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09-14-2004, 09:43 AM

use http://www.globexplorer.com/ and see what famouse landmarks you can find! for example the st. louis arch, hoover damn, grand canyon.. anything! id love to see someone find the eiffel tower! hehe! heres a couple that i found.

nevermind the eiffel tower.. only zooms to city.

MageB420666 · 09-14-2004, 10:07 AM

I found the Eifel Tower. I hope the pic loads right. It's the first time I've tried to post a pic.

Yeah, when you see it close up it's really big. You get quite the view of paris from the top. The elevator ride to the top level is a little weird because the elevator has floor to ceiling window and it's a pretty good height up to the top.

09-14-2004, 10:16 AM

thats awesome mage! thanks

MageB420666 · 09-14-2004, 10:47 AM

Holy fuck! I found my house!

Jeez, that's kinda creepy how close the shot is. Pic was taken in March of 2002.

MageB420666 · 09-14-2004, 11:43 AM

It's the Versailles palace! That place is huge! This pic isn't even zoomed in to the street level.

09-14-2004, 01:21 PM

i think i found the great wall of china

09-14-2004, 05:30 PM

The Space Needle..........

&

Safeco Field / Seahawks Stadium...........

09-14-2004, 07:18 PM

i found hoover damn! man.. this thing is awesome..
i also saw some weird green circular shapes in the desert. i wonder what is was.. looked like patches of grass... but why in the middle of nowhere

Paradise Lost · 09-14-2004, 09:19 PM

It's Nice that those are in color, but the freakin GlobeXplorer pisses me off..

*I was gonna say try www.terraserver.com but it's GlobeXplorer too... wtf
it used to be a nice free USGS site. LAME*

Edit 2: Turns out TerraServer doesn't have the GlobeXplorer plastered
everywhere, but you can't zoom in very far.

Paradise Lost · 09-14-2004, 09:21 PM

Anyway, found a nice pic of the Statue of Liberty.

MageB420666 · 09-15-2004, 10:53 AM

The Statue of Liberty was in the first post.

MikeyChalupa · 09-17-2004, 06:22 AM

Just in time for the big showdown this weekend!

Yankee Stadium:

Fenway Park:

And, here's the carrier piers at Naval Station Norfolk. From top to bottom:
USS Theodore Roosevelt, USS Enterprise, and USS Dwight D. Eisenhower. At the very bottom are an Arleigh Burke class guided missile destroyer, and USS Blue Ridge, an amphibious command ship. My ship, USS George Washington, was deployed at the time of the picture, 01 Dec 2000. Not suprisingly, you don't have access to the three highest zoom levels over this part of Norfolk.

-Mikey

09-17-2004, 04:42 PM

The White House......

JumpinJesus · 09-17-2004, 05:49 PM

It's not really a landmark, well, it's a personal landmark. It's the building in which I live. Hurray for me.

Chytrak · 09-19-2004, 03:27 PM

The Washington Monument...

mirevolver · 09-19-2004, 03:44 PM

The Berlin Fernseherturm.

Chytrak · 09-19-2004, 03:47 PM

Lambeau Field...or Lambert Field if you are from Massachusetts.

feelgood · 09-20-2004, 09:45 AM

Holy smokes! I looked up Calgary, AB and the city is unrecongizeable from top view!

Now, I'm gonna do some little spying!

Calgary Int' Airport

Chicago O'Hare Airport

Disney World!

Yeah yeah I know you can't

Edit: My god! I found my workplace, my friend's house and my dad's workplace...*giggles insanely*

paddyjoe · 09-20-2004, 12:10 PM

I wish I knew when they were gonna snap these. I'd go out in my backyard and wave.

Grancey · 09-22-2004, 07:52 PM

Alcatraz..

Rekna · 09-22-2004, 10:19 PM

Time to find area 51!!! lets do it

Pip · 09-23-2004, 01:04 AM

Very fun!

S:t Peters square and cathedral in Rome

Houses of Parlament, Big Ben, Westminister Abbey in London

Just look at the itty bitty buttresses on Westminister Abbey! And the muddy Thames.

feelgood · 09-23-2004, 05:40 AM

Shuttle Launch Pad

Rachel (Small town near Area 51) What the fuck is those circles? Crop Circle?

I gotta find area 51's zip code..if they have any...

feelgood · 09-23-2004, 06:00 AM

Ladies and Gents, I present you...

Area 51

A better image unrelated to global explorer

Rekna · 09-25-2004, 05:37 PM

haha nice work! i wasn't sure if they would even have data for that area. I wonder if you can look down at the CIA headquarters in Langly.

