Google Earth

**Dice Man** · 11th December 2006, 11:38 AM

Has anybody got Google Earth? I downloaded it yesterday and spent most of the day playing with it. Some places have really good zooms and you can see a lot. For example you can see loads of people lounging around the Bellagio's swimming pool, and in Birmingham I can actually see that my attic window is open. I think it must have been recorded in July or Septermber because there's nobody at university but there are kids at my old school, plus it's pretty sunny. In Whitby you can't even see the abbey so it's not great all over the place.
Only American and Japanese cities have got 3D buildings at the moment, but they're working on a totally 100% 3D London which is a pretty big task. Anyway, enjoy these screenshots:

Tokyo

The Bellagio, that huge fountain was where they shot a few Oceans 11 scenes. And the Eiffel Tower at the bottom is the replica one they have in Las Vegas

Mount Everest

**DannyC** · 11th December 2006, 12:38 PM

Dicey, google earth is actually old nasa sat images which are pretty old. Havent checked back lately on the development stages of GE, but I do know the original version(s) were images from 30 years ago...

**Dice Man** · 11th December 2006, 12:48 PM

Nah these are definitely newer than that. There's the angel of the north, the millenium wheel. There's only a few building sites in Birmingham where there used to be loads. Boradway casino's just being built in the photos, so it's consistent with being around 2.5 year ago I think.

**a1056688** · 11th December 2006, 07:52 PM

All Google Earth images have been taken by either satelites or planes within the past 3 years and are updated on a rolling basis.

**POB666** · 11th December 2006, 08:35 PM

Personally i think it's scary, it's just another step forward in making us accept the big brother totaltarian society. Trading our liberty and privacy in the name of "Security"