http://maps.google.com/

http://maps.google.com/

A neat diversion. Click satellite and have some fun. Yeah, its been done before and its been posted here before, but not google's version.

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http://www.the-nextlevel.com/board/a...chmentid=14930

Yeah it has.

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Originally Posted by Cowutopia

Yeah it has.

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Yeah, the difference here is you can get directions/streetmaps and a satellite picture of the exact address (With a pointer) from the same place in one step. Nobody has done that before.

Also, their interface rules. Just grab the map and manipulate, zooming is fast, and the maps are big.

I completely dig it.

Also, clicking from map to satellite and they coincide, that completely rules.

Google Maps was posted before, but it didn't utilize satellite pictures. The interface was the same though. I've been using it since that last thread.

Still, you get points for the pictures.

I'm just blown away at how well the satellite images overlay, even with directions. Very hot.

The one weakness I have found with Google is that it is not as complete as, say MapQuest, as far as the written directions go. For instance, if one interstate merges into another, MapQuest will tell you that, Google will just not give another direction until there is literally a turn. This can be somewhat unnerving if you are somewhere that you are not familar with.

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http://maps.google.com/

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Found my house. Neat-o. :tu:

Damn, cool technology, but Orson Welles is freaking out right about now.

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Originally Posted by Cowdisease

Damn, cool technology, but Orson Welles is freaking out right about now.

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YEAH, I'm pretty sure you mean H.G. Wells (1984)

Orson Wells= war of the worlds

Kthx

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Originally Posted by Daddy Warbuk$

YEAH, I'm pretty sure you mean H.G. Wells (1984)

Orson Wells= war of the worlds

Kthx

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Ummmm...

You're both idiots.

1984 was George Orwell.

Orson Welles was a filmmaker, and radio personality who did the film version of War of the Worlds and Citizen Kane.

H.G. Wells wrote War of the Worlds, Time Machine, Invisible Man and other classic literature