NationStates Jolt Archive


Google Maps

TheEvilMass
26-06-2005, 22:29
okay, I am getting really addicted to this, goto maps.google.com and use the satelite view, go all over the world and post links...

Whats the best you can get? Can you find area 51? how about lisbon? or Paris? or the pentagon? or those pesky terrorist training camps.....


I find myself spending nights at a time search the world for something I don't know........ that made no sense...
Colodia
26-06-2005, 22:31
Wait, I thought we were resricted to only the U.S.?

I've known the site for a few months now...
TheEvilMass
26-06-2005, 22:33
looks like fun...
http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=33.310719,44.396439&spn=0.081539,0.126686&t=k&hl=en
TheEvilMass
26-06-2005, 22:34
Wait, I thought we were resricted to only the U.S.?

I've known the site for a few months now...

nope its the entire world now its pretty cool
TheEvilMass
26-06-2005, 22:37
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=moscow+russia&spn=0.081539,0.126686&t=k&hl=en

our capitol is better....
Sarkasis
26-06-2005, 22:38
They have a fairly good coverage of Canada, albeit patchy.
There are 4 types of satellite photo resolutions: very high, high, medium and low.
My area is on low definition. :(
But most urban areas show a mix of very high-res and high-res, which is cool.
You can actually see cars and swimming pools in the backyards. One of my friends even used these photos to build some statistics on what's the % of people having swimming pools in the suburbs.

Google maps is a nice tool.

However, there's still one thing missing. When you're in map mode and you zoom , the municipal/city information is lost. Sometimes it can be very confusing, as you have street names but you don't know which city you're looking at.
TheEvilMass
26-06-2005, 22:41
They have a fairly good coverage of Canada, albeit patchy.
There are 4 types of satellite photo resolutions: very high, high, medium and low.
My area is on low definition. :(
But most urban areas show a mix of very high-res and high-res, which is cool.
You can actually see cars and swimming pools in the backyards. One of my friends even used these photos to build some statistics on what's the % of people having swimming pools in the suburbs.

Google maps is a nice tool.

However, there's still one thing missing. When you're in map mode and you zoom , the municipal/city information is lost. Sometimes it can be very confusing, as you have street names but you don't know which city you're looking at.

in the US we have that.... early early versions of G.M. you were able to zoom more but it is gone,
Pure Metal
26-06-2005, 22:45
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=southampton,+uk&ll=50.926266,-1.446419&spn=0.044975,0.090637&t=k&hl=en i live in pretty much the centre of that screen. yay!

damn crap resolution though :(
Revionia
26-06-2005, 22:46
Omg, I can spy on my ex-girlfreind! This is fun!
-Everyknowledge-
26-06-2005, 22:47
Omg, I can spy on my ex-girlfreind! This is fun!
And creepy!
Lascivious Optimus
26-06-2005, 22:53
I'm pretty close to the middle - it's a shame the picture was taken in the winter and with the tide out... it doesn't look very appealing in this photo!

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=White+Rock,+BC&ll=49.015889,-122.781873&spn=0.007907,0.010353&t=k&hl=en
Revionia
26-06-2005, 22:55
Here is where I live:

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=7811+Eads+Ave+La+Jolla,+CA+92037&t=k&hl=en

Two blocks from the Pacific ocean, lucky me! :cool:
Lascivious Optimus
26-06-2005, 22:57
This is the entire GVA - one of the nicest cities around. :)

http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=49.250494,-123.111934&spn=1.012115,1.325226&z=7&t=k&hl=en
Tomzilla
26-06-2005, 22:58
I think that I can see Godzilla...

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Tokyo,+Japan&spn=0.110893,0.181618&t=k&hl=en

Hey! My house! And if you look close enough, I SEE MYSELF!!!

