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Default Google Earth - 04-01-2006, 11:15 AM

[quote:fd7a1]Today Google released some very high resolution (3 inches) imagery for a part of Las Vegas. You can see an example here of the Luxor Hotel (a pyramid with mirrored windows). If you visit the Luxor Hotel [Google Earth File. You must have GE installed.] in Google Earth, and lower yourself (or zoom) to see in detail, you can easily read advertisements on the side of the building, see cars reflected in the windows, and if you look around the area you can not only make out car types, but can even see people (and their shadows).

An airport is also captured in the high resolution section, and you can easily make out plane types and see the support equipment around the airport. You can see the Paris Hotel's Eiffel Tower replica in great detail as well. An awesome area to explore. Here's the announcement from Google. According to the post, the Las Vegas imagery was taken very recently (March, 2006). In addition, they put back some islands around Thailand which were accidentally removed in the 23-March update. Google didn't give any reason for why they released this new high res imagery for Las Vegas. Business reasons maybe?

http://www.gearthblog.com/blog/archives ... eases.html[/quote:fd7a1]



Golfers

[img]http://img427.imageshack.us/img427/781/golf5fk.jpg[/img]



The side of the Luxor Hotel

[img]http://img427.imageshack.us/img427/7425/luxor0pu.jpg[/img]



Private Jet

[img]http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/9582/jet3tb.jpg[/img]




Another plane

[img]http://img416.imageshack.us/img416/7941/plane9ei.jpg[/img]




Some cars

[img]http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/8784/cars9rk.jpg[/img]



[img]http://img427.imageshack.us/img427/1669/iconeek9de.gif[/img]
  
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Default 04-01-2006, 11:25 AM

Thats quite amazing.
  
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Default 04-01-2006, 11:43 AM

omg thats awesome, someday those will be live images for the public to view.......
  
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Default 04-01-2006, 12:09 PM

thats SICK, i hope they do that for the rest of the globe, such detail, such sexiness
  
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Default 04-01-2006, 12:18 PM

lets see what Area 51 looks like with this.
  
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Default 04-01-2006, 12:23 PM

[quote="Jimmy Paterson":9a4a4]omg thats awesome, someday those will be live images for the public to view.......[/quote:9a4a4]


I don't know if that will ever happen; it would raise some serious privacy issues. It would be awesome though. It'd make monitoring geRV a whole lot cheaper and easier than my current method.
  
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Default 04-01-2006, 12:36 PM

[quote="Art Attack":6af57]lets see what Area 51 looks like with this.[/quote:6af57]

meh, they already have satellite pictures of it.
  
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Default 04-01-2006, 12:37 PM

[quote="Mr.Buttocks":927dd][quote="Jimmy Paterson":927dd]omg thats awesome, someday those will be live images for the public to view.......[/quote:927dd]


I don't know if that will ever happen; it would raise some serious privacy issues. It would be awesome though. It'd make monitoring geRV a whole lot cheaper and easier than my current method.[/quote:927dd]

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Default 04-01-2006, 12:52 PM

Kick ass. I havent used GE in awhile but it was fun going to sites and finding trippy shit like boats capsized and sunk and fires and shit.

heres some GE files of the shiz I found

http://cantfixstupid.net/google/


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Default 04-01-2006, 01:06 PM

thanks nyck, I now know where you live. kekeke cool:
  
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Default 04-01-2006, 01:20 PM

[quote="Art Attack":8f0db]thanks nyck, I now know where you live. kekeke cool:[/quote:8f0db]

lol go about 1/4 of a mile NE and you can buttfux Bleu at work


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Default 04-01-2006, 01:26 PM

hm...nyck or bleu... I CAN'T CHOOSE! I WANT BOTH OF U cry:
  
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Default 04-01-2006, 03:13 PM

i see that stupid magazine add on reflected on the luxor almost everyday : |
  
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Default 04-01-2006, 03:15 PM

hey thats my car!! hahaha
  
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