http://desktop.google.com/download/earth/index.html
Another useful timewaster...
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http://desktop.google.com/download/earth/index.html
Another useful timewaster...
i'm doing a flyover in the canadian rockies searching for summer snow as we speak :cool:
Damn, that's cool.
Definite bandwidth hog though.
They really should integrate DOQ and DOQQ imagery though for locations that it's available as an intermediate between the landsat and USGS high res urban imagery.
Also, FWIW, the Landsat data they're using will never be updated unless Google/Digital Globe buy imagery from a commercial company or another country because our noble administration decided to spend NASA's money on going to the Moon and Mars rather than continuing the Landsat program which has proved so valuable for tracking changes on the earth's surface.
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edit: I didn't change the above, but I did realize that I'm on crack and that's Quickbird imagery not landsat. Still, I liked landsat because it was cheap for research and had a long library for change detection work.
Holy Bandwidth hog!
how big is it?, im downloading ti now qand it says unkown fiel size
The interface is tiny, but the data is big.
I have been entertained for hours... I currently am marking al of the peaks I have climbed and the ones I have yet to climb. :)
10,562,512 bytesQuote:
Originally Posted by lax
can anyone else not see the earth? all i see is space and an ass load of stars :confused:
edit...NVM its there lol
I thought the ETM+ sensor was toast, or crippled? What happened to purchase by a private firm. Wasn't some big engineering company looking to buy?Quote:
Originally Posted by Telenater
Anyway, we definitely need to continue funding for this and future projects. Access to "inexpensive" digital imagery is getting so limited.
apparently the beta is closed at the moment... though i just downloaded it again an hour ago
Makes me dizzy. I'm guna boot all over my computer.
:eek:
Un-fucking-real.
:eek:
The scan line corrector on the ETM+ is done and the satillite isn't in an orbit that is easily serviceable (costs more to get a vehicle into that orbit to fix it than the L7 vehicle is worth.Quote:
Originally Posted by bagtagley
I haven't heard of a company wanting to continue it. It has never been a money producing venture. I believe that the current thought is that 16 day repeat coverage isn't frequent enough (that's why the quickbirds all do off nadir image capture) and the current resolution isn't high enough.
Landsat had the advantages of covering far larger areas in a single pass (nadir) and having the long history and being cheap enough that active research not sponsored by the company producing the imagery was possible.
Haven't had a chance to check the google one out yet, and downloads are down now, so it might be awhile.
It sounds like it is similar to the free program put out by NASA called world wind . It is also quite the bandwidth hog. I like the ability to view the landscape from other angles than just directly over it.
This google globe thing would be even more incredible if, instead of satellite imagery, I could overlay street maps and topo maps..
that would be freakin' amazing...
World Wind will do topo but i find that it is quite a bit off on the actual elevation so things don't match up right, i.e. ridgelines on the topo map running through valleys on World Wind.
There's a show streets button.Quote:
Originally Posted by pube-in-my-taco
Yes there is, but its not as clear, nor does it load as quick as the streets on, say, google maps.Quote:
Originally Posted by cj001f
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Originally Posted by pube-in-my-taco
Damn, this guy wants everything. Displaying something in 2d and in a rendered 3d are very different things.
A 3d rendering requires far more data and processing than 2d and as a result will never be as fast. For a pure road navigation map, imagery is almost never as clear as a barebones road schematic.
The software that NASA, Google/keyhole and dare i say it ESRI have put out is nothing short of amazing IMHO.
Yea, but it does load reasonably fast, and once the road data is cached the road maps load before the high-res images. The key thing is that unlike google maps that's sending you a flat, rendered image, google earth is sending you vector paths mapped to the globe and labeled with road names, and the view once you have the dataset loaded can be easily changed.Quote:
Originally Posted by pube-in-my-taco
Plus, you can also view public transport systems, borders, census data, etc etc... pretty fun.
c'mon dude, what about Autodesk?Quote:
Originally Posted by Telenater
Actually, google earth lets you change the view angle so you can see your favorite mountain ranges from any angle or view.
Its a low resolution 3-D topo tool that can be quite fun.
thx.