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=524,+Lindley+Avenue,+Westmont,+Illinois&ll=41.785941,-87.981509&spn=0.003465,0.005676&t=k&hl=en
Lascivious Optimus
26-06-2005, 23:00
Here is where I live:

Two blocks from the Pacific ocean, lucky me! :cool:
Looks like some decent surf not far from you too eh!?

*whispers something about the West being the best*
Revionia
26-06-2005, 23:00
Welcome to Pyongyang, North Korea.

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Pyongyan+North+Korea&ll=39.040947,125.730286&spn=0.160332,0.250282&t=k&hl=en
The Mindset
26-06-2005, 23:00
I find it amusing that the roof of the whitehouse has been photoshopped out:
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Washington+D.C.&ll=38.896816,-77.036637&spn=0.006545,0.008680&t=k&hl=en

Michael Jackson's Neverland:
http://maps.google.com/maps?&ll=34.746430,-120.087111&sll=34.652771,-120.104432&spn=0.008014,0.011727&sspn=0.022797,0.043228&t=k&hl=en
Santa Barbara
26-06-2005, 23:02
Hey look there I am! (http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=34.198173,-119.761963&spn=2.176212,4.053955&hl=en)
TheEvilMass
26-06-2005, 23:03
I find it amusing that the roof of the whitehouse has been photoshopped out:
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Washington+D.C.&ll=38.896816,-77.036637&spn=0.006545,0.008680&t=k&hl=en

Michael Jackson's Neverland:
http://maps.google.com/maps?&ll=34.746430,-120.087111&sll=34.652771,-120.104432&spn=0.008014,0.011727&sspn=0.022797,0.043228&t=k&hl=en

and the capital building is pixelated too... what are they protecting!!!, I think they are hiding UFO's up there!
Sarkasis
26-06-2005, 23:04
Would it be cool to create a list of all the cut-out, erased and censored spots in these maps?
We'd just post the coordinates from the Google maps URL.
TheEvilMass
26-06-2005, 23:05
Hey look there I am! (http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=34.198173,-119.761963&spn=2.176212,4.053955&hl=en)

you live in the middle of the ocean huh? oh well
The Winter Alliance
26-06-2005, 23:06
Kinda looks like when I was watching Minneapolis-St.Paul from the plane windows. But a different city.
Maineiacs
26-06-2005, 23:07
I found my house, and my girlfriend's. boy do we live far apart!
The Mindset
26-06-2005, 23:08
One thing I've noticed from looking at American cities from obit is that you Yanks are obsessed with right angles. I've never seen a city so grid-iron in Europe, not since the Victorian age at least. Since then we've been obsessed with curving lines and cul-de-sacs. Make navigating a bitch.
TheEvilMass
26-06-2005, 23:08
Would it be cool to create a list of all the cut-out, erased and censored spots in these maps?
We'd just post the coordinates from the Google maps URL.

start searching post them here, then I will make a website dedicated to it, really I will just everyone go get me the links of censered or crazy looking sites, and I will make the site, oh yeah take a look at area 51, some crazy looking shit!
TheEvilMass
26-06-2005, 23:10
One thing I've noticed from looking at American cities from obit is that you Yanks are obsessed with right angles. I've never seen a city so grid-iron in Europe, not since the Victorian age at least. Since then we've been obsessed with curving lines and cul-de-sacs. Make navigating a bitch.

well you see we like to drive, its impossible to drive in a european city! its crazy, but go to a new england city and look at it ahh heres one

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=newport,+ri&ll=41.476951,-71.312857&spn=0.020556,0.031672&t=k&hl=en

I live there lol
The Mindset
26-06-2005, 23:11
start searching post them here, then I will make a website dedicated to it, really I will just everyone go get me the links of censered or crazy looking sites, and I will make the site, oh yeah take a look at area 51, some crazy looking shit!
http://edge.i-hacked.com/archives/319

Pentagon:
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Pentagon+Washington+DC&ll=38.871603,-77.054629&spn=0.011973,0.020642&t=k&hl=en
Revionia
26-06-2005, 23:12
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Pyongyan+North+Korea&ll=29.977688,31.131885&spn=0.005010,0.007821&t=k&hl=en

