Google Maps with Street View is really cool.

[NickD 202]

Just discovered this last week, on that sizing bar is a little man icon, and if you click and drag that guy to even the map section, if a bunch of blue lines appear on the map, you have street view. That has to be incredible as you can drive along on a block, zoom in and effectively turn your head up or down and 360*.

Can't do that in my town, we are still low res and get a blur, but visited streets in my old neighborhoods and it was fantastic. I visited my sisters home near Orlando, and could see very clearly how she did her front yard. Also visited Biloxi, my God, what a mess that city is in. Google maps also extended into Venezuela, hi res, so can visit our condos down there and the same with Bogota. After touring London, not sure if I want to visit that place. Even Italy where my grandfather and grandmother were born, in high res, could follow a path where my grandfather walked, about three miles to visit my grandmother, that was great. And even found a town that has the same name as my last name. Got to get over there.

With googleearth, many of the more larger populated areas are in 3D and the photo quality is amazing. When I first learned about this program, just had to buy a new computer, google maps and earth are great. Now if they could only make my area high res, but if they did, will more than likely move to a lo res area.

[웃 910]

My computer is from 2000 or 2001. Still works great but two days ago I got my SO this and we love it:

For $799 it blows my computer out of the water. And if you have a Best Buy store card you can pay the $800 over the course of a year interest-free (about $70 a month) or if you don't mind paying 11.9% annual interest you can pay the $799 over 4 years at $22 a month.

* Built-in 1.3MP MOTION EYE camera with microphone

Makes it easy to chat with and send video mail to family and friends.

* Intel® Centrino® processor technology with Intel® Core™2 Duo mobile processor T6400

Mobile Intel® GM45 Express Chipset, Intel® WiFi Link 5100AGN network connection (802.11a/b/g/n) and extended battery life.

* 4GB PC2-6400 DDR2 memory

For multitasking power. 800MHz frontside bus, 2MB L2 cache and 2.0GHz processor speed.

* Multiformat DVD±RW/CD-RW drive with double-layer support

Records up to 8.5GB of data or 4 hours of video using compatible media. Also supports DVD-RAM.

* 14.1" WXGA widescreen display

With XBRITE-ECO technology and 1280 x 800 resolution brings life to your movies and games.

* 250GB SATA hard drive (5400 rpm)

Offers plenty of storage capacity.

* Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 4500MHD

With Intel® Clear Video technology features and up to 1750MB available video memory for intense detail. Intel® High Definition audio.

* Personal musical light show

With a 12-tone music analyzer for translating your music into LED lights.

* Touch sensor A/V slide control

Allows you to easily control your music and movies with the slide of a finger.

* i.LINK (IEEE 1394) port and 3 USB ports

For digital data transfer and mobile digital imaging capabilities; Memory Stick PRO memory card slot with MagicGate support and Secure Digital media card slot.

* Built-in Bluetooth 2.1 and EDR interface

With stereo A2DP Bluetooth technology easily link with other Bluetooth-enabled devices such as a cell phone or MP3 player.

* Built-in 10Base-T/100Base-TX Ethernet LAN with RJ-45 connector

And V.92/V.90 high-speed data/fax modem for flexible wired Web connectivity options.

* Weighs only 5.7 lbs. and measures just 1.6" thin

For easy portability.

* Long battery life

Of up to 3 hours and 47 minutes to give you more time away from an outlet.

* Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium Edition 64-bit operating system with Service Pack 1 (SP1) preinstalled

Software package included with Microsoft Works SE 9.0 and more. 60-day trial version of Microsoft Office Home and Student 2007 included.

* ENERGY STAR compliance

Assures a high standard of energy efficiency.

* Intel, Pentium, Celeron, Centrino, Core, Viiv, Intel Inside and the Intel Inside logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Intel Corporation or its subsidiaries in the United States and other countries.

....Ya, Google Street View is pretty cool:

Manually Search for this address if you don't believe it is really there!!!

Edited March 14, 2009 by Confucian

[caybee 21]

My computer is from 2000 or 2001. Still works great but two days ago I got my SO this and we love it:

For $799 it blows my computer out of the water. And if you have a Best Buy store card you can pay the $800 over the course of a year interest-free (about $70 a month) or if you don't mind paying 11.9% annual interest you can pay the $799 over 4 years at $22 a month.

* Built-in 1.3MP MOTION EYE camera with microphone

Makes it easy to chat with and send video mail to family and friends.

* Intel® Centrino® processor technology with Intel® Core™2 Duo mobile processor T6400

Mobile Intel® GM45 Express Chipset, Intel® WiFi Link 5100AGN network connection (802.11a/b/g/n) and extended battery life.

* 4GB PC2-6400 DDR2 memory

For multitasking power. 800MHz frontside bus, 2MB L2 cache and 2.0GHz processor speed.

