather. Please check back with us soon.

Thanks,

The Google Earth Team
---enquote

-Sparky

 

[Thorkild Dalsgaard]

FWIW I have just discarded WorldWind, which refused to run on my machine (XP
SP2) due to unsolvable problems. Has anyone else had difficulties with WW?

I have windows 2000 sp4 on a 6 year old 500MHz compaq desktop series EN with 512
MB ram.
I could not install Google Earth with directX - installer refused - said
something about bying a newer graphics card, but could instal and work with
openGL mode.

Regards
Thorkild Dalsgaard

 

[Fuzzy Logic]

That may be, but I and many people in this group don't use Windows XP or
have fancy new systems, and thus are left out in the cold.

There is the website:

maps.google.com

type a location and then click the satellite button.

PS I was disappointed too as I still run Windows 98SE at home.

 

[Chrissy Cruiser]

Soni tempori elseu romani yeof helsforo nisson ol sefini ill des Tue, 28 Jun
2005 19:52:44 -0400, sefini jorgo geanyet des mani yeof do alt.comp.freeware,
yawatina tan reek esk Chrissy Cruiser <[email protected]> fornis do
marikano es bono tan el:

I ought to slap your face for that.

I think.

 

[Chrissy Cruiser]

FWIW I have just discarded WorldWind, which refused to run on my machine (XP
SP2) due to unsolvable problems. Has anyone else had difficulties with WW?

W2k; I can't figure it out and although I have a huge machine, it is
sloooooooow.

 

[Chrissy Cruiser]

Very Nice App. Google can do no wrong, lately!

Nice app, let's Google sit in your computer too. This is not good.

 

[Chrissy Cruiser]

I`ll bet it`s because it was.. Financed by americans..Written for
americans..by americans..<g>

Filmed by American sats, uses American GPS constellations....

 

[Chrissy Cruiser]

It is quite an impressive piece of software. For those in the US,
simply enter a Zip Code in the Search window and click "Search"; you
will be taken to that location, as if by helicopter (!!) It will
probably take several seconds to minutes before the new image "sets
up", but it's worth the wait. Click-hold-and-drag the image to move
left and right, etc.

Nice work!!

Anyone getting blurred images when drawn to full zooom in?

 

[deKay]

Soni tempori elseu romani yeof helsforo nisson ol sefini ill des Wed, 29 Jun
2005 15:54:33 -0400, sefini jorgo geanyet des mani yeof do alt.comp.freeware,

I ought to slap your face for that.

I think.

Probably.

deKay

 

[Conor]

Have you considered why the might be?

Yup...yet another example of US arrogance. Still, the arabs are doing a
good job of showing you that you can't have it all your own way.

 

[Chrissy Cruiser]

Yup...yet another example of US arrogance. Still, the arabs are doing a
good job of showing you that you can't have it all your own way.

Anytime your ready to show us how to do it better, strap up and go over.

 

[Chris]

Anyone getting blurred images when drawn to full zooom in?

Hm hm. I thought it was just my setup (XP, ThinkPad 1.8, ATI Mobility
Radeon 7500, 512 Meg RAM).

Pretty impressive all the same.

rgds, Chris

 

[Sparky]

Yup...yet another example of US arrogance. Still, the arabs are doing a
good job of showing you that you can't have it all your own way.

take it to rants, troll.

-Sparky

 

[Fuzzy *~]

Just tried this and it blew me away. Makes Nasa World Wind look
positively amateurish.

http://earth.google.com/earth.html

Download link on the top right of the page.

==========================
It says no downloading right now, try later... how did you get it?

Fuzzy......

 

[Conor]

Anytime your ready to show us how to do it better, strap up and go over.

Already did. You'll notice that we didn't have the trouble you did.
Also it was the British Army that was requested to show the US how to
do it as well.

 

[Conor]

==========================
It says no downloading right now, try later... how did you get it?

www.betanews.com

 

[Mel]

Yup...yet another example of US arrogance.

You have confused vision of a product followed by research and
successful development of that product with arrogance.

Still, the arabs are doing a good job of showing you that you can't have it all your own way.

If you think so, maybe you should go join them.

 

[John Corliss]

(big snip)
There is the website:

maps.google.com

type a location and then click the satellite button.

PS I was disappointed too as I still run Windows 98SE at home.

Thanks, but I'm already aware of the website. In fact, that's the main
reason I uninstalled World Wind and dotnet from my system!