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10 Amazing Things You Can Do With Google Earth

If you take advantage of the free services Google provides at all, I bet you spend a good deal of time on Google Earth, that nifty three-dimensional model of our planet allowing you to zoom in on any address or locale on Earth.

Most of you probably use Google Earth find your home or addresses in another states, but there's so many more tricks you can do with it, according to the awesome Google Earth Hacks Web site. The link below provides a complete list of "hacks" you can do to maximize Google Earth's capabilities, but here's a few of them below to whet your appetite for more...

  • Plotting a satellite map from your home to another destination, then traveling that very same route.
  • Looking at how far or close airplanes fly by your home.
  • Checking out the strange images distorted by satellite images, like the very weird towers of water piercing the sky north of Pittsburgh.
  • Reliving history thanks to dedicated users who have added overlays in areas like Little Big Horn and Pearl Harbor.
  • Watching real-time weather maps.

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Posted On Mar 01, 2008
Yes, Google Earth is great. But, I am concerned that, overtime, people with bad intentions will use this information for bad purposes. It may seem "cool" that I can find my own house at Google Street View, but I feel like Big Brother has invaded my privacy. (Google did not ask my permission to video tape my house!) Now everyone in the world can look up my address and see what kind of house and neighborhood I live in and maybe even what the best to way break into my house would be!! Think about it. When the internet first got started, no one envisioned how pornography would take hold of it and flourish on it. Or how scammers would go phishing and victimize innocent people. There is no one single organization that can be held accountable for standards of use of the internet. And if the government gets involved (which it already has to a small degree), then people claim infringement of free speech and if legislation were passed to impose standards, those of us who use it responsibly may be adversely affected.

My point is simply let's not go overboard on praising the benefits of Google and Google Earth - let's balance it with caution and concern of it being misused.

 
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Posted On Jul 03, 2007
Google Earth is great.

 
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Posted On Jan 25, 2008
Just like Tony the Tiger? They're GGGRRRREEEEAAAATTTTTTTT !!!!!!!!!!!!!

 
 
 
 
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