09-25-2004, 05:56 PM

feelgood, u found them! i also wrote about finding those green circle things in my post for the hoover damn. what the hell r those things...

Pip · 09-28-2004, 01:00 PM

Irrigated fields more than likely, they're set up with a rotating water sprinkler in the centre so the crop grows in a circle. It's optimal use of water in areas with very little water, like deserts.
(Not sure "irrigated" is the right word here, "artificially watered" maybe?)

feelgood · 09-28-2004, 01:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rekna

haha nice work! i wasn't sure if they would even have data for that area. I wonder if you can look down at the CIA headquarters in Langly.

Viola!

Whoops, I think I hear knocking on my door...

sky_driver · 09-29-2004, 10:20 AM

Very Very Cool

09-14-2004, 09:43 AM	#1 (permalink)
Xepidemic Guest	Explore the world! Post famous landmarks! use http://www.globexplorer.com/ and see what famouse landmarks you can find! for example the st. louis arch, hoover damn, grand canyon.. anything! id love to see someone find the eiffel tower! hehe! heres a couple that i found. nevermind the eiffel tower.. only zooms to city. Last edited by Xepidemic; 09-14-2004 at 09:48 AM..

09-14-2004, 10:07 AM	#2 (permalink)
MageB420666 <Insert wise statement here> Location: Hell if I know	I found the Eifel Tower. I hope the pic loads right. It's the first time I've tried to post a pic. Yeah, when you see it close up it's really big. You get quite the view of paris from the top. The elevator ride to the top level is a little weird because the elevator has floor to ceiling window and it's a pretty good height up to the top. __________________ Apathy: The best outlook this side of I don't give a damn. Last edited by MageB420666; 09-14-2004 at 10:10 AM..

09-14-2004, 10:47 AM	#4 (permalink)
MageB420666 <Insert wise statement here> Location: Hell if I know	Holy fuck! I found my house! Jeez, that's kinda creepy how close the shot is. Pic was taken in March of 2002. __________________ Apathy: The best outlook this side of I don't give a damn. Last edited by MageB420666; 09-14-2004 at 11:38 AM..

09-14-2004, 11:43 AM	#5 (permalink)
MageB420666 <Insert wise statement here> Location: Hell if I know	It's the Versailles palace! That place is huge! This pic isn't even zoomed in to the street level. __________________ Apathy: The best outlook this side of I don't give a damn.

09-14-2004, 05:30 PM	#7 (permalink)
:::OshnSoul::: Guest	The Space Needle.......... & Safeco Field / Seahawks Stadium........... Last edited by :::OshnSoul:::; 09-14-2004 at 05:40 PM..

09-14-2004, 10:16 AM	#3 (permalink)
Xepidemic Guest	thats awesome mage! thanks

09-14-2004, 01:21 PM	#6 (permalink)
Xepidemic Guest	i think i found the great wall of china

09-14-2004, 07:18 PM	#8 (permalink)
Xepidemic Guest	i found hoover damn! man.. this thing is awesome.. i also saw some weird green circular shapes in the desert. i wonder what is was.. looked like patches of grass... but why in the middle of nowhere

09-14-2004, 09:19 PM	#9 (permalink)
Paradise Lost "Afternoon everybody." "NORM!" Location: Poland, Ohio // Clarion University of PA.	It's Nice that those are in color, but the freakin GlobeXplorer pisses me off.. I was gonna say try www.terraserver.com but it's GlobeXplorer too... wtf it used to be a nice free USGS site. LAME Edit 2: Turns out TerraServer doesn't have the GlobeXplorer plastered everywhere, but you can't zoom in very far. __________________ "Marino could do it." Last edited by Paradise Lost; 09-14-2004 at 09:26 PM..

09-14-2004, 09:21 PM	#10 (permalink)
Paradise Lost "Afternoon everybody." "NORM!" Location: Poland, Ohio // Clarion University of PA.	Anyway, found a nice pic of the Statue of Liberty. __________________ "Marino could do it." Last edited by Paradise Lost; 09-14-2004 at 09:26 PM..

09-15-2004, 10:53 AM	#11 (permalink)
MageB420666 <Insert wise statement here> Location: Hell if I know	The Statue of Liberty was in the first post. __________________ Apathy: The best outlook this side of I don't give a damn.

09-17-2004, 06:22 AM	#12 (permalink)
MikeyChalupa Squid Location: USS George Washington	Just in time for the big showdown this weekend! Yankee Stadium: Fenway Park: And, here's the carrier piers at Naval Station Norfolk. From top to bottom: USS Theodore Roosevelt, USS Enterprise, and USS Dwight D. Eisenhower. At the very bottom are an Arleigh Burke class guided missile destroyer, and USS Blue Ridge, an amphibious command ship. My ship, USS George Washington, was deployed at the time of the picture, 01 Dec 2000. Not suprisingly, you don't have access to the three highest zoom levels over this part of Norfolk. -Mikey Last edited by MikeyChalupa; 09-17-2004 at 06:27 AM..

