# "Google Earth"- wow.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-earth-wow/310240>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [June 28, 2005, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-earth-wow/310240 "2005-06-28T18:16:36Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
**Page:** 5

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**Author:** ![marymargaret](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@marymargaret](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/marymargaret)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2005, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-earth-wow/310240/81 "2005-07-06T22:12:17Z")

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> [@rowe](#):
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> marymargaret, check out post #43 above, which gives the alternate site you need to visit in order to download it. Click on one of the mirror sites, then install it.

Thank you! This is so cool!

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**Author:** ![CBCD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9fc348/32.png) [@CBCD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CBCD)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2005, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-earth-wow/310240/82 "2005-07-06T23:31:34Z")

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Just for grins, you might be interested to learn that the **CIA** was one of the early investors in Keyhole, originators of this software. Keyhole was recently bought by Google.

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**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2005, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-earth-wow/310240/83 "2005-07-07T01:14:35Z")

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> [@JimSox5](#):
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> Careful, though, because “Hiroshima, Japan” put me on the complete other side of the country.

They fooled me! 🙂

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**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2005, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-earth-wow/310240/84 "2005-07-08T13:17:52Z")

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For fun, type in “37 06 n 116 03 w” in the search input box. It’ll take you to one of our atomic test sites.

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**Author:** ![Duke\_of\_Rat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Duke\_of\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke_of_Rat)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2005, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-earth-wow/310240/85 "2005-07-08T13:34:25Z")

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Sydney is sure done poorly. I wanted to check out the Opera House, but that portion of Sydney is blurred out. The harbor area by the airport, and all the way up to close to the harbor area where the Opera House is located is clear. Then blur.

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**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2005, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-earth-wow/310240/86 "2005-07-08T13:50:21Z")

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Interesting how Massachusetts is in much more detail than most of New England.

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**Author:** ![Max\_Carnage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/max_carnage/32/12775_2.png) [@Max\_Carnage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Carnage)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2005, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-earth-wow/310240/87 "2005-07-08T15:16:44Z")

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Well, it shows my address on the wrong side of the road and down the street a bit, but it was close enough. I found my blue carport and was able to focus in on my little piece of the American dream. Cool

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