Google Earth & Windows Live Local Satelite Imaging!

tsk1979 · 29th June 2005, 16:28

first open maps.google.com, and click satellite view. Next bring map cursor on the usa map, press left lick and drag the map till you see india. With india in center, enter name of city. for example, bangalore. you will see the bangalore map!

EVO6 · 29th June 2005, 16:50

Mans this is awesome ...
You can even see the express highway all the way from Pune to Mumbai ... Just search for pune and keep tracking the white line that is seen its the express highway ... waiting for detailed pictures to be online ...
EVO6

manaa45 · 29th June 2005, 17:11

hey it is a grt site. i could locate new mumbai, the creek over bridge which joins mumbai with new mumbai, the palm beach road, also a small pond which on the side of palm beach road, the NRI colony only if you look closer. i mean if you are used to the roads then you can easily locate the place you want to.

i had this exhilarating feeling when i was searching for new mumbai, as you feel u are actually on the satellite viewing this.

shubbhi

heavy_foot · 29th June 2005, 17:49

check out this pic of south bombay taken from the sky.
[img=http://img145.echo.cx/img145/9773/southbombayfromupabove4bk.th.jpg]

Steeroid · 29th June 2005, 20:05

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shan2nu

How do you guys zero in on a city on google maps? I can't make out any place in India. All i see is green.

Shan2nu

The actual place is different in some cases from the spots marked on Google Earth. For Eg., Kochi/Cochin on Google Earth is a sport north of the city and not the city itself. Lagos in Nigeria is marked way East of the actual city, Jo'burg in South Africa is marked south of the actual city. I couldnt make out any landmarks at first, till I started looking all around the spot marked on Google...the spot shown as Singapore is actually Johor Baru in Malaysia.

Its pretty cloudy down south, too - that makes it a little more difficult.

This must be a Beta version, but its still a very good lesson in Geography.

V-16 · 30th June 2005, 01:47

awesome site dude. gr8 watching it . seems like am an astronaut

camry93 · 30th June 2005, 09:37

Do they mention anywhere the date/time when these photographs were taken? I was hoping to see the rain clouds over the cities ...

tsk1979 · 30th June 2005, 10:24

Most detailed pics are more than 2 years old. For example in delhi, Dhaula Kuan is still under construction. But there are no time/date stamps, maybe in next version?

rahulmd · 30th June 2005, 11:14

REALLY NEAT!!! Thanks tsk1979!!!

pankaj09 · 30th June 2005, 19:48

hey guys
for space images try www.terraserver.com

Samurai · 4th August 2005, 10:23

I just banned google earth web site in my company. Everybody started using it as passtime and the amount of download it does is huge. Didn't want airtel to laugh all the way to the bank at my company expense.

cream · 4th August 2005, 15:50

also, google earth requires a lot of bandwidth in your net connection - or else if you put such options as buildings on etc - and you try to zoom in really a lot - it takes forever - even on my hathway broadband connection - i gues you need something like a t1 etc.

btw, if you wanna check details for real - your must get the nasa gps software free from the nasa website. it's awesome, awesome - does realtime gps imaging - so you can actually see the cars on the streets at that time. but then playing around with it really requires a t1

cream · 4th August 2005, 15:51

the nasa software - its 150 MB, free and up to date at all time - i believe beamed to your desktop directly from the nasa satellites -

ravi_28_8 · 4th August 2005, 16:49

google earth is good one to have lots of time pass. Our india maps r not so good wen compaired to europe n US. u can see eiffel tower, statue of liberty n all the street names too in those countries. i even saw white house, buckingham palace etc. those maps r very clear. hope our india maps turn so detailed soon.

Rehaan · 4th August 2005, 21:24

Heavy_foot, where did you get that picture?

