Google Earth - interesting locations (with kmz files)

silver_vibe · Post by **silver_vibe** » Thu Jul 07, 2005 12:55 am

Thanks to joatmon I've been playing with Google Earth and I thought it would be fun if people posted kmz files of landmarks they have found.Here's one to kick things off:

Attached files MountKilimanjaro.kmz (436 B)

zionzr2 · Post by **zionzr2** » Thu Jul 07, 2005 1:09 am

go to Bagdad and there are some spots that are on fire!!

sloth · Post by **sloth** » Thu Jul 07, 2005 1:14 am

Well you got me to go to Baghdad, but I didn't see any flames.

silver_vibe · Post by **silver_vibe** » Thu Jul 07, 2005 1:21 am

Here's another

Attached files PyramidsEgypt.kmz (440 B)

silver_vibe · Post by **silver_vibe** » Thu Jul 07, 2005 1:45 am

and another...

Attached files WorldTradeCenter.kmz (439 B)

silver_vibe · Post by **silver_vibe** » Thu Jul 07, 2005 1:57 am

...one more

Attached files MtStHelenWA.kmz (436 B)

Mase · Post by **Mase** » Thu Jul 07, 2005 2:51 am

Hollywood sign

Attached files HollywoodSign.kmz (442 B)

Mase · Post by **Mase** » Thu Jul 07, 2005 3:37 am

Area 51

Attached files area51.kmz (436 B)

joatmon · Post by **joatmon** » Thu Jul 07, 2005 3:46 am

Eiffel Tower

Attached files eiffel.kmz (486 B)

joatmon · Post by **joatmon** » Thu Jul 07, 2005 3:55 am

USS Saipan

Attached files saipan.kmz (549 B)

sloth · Post by **sloth** » Thu Jul 07, 2005 4:05 am

Mr. Rushmore ....no faces Looked at the Arch in St. Louis and they have it as a building.

Attached files mt.rushmore.kmz (433 B)

Mase · Post by **Mase** » Thu Jul 07, 2005 4:07 am

Queen MaryLong Beach, CA

Attached files QueenMary.kmz (425 B)

silver_vibe · Post by **silver_vibe** » Thu Jul 07, 2005 4:53 am

Quote, originally posted by Mase Â»Area 51Looks like Area 51 was whitewashed...probably for legal reasons.Good find EDIT: According to a June 1997 POPULAR MECHANICS article, Area 51 was closed and moved to White Sands Utah, called Area 6413, but I cannot find it (unless this is it?).

Attached files UnsureArea6413.kmz (442 B)

silver_vibe · Post by **silver_vibe** » Thu Jul 07, 2005 5:26 am

Quote, originally posted by sloth Â»...Looked at the Arch in St. Louis and they have it as a building...Don't trust the search...here it is.

Attached files ArchStLouis.kmz (441 B)

sloth · Post by **sloth** » Thu Jul 07, 2005 5:37 am

They still show it as a building when you zoom-in and look at it from the side.But it does have the arches shadow there.

joatmon · Post by **joatmon** » Thu Jul 07, 2005 6:41 am

in the keyhole markup language, solids are defined as a shaped base and a height, it doesn't support infintitely variable height objects such as the arch. Footprint x height gives a boxy shape

Mase · Post by **Mase** » Thu Jul 07, 2005 7:29 am

Niagara Falls

Attached files NiagaraFalls.kmz (429 B)

sloth · Post by **sloth** » Thu Jul 07, 2005 7:47 am

The Hallow Grounds

Attached files hallowgrounds.kmz (444 B)

zionzr2 · Post by **zionzr2** » Thu Jul 07, 2005 7:49 am

Quote, originally posted by sloth Â»Well you got me to go to Baghdad, but I didn't see any flames.black smoke plumesMt. Mckinley Tallest Mountain in USA

Attached files mtMcKinley.kmz (435 B)

Mase · Post by **Mase** » Thu Jul 07, 2005 8:05 am

Entrance to N.O.R.A.D. aka Cheyenne Mtn. Colorado

Attached files NORAD.kmz (425 B)

zionzr2 · Post by **zionzr2** » Thu Jul 07, 2005 8:06 am

Garden of the Gods, CO

Attached files gardenofgods.kmz (448 B)

Mase · Post by **Mase** » Thu Jul 07, 2005 2:08 pm

Michael Jackson's 'Neverland Ranch'

Attached files neverlandranch.kmz (446 B)

jeffgtx · Post by **jeffgtx** » Thu Jul 07, 2005 3:42 pm

where vibes are made

Attached files nummi.kmz (562 B)

jeffgtx · Post by **jeffgtx** » Thu Jul 07, 2005 3:53 pm

concorde parked at JFK(concorde is one of my lifelong true loves)

Attached files concorde.kmz (435 B)

Mr. Poopypants · Post by **Mr. Poopypants** » Thu Jul 07, 2005 8:33 pm

Has anyone looked @ Area 51? That thing is friggin HUGE. I was looking at my High School, my house, my parent's house, my work place, and all kinds of fun stuff. Google earth is pretty bad (removed)!

damronjr · Post by **damronjr** » Thu Jul 07, 2005 10:26 pm

My high school:

Attached files myhighschool.kmz (454 B)

drunkenmaxx · Post by **drunkenmaxx** » Thu Jul 07, 2005 10:32 pm

well this blows, you guys get to see all kinds of cool crap and i get nothing!

damronjr · Post by **damronjr** » Thu Jul 07, 2005 10:42 pm

Experian. Used to work there as a security guard before I came in the Navy.