The Great Pyramids
Santa Barbara
26-06-2005, 23:13
you live in the middle of the ocean huh? oh well

No no, you're zooming in too close. Right there, you can see me, where it says "Santa Barbara." That's me! ;)
The Mindset
26-06-2005, 23:13
well you see we like to drive, its impossible to drive in a european city! its crazy, but go to a new england city and look at it ahh heres one

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=newport,+ri&ll=41.476951,-71.312857&spn=0.020556,0.031672&t=k&hl=en

I live there lol
Well, I was here visting a friend:
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=newport,+ri&ll=41.476951,-71.312857&spn=0.020556,0.031672&t=k&hl=en

I never got the hang of an automatic car, but the amount of junctions you had to cross just to get along the street put fear into my heart.
TheEvilMass
26-06-2005, 23:14
http://edge.i-hacked.com/archives/319

Pentagon:
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Pentagon+Washington+DC&ll=38.871603,-77.054629&spn=0.011973,0.020642&t=k&hl=en
oh, I guess I have no oringinal ideas then *takes knife out and cuts across belly*

at least I die in an oringinal fashion, no one has comminted suicide like this before..
The Mindset
26-06-2005, 23:14
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Las+Vegas,NV&ll=37.259789,-115.803795&spn=0.196381,0.269165&t=k&hl=en

See that big white blob? That's Area 51.
TheEvilMass
26-06-2005, 23:16
Well, I was here visting a friend:
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=newport,+ri&ll=41.476951,-71.312857&spn=0.020556,0.031672&t=k&hl=en

I never got the hang of an automatic car, but the amount of junctions you had to cross just to get along the street put fear into my heart.
who do you know in newport?
TheEvilMass
26-06-2005, 23:17
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Las+Vegas,NV&ll=37.259789,-115.803795&spn=0.196381,0.269165&t=k&hl=en

See that big white blob? That's Area 51.
no its a lake... it just shines... and wrong state...
Revionia
26-06-2005, 23:18
The Effiel Tower

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Pyongyan+North+Korea&ll=48.858519,2.293053&spn=0.005010,0.007821&t=k&hl=en
Kiwi-kiwi
26-06-2005, 23:18
My sister looked for our house on that once... apparently it's exactly at the point where two parts of the image overlap and is therefore invisible.
The Mindset
26-06-2005, 23:19
no its a lake... it just shines... and wrong state...

Hrm, it seems the URL doesn't update when you put in a new location. Anyway, that shouldn't have pointed to Newport, it should have pointed to Littleton, Colorado.

EDIT: And no, Area 51 is in Nevada...
Revionia
26-06-2005, 23:20
The world feels so small now
TheEvilMass
26-06-2005, 23:20
Hrm, it seems the URL doesn't update when you put in a new location. Anyway, that shouldn't have pointed to Newport, it should have pointed to Littleton, Colorado.

oh I see, you supposed to hit the link to page button on the side there, of the page it is... me grammar goodness..
TheEvilMass
26-06-2005, 23:21
oh you were right about area 51... I am sorry...
TheEvilMass
26-06-2005, 23:22
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=rome,+italy&ll=41.901566,12.454559&spn=0.005139,0.007918&t=k&hl=en

the popes house, man he has pimped it out....(vatican city)
TheEvilMass
26-06-2005, 23:26
from Bush's file

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=tehran+iran&spn=0.164452,0.253372&t=k&hl=en
Revionia
26-06-2005, 23:27
The Great Wall of China (I think)
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Pyongyan+North+Korea&ll=40.284119,114.631348&spn=1.282654,2.002258&t=k&hl=en
Taverham high
26-06-2005, 23:28
http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=52.686299,1.186309&spn=0.005075,0.004753&t=k&hl=en

this is the real life taverham high.

