Google Earth joke?

Kai Admirer Joined: 21 May 2004 Posts: 390

Well, I just reinstalled Google Earth and noticed that there was a "Google Campus" link in the left panel.

So out of curiosity i clicked on it and zoomed in to check it out. What I found was this.....

....there's also another car just off the picture (above it) that looks like it's been tipped as well. Confused

At first i thought it may just be the way the pics have been taken as the camera rotates, but after checking out a couple of other places, I couldn't find any more "tipped cars" (they all looked fine). Confused

Most likely this is just an optical illusion caused by the way the pics are taken and i couldn't find any more examples of it, but if this is an Easter Egg/practical joke, then they've gone to alot of trouble for something that very few people would see. Razz

lol

Anyway, if you're as bored as me and wanna check it out, type "google mountain view california" in the search bar and then click on "Google Campus" on the map.

Team XLink Administrator Joined: 21 May 2004 Posts: 4061

Just looks to me like its the way the sat pic was taken.

Could be the heat and light making it appear that the car has been tipped.

Kai Lover Joined: 17 Apr 2005 Posts: 516

ive been hearing about google earth.. what exactly is it?

Team XLink Administrator Joined: 21 May 2004 Posts: 4061

Google Earth –Explore, Search and Discover

Want to know more about a specific location? Dive right in -- Google Earth combines satellite imagery, maps and the power of Google Search to put the world's geographic information at your fingertips.

http://earth.google.com/

Kai Lover Joined: 17 Apr 2005 Posts: 516

woah pretty cool.. downloading it rite now.

Kai Spammer Joined: 17 Jul 2005 Posts: 1112

ya i like google earth because i can see all the places ive been to around the world but probably wont be able to go back to

i even found the exact hotel that i stayed in while i was in bejing china

Kai Admirer Joined: 30 Jan 2005 Posts: 474

google earth is the sh*t...I used it in my friends house a few time, lol my computer cant handle the gfx.

Team XLink Administrator Joined: 11 Nov 2004 Posts: 5024

better?

Kai Admirer Joined: 21 May 2004 Posts: 390

MeanMF wrote:

better?

lol.

Much better m8! Very Happy

Guess the image was just skewed. Wink

Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2006 1:16 am

Tipped? I don't get it.. looks normal to me?

Kai Lover Joined: 23 May 2004 Posts: 585

Yeah it is normal I think the image was skewed as triple mentioned.

Whilst we are on the subject, I recently sent google earth placemarks of all the relevant locations for our upcoming wedding ceremony to my folks and friends overseas who are coming to Thailand especially for the trip.

It went down a treat, very interesting for everybody to see where they are going to go on holiday.

A great app, I also have a commercial licence as I am in the real estate business, great way to identify property (even if some pics are a few years old).

Kai Regular Joined: 23 May 2004 Posts: 104

Yeah, I think all the data is 2 years old, I'm pretty sure. I found my driveway on that thing and zoomed in and could see my dad getting out of his car. Smile

You could've used that thing to spy on people if it were a bit more recent photos.

But anyway, the car is tilted probably because of the way the pic was taken. Look at the tree, it's tilted as well.

Team XLink Administrator Joined: 25 Apr 2004 Posts: 1871

some of the ones in the UK are at least 5 years old.

Its all different sat maps stitched together, so that one area may be bang up to date, and the one in a neighbouring area may be 3 years old.

At least with the way they stream the images they can update them as they aquire new data, as and when.

Team XLink Administrator Joined: 21 May 2004 Posts: 4061

I think the NASA worldwind program is a bit more upto date, plus you have a lot more sats to choose from.

Kai Lover Joined: 21 May 2004 Posts: 522

i wonder if the military has sat webcams so they can watch live video for osama and such....if so, not working too good so far.

imagine paparazzi's w/ a sat webcam selling live feeds of celebs around the world nudebathing, or just walking down the street, etc. Shocked

Team XLink Administrator Joined: 11 Nov 2004 Posts: 5024

the:one-xr wrote:

i wonder if the military has sat webcams so they can watch live video for osama and such....if so, not working too good so far.

Yeah they have those Predator and Global Hawk drones...Plus some of them carry missiles!

Kai Beginner Joined: 28 Oct 2005 Posts: 38

duke_uk wrote:

Google Earth –Explore, Search and Discover

Want to know more about a specific location? Dive right in -- Google Earth combines satellite imagery, maps and the power of Google Search to put the world's geographic information at your fingertips.

http://earth.google.com/

You'd be a good salesman

Kai Beginner Joined: 28 Oct 2005 Posts: 38

I cant find england!@#$!! joke...
yes that was random

Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2006 4:03 pm

This ones for you [MF]Tr1pleThr34t

Google car

Team XLink Administrator Joined: 21 May 2004 Posts: 4061

Harry Potter on holiday...LMAO. Thats great!