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Where in the (Google) earth are you?

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There was a thread a while ago which let people add their location push-pins to a map that I and lots of other members weren't able to take part in 'cause the map wasn't complete.

With the recent(ish) release of Google Earth (my current favourite time wasting tool(other than MR)) I thought it might be fun to try again with the whole world allowed to join in.

:confused: EDIT:OK my way doesn't seem to work very well best use a .zip file as 7on in post 8

If this has already been done, I did search but couldn't find it.
 
Go to the UK and type in BR6 9LY. Near the top of that road (just down from the roundabout) the house with the white car in the drive and the dark car parked outside - that's my house.

Just up past the roundabout and off to the left is the park I used to play in as a boy and further up from there - the woods.

Google earth is quite a stunning achievement.

Qoxiivi
 
This amazed me today:

The same name was given to a 67,500-ton aircraft carrier that began construction in 1985. With the collapse of the Soviet Union and because of a budget shortage, the aircraft carrier could not be completed. The ship is a symbol of the fall of the Soviet Union, whose economy was
completely devastated from an overheated arms race and an unproductive
economic management system. The ship was put up for auction in 1998 and
sold to a Hong Kong company for $20 million dollars. While the Varyag
was supposed to be converted into a floating hotel and casino in Macau,
it was found in the Chinese naval port of Dalian. If you use Google
Earth, a free satellite image service, and explore the area at 38
degrees 55 minutes of north latitude and 121 degrees 38 minutes of east
longitude, you can clearly see the aircraft carrier anchored at a pier.
Click to expand...
 
raggedjimmi said:
Sorry, cant figure out where to place the code :eek:
Click to expand...
Just make a pushpin in GE right-click and copy then right-click and paste into your post. You can then highlight what you pasted and hit the # button above to wrap it in 'code' tags if you want, or not.
 
OL4 4SG :D
welcome to the North. my house is just across the road and 2 houses to the right, with the big white caravan on the drive. all those houses (cept ours XD) are semi-detached and next door is a pub! very green round my end. up int' 'thills like.
 
Code: 
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<kml xmlns="http://earth.google.com/kml/2.0">
<Placemark>
	<name>My Apartment</name>
	<LookAt>
		<longitude>-92.57794906336203</longitude>
		<latitude>40.19065606791933</latitude>
		<altitude>0</altitude>
		<range>525.1506989452301</range>
		<tilt>4.535081839771758e-11</tilt>
		<heading>0.0005675120888366418</heading>
	</LookAt>
	<styleUrl>root://styleMaps#default+nicon=0x307+hicon=0x317</styleUrl>
	<Point>
		<coordinates>-92.57836453559636,40.19161389196864,0</coordinates>
	</Point>
</Placemark>
</kml>

how do I view someone's?

EDIT: Just download the attachment, decompress and then double click.
 

Attachments

  • Jonshipman's Place.kml.zip
    634 bytes · Views: 166
Qoxiivi said:
Go to the UK and type in BR6 9LY. Near the top of that road (just down from the roundabout) the house with the white car in the drive and the dark car parked outside - that's my house.

Just up past the roundabout and off to the left is the park I used to play in as a boy and further up from there - the woods.

Google earth is quite a stunning achievement.

Qoxiivi
Click to expand...

Dunno if we've already had this conversation, but....

*waves!*

I'm in the BR5 4 area! Wow... you're literally just down the road... I live in Ramsden (it's not as bad as people think it is! Not my bit, at least...)

I go past you twice a day on the 358 bus :)
 
Code: 
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<kml xmlns="http://earth.google.com/kml/2.0">
<Placemark>
  <name>runninmac (one of my neighbors)</name>
  <visibility>1</visibility>
  <open>0</open>
  <LookAt>
    <longitude>-85.58484577144763</longitude>
    <latitude>43.08502657103611</latitude>
    <altitude>0</altitude>
    <range>1196.66283880636</range>
    <tilt>-1.079663391525989e-10</tilt>
    <heading>-0.07404847348101488</heading>
  </LookAt>
  <styleUrl>root://styleMaps#default+nicon=0x307+hicon=0x317</styleUrl>
  <Point>
    <extrude>0</extrude>
    <tessellate>0</tessellate>
    <coordinates>-85.58817651624148,43.08705808203424,0</coordinates>
  </Point>
</Placemark>
</kml>