i live about three miles to the east, and slightly south, in a large block of houses to the left of the largest wood in the area.
Bitchkitten
26-06-2005, 23:28
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=moscow+russia&spn=0.081539,0.126686&t=k&hl=en

our capitol is better....No, ours is.


http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=33.310719,44.396439&spn=0.081539,0.126686&t=k&hl=en
TheEvilMass
26-06-2005, 23:29
http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=52.686299,1.186309&spn=0.005075,0.004753&t=k&hl=en

this is the real life taverham high.

i live about three miles to the east, and slightly south, in a large block of houses to the left of the largest wood in the area.

good all I need now is some napalm and cheese!
TheEvilMass
26-06-2005, 23:32
http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=36.848145,-102.183838&spn=0.082226,0.126686&t=k&hl=en


behold farmland!!

this looks really cool

http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=45.316200,37.822495&spn=0.082226,0.126686&t=k&hl=en
Lascivious Optimus
26-06-2005, 23:37
Nothing to hide in Canada! Haha!

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Parliament+Hill%3A,+House+of+Commons,+Ottawa,+Ontario,+K1A+0A6&ll=45.423371,-75.699459&spn=0.007907,0.010353&t=k&hl=en
TheEvilMass
26-06-2005, 23:39
Nothing to hide in Canada! Haha!

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Parliament+Hill%3A,+House+of+Commons,+Ottawa,+Ontario,+K1A+0A6&ll=45.423371,-75.699459&spn=0.007907,0.010353&t=k&hl=en

wow no security, then again who wants to destroy canadian parliament? other than those crazy texans, they just want to blow everything up...
Willink
26-06-2005, 23:39
ME ! http://maps.google.com/maps


Pearl Harbor (http://maps.google.com/maps?q=524,+Lindley+Avenue,+Westmont,+Illinois&ll=41.785941,-87.981509&spn=0.003465,0.005676&t=k&hl=en)

Massive expressway intersection in LA (http://maps.google.com/maps?q=524,+Lindley+Avenue,+Westmont,+Illinois&ll=41.785941,-87.981509&spn=0.003465,0.005676&t=k&hl=en)
TheEvilMass
26-06-2005, 23:41
ME ! http://maps.google.com/maps


Pearl Harbor (http://maps.google.com/maps?q=524,+Lindley+Avenue,+Westmont,+Illinois&ll=41.785941,-87.981509&spn=0.003465,0.005676&t=k&hl=en)

Massive expressway intersection in LA (http://maps.google.com/maps?q=524,+Lindley+Avenue,+Westmont,+Illinois&ll=41.785941,-87.981509&spn=0.003465,0.005676&t=k&hl=en)

okay none of those are what they are, unless someone put pearl harbor in illinois all of the sudden..


heres the real thing

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=pearl+harbor,+hawaii&ll=21.362743,-157.969923&spn=0.041113,0.063343&t=k&hl=en
Bitchkitten
26-06-2005, 23:43
wow no security, then again who wants to destroy canadian parliament? other than those crazy texans, they just want to blow everything up...Naw, just that puny crap the rest of you build.
Gotta teach ya'll to build big, Texas style.
TheEvilMass
26-06-2005, 23:44
Naw, just that puny crap the rest of you build.
Gotta teach ya'll to build big, Texas style.
yes why build a 5 story building when thats all you need when you can build 500 story building for no reason at all!
Bitchkitten
26-06-2005, 23:50
yes why build a 5 story building when thats all you need when you can build 500 story building for no reason at all! :p
Texas- largest state capitol building
San Jacinto monument- copied by washinton, only theirs is smaller.

And how hard do you think we had to work to persuade so many people to live in Houston? It's the 4th largest city in the US. This is a place that's been described as L.A. with the climate of Calcutta. And is situated in a swamp one foot above sea level. I bet you can't do that!

I mean what kind of feat is that to convince 4 million Americans that they want to live in a crowded crime-ridden swamp that smells like an oil refinery?