I am a respectible GIS programmer, I categorically refuse to awknowledge that any CAD derived system has merit.Quote:
Originally Posted by chill winston
They're already overlaying 2-D satellite imagery over a topographical map - I'm sure it uses the same data source as Google Maps - and it would be easy to render the google street maps over the topographical renderings, similar to what TopoUSA 5.0 does.Quote:
Originally Posted by Telenater
So just as you can switch back and forth between satellite and maps on maps.google.com, you oughta be able to switch between maps and satellite imagery on this.
Yes. they certainly could drape DRGs (topo maps) over the terrain, and probably will in the near future instead of the imagery. However, when they're pulling the data over the internet, any rendered system won't be as fast as a 2d one because it first has to calculate what data it needs to send, then send it and then render it. Once it's cached on your local computer it's fairly rapid to display until it needs a new dataset.
2d maps are relatively simple to do by comparison to 3d. All you're looking at on any of the online mapping programs is a flat picture of the map that's put up on a server temporarily with the extent you need and using some fancy clientside scripting to tell the computer on the other end where you clicked on the map so it can generate a new picture. It doesn't require anything other than the transmission of a picture to your computer. Google earth is a whole different can of beans because most of the number crunching is happening on your local machine instead of an array of servers that are directly connected to the datasets on at least a Gigabit network.
Yea, and it already does this if you just click on roads. It will also give you driving directions with the route painted on the globe, etc. etc. Even zoomed out pretty far you can still see interstate highways, and as you get closer US and state highways show up, then local streets, all overlayed nicely on the sat photos.Quote:
Originally Posted by pube-in-my-taco
Plus, in the cities you can see the 3-d buildings and fly through on your driving route, or have the subway systems light up along with the location and address of each station.
Not sure what you're complaining about, really, since it does everything google maps does and more, just a bit slower at first to load the roads or if you have a shitty computer.
Alta from Google Earth:
http://tetongravity.com/forums/attac...achmentid=6404
Ajax and Highlands from Google Earth:
http://tetongravity.com/forums/attac...achmentid=6403
I can't believe no one else thinks these are rad images. :(
Heh, Im wearing an ESRI tshirt right now. Their booth was right next to mine last show.Quote:
Originally Posted by Telenater
Yes, this shit is amazing for damn sure.
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Originally Posted by Cornholio
I do. :biggrin:
I'm still messing around with google earth for half an hour a day looking for new hiking routes and ski access for this winter. Much easier to visualize with than a topo map at the local library.
Oh hell yeah. I've been playing with this program for two days straight now..Quote:
Originally Posted by Cornholio
To clarify my earlier post, I'd like streetmaps or topo maps without the satellite overlay to make things clearer and faster. That has to be easy to do.
One more:
The Diamond on Longs Peak:
Got to the ESRI conference so I can finally buy you a beer....Quote:
Originally Posted by Buzzworthy
http://www.des.ucdavis.edu/staff/roth/ge_blood.jpg
http://www.des.ucdavis.edu/staff/roth/ge_laure.jpg
http://www.des.ucdavis.edu/staff/roth/ge_pearl.jpg
Quite correct Pube.Quote:
Originally Posted by pube-in-my-taco
Actually, it's exactly the same difficulty as what they've got going right now. The engine would be identical to the imagery engine they're using just with a different draped layer. I suspect they used the imagery because it's cooler to the average joe out there.
Wow :eek:
As I was using it to plot routes for this weekend I thought wouldn't it be nice to see distance estimates between 2 points - yep in there. How about elevation of that peak out there - yep.
Look's like you can print output out to a page - would love to find a way to record a route (movie'esque) to a MPEG, or the like to share with others.
Great find.
Now if I can just get it to give me driving directions from London to Mongolia...
It does!Quote:
Originally Posted by ducktherope
Yep, I typed London to Mongolia in the directions tab, and it gave me directions from the city centre in London to a place called Mongolia Ct - 14 miles.
Of course, I stumped it when trying to go from London to Ulaanbaatar, capital of Mongolia. But if you attempt to "fly to" Ulaanbaatar, it works fine.
I'll print this out and attach it to my requisition to go to the show. They will certainly let me go now. :p :biggrin:Quote:
Originally Posted by Telenater
Goodbye Butters! I'm off to a better place.... and $10,000 cash... good byyyye...
Apparently in the full edition (i'm assuming you'll have to pay for it) you can hook a GPS unit up to your puter, download a trip into Google Earth and it will plot your trip on the 3d map. Cooool.