I don't know if this is cool or scary.. as if being able to use the Internet to dig up criminal records, addresses, and yearbook pictures wasn't enough - google has taken the next logical step and put up satellite photography. Wanna see my pad in Alabama? Check it out:
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Huntsville,AL&ll=34.689943,-86.754763&spn=0.004753,0.007693&t=k&hl=en
You can zoom in one more time - See the four boxes of apartment buildings? I'm in the NW square, on the right side building. You can zoom out and see the thriving metropolis that is Huntsville. Fortunately google hasn't been able to get imaging inside of buildings yet - or you'd see me sitting on the floor of my unfurnished apartment littered with beer bottles and ramen packages. Actually, that's not entirely true - after fighting chronic back pain, I bought a foldout chair and table from ye ole Walmart. Not to be confused with the ye ole Best Buy, ye ole McDonalds, and ye ole Country Vittles down the street.
This might be a fun game - who can be the first to ID this place:
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=pizza&ll=36.113015,-115.174023&sll=36.112543,-115.173315&spn=0.004753,0.007693&sspn=0.009506,0.015385&t=k&hl=en
Some how you beat me to it! I swear my post was there before your's was bastard!?! Trying to steal my thunder ehh. Actually I sent this to everyone in our company as well, we use this stuff on a daily basis.
ReplyDeleteAlso if your really inclined... you can hack google maps to do some cool stuff, here's a link.
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