I have no idea if this will work. But if so its of my neighbor hood. I dont feel that comfterable giving away my house's exact location online :rolleyes:
 
Close enough:
PHP: 
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<kml xmlns="http://earth.google.com/kml/2.0">
<Document>
	<name>default.kmz</name>
	<Placemark>
		<name>Home Sweet Home</name>
		<open>1</open>
		<description><![CDATA[Google Earth default view.<br>Edit/Snapshot a new view to change your default]]></description>
		<LookAt>
			<longitude>5.309885160223295</longitude>
			<latitude>60.33619312908081</latitude>
			<altitude>0</altitude>
			<range>8313.132251206425</range>
			<tilt>41.1274337925831</tilt>
			<heading>-0.005843923467037513</heading>
		</LookAt>
		<Point>
			<coordinates>-95.2655,38.9594,288.034</coordinates>
		</Point>
	</Placemark>
</Document>
</kml>
;)
 
Code: 
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<kml xmlns="http://earth.google.com/kml/2.0">
<Placemark>
  <name>deadlygopher's House</name>
  <visibility>1</visibility>
  <open>0</open>
  <LookAt>
    <longitude>-123.0636558567785</longitude>
    <latitude>44.03590745755654</latitude>
    <altitude>0</altitude>
    <range>151.5762075195535</range>
    <tilt>4.488426391505813e-10</tilt>
    <heading>-0.001877742954451418</heading>
  </LookAt>
  <styleUrl>root://styleMaps#default+nicon=0x307+hicon=0x317</styleUrl>
  <Point>
    <extrude>0</extrude>
    <tessellate>0</tessellate>
    <coordinates>-123.0636558567785,44.03590745755654,0</coordinates>
  </Point>
</Placemark>
</kml>
 
runninmac said:
Anyone care to explain how you view someones code in google earth? Or how to make it a nice zip file?
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If you copy the code into textedit then save with an KML extension, a double click should open it in Google Earth. To make a Zip, ctrl-click a pushpin and click save as. I chose a KML file in the dropdown, mainly because a kml file is xml and the kmz is non-human readable.
 
Just type in 63017. Its not my exact house location, but if you type it in and don't zoom, my house is visible.
 
runninmac said:
Anyone care to explain how you view someones code in google earth? Or how to make it a nice zip file?
Click to expand...
After a couple of attempts the best I've now found is to right click a pushpin in GE and save it to the the desktop (or wherever) as a .kmz file. Then right click and create an archive .zip file to attach to your post.
 
Where I grew up. Yes it is in the middle of nowhere.
 

Attachments

  • Google Earth - Olderbakken.kmz.zip
    768 bytes · Views: 114
Code: 
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<kml xmlns="http://earth.google.com/kml/2.0">
<Placemark>
	<name>Home</name>
	<LookAt>
		<longitude>-72.96236286400347</longitude>
		<latitude>41.27626195941077</latitude>
		<altitude>0</altitude>
		<range>1056.621790505908</range>
		<tilt>5.691668676234473e-11</tilt>
		<heading>0.0009800020942421213</heading>
	</LookAt>
	<styleUrl>root://styleMaps#default+nicon=0x307+hicon=0x317</styleUrl>
	<Point>
		<coordinates>-72.96202718105755,41.27827984347346,0</coordinates>
	</Point>
</Placemark>
</kml>
 
OK I know I started this with posted code and that seemed to work from my XP box at work I don't seem to be able to paste the code straight to GE or save to .kml successfully through TextEdit.

Could we all attach zipped .kmz files or explain how to use the code in OSX, thanks.:)
 
displaced said:
Dunno if we've already had this conversation, but....

*waves!*

I'm in the BR5 4 area! Wow... you're literally just down the road... I live in Ramsden (it's not as bad as people think it is! Not my bit, at least...)

I go past you twice a day on the 358 bus :)
Click to expand...

Wow, you are close. When I've been in London, I sometimes catch the 358 from Orpington station to the crescent of shops (before you reach Green Street Green) and walk home from there.

Oh, and my sister went to Ramsden Secondary school.
 
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