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Old 24-07-2006, 09:01 PM   #31
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thats unreal. how do you get google earth?
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Old 24-07-2006, 09:06 PM   #32
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some awesome shots...

i found a few cool places.(aircraft graveyard, grand canyon,etc)..... should start mucking around with G.E again
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Old 24-07-2006, 09:20 PM   #33
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thats unreal. how do you get google earth?
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Old 24-07-2006, 09:25 PM   #34
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Is it possible to get the entire TopGear track? You can just see the beginning of the hanger where it is filmed, would be awesome to get the entire track!

Keep the pictures following guys, they're awesome! (especially for those of us that have dialup!)
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Old 24-07-2006, 09:28 PM   #35
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Is it possible to get the entire TopGear track? You can just see the beginning of the hanger where it is filmed, would be awesome to get the entire track!

Keep the pictures following guys, they're awesome! (especially for those of us that have dialup!)
The pic I posted is of the whole track. It is used in a figure 8 format, starting anti-clockwise in front of the hangar area.
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Old 24-07-2006, 09:52 PM   #36
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Black Hawk Down, Mogadishu, Somalia.

My son and I found the points of interest from a book. The US Base is further south west of this pic and the Pakastani Base is north east.

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Old 24-07-2006, 10:14 PM   #37
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Top Gear test track.
Has anyone managed to find the Fifth Gear test track in Wales? I have struggled.... But it appears there could be numerous army bases around there, so could be sensitive enough to not allow too much zoom!
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Old 24-07-2006, 10:16 PM   #38
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Nurburgring.
I've butchered the pic to help follow where the track snakes around the countryside.
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Old 24-07-2006, 10:16 PM   #39
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Cape Kennedy Air Force Base, site of the shuttle launch. (LARGE PIC HERE)
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Old 24-07-2006, 11:20 PM   #40
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Area 51



And just south of area 51, is the US Nuclear testing area. This pic shows just how much testing was done, and there is a lot more in the surrounding areas off the photo. One of the bigger craters, is part of the conspiracy theory that the moon landing was filmed there!

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Old 24-07-2006, 11:55 PM   #41
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we usually google earth our 4wd tracks but of late i havent bothered with it.

anyone gunna post bathurst?
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Old 24-07-2006, 11:58 PM   #42
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I looked at Bathurst but the pic is terrible.
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Old 25-07-2006, 04:02 AM   #43
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Here is a further out pic of the top gear test track site.

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Old 25-07-2006, 05:05 AM   #44
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The USS Forestal and Saratoga at dock.

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Old 25-07-2006, 05:14 AM   #45
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Here are two we all should be interested in.


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Old 25-07-2006, 01:51 PM   #46
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here's some pics of the Nardo Ring in Italy

its around 12.5KM long and perfectly round, and apparently it is banked at such a degree that the driver doesn't need to actually turn!

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Old 25-07-2006, 01:51 PM   #47
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They are amzing captures guys, ive used google earth a fe times but have trouble getting good quality unless its a big populated area like sydney.
That picture of Ayers Rock is amazing! I can see where i climbed the thing last month
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Old 25-07-2006, 05:00 PM   #48
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i had it about a year ago but i just reinstalled it and looked up my house and i am reversing out my driveway. lol :eclipsee_
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Old 25-07-2006, 05:15 PM   #49
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i had it about a year ago but i just reinstalled it and looked up my house and i am reversing out my driveway. lol :eclipsee_
Haha, if you look really closely, you can see your partner's "ex" boyfriends car coming towards your house too!
don't know ehre that came from :

Google earth rocks, hoefully in the future it'll get even more detailed and better.
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Old 25-07-2006, 07:27 PM   #50
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Yea, GE is fantastic, Ive wasted a lot of time on it, some realy good pics being posted up.

Black EX6, excuse my ignorance, which ford factory is that in the shot?
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Old 26-07-2006, 01:08 PM   #51
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mt everest

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Old 26-07-2006, 01:21 PM   #52
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hmm i remember finding everest and it looked alot different to that!
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Old 26-07-2006, 01:33 PM   #53
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From different angles, it looks totally different.

This is supposed to be the summit (Latitude North 27.996, Longitude East 86.927)

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Old 26-07-2006, 01:39 PM   #54
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Pffffft. What's all the fuss about. It looks easy to climb in the pic......ha ha ha.

Seriously though, isn't top of Everset about the size of a tennis court? That looks heaps bigger.
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Old 26-07-2006, 06:06 PM   #55
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Some weird x-files thing in China:

"man-made landscape in a remote part of China ...... small-scale model of a piece of territory complete with snow-topped mountains, streams and valleys"

Story here: http://www.smh.com.au/news/web/xfile...166503699.html

They finally figured out what the above was:
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"The mysterious man-made landscape recently "discovered" by eagle-eyed Google Earth spotters in a remote part of China is almost certainly a tank training ground."
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Old 26-07-2006, 06:29 PM   #56
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now i understand why my everest looks different. in the options i set my "elevation exaggeration" to 2. heights become more clear, but the difference is so big between Shockwave XR8's that maybe we have some other detail settings set differently also, i dunno

here's my everest

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OK guys how about this one, did you all know that their is a space shuttle in Moscow? Check this out
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Old 26-07-2006, 07:21 PM   #58
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Can someone google up this for me,149*36'00/ 31*45'00.
It's my place in the country,always wanted to see what it looks like from the air.
I down loaded google earth but it seems you dont get clear pics unless you subscribe.
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Old 26-07-2006, 09:19 PM   #59
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now i understand why my everest looks different. in the options i set my "elevation exaggeration" to 2. heights become more clear, but the difference is so big between Shockwave XR8's that maybe we have some other detail settings set differently also, i dunno

here's my everest

seano, you're right. I obtained the correct coordinates and found it. I was looking at a mountain very close to everest :
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Old 26-07-2006, 09:59 PM   #60
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OK guys how about this one, did you all know that their is a space shuttle in Moscow? Check this out
looks a bugger to park ey hahhaa
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