Cream, could you give us a link to this free nasa software you speak of please!

cya
R

29th June 2005, 16:28	#16
tsk1979 Team-BHP Support Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: San Jose, CA Posts: 23,717 Thanked: 22,825 Times View My Garage	first open maps.google.com, and click satellite view. Next bring map cursor on the usa map, press left lick and drag the map till you see india. With india in center, enter name of city. for example, bangalore. you will see the bangalore map!
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29th June 2005, 16:50	#17
EVO6 BHPian Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Pune Posts: 488 Thanked: 11 Times	Mans this is awesome ... You can even see the express highway all the way from Pune to Mumbai ... Just search for pune and keep tracking the white line that is seen its the express highway ... waiting for detailed pictures to be online ... EVO6
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29th June 2005, 17:11	#18
manaa45 BHPian Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: nerul, navi mum Posts: 357 Thanked: 49 Times	hey it is a grt site. i could locate new mumbai, the creek over bridge which joins mumbai with new mumbai, the palm beach road, also a small pond which on the side of palm beach road, the NRI colony only if you look closer. i mean if you are used to the roads then you can easily locate the place you want to. i had this exhilarating feeling when i was searching for new mumbai, as you feel u are actually on the satellite viewing this. shubbhi
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29th June 2005, 17:49	#19
heavy_foot Senior - BHPian Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Navi Mumbai Posts: 1,048 Thanked: 163 Times	check out this pic of south bombay taken from the sky. [img=http://img145.echo.cx/img145/9773/southbombayfromupabove4bk.th.jpg]
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30th June 2005, 01:47	#21
V-16 Senior - BHPian Join Date: May 2005 Location: mumbai Posts: 4,594 Thanked: 950 Times View My Garage	awesome site dude. gr8 watching it . seems like am an astronaut
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30th June 2005, 09:37	#22
camry93 BHPian Join Date: May 2005 Location: Pune Posts: 102 Thanked: 2 Times	Do they mention anywhere the date/time when these photographs were taken? I was hoping to see the rain clouds over the cities ...
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30th June 2005, 10:24	#23
tsk1979 Team-BHP Support Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: San Jose, CA Posts: 23,717 Thanked: 22,825 Times View My Garage	Most detailed pics are more than 2 years old. For example in delhi, Dhaula Kuan is still under construction. But there are no time/date stamps, maybe in next version?
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30th June 2005, 11:14	#24
rahulmd BHPian Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Bangalore, India Posts: 137 Thanked: 5 Times	REALLY NEAT!!! Thanks tsk1979!!!
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30th June 2005, 19:48	#25
pankaj09 BHPian Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: MUMBAI Posts: 31 Thanked: 8 Times	hey guys for space images try www.terraserver.com
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4th August 2005, 10:23	#26
Samurai Team-BHP Support Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Bangalore/Udupi Posts: 25,828 Thanked: 45,551 Times View My Garage	I just banned google earth web site in my company. Everybody started using it as passtime and the amount of download it does is huge. Didn't want airtel to laugh all the way to the bank at my company expense.
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4th August 2005, 15:50	#27
cream BHPian Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: mumbai Posts: 159 Thanked: 3 Times	also, google earth requires a lot of bandwidth in your net connection - or else if you put such options as buildings on etc - and you try to zoom in really a lot - it takes forever - even on my hathway broadband connection - i gues you need something like a t1 etc. btw, if you wanna check details for real - your must get the nasa gps software free from the nasa website. it's awesome, awesome - does realtime gps imaging - so you can actually see the cars on the streets at that time. but then playing around with it really requires a t1
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4th August 2005, 15:51	#28
cream BHPian Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: mumbai Posts: 159 Thanked: 3 Times	the nasa software - its 150 MB, free and up to date at all time - i believe beamed to your desktop directly from the nasa satellites -
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4th August 2005, 16:49	#29
ravi_28_8 BHPian Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Hyderabad Posts: 77 Thanked: 2 Times View My Garage	google earth is good one to have lots of time pass. Our india maps r not so good wen compaired to europe n US. u can see eiffel tower, statue of liberty n all the street names too in those countries. i even saw white house, buckingham palace etc. those maps r very clear. hope our india maps turn so detailed soon.
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4th August 2005, 21:24	#30
Rehaan Team-BHP Support Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Bombay Posts: 24,046 Thanked: 34,074 Times	Heavy_foot, where did you get that picture? Cream, could you give us a link to this free nasa software you speak of please! cya R
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