organ_shifter Posted June 29, 2005 CID Share Posted June 29, 2005 I remember using Keyhole's earth viewer, but it wasn't updated to this extent. Google bought them out and the software is unbelievable. This is the free version. The plus & pro version is also available for a fee. I've had Nasa's WorldWind installed for several months now and only used it a few times as it didn't really impress me all that much, but this offering by google surpasses what I thought it would be able to do. Keyhole was even better than Nasa's WorldWind. Quote Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/5686-google-earth-is-an-awesome-piece-of-software/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
cholla Posted June 29, 2005 CID Share Posted June 29, 2005 organ_shifter : Looks good their DL was too busy right now it said to try later.I checked & I don't think it will work on windows ME.Specs say 2000 up. Quote Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/5686-google-earth-is-an-awesome-piece-of-software/#findComment-58507 Share on other sites More sharing options...
krazy Posted June 30, 2005 CID Share Posted June 30, 2005 organ shifter, can you post the exe so we can download it? Google says its only in beta right now and the download is unavailable. Or my AIM is krzyst1 if you dont mind. Quote Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/5686-google-earth-is-an-awesome-piece-of-software/#findComment-58533 Share on other sites More sharing options...
pitbull481 Posted June 30, 2005 CID Share Posted June 30, 2005 Welcome to The Forum krazy Quote Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/5686-google-earth-is-an-awesome-piece-of-software/#findComment-58545 Share on other sites More sharing options...
organ_shifter Posted June 30, 2005 Author CID Share Posted June 30, 2005 organ shifter, can you post the exe so we can download it? Google says its only in beta right now and the download is unavailable. Or my AIM is krzyst1 if you dont mind. I attached it. Quote Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/5686-google-earth-is-an-awesome-piece-of-software/#findComment-58547 Share on other sites More sharing options...
VampireXxX Posted June 30, 2005 CID Share Posted June 30, 2005 organ_shifter i always get only 1Mb of the file then it finish. I use DAP. Have you replace the file yet?? thx Quote Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/5686-google-earth-is-an-awesome-piece-of-software/#findComment-58565 Share on other sites More sharing options...
organ_shifter Posted June 30, 2005 Author CID Share Posted June 30, 2005 Yep, I replaced it and it's still not working. I thought the server might need time to process the file, but it's still not downloading. I'm in the process of setting it up for download on my ftp. I'm going to take the attachment down. Quote Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/5686-google-earth-is-an-awesome-piece-of-software/#findComment-58568 Share on other sites More sharing options...
krazy Posted June 30, 2005 CID Share Posted June 30, 2005 I attached it. EDIT: I tried to download the attachment, but it's not giving me the full download. I'm going to delete it and re-upload it. ok thanks, i dont see an attachment anymore..i guess you're uploading to ftp? Quote Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/5686-google-earth-is-an-awesome-piece-of-software/#findComment-58573 Share on other sites More sharing options...
krazy Posted June 30, 2005 CID Share Posted June 30, 2005 Welcome to The Forum krazy thanks, i've been here for a few months at least...dunno what happend to the posts i had though, but it was more than 1 Quote Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/5686-google-earth-is-an-awesome-piece-of-software/#findComment-58574 Share on other sites More sharing options...
organ_shifter Posted June 30, 2005 Author CID Share Posted June 30, 2005 Try going to the link listed. The file is within the testmy folder. Quote Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/5686-google-earth-is-an-awesome-piece-of-software/#findComment-58577 Share on other sites More sharing options...
wingzero2309 Posted June 30, 2005 CID Share Posted June 30, 2005 yea, i downloaded it also, i must say its wayyy better than keyhole was, and its FREE The only thing that would make it better is worldwide stuff instead of just the USA http://desktop.google.com/download/earth/GoogleEarth.exe Theres the download link for ppl who needed it edit: organ shifter beat me to it Quote Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/5686-google-earth-is-an-awesome-piece-of-software/#findComment-58579 Share on other sites More sharing options...
organ_shifter Posted June 30, 2005 Author CID Share Posted June 30, 2005 yea, i downloaded it also, i must say its wayyy better than keyhole was, and its FREE The only thing that would make it better is worldwide stuff instead of just the USA Yeah, Keyhole was pretty tight, but this is unbelievable. I think that, as time goes on, there will be several add-ons that'll allow for universal viewing. I hope so, at least. Quote Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/5686-google-earth-is-an-awesome-piece-of-software/#findComment-58580 Share on other sites More sharing options...