Attached files experian.kmz (442 B)

damronjr · Post by **damronjr** » Thu Jul 07, 2005 10:45 pm

Where I work now!

Attached files nasniaimd.kmz (440 B)

damronjr · Post by **damronjr** » Thu Jul 07, 2005 11:05 pm

This is where I went to elementary school. K-12 in 1 bldg!

Attached files seilingschool.kmz (444 B)

damronjr · Post by **damronjr** » Thu Jul 07, 2005 11:11 pm

Where I lived from K-7 grade.

Attached files mom'shouse.kmz (447 B)

damronjr · Post by **damronjr** » Thu Jul 07, 2005 11:12 pm

Quote, originally posted by silver_vibe Â»U.S./Mexico Border crossing (So. Cal.)...look at the line of cars!This is the busiest U.S./Mexico border (according to The U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency). It averages over 7,000 vehicles daily. Yeah, I saw that yesterday. I was like "Woah!" I hate that line.

Mr. Poopypants · Post by **Mr. Poopypants** » Thu Jul 07, 2005 11:17 pm

How do you get the KMZ files? And where are you hosting them?

silver_vibe · Post by **silver_vibe** » Thu Jul 07, 2005 11:38 pm

Quote, originally posted by Mr. Poopypants Â»How do you get the KMZ files? And where are you hosting them?When in Google Earth, first find what you're looking for and center it. Then create a placemark (thumbtack icon on the bottom right). Right click the newly created placemark and Save it to your local drive. When you post, attach the kmz file.

damronjr · Post by **damronjr** » Thu Jul 07, 2005 11:40 pm

Pyramids and Sphinx of Giza! Took me a lot of research and hunting, but I found them!

Attached files pyramidsandsphinx.kmz (448 B)

Mr. Poopypants · Post by **Mr. Poopypants** » Thu Jul 07, 2005 11:50 pm

AHA Gotcha!

silver_vibe · Post by **silver_vibe** » Thu Jul 07, 2005 11:57 pm

Here are several U.S./Mexico Border crossingsSan Ysidro,CA Border...look at the line of cars! This is the busiest U.S./Mexico border (according to The U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency). It averages over 7,000 vehicles daily. El Paso, Texas Border...This is the busiest border crossing for commerce.Calexico, Nogales, and Otay Mesa I looked up just for the heck of it.Sasabe, AZ desert...This is where the most number of illegal aliens enter the U.S., 2000 illegals walk across this desert daily. It takes them about 3 days to walk across the desert. You can't see much in Google Earth in this desert because it's too low res.

Attached files borders.zip (3.4 KB)

silver_vibe · Post by **silver_vibe** » Fri Jul 08, 2005 12:03 am

Quote, originally posted by damronjr Â»Pyramids and Sphinx of Giza! Took me a lot of research and hunting, but I found them!You should have just used the kmz I posted near the start of this thread.

Mr. Poopypants · Post by **Mr. Poopypants** » Fri Jul 08, 2005 12:04 am

OOPS, I posted a few and realized, they are not in the correct thread.

Mr. Poopypants · Post by **Mr. Poopypants** » Fri Jul 08, 2005 12:22 am

Oh, and the Capitol Building is blurred out and a few buildings (including the White House) have the tops blanked out.

Mr. Poopypants · Post by **Mr. Poopypants** » Fri Jul 08, 2005 12:27 am

Quote, originally posted by jeffgtx Â»concorde parked at JFK(concorde is one of my lifelong true loves)Speaking of JFK, this looks like a little oops on the end of the runway, are those emergency vehicles around that plane?

Attached files OOPS.kmz (435 B)

damronjr · Post by **damronjr** » Fri Jul 08, 2005 12:28 am

Quote, originally posted by silver_vibe Â»You should have just used the kmz I posted near the start of this thread. I know, I was just looking for the Sphinx and didn't realize it was right there with the pyramids! Took me an hour to find that thing too!

damronjr · Post by **damronjr** » Fri Jul 08, 2005 1:44 am

Alcatraz. That place is cool!

Attached files alcatraz.kmz (348 B)

sloth · Post by **sloth** » Fri Jul 08, 2005 1:50 am

Suprised no body commented on my Hallow Ground post.

rasermon · Post by **rasermon** » Sun Jul 10, 2005 11:20 am

Lol, what is this?

Attached files (removed).kmz (500 B)

joatmon · Post by **joatmon** » Sun Jul 10, 2005 11:56 am

eathquakes in the last weekhttp://earthquake.usgs.gov/rec...5.kmlfrom http://earthquake.usgs.gov/recenteqsww/ ... arthquakes are colored by age (red = past hour, orange = past day, yellow = past week) and sized by magnitude.

jeffgtx · Post by **jeffgtx** » Sun Jul 10, 2005 12:12 pm

Quote, originally posted by rasermon Â»Lol, what is this? its the aliens. they're here!

Mr. Poopypants · Post by **Mr. Poopypants** » Sun Jul 10, 2005 8:36 pm

Quote, originally posted by rasermon Â»Lol, what is this? I don't know, weird. It isn't on level ground either, you would think if something was on sloped ground it would be able to be make so perfect.......

sloth · Post by **sloth** » Mon Jul 11, 2005 12:34 am

I almost wonder if it's some kind of easter egg photochopped in. I tried going over to terraserver and finding it but all I could find was a topo map, no sattelite photo.EDIT: I just found this link that talks about this. http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/.../3129/ Several comments underneath the little story.

Mase · Post by **Mase** » Mon Jul 11, 2005 1:20 am

Bomb testing area just West of Area 51. Can anyone see Uncle Eddie's house?

Attached files bombtesting.kmz (452 B)