Thread: Google earth

Google Earth has recently added a high resolution area to the west of Korat. Fortunately, the area where I currently live and the area where our new house is going are both in the low resolution band, so my privacy and anonymity are preserved.

One nifty spot shown in the new high res area is the Khok Kruat nursery center which is here:

14°55'43.87"n
101°58'24.08"e

Originally Posted by buad hai

Google Earth has recently added a high resolution area to the west of Korat. Fortunately, the area where I currently live and the area where our new house is going are both in the low resolution band, so my privacy and anonymity are preserved.

But not virginity!

I wonder if they've managed to do the remaining half of Ayutthaya Island yet?

Strangely they cut off just where I live.

Not sure if it is because of the army base or not.

I would liked to have seen Everland from the sky.

Originally Posted by mrsquirrel

I would liked to have seen Neverland from the sky

Check with Tinkerbell....

I noticed the resolution differs from place to place.

I could zoom in and see the tiny shack where I lived in Alaska.

But everything in Patong is very fuzzy.

Originally Posted by Mr Earl

I noticed the resolution differs from place to place.

I could zoom in and see the tiny shack where I lived in Alaska.

But everything in Patong is very fuzzy.

Imagery is about 4 years old in my area. I know because it just shows the ground clearance work for my house.

The new imagery west of Korat is extremely new as it shows the Khok Kruat nursery center extension and pond which is only about six months old.

According to Google Earth, I live in a vacant lot.

It looks like Google Earth has obscured the area of the Suk Soi 10 that Chuwit had razed and ultimately replaced with a park. The GE photo still shows the old shops, but that area seems to have been deliberately blurred now.

I wonder how much that costs?

Originally Posted by buad hai

It looks like Google Earth has obscured the area of the Suk Soi 10 that Chuwit had razed and ultimately replaced with a park. The GE photo still shows the old shops, but that area seems to have been deliberately blurred now.

I wonder how much that costs?

The blurring is a bit strange. There's a huge area about 2 miles west of me blurred out in the middle of nowhere. There's nothing there, I know. I went and had a look.

David

Originally Posted by Gerbil

The blurring is a bit strange. There's a huge area about 2 miles west of me blurred out in the middle of nowhere. There's nothing there, I know. I went and had a look.

Maybe the blurring is due to beer goggles?

Originally Posted by buad hai

Originally Posted by Gerbil

The blurring is a bit strange. There's a huge area about 2 miles west of me blurred out in the middle of nowhere. There's nothing there, I know. I went and had a look.

Maybe the blurring is due to beer goggles?

Well I was definately a bit blurred when I made the post.

Well the guys and gals at Google Maps have finally done it ... they've made it as easy as pie to embed a Google map into your average website or blog with the need for custom hacks etc.

Originally Posted by Google

Google announces a simple new way to embed Google Maps
Starting today, Google Maps users can add a map to their website or blog just by copying & pasting a snippet of HTML. This new functionality enables Google Maps users to share and disseminate geographic information in the same way that YouTube users share videos. Bloggers and webmasters no longer need an API key or knowledge of Java Script to put a Google Map on their website or blog.


To embed a Google Map, users simply pull up the map they want to embed - it can be a location, a business, driving directions, or a My Map they have created - and then click "Link to this page" and copy & paste the HTML into their website or blog. The embedded map is fully interactive, like the Google Maps API, but creating one does not require any programming skills. Users can drag and click or zoom in on a location, and view it in map, satellite, and hybrid modes.

Users will find this feature helpful in many ways. For example,

• business owners can now add a map of their business location to its website, with links to directions and more information on Google Maps.
• bloggers can now write about a restaurant or a place they have visited and embed a map of the location in the blog post itself.
• individuals can update their personal websites by publishing maps of geotagged vacation photos or creating sophisticated maps mashups using the simple tools available in the My Maps tab.

The ability to embed maps is available for Google Maps users in the US, the UK, Canada, Australia, Japan, France, Italy, Germany, Spain, Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden and Russia. It is available in the following languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Dutch, Danish, Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish, Russian, Japanese, Catalan, Basque, Galician, Welsh, Faroese and Chinese (TW).

Source: Google Press Center: News Announcement

Yep, doesn't work for locations in Thailand. Works for my Mom's address in the US though....

Yep, was just trying to work out if embedding a Thailand map in Travellers Tales was possible ... should have read their bloody news announcement better .

You should be able to just attach the a file and anyone that opens it that has goggle earth it will open up to that place. Works for me when I e mail places to friends

^We're talking different things here Rigger. You're talking about Google Earth "placemark" files. We're talking about actually embedding a Google Maps image in a web site.

I can see my Mother (or her shadow at least) in her garden in Devon

Originally Posted by buad hai

^We're talking different things here Rigger. You're talking about Google Earth "placemark" files. We're talking about actually embedding a Google Maps image in a web site.

Ok foked if I know

Fossett sought via Google Earth

Just downloaded the latest version for my new system, and bugger me dead the guys at Google have added a new option that enables one to toggle between viewing the Earth and the Sky. For all you budding star gazers out there ... check it out.