Excellent use of Google Earth

I love Google Earth! When we were doing the youth travel ball and we were not familiar with the field and the seating situation, I would do directions on Yahoo maps for directions and then go to Google Earth to see exactly where the field was (front or back of the school), where to park and if they had seating so we would know to bring chairs or a seat back.

Now, Yahoo Maps has satellite capabilities but Google Earth can give you a closer view.

I am on google earth everyday. I look all over the country and globe to see if I can find diamonds in the rough. I have found fields in some unusual locations and in almost every small town on the North American continent.

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Originally posted by Homerun04:
I love Google Earth! When we were doing the youth travel ball and we were not familiar with the field and the seating situation, I would do directions on Yahoo maps for directions and then go to Google Earth to see exactly where the field was (front or back of the school), where to park and if they had seating so we would know to bring chairs or a seat back.

Now, Yahoo Maps has satellite capabilities but Google Earth can give you a closer view.

I use it all the time for the same reason. I also use it to look at college fields and campuses.

I am on it almost everyday as well. I've found every house I've ever lived in (being a military brat means that we've lived in a lot of houses)

I love Google Earth! Streetview is also a marvelous innovation. Just yesterday I was looking at a streetview of my first home in Vegas. It hasn't changed in 30 years!

But this technology is being abused. I found a site where you can search for all sorts of places and see it from numerous aerial and street views. I stumbled upon it when I was googling Albert Pujols for something different and saw a link to his house. I don't know how acurate the information is (since it is the internet, you know), but the privacy issue really bothers me.

I suppose this guy isn't too keen on the notoriety this streetview has brought him.




"Hey, who's that parked in my driveway while I was at work?"

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Originally posted by TripleDad:

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Originally posted by Homerun04:
I love Google Earth! When we were doing the youth travel ball and we were not familiar with the field and the seating situation, I would do directions on Yahoo maps for directions and then go to Google Earth to see exactly where the field was (front or back of the school), where to park and if they had seating so we would know to bring chairs or a seat back.

Now, Yahoo Maps has satellite capabilities but Google Earth can give you a closer view.

I use it all the time for the same reason. I also use it to look at college fields and campuses.

DITTO

It's GREAT!

I've used it to measure fields that we're traveling to, and estimate some HR lengths for the players...

Oh, no! I just found this: Welcome to the Fun Side of Google Street View

...and another person "napping".

TGIF!

I have also enjoyed getting on Google earth to go look at things like the Leaning Tower of Pisa, the Grand Canyon, Great Wall of China, etc. with my daughter.

However, it doesn't appear (due to Government regulations) that you can zoom in too close or else it gets very fuzzy.

Here's another similar sie with an interesting feature:

http://maps.live.com/

After plugging in the location click on aerial view.

For some (but not all locations) you can do "bird's eye" view. This is where it improves Google Earth. The little curly arrows on the side will allow you to view the same location from all four sides. We use it to view certain business risks. Amazing..and scary.

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Originally posted by Homerun04:
I love Google Earth! When we were doing the youth travel ball and we were not familiar with the field and the seating situation, I would do directions on Yahoo maps for directions and then go to Google Earth to see exactly where the field was (front or back of the school), where to park and if they had seating so we would know to bring chairs or a seat back.

Now, Yahoo Maps has satellite capabilities but Google Earth can give you a closer view.

Most fields have no address, may not be the address of the school. BUT! Google Earth will give the longitude/latitude of where your mouse is.

If you have a GPS that accepts (most do) those numbers your all set, no matter what state or country you may be in!

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