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how does google/flash earth work??

www.flashearth.com

what do they do flyover w/ a plane and tak lots and lots of pictures. use satalites.

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06-06-2006, 12:21 PM	#2 (permalink)
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killians45 Wizard Techie Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 3,248	...and they're not realtime, but cached images usually 6 months or so old. __________________ If you argue with an idiot he will drag you down to his level and beat you with experience. I am not a fast writer. I am not a slow writer. I am a half-fast writer. -Robert Asprin

06-06-2006, 05:48 PM	#4 (permalink)
john3 Banned Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 2,130	it works very well, haha. its actually really good. i was able to zoom onto the top of my aunts house in Akron, Ohio. pretty fun.

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i found my grans house on google earth.

is that site legal? it says the images are used without permission...

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depends on what is in each image....

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06-06-2006, 07:39 PM	#7 (permalink)
The General Banned Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 5,191	Wow! Flash Earth is cool! Not quite as cool as Google Earth though I like the 3D terrain.

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