Google Earth: Explore the World with Virtual Flyovers and Directions

[Ivan Seeking]

Or have we gone all the way around. First it wasn't there, now there's nothing to hide?

 

[hitssquad]

I don't think the long one seen running all the way through is a runway; It looks like a road.

The second link below says, "Until recently, the facility was supported by one 12,400 long 100 foot wide hard surface runway, which extends onto the dry lake bed North, giving it a total length of 25,300 feet or 4.8 miles." The wording seems to leave open the possibility that the part extending into Groom Lake is not paved.

As for the short one, are you only considering what's visible?

I'm only considering what John Pike wrote here:
http://www.fas.org/irp/overhead/groom.htm
http://www.fas.org/irp/overhead/ikonos_040400_overview_02-f.htm

 

[hitssquad]

Ivan,

Check the poles of the globe. They're puckered.

And in Juneau, Alaska, you can fly underneath the streets. Even the street names float above you, and they are inversed.

 

[hitssquad]

Hmmm. The Juneau streets are no longer floating for me.

 

[Ivan Seeking]

Hmmm. The Juneau streets are no longer floating for me.

Maybe alcohol would help. But yes, I've found all sorts of bugs as well.

I was hoping for a good shot of my house and property but the frame for this area is low resolution. I went outside and waved but didn't see anything on the computer. Corvallis looks good though.

As for Area 51, I've heard of a five mile runway, but that should be much wider than indicated... The thing is though, people have gotten good shots of most of this stuff with telephoto lenses before the boundary was expanded. So much of this is quite well documented.

 

[darkar]

Will google Earth update its database to show the current status of London?

http://bbs.keyhole.com/boards/showthreaded/Board-currentEvents-Number-37115-page-0-view-collapsed-sb-5-o-.html

 

[Ivan Seeking]

Wow, try zooming into Everest. It about jumps out of the page at you.

http://img301.imageshack.us/img301/5265/everest1to.jpg

 

[darkar]

Ummm, Where is this... Ear of Earth?

 

[Kerrie]

i can't believe i am just discovering how fun this site is! i am not sure how to save a picture of a certain area, but if you zoom in on Washington DC, notice how many buildings are fuzzy or covered up...the capital in particular is very fuzzy.

 

[Ivan Seeking]

the capital in particular is very fuzzy.

That's just Google's idea of social commentary.

 

[hitssquad]

If you go to Tools>Options>View, you can adjust something called "Elevation Exaggeration." Setting it higher makes the terrain more dramatic. The highest setting is 3.

I recommend this mod.

 

[brewnog]

Wahhhh, my Google Earth keeps giving me BSOD!

I think I hit on some known ATI graphics card conflict. Rats and ass.