Google Earth

[mengcfs]

Hi all,
Not sure how long this has been around but go to Google and Google GOOGLE EARTH. I'm not sure how often it is updated but it is an amazing thing - could be used to monitor large fire activity as it is fairly detailed in most areas (even zoomed in on a pyrimid in Egypt some of our friends went to)!!
Adam.

[bajdas]

Google Earth is great on a broadband internet link and it is free. But everything free as some limitations.

The images are old and are not updated until the next aerial mapping photographs are done. They seem to be updating USA before anywhere else.

Not all areas of South Australia are covered. The Adelaide hills region (eg Norton Summit) is useless.

But it is great to see buildings, tracks and road layouts as it was before an incident happens.

I have checked Google Earth pictures and printed out some of an area of the Onkaparinga George. This was after being part of a team conducting a search. Did not think of it before reponding to the pager.

I have also used Google Earth before starting a shift in the Virginia SES Field Command during the flooding and before completing a bushwalk

The aerial pictures (esp when tilted)gives you a different perspective of an area when compared to topographical maps. But I would not trust the accuracy.

[CyberCitizen]

Yes I Have Used Google Earth Before, Its Not Bad, In Our Area The Data Appears To Be Approx 1 Year Old, Still Interesting To See The Stuff That's Available.

Check Out http://www.googleearthhacks.com For Extras That Can Be Added To Google Earth.

[TillerMan]

yeah it is fully sick.               

[medevac]

awesome stuff.. have the rpogram on the PC...

however all photos of SA are several years out of date, mind you i can see my car in the driveway...

[CFS_Firey]

For bushfire's, use the CSIRO's "Sentinel Bush Fire Mapping" site here: http://www.sentinel.csiro.au/mapping/viewer.htm

[CyberCitizen]

Yes Used That Site A Bit To Just To Have A Look What It Going On.  Would Love A Live Feed Though That Would Be Awesome.

Google Earth Is Good For Terrain Mapping Though.

[bajdas]

New version of the googleearth.exe software has been released from http://earth.google.com/. This is a 11,541 Kb download.

I was using an older version, but with the update that I downloaded this morning, business labels are now working.

After installing the update, your placenames are not changed which is good.

Adelaide hills are still not in detail but other parts of the state seem available.

Andrew Mac

[strikeathird]

I was reading some information on google earth, and they base the level of detail on population mass and buildup in those areas.. EG.. Heavily populated areas are mapped in alot more detail that those where population numbers are considerably lower.