* Multiformat DVD±RW/CD-RW drive with double-layer support

Records up to 8.5GB of data or 4 hours of video using compatible media. Also supports DVD-RAM.

* 14.1" WXGA widescreen display

With XBRITE-ECO technology and 1280 x 800 resolution brings life to your movies and games.

* 250GB SATA hard drive (5400 rpm)

Offers plenty of storage capacity.

* Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 4500MHD

With Intel® Clear Video technology features and up to 1750MB available video memory for intense detail. Intel® High Definition audio.

* Personal musical light show

With a 12-tone music analyzer for translating your music into LED lights.

* Touch sensor A/V slide control

Allows you to easily control your music and movies with the slide of a finger.

* i.LINK (IEEE 1394) port and 3 USB ports

For digital data transfer and mobile digital imaging capabilities; Memory Stick PRO memory card slot with MagicGate support and Secure Digital media card slot.

* Built-in Bluetooth 2.1 and EDR interface

With stereo A2DP Bluetooth technology easily link with other Bluetooth-enabled devices such as a cell phone or MP3 player.

* Built-in 10Base-T/100Base-TX Ethernet LAN with RJ-45 connector

And V.92/V.90 high-speed data/fax modem for flexible wired Web connectivity options.

* Weighs only 5.7 lbs. and measures just 1.6" thin

For easy portability.

* Long battery life

Of up to 3 hours and 47 minutes to give you more time away from an outlet.

* Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium Edition 64-bit operating system with Service Pack 1 (SP1) preinstalled

Software package included with Microsoft Works SE 9.0 and more. 60-day trial version of Microsoft Office Home and Student 2007 included.

* ENERGY STAR compliance

Assures a high standard of energy efficiency.

* Intel, Pentium, Celeron, Centrino, Core, Viiv, Intel Inside and the Intel Inside logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Intel Corporation or its subsidiaries in the United States and other countries.

....Ya, Google Street View is pretty cool:

Manually Search for this address if you don't believe it is really there!!!

OMG I don't really believe the first two, and there's no way to verify. Haven't checked the third out myself yet, but I've seen my house and those of several family members and friends. It's cool, and a little scary. My sis saw one of her friends working in his garage.

Edited March 14, 2009 by caybee

[one...two...tree 2,762]

I love Google Earth on the iPod Touch.

[spookyturtle 9,465]

I love Google Earth on the iPod Touch.

What's Google Earth and what the hell is an iPod?

[jodee 30]

My computer is from 2000 or 2001. Still works great but two days ago I got my SO this and we love it:

For $799 it blows my computer out of the water. And if you have a Best Buy store card you can pay the $800 over the course of a year interest-free (about $70 a month) or if you don't mind paying 11.9% annual interest you can pay the $799 over 4 years at $22 a month.

* Built-in 1.3MP MOTION EYE camera with microphone

Makes it easy to chat with and send video mail to family and friends.

* Intel® Centrino® processor technology with Intel® Core™2 Duo mobile processor T6400

Mobile Intel® GM45 Express Chipset, Intel® WiFi Link 5100AGN network connection (802.11a/b/g/n) and extended battery life.

* 4GB PC2-6400 DDR2 memory

For multitasking power. 800MHz frontside bus, 2MB L2 cache and 2.0GHz processor speed.

* Multiformat DVD±RW/CD-RW drive with double-layer support

Records up to 8.5GB of data or 4 hours of video using compatible media. Also supports DVD-RAM.

* 14.1" WXGA widescreen display

With XBRITE-ECO technology and 1280 x 800 resolution brings life to your movies and games.

* 250GB SATA hard drive (5400 rpm)

Offers plenty of storage capacity.

* Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 4500MHD

With Intel® Clear Video technology features and up to 1750MB available video memory for intense detail. Intel® High Definition audio.

* Personal musical light show

With a 12-tone music analyzer for translating your music into LED lights.

* Touch sensor A/V slide control

Allows you to easily control your music and movies with the slide of a finger.

* i.LINK (IEEE 1394) port and 3 USB ports

For digital data transfer and mobile digital imaging capabilities; Memory Stick PRO memory card slot with MagicGate support and Secure Digital media card slot.

* Built-in Bluetooth 2.1 and EDR interface

With stereo A2DP Bluetooth technology easily link with other Bluetooth-enabled devices such as a cell phone or MP3 player.

* Built-in 10Base-T/100Base-TX Ethernet LAN with RJ-45 connector

And V.92/V.90 high-speed data/fax modem for flexible wired Web connectivity options.

* Weighs only 5.7 lbs. and measures just 1.6" thin

For easy portability.

* Long battery life

Of up to 3 hours and 47 minutes to give you more time away from an outlet.

* Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium Edition 64-bit operating system with Service Pack 1 (SP1) preinstalled

Software package included with Microsoft Works SE 9.0 and more. 60-day trial version of Microsoft Office Home and Student 2007 included.

* ENERGY STAR compliance

Assures a high standard of energy efficiency.

* Intel, Pentium, Celeron, Centrino, Core, Viiv, Intel Inside and the Intel Inside logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Intel Corporation or its subsidiaries in the United States and other countries.

....Ya, Google Street View is pretty cool:

Manually Search for this address if you don't believe it is really there!!!

OMG I don't really believe the first two, and there's no way to verify. Haven't checked the third out myself yet, but I've seen my house and those of several family members and friends. It's cool, and a little scary. My sis saw one of her friends working in his garage.

First pic is believed to be true, taken in Australia!

[one...two...tree 2,762]

I love Google Earth on the iPod Touch.

What's Google Earth and what the hell is an iPod?

Eye candy.

[Scott & Lai 12]

I love Google Earth on the iPod Touch.

What's Google Earth and what the hell is an iPod?

Google Earth is a 3D map program that lets you zoom in on most any place on Earth. Elevations are quite realistically portrayed. You can change the viewing angle so it looks like it would if you were actually standing at a particular location. Now, the sea floor is included, so you can go underwater and explore the ocean terrain, such as deep trenches and seamounts. You can also look out into space

The street view mentioned here is part of Google Maps, which is based on the web and is only 2D. Some places will alow you to see 360 degree photos of a particular location. I've use it a lot to help with finding places, as you can actually see what the building you are looking for looks like before you get there

[Hilarious Clinton 452]

Just discovered this last week, on that sizing bar is a little man icon, and if you click and drag that guy to even the map section, if a bunch of blue lines appear on the map, you have street view. That has to be incredible as you can drive along on a block, zoom in and effectively turn your head up or down and 360*.

Can't do that in my town, we are still low res and get a blur, but visited streets in my old neighborhoods and it was fantastic. I visited my sisters home near Orlando, and could see very clearly how she did her front yard. Also visited Biloxi, my God, what a mess that city is in. Google maps also extended into Venezuela, hi res, so can visit our condos down there and the same with Bogota. After touring London, not sure if I want to visit that place. Even Italy where my grandfather and grandmother were born, in high res, could follow a path where my grandfather walked, about three miles to visit my grandmother, that was great. And even found a town that has the same name as my last name. Got to get over there.

With googleearth, many of the more larger populated areas are in 3D and the photo quality is amazing. When I first learned about this program, just had to buy a new computer, google maps and earth are great. Now if they could only make my area high res, but if they did, will more than likely move to a lo res area.

Just last week? That surprises me.

[NickD 202]

Just discovered this last week, on that sizing bar is a little man icon, and if you click and drag that guy to even the map section, if a bunch of blue lines appear on the map, you have street view. That has to be incredible as you can drive along on a block, zoom in and effectively turn your head up or down and 360*.

Can't do that in my town, we are still low res and get a blur, but visited streets in my old neighborhoods and it was fantastic. I visited my sisters home near Orlando, and could see very clearly how she did her front yard. Also visited Biloxi, my God, what a mess that city is in. Google maps also extended into Venezuela, hi res, so can visit our condos down there and the same with Bogota. After touring London, not sure if I want to visit that place. Even Italy where my grandfather and grandmother were born, in high res, could follow a path where my grandfather walked, about three miles to visit my grandmother, that was great. And even found a town that has the same name as my last name. Got to get over there.

With googleearth, many of the more larger populated areas are in 3D and the photo quality is amazing. When I first learned about this program, just had to buy a new computer, google maps and earth are great. Now if they could only make my area high res, but if they did, will more than likely move to a lo res area.

Just last week? That surprises me.

Yeah, I am kind of slow, still fooling around with this board trying to figure out how to post my own pictures, I know I need a server for this to provide a link to upload my photos too. Just haven't played with that. And reminded to update our timeline, if I ever figure that out, but for exception of my step daughter, we are done. And yes, was a very long stressful process.

In tracing the route of our Bloomington field office using street view the USCIS claims is in St. Paul, had to be some kind of vehicle with one hell of a camera to take that 360* continuous photo with perhaps GPS mapping to identify all of those street addresses. All I can say, is that I am impressed and had to be one heck of a long drive covering just about every street in the Chicago, Milwaukee area, plus other major populations practically all over the world.

[NickD 202]

Love the internet, can always find answers quick, for the street view, bugs is the answer, Volkswagen type bugs that is. Certainly is an amazing camera.

http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2007/05/googl...s-how-they.html

[Ladylethal 12]

I LOVE Google Earth, I've found my house in Brasil, my farm, my house here, my in-laws house, friends houses, etc. I even found the house I saw on add for sale that I really loved, and we could check out the location and see what's near it and all. Awesome!