Little Wing
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Wed Mar-07-07 08:20 PM
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Cheat the zoom feature on Google Maps, then watch your jaw drop from space |
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http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=15.298683+19.429651&layer=&ie=UTF8&z=23&ll=15.298684,19.429651&spn=0.001291,0.002698&t=k&om=1&iwloc=addrApparently if you find a place you want to look at, hit "Link to this page" then change the 'z' value in the URL to something like 20,21,22,23 some areas of the world will have unbelievably close zooms.
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Wed Mar-07-07 08:27 PM
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Wed Mar-07-07 08:34 PM
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if you find a place you want to look at, hit \"Link to this page\" then change the \'z\' value in the URL to something like 20,21,22,23 some areas of the world will have unbelievably close zooms.
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Little Wing
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Wed Mar-07-07 08:38 PM
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4. Thank you for making that so clear |
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Wed Mar-07-07 09:13 PM
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You can see the gigantic old-ass satellite dish in my backyard that nobody ever removed!
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Wed Mar-07-07 11:44 PM
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8. That's not a satellite dish. That;'s my butt. |
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Okay, not really.
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Wed Mar-07-07 11:48 PM
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10. OK, that was just weird. |
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But what's weirder is I just checked out the back window to make sure it wasn't your butt.
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Wed Mar-07-07 11:49 PM
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I mean, as if my butt could fit in your back window.
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Okay, not THAT horrific.
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Wed Mar-07-07 11:29 PM
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6. Well, the parents still have the cover on the pool! LOL! My parking |
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space at my old high school is empty and someone has apparently remodeled the house that I grew up in.
The zoom when you do that is amazing!
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Wed Mar-07-07 11:42 PM
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7. Hmmm... doesn't seem to work for Grand Rapids... |
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unless I'm doing something wrong.
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Wed Mar-07-07 11:44 PM
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9. Did you click on "satellite"? n/t |
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Wed Mar-07-07 11:51 PM
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12. Yeah I did but the value thing doesn't seem to work... |
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plus it's all green and difficult to look at.
I wanna see my house from space dammit!!!
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Wed Mar-07-07 11:57 PM
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13. download Google Earth |
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Thu Mar-08-07 02:36 AM
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14. I got it working but can't find any super hi-res shots like the one you found in Africa. |
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Maybe we can see thru the oculus in the Pantheon?
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