See the world, but don't get up.

shbaz · Sun 22/08/2004 23:00:57

http://www.keyhole.com/

You can download a 7-day trial of software that will view any part of the world using satellite imagery mapped to a simple 3d translation of the Earth. I've noticed that you can zoom in close enough to figure out what kind of cars people drive in some places, but in others it's pixellated to hell. Fun to play with, nevertheless, because the entire Earth is mapped.

Best to have a fast computer, it's very heavy on system recourses. It requires faster internet connections too, because it's constantly downloading image data as you zoom in closer and closer.

It's also in full color, unlike sites like terraserver.microsoft.com.

Flippy_D · Mon 23/08/2004 03:22:07

First to find a nudist beach somewhere in the Carribbean wins.

Moox · Mon 23/08/2004 03:32:51

lol, Im looking at rosswell

shbaz · Mon 23/08/2004 03:42:00

Quote from: LostTraveler on Mon 23/08/2004 03:32:51
lol, Im looking at rosswell

Area 51 is in the favorites, or something like that.

Quote from: Flippy_D on Mon 23/08/2004 03:22:07
First to find a nudist beach somewhere in the Carribbean wins.

"Timmy, I'm giving you the oppurtunity to go anywhere in the world. Paris, Cairo, Moscow, anywhere you want to see you can see it."

"I want to look at naked people daddy!"

edmundito · Mon 23/08/2004 05:02:27

Keyhole was pretty cool.... I had the trial for a while, but it didn't have that many unimportant locations like where I live right now.. it was just a blur back then.

Evil · Mon 23/08/2004 05:14:31

I'm having java problems. Can someone give me a direct download link?

shbaz · Mon 23/08/2004 05:27:53

Quote from: Evil on Mon 23/08/2004 05:14:31
I'm having java problems. Can someone give me a direct download link?

They need an email address to send a passcode to, so it wouldn't work..

Try upgrading java at java.com.

Evil · Mon 23/08/2004 06:11:43

I've tried updating java. My computer is just an asshole to me.

shbaz · Mon 23/08/2004 06:14:07

Quote from: Evil on Mon 23/08/2004 06:11:43
I've tried updating java. My computer is just an asshole to me.

Have you tried making fun of its mother?

http://terraserver.microsoft.com is almost as good, just not in color and not in 3d. It doesn't have the entire world either.

Czar · Mon 23/08/2004 11:40:01

Which one should i have?

Meowster · Mon 23/08/2004 12:07:06

Somebody find Double Fine for me.

rodekill · Mon 23/08/2004 13:02:33

This software is cool but... why would you buy it?

Mr Jake · Mon 23/08/2004 13:21:53

to look at nuddie beaches, it IS the only pratical use.

shbaz · Mon 23/08/2004 13:22:24

Quote from: rodekill on Mon 23/08/2004 13:02:33
This software is cool but... why would you buy it?

Haddas · Mon 23/08/2004 18:23:07

Quote from: rodekill on Mon 23/08/2004 13:02:33
This software is cool but... why would you buy it?

To find your momma!
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Czar · Mon 23/08/2004 18:30:19

[mature]well, dont worry, his momma is so fat, that she has her own zip code[/mature]

Haddas · Mon 23/08/2004 19:22:11

Yeah, it was easy to find.
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Sadly, I can't find anything in the nordic countries. it's all a green blob where cities should be. the roads are marked with lines, but they are still lines from 400 metres. if you go closer than 13km on any nordic country all you get is green gradient when it's fully loaded. I can see the crossings of streets in New York though.

rodekill · Tue 24/08/2004 01:18:11

If the images were up to date or something, then it'd be pretty cool, but as an example, half of Montreal is currently in winter and the other half is... not.

8)

:'(

Domino · Tue 24/08/2004 01:35:59

This is really cool, but yet kind of creepy. I just found my house on this program. I wanted to zoom in more, but it was all blurry. Weird, very weird..

Shawn

Kweepa · Tue 24/08/2004 01:42:22

This is great, except for two things:

1. No date and time on the photos. Boo.
2. Lame coverage. I wanted to be able to count the cacti in West Texas, or just see Belfast or Ocho Rios.

Maybe in a few years it'll be there (and realtime!).

Oh, and for Yufster: