Keyhole from Google

M14A-Mclaren · 27-06-2005, 08:19 PM

I saw this thing on tv tonight about google and it featured this new program from google, called keyhole. In a nutshell its a satelitte mapping program, with a bloody nice interface and very good mapping.

I've been looking up tracks in the US and UK, havn't looked to any places in Australia so I dont know if it mapped on there or not.

You can trial it for 7-days at http://www.keyhole.com/

Sox · 27-06-2005, 10:24 PM

Keyhole is awsome, Sydney has a lot of detail as far west as Quakers hill area.
I can see my folks house in Quakers, but not mine in Vineyard.

Stuff like the Grand Canyon, Empire State building, Ground Zero, etc, looks great.

Rick.

the_scotsman · 27-06-2005, 11:41 PM

Damn, thats bloody amazing!

loads still missing but what has been done is in amazing detail!
The forum has a LOT of interesting links posted on it...
Sydney CBD is just missed, which is a pity, it stops just at Central Station...

Dunno about paying for it though...not complete enough for me to think about paying for it just yet.

Venomous · 27-06-2005, 11:42 PM

Oh that is awesome, i traced down my house lol, and you can see it and little details, such as the pool, bergola etc, lol and a car out the front (well atleast it looks like it its a dark object, parked where the car is normally parked) and the neighbours houses everything. Lol to cool

Venomous · 27-06-2005, 11:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Sox

Keyhole is awsome, Sydney has a lot of detail as far west as Quakers hill area.
I can see my folks house in Quakers, but not mine in Vineyard.

Stuff like the Grand Canyon, Empire State building, Ground Zero, etc, looks great.

Rick.

How do i find them :( I was able to navigate around to find my house, but i have no idea where ground zero is etc, when i search for Empire State Building, it dosnt find it, so i have no idea where it is.

M14A-Mclaren · 28-06-2005, 01:19 PM

Anyone manage to spot any Australian race tracks?

LuvinmyEB · 28-06-2005, 01:38 PM

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Originally Posted by M14A-Mclaren

Anyone manage to spot any Australian race tracks?

Found Calder when I was trying to find mums house, found my place no problem at all. I tried it a few days back and I kept getting a grey square in the middle of the screen which was quite annoying, other than that it is pretty cool.

M14A-Mclaren · 28-06-2005, 01:53 PM

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Originally Posted by LuvinmyEB

Found Calder when I was trying to find mums house, found my place no problem at all. I tried it a few days back and I kept getting a grey square in the middle of the screen which was quite annoying, other than that it is pretty cool.

Directions?

I found Suzuka and Leguna Seca as well as the main tracks in Spain, I really should be doing my work...

Sox · 28-06-2005, 01:55 PM

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Originally Posted by XR8 Guy

How do i find them :( I was able to navigate around to find my house, but i have no idea where ground zero is etc, when i search for Empire State Building, it dosnt find it, so i have no idea where it is.

Just do a google search as to what street the buildings are on. It can be difficult at first to find buildings because we don't normally see them from above, so there height doesn't make them easily visible.

As for race tracks, I've found EC and PI.

Rick.

M14A-Mclaren · 28-06-2005, 02:14 PM

Anyone notice in washington dc, they've blured the building called United States Capitol but the pentagon and the white house are not.

Dave_au · 28-06-2005, 02:15 PM

how can I make the map images clear when I zoom in? I take it that I might not be looking at a properly mapped area. Its northen sydney - and its presented in colour?

the_scotsman · 28-06-2005, 03:23 PM

You should really check the forums out on the home page, they have posted links to EVERYWHERE!

Heres a link to most F1 tracks...

Just right click HERE and choose "Save As" and save the file somewhere. Now run keyhole, choose File, Open and open the file you just downloaded...and on the left will now appear the links to the F1 tracks.
This is how all the links on the forum work...very easy...

Pity most of Aus hasnt been done yet though, although all the surrounding area where I live HAS been done! ;)

HERES the Playboy Mansion! ;)

Orange County Choppers ;)

Ground Zero ;)

Dream World, Sea World, Movie World

That should get you started!

neb · 28-06-2005, 03:42 PM

damn i was going to try it out but it seems that free trial is no longer available? :(

needfordspeed · 28-06-2005, 03:45 PM

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Originally Posted by neb

damn i was going to try it out but it seems that free trial is no longer available? :(

Yeah, I can't get the free trial either.

M14A-Mclaren · 28-06-2005, 03:46 PM

Forums you mean bbs.keyhole.com? or is there another one? the ones you posted are from a different site

M14A-Mclaren · 28-06-2005, 03:53 PM

Weird! they've changed it to google earth in the past hour or so

Venomous · 28-06-2005, 04:27 PM

hmm thast weird, and now its totally free, now that is cool. Lol

LuvinmyEB · 28-06-2005, 04:39 PM

Calder Park Raceway:
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Melbou...2058&t=k&hl=en

Duffman · 28-06-2005, 05:23 PM

The only place I can't zoom in on is Caloundra. But I assume this is the same for everyone else.

Jaeger · 28-06-2005, 06:16 PM

That is the coolest thing i have seen for a while.

Found all of my houses in their spots across Australia.

Thanks for the link M14A-Mclaren. This is great.

P.S Some of these images must be old. I went to the Pentagon and it look likes it still been repaired from the Septemeber 11 attacks.

M14A-Mclaren · 28-06-2005, 07:59 PM

Rastus · 28-06-2005, 09:01 PM

This is pretty cool, not all areas are at the best resolution but it's still fun
-37°53'12.31,144°24'29.55 <<< Anyone see the next GTHO circulating?

Dave_au · 28-06-2005, 10:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Rastus

This is pretty cool, not all areas are at the best resolution but it's still fun
-37°53'12.31,144°24'29.55 <<< Anyone see the next GTHO circulating?

Is that a v10 badge I can see? :hihi:

Duffman · 29-06-2005, 11:07 AM

Where have you guys been getting placemarks? I can't seem to find a site with any. I found a large forum bbs but it was difficult to navigate and couldn't find any real information.

the_scotsman · 29-06-2005, 11:16 AM

Hey,

Just go to bbs.keyhole.com and click on forum at the top.

Its all sorted into categories.

Yea now its been made free by Google, awesome!

Its updated fairly often so new parts will appear ever now and then.

Jamie XR6 · 29-06-2005, 05:51 PM

Nasa has a similar program called World Wind

Huge downloads but worth it when you finally get it set up. It's free as well.

rob_o · 29-06-2005, 07:16 PM

Yeah mine is showing all blurry aswell. Any ideas?

Venomous · 29-06-2005, 07:26 PM

ok, what i believe it does, is streams the images off the net, because obviously 20mb or so is to small for what it contains. Therefore, i would say anyone with a slow connection speed, or who is downloading, it will take longer to load, if you leave it, it should clear out to a resonable extent

rob_o · 29-06-2005, 07:27 PM

Ok I'll let it load a bit longer, I do have broadband though.

EDIT: just let it load and came up clear! Awesome!

rob_o · 29-06-2005, 07:34 PM

Where do we go to type in the co-ordinates?