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BIGbad
07-07-2005, 08:43 PM
IMHO this is quite possibly the coolest use of the internet and 3D graphics I have ever seen!

Besides the WOW THAT IS COOL factor I really can't see what it may be good for, but I am sure it will pan out.

Google Earth (http://earth.google.com/)

(Oh yeah and it is FREE!)
Lilith
07-07-2005, 09:10 PM
It's very cool!
wyndhy
07-07-2005, 09:31 PM
ditto! i just spent forever on BIGbad's laptop looking at all kinds of stuff. i really wanna catch some unsuspecting schmo wacking off in his car :rofl:
wyndhy
07-07-2005, 09:36 PM
the entire earth is my plaything..........
Lilith
07-07-2005, 09:37 PM
I swear I can hear the evil cackle from here :p
BIGbad
07-07-2005, 09:40 PM
I would say it sounds more maniac-al
wyndhy
07-07-2005, 09:40 PM
that was your own echo :p
wyndhy
07-07-2005, 09:41 PM
I would say it sounds more maniac-al
LMAO!!!!! i will NEVER live that down!:p :trout:
BlondeCurlGirl
07-07-2005, 09:44 PM
If you think Google Earth is cool, check out NASA WorldWind! My boyfriend is getting his master's degree in this stuff, and all the professors in his department practically salivate over this program!

"World Wind lets you zoom from satellite altitude into any place on Earth. Leveraging Landsat satellite imagery and Shuttle Radar Topography Mission data, World Wind lets you experience Earth terrain in visually rich 3D, just as if you were really there.

Virtually visit any place in the world. Look across the Andes, into the Grand Canyon, over the Alps, or along the African Sahara."


http://worldwind.arc.nasa.gov/
wyndhy
07-07-2005, 10:01 PM
very cool BCG!

i need to take lessons on how to sex someone up...i desperately need a 3-d card for my puter :D
Steph
07-09-2005, 12:25 PM
/me patiently waits for Macs to be included :(
waltaja
07-09-2005, 12:58 PM
www.terraserver-usa.com is kinda neat
dicksbro
07-09-2005, 01:26 PM
It is cool. Thanks. Also, for a little better resolution ... http://terraserver.microsoft.com/ also offers free views from space with nothing to download. With it, I could actually see my house. Hmmmm ... OMG, there I am at the window waving. Well, okay, I'm kidding on that last part. :)

Disadvantage ... not all photos are absolutely current. Some from the late 90's and such.
Cheyanne
07-09-2005, 02:13 PM
This is sooooooooo cool! This is our little piece of the world.. as you can see, we are surrounded by farm fields...the arrow represents our place! :D
Lilith
07-09-2005, 02:17 PM
very cool Chey!
wyndhy
07-09-2005, 02:24 PM
that is really neat chey........i think i can see you there swating off the skeeters with a tennis racket :D
BIGbad
07-09-2005, 02:26 PM
This is sooooooooo cool! This is our little piece of the world.. as you can see, we are surrounded by farm fields...the arrow represents our place! :D

Cool there is a good use!

Pixies show us your neighborhood.

Here is ours; suburbia at its finest! LOL
wyndhy
07-09-2005, 02:36 PM
and that's me..naked on the roof but i'm really tan so i blended in. sorry :D
Cheyanne
07-09-2005, 02:37 PM
LMAO... :D (tennis racket).... (really tan & blends in) roflmao!!!! :D
flutelady
07-09-2005, 02:43 PM
I guess this means no more nose picking in the backyard... sigh... LOL