Google Maps with Satellite photos!

doctorow · 04-05-2005, 03:10 AM

Google Maps has added Satellite imagery – very very cool feature allowing you to view an aerial image of your desired location that you can zoom and pan. You find it on the right top corner of Google Maps.

Francesco · 04-05-2005, 01:54 PM

Wow, now this is an amazing use for technology.

Francesco · 04-05-2005, 02:00 PM

Google recently bought keyhole.com, by the way.

TadW · 04-05-2005, 03:42 PM

This is all pretty cool. Check this one, the burning man camp in Gerlach:
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Gerlac...4699&t=k&hl=en

Francesco · 04-05-2005, 04:39 PM

Check out Seneca Rocks, in WV. I did some rock climbing there a few years ago.
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=seneca+rocks,WV&t=k&hl=en

Colin Dunstan · 04-08-2005, 05:30 PM

This is just soo cool. Thanks for the links, Francesco. Check this site out:

http://www.shreddies.org/gmaps/

Google Sightseeing

Alexander Turcic · 04-10-2005, 09:26 AM

Check out this one:

http://www.paulrademacher.com/housing/

It's a combination of Craigslist and Google Maps for viewing rental and for-sale listings across the country.

Francesco · 04-11-2005, 11:35 AM

Thanks, Morpheus. I hope google maps (or at least the satellite images) cover all the globe someday.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alexander

Check out this one:

http://www.paulrademacher.com/housing/

It's a combination of Craigslist and Google Maps for viewing rental and for-sale listings across the country.

Get out of here!

doctorow · 04-15-2005, 09:29 PM

This one is cool too:

http://www.livejournal.com/community...ned/37956.html

hacker · 04-15-2005, 11:01 PM

Google Maps + Satellite is interesting, however... almost all of my state is blanked out, except two tiny slivers. Bleh.

But... while the "panning" part is fun, letting you explore other areas, Terraserver still gets several orders of magnitude closer than Google can at the highest zoom. Take a look..

Here are two satellite images of my previous residence in South San Francisco, CA:

One using Terraserver and one using Google Maps. Terraserver wins, hands-down.

See that pool? That's the pool I did laps in every night after work. See the round bit to the lower-right? That's the jacuzzi I used to relax in after the laps, burning off the stress of my workday. You can even see the door to my condo in the Terraserver version.

Google Maps definately has a great technology, but I wish their maps would get closer, and that they'd at least begin cataloging my section of the country (the Northeast).

Now if you REALLY want to see some cool mapping, head on over to Maps24 and poke around for awhile. Set up some driving directions and click around, its fully animated and really slick. They even won a "Webby" award in 2004 for their technology.

Cool stuff.

04-05-2005, 03:10 AM	#1
doctorow Guru Posts: 914 Karma: 3410461 Join Date: May 2004 Device: Kindle Touch	Google Maps with Satellite photos! Google Maps has added Satellite imagery – very very cool feature allowing you to view an aerial image of your desired location that you can zoom and pan. You find it on the right top corner of Google Maps.

04-05-2005, 04:39 PM	#5
Francesco Aficionado Posts: 391 Karma: 710 Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Denver, CO, USA Device: Nexus 7, Kindle Touch	Check out Seneca Rocks, in WV. I did some rock climbing there a few years ago. http://maps.google.com/maps?q=seneca+rocks,WV&t=k&hl=en Last edited by Francesco; 04-05-2005 at 06:13 PM.

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04-05-2005, 01:54 PM	#2
Francesco Aficionado Posts: 391 Karma: 710 Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Denver, CO, USA Device: Nexus 7, Kindle Touch	Wow, now this is an amazing use for technology.

04-05-2005, 02:00 PM	#3
Francesco Aficionado Posts: 391 Karma: 710 Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Denver, CO, USA Device: Nexus 7, Kindle Touch	Google recently bought keyhole.com, by the way.

04-05-2005, 03:42 PM	#4
TadW Uebermensch Posts: 2,583 Karma: 1094606 Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Italy Device: Kindle	This is all pretty cool. Check this one, the burning man camp in Gerlach: http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Gerlac...4699&t=k&hl=en

04-08-2005, 05:30 PM	#6
Colin Dunstan Is papyrophobic! Posts: 1,926 Karma: 1009999 Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: USA Device: Dell Axim	This is just soo cool. Thanks for the links, Francesco. Check this site out: http://www.shreddies.org/gmaps/ Google Sightseeing

04-10-2005, 09:26 AM	#7
Alexander Turcic Fully Converged Posts: 18,163 Karma: 14021202 Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Switzerland Device: Too many to count here.	Check out this one: http://www.paulrademacher.com/housing/ It's a combination of Craigslist and Google Maps for viewing rental and for-sale listings across the country.

04-15-2005, 09:29 PM	#9
doctorow Guru Posts: 914 Karma: 3410461 Join Date: May 2004 Device: Kindle Touch	This one is cool too: http://www.livejournal.com/community...ned/37956.html

04-15-2005, 11:01 PM	#10
hacker Technology Mercenary Posts: 617 Karma: 2561 Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: East Lyme, CT Device: Direct Neural Implant	Google Maps + Satellite is interesting, however... almost all of my state is blanked out, except two tiny slivers. Bleh. But... while the "panning" part is fun, letting you explore other areas, Terraserver still gets several orders of magnitude closer than Google can at the highest zoom. Take a look.. Here are two satellite images of my previous residence in South San Francisco, CA: One using Terraserver and one using Google Maps. Terraserver wins, hands-down. See that pool? That's the pool I did laps in every night after work. See the round bit to the lower-right? That's the jacuzzi I used to relax in after the laps, burning off the stress of my workday. You can even see the door to my condo in the Terraserver version. Google Maps definately has a great technology, but I wish their maps would get closer, and that they'd at least begin cataloging my section of the country (the Northeast). Now if you REALLY want to see some cool mapping, head on over to Maps24 and poke around for awhile. Set up some driving directions and click around, its fully animated and really slick. They even won a "Webby" award in 2004 for their technology. Cool stuff.

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