09-17-2004, 04:42 PM	#13 (permalink)
:::OshnSoul::: Guest	The White House......

09-17-2004, 05:49 PM	#14 (permalink)
JumpinJesus Junkie Location: Chicago	It's not really a landmark, well, it's a personal landmark. It's the building in which I live. Hurray for me. __________________ "I can normally tell how intelligent a man is by how stupid he thinks I am" - Cormac McCarthy, All The Pretty Horses

09-19-2004, 03:27 PM	#15 (permalink)
Chytrak Crazy Location: Madison, WI	The Washington Monument... Last edited by Chytrak; 09-19-2004 at 03:35 PM..

09-19-2004, 03:44 PM	#16 (permalink)
mirevolver Inspired by the mind's eye. Location: Between the darkness and the light.	The Berlin Fernseherturm. __________________ Aside from my great plans to become the future dictator of the moon, I have little interest in political discussions.

09-22-2004, 07:52 PM	#20 (permalink)
Grancey Life's short, gotta hurry... Location: land of pit vipers	Alcatraz.. __________________ Quiet, mild-mannered souls might just turn out to be roaring lions of two-fisted cool.

09-23-2004, 06:00 AM	#24 (permalink)
feelgood Free Mars! Location: I dunno, there's white people around me saying "eh" all the time	Ladies and Gents, I present you... Area 51 A better image unrelated to global explorer __________________ Looking out the window, that's an act of war. Staring at my shoes, that's an act of war. Committing an act of war? Oh you better believe that's an act of war

09-29-2004, 10:20 AM	#29 (permalink)
sky_driver Insane	Very Very Cool

09-19-2004, 03:47 PM	#17 (permalink)
Chytrak Crazy Location: Madison, WI	Lambeau Field...or Lambert Field if you are from Massachusetts.

09-20-2004, 09:45 AM	#18 (permalink)
feelgood Free Mars! Location: I dunno, there's white people around me saying "eh" all the time	Holy smokes! I looked up Calgary, AB and the city is unrecongizeable from top view! Now, I'm gonna do some little spying! Calgary Int' Airport Chicago O'Hare Airport Disney World! Yeah yeah I know you can't Edit: My god! I found my workplace, my friend's house and my dad's workplace...giggles insanely __________________ Looking out the window, that's an act of war. Staring at my shoes, that's an act of war. Committing an act of war? Oh you better believe that's an act of war Last edited by feelgood; 09-20-2004 at 10:16 AM.. Reason: Adding some pics

09-20-2004, 12:10 PM	#19 (permalink)
paddyjoe through charlatans phone Location: Northcoast	I wish I knew when they were gonna snap these. I'd go out in my backyard and wave.

09-22-2004, 10:19 PM	#21 (permalink)
Rekna Junkie	Time to find area 51!!! lets do it

09-23-2004, 01:04 AM	#22 (permalink)
Pip Likes Hats Location: Stockholm, Sweden	Very fun! S:t Peters square and cathedral in Rome Houses of Parlament, Big Ben, Westminister Abbey in London Just look at the itty bitty buttresses on Westminister Abbey! And the muddy Thames.

09-23-2004, 05:40 AM	#23 (permalink)
feelgood Free Mars! Location: I dunno, there's white people around me saying "eh" all the time	Shuttle Launch Pad Rachel (Small town near Area 51) What the fuck is those circles? Crop Circle? I gotta find area 51's zip code..if they have any... __________________ Looking out the window, that's an act of war. Staring at my shoes, that's an act of war. Committing an act of war? Oh you better believe that's an act of war Last edited by feelgood; 09-23-2004 at 05:46 AM..

09-25-2004, 05:37 PM	#25 (permalink)
Rekna Junkie	haha nice work! i wasn't sure if they would even have data for that area. I wonder if you can look down at the CIA headquarters in Langly.

09-25-2004, 05:56 PM	#26 (permalink)
Xepidemic Guest	feelgood, u found them! i also wrote about finding those green circle things in my post for the hoover damn. what the hell r those things...

09-28-2004, 01:00 PM	#27 (permalink)
Pip Likes Hats Location: Stockholm, Sweden	Irrigated fields more than likely, they're set up with a rotating water sprinkler in the centre so the crop grows in a circle. It's optimal use of water in areas with very little water, like deserts. (Not sure "irrigated" is the right word here, "artificially watered" maybe?)