krazy Posted June 30, 2005 CID Share Posted June 30, 2005 Thanks for the DL, but it says on startup that it cannot connect to server to activate my account Did you need to give them any information to download this? Edit: Nevermind, google or someone has disabled any new software installations from connecting to their servers, guess i have to wait From their support site: "Due to huge demand (even compared to my own aggressive estimates), the Google Earth free download and activations have been temporarily disabled. If you are running Google Earth on your machine, it will continue to work, but you won't be able to install it on a different machine. If you have access to the installer and try to run it for the first time, it will tell you that "the beta is full, come back in 24 hours". Good advice. We're working on increasing capacity and throughput and want to make sure that everyone who does have it (especially the paying customers) has a good experience. Performance should be significantly better now. If you are a paying subscriber, running Google Earth Plus/Pro should give you a significant network boost over Keyhole 2. Please give it a try as, even though it is beta software, it is quite stable." thanks for the hookup though guys Quote Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/5686-google-earth-is-an-awesome-piece-of-software/#findComment-58582 Share on other sites More sharing options...
organ_shifter Posted June 30, 2005 Author CID Share Posted June 30, 2005 Thanks for the DL, but it says on startup that it cannot connect to server to activate my account Did you need to give them any information to download this? Nope, I didn't give any info to download it, but I think I did fill in some information to get it registered. Damn, I can't remember. It might work if you have a gmail account. Not sure though. Let me know if you want one. Quote Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/5686-google-earth-is-an-awesome-piece-of-software/#findComment-58583 Share on other sites More sharing options...
krazy Posted June 30, 2005 CID Share Posted June 30, 2005 read my last post, i edited it Quote Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/5686-google-earth-is-an-awesome-piece-of-software/#findComment-58584 Share on other sites More sharing options...
organ_shifter Posted June 30, 2005 Author CID Share Posted June 30, 2005 When I used it earlier, the servers were so overloaded that it was taking awhile to render the terrain through the stream method that google uses. I guess they didn't think the program would circulate as fast as it did. This bandwidth issue should have been thought about in advance. Quote Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/5686-google-earth-is-an-awesome-piece-of-software/#findComment-58586 Share on other sites More sharing options...
VampireXxX Posted June 30, 2005 CID Share Posted June 30, 2005 Try going to the link listed. The file is within the testmy folder. Quote Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/5686-google-earth-is-an-awesome-piece-of-software/#findComment-58587 Share on other sites More sharing options...
organ_shifter Posted June 30, 2005 Author CID Share Posted June 30, 2005 works great for me....finished the d/l....thanks organ_shifter Quote Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/5686-google-earth-is-an-awesome-piece-of-software/#findComment-58592 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cholla Posted June 30, 2005 CID Share Posted June 30, 2005 I went ahead &DLed it but like I thought it wouldn't work for windows ME.For those with older OS like mine use. Quote Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/5686-google-earth-is-an-awesome-piece-of-software/#findComment-58597 Share on other sites More sharing options...
organ_shifter Posted June 30, 2005 Author CID Share Posted June 30, 2005 I checked it out after reading you post last night and, I must say, it's impressive all the same. Google always does a good job on it's products. The satellite pics from the second link were interesting also. Quote Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/5686-google-earth-is-an-awesome-piece-of-software/#findComment-58623 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cappy Posted June 30, 2005 CID Share Posted June 30, 2005 open worldwind, find a place and click "usgs thermal map" or something, (im not home and im on dial-up right now so i cant tell... but i think its called that) on the toolbar at the top row of things, thats how you get a good image, not all blury Quote Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/5686-google-earth-is-an-awesome-piece-of-software/#findComment-58625 Share on other sites More sharing options...
organ_shifter Posted June 30, 2005 Author CID Share Posted June 30, 2005 open worldwind, find a place and click "usgs thermal map" or something, (im not home and im on dial-up right now so i cant tell... but i think its called that) on the toolbar at the top row of things, thats how you get a good image, not all blury Thxz cappy. That looks alot better now. I highlighted the button that needs to be enabled in order to get clear pictures. The pic in the post is changed also. Quote Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/5686-google-earth-is-an-awesome-piece-of-software/#findComment-58630 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cholla Posted June 30, 2005 CID Share Posted June 30, 2005 I checked out the NASA World wind its compatable with my OS but its 180MB & theres no way I can DL it with dialup.Not that I couldn't let my PC work on it long enough but my ISP has a 5 hour limit per session.I can reconnect every 5 hours but that doesn't help with a DL that large. Quote Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/5686-google-earth-is-an-awesome-piece-of-software/#findComment-58631 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest helloimtim Posted June 30, 2005 CID Share Posted June 30, 2005 Thanks for the info organ shifter. Works pretty sweet Quote Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/5686-google-earth-is-an-awesome-piece-of-software/#findComment-58662 Share on other sites More sharing options...
VampireXxX Posted July 4, 2005 CID Share Posted July 4, 2005 I wonder how can i add locations that not in US? All i got was the country not the state/region :confused1: Quote Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/5686-google-earth-is-an-awesome-piece-of-software/#findComment-59200 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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