No need to thank me...

[SSH]

After a quick look for "google maps neverland ranch" on google...

http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=34.745507,-120.088120&spn=0.006534,0.008326=k&hl=en

[Kweepa]

Can someone find a really high-end area in America? I wanna see big mansions and swimming pools. Hey, who knows where the Neverland Ranch is?

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=lake+austin,+austin+tx&ll=30.325720,-97.777129&spn=0.009667,0.011845=k&hl=en

How about this?
Lakefront properties, mansions, speedboats, swimming pools.

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=beverly+hills,+los+angeles&ll=34.117516,-118.418970&spn=0.009667,0.011845=k&hl=en

Some Beverly Hills mansions. Don't ask me what those ringed terraces are...


Wow, Neverland Ranch is actually a ranch out in the middle of nowhere!

[Darth Mandarb]

Don't ask me what those ringed terraces are...

I believe they're retaining walls ... to stop errosion and landslides from wiping out all the millionaire's lovely homes.

[Eggie]

That is spiffy...

[Timosity]

I'm surprised they haven't done this section

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=sydney&ll=-33.833942,151.238651&spn=0.086174,0.126686=k&hl=en

There are zillions of waterfront mansions around here with awesome views

here also

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=sydney&ll=-33.619709,151.290321&spn=0.086174,0.126686=k&hl=en

[Ponch]

Oh and Ponch.. There's no green there! WTF that's unnatural.

Tell me about it. I used to live in southern California. Ocean, surfing, temperate weather. Now I live in the high desert of west Texas.

Funny how life turns out sometimes.

This is fascinating seeing where everyone lives. Surely this will come in handy when I'm standing trial for something or other one day!

[Nine Toes]

After a quick look for "google maps neverland ranch" on google...

http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=34.745507,-120.088120&spn=0.006534,0.008326=k&hl=en

...and if you zoom in close enough, you can see Jacko molesting little boys.

[Vince Twelve]

Google is the coolest.  They just launched Google Earth.  It's an application that you download to your computer (Windows only right now) that allows you to see the whole globe, fly around it, zoom in, search, make notes, save, draw street lines directly over the sattelite pictures, and tons more stuff...



http://earth.google.com

Have fun!  It's just a beta version now, and it's streaming the data a bit slow, but I think that may be because I'm using through the business firewall.

[Al_Ninio]

That is pretty much the same thing Hotspot linked to, but enhanced with some stuff (well. I assume it's enhanced, anyway). Google probably bought it, or something.

Awesome.

Edit:
Yep.

[Vince Twelve]

Ah, cool.

[Snarky]

Google just made it FREE, too!

Just heard about this earlier today, and have been playing with it for hours now. Man, is it amazing! With terrain elevation data, so you can actually see the landscapes in front of you. I looked out at the view from the house where I grew up, on the other side of the world, then jumped across the ocean to look at the courtyards at my old university.

The awesomeness of this thing defies words. And look what's next[/utl]!

I'm all giddy.

[Domino]

I zoomed down at my house and didn't see my car in Google Earth, but then looked at where i work and i saw my car (i think it's mine, since the zoom was very blurry).  I know these images have to be quite old because changes in my city aren't updated yet.

But, alot of fun to mess around with.

[Kinoko]

Well, they have to be at least 9 months old because none of the new development behind my place has started yet. I wonder when they'll update them?

[LGM]

It's just a matter of when the satelites are over your city and if the satelite controller people decide to take a picture and index it.

[Vince Twelve]

I remember reading in a news article about the site that the images range from spankin' new to around three years old.  I can date the picture of the apartment building I lived in last year to be 13 to 16 months old since there is no grass surrounding the development and that is when they put in the new sodding...  Can't see if my car's there or not.  I always parked under a tree. 

I'm sure they're focusing more on getting hi-res for the rest of the world rather than updating parts that are already hi-res.  I'm hoping that they get hi-res of my city here in Okinawa.  I want to use this technology for a fun class about America and my hometown, and the kids will certainly want to see where they live in Sashiki as well.

[Darth Mandarb]

Don't know if somebody already posted this, but I think it's too damn cool ...

[SSH]

It's Jesus!

http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=-16.337013,-71.959763&spn=0.089367,0.111546=k&hl=en

[Timosity]

That's pretty cool, it looks like some drunktnuc has added thaeir own image, but it's probably just natural selection

[Potch]

It doesn't work right with Boise.  The only thing that is right is Bronco Stadium at Boise State, but everything else is all wrong.

[Squinky]

Thats because Boise isnt real at all, were both just figments of our own imagination....


Really though, it is funny that there is a pretty detailed map of Emmett, and nothing on Boise....it just kinda disapears around hwy 15 I think....