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gelandangan Super Member
Joined: May 07, 2006 Posts: 6401 Location: Sydney Australia
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Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2008 6:57 pm Post subject: Google Map Street View |
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Guys, I found this wonderful tool..
You can practically see the street view on almost ALL Australian city and some of the outback as well!!!
go to Google map, zoom in to Australia, and click "street View"
All I can say is that I do live in a beautiful country
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Vince Site Admin
Joined: May 25, 2005 Posts: 15725 Location: Brisbane AUSTRALIA
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Pumpkinslinger Super Member
Joined: Sep 22, 2007 Posts: 5002 Location: NC foothills
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Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2008 10:16 pm Post subject: Re: Google Map Street View |
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When I went to Google's street view and looked at my house I was in my car moving up the driveway!
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OntheLasGallinas Super Member
Joined: Aug 23, 2007 Posts: 1042 Location: South Texas
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Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2008 6:01 am Post subject: Re: Google Map Street View |
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Google Earth-Street View hasn't found my house yet. I saw a Google Earth car driving around San Antonio, so I guess they are covered.
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OntheLasGallinas Super Member
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Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2008 6:13 am Post subject: Re: Google Map Street View |
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dust54 Member
Joined: Mar 31, 2006 Posts: 204 Location: Gurley, AL
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Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2008 6:32 am Post subject: Re: Google Map Street View |
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CAry,
Now I am really jealous!! I wish I could go back to the Rocky Mountains where I grew up, but I married a city girl and our compromise is being by the grandkids, soooooooo.
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OntheLasGallinas Super Member
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Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2008 7:56 am Post subject: Re: Google Map Street View |
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The advantage is that you can lock the front gate and everyone thinks your gone. Peace and quiet! Ahhhhhh............
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OntheLasGallinas Super Member
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Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2008 7:57 am Post subject: Re: Google Map Street View |
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Even the kin!!!!!!!
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Vince Site Admin
Joined: May 25, 2005 Posts: 15725 Location: Brisbane AUSTRALIA
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Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 2:18 am Post subject: Re: Google Map Street View |
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I don't have any problems with Google Street View like some. Can't understand what the problem is...the more you zoom in , the less detail is available.
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dust54 Member
Joined: Mar 31, 2006 Posts: 204 Location: Gurley, AL
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Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 5:39 am Post subject: Re: Google Map Street View |
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Yea, I really miss the seperation of the neighbors and kin that we had back on the farm. We were either too tired or too busy to visit, it worked great!!
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whittling Super Member
Joined: Apr 21, 2008 Posts: 586 Location: Texas (home state is Mass)
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Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 5:51 am Post subject: Re: Google Map Street View |
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I love our farm ...If you want to see it Google 131 Union Rd. Holland Massachusetts .... We don't get away from relatives since we have a home church next door ............[url=http://maps.google.com]
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OntheLasGallinas Super Member
Joined: Aug 23, 2007 Posts: 1042 Location: South Texas
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Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 6:55 pm Post subject: Re: Google Map Street View |
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Vince,
What kind of mine is that west of your home. It looks like they are mining limestone to make cement.
Google Earth doesn't work very well for me. It has my address about a mile down the road and you can't see anything very clearly. Google Street is not available down here. The nearest Google Street view is up in San Antonio about 40 miles from here.
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Vince Site Admin
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OntheLasGallinas Super Member
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Posted: Tue Aug 12, 2008 4:05 am Post subject: Re: Google Map Street View |
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Vince,
In the environmental field, we use the term "mine" as more of an action verb, as in "removing of large quantities of materials." We even use the term with water. When large cities move out into the adjacent counties and drill wells to pipe into the cities, is a good example.
We don't have any surface rocks in my area, unless you count sling-shot size. The nearest bedrock is located hundreds of feet below the surface. About 40 miles north of here, they quarry surface limestone. That same layer is faulted downward to over 5,000 feet below the surface here.
Anyway, so much for rocks and geology. (I've got a degree in geology also)
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Vince Site Admin
Joined: May 25, 2005 Posts: 15725 Location: Brisbane AUSTRALIA
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Posted: Tue Aug 12, 2008 4:16 am Post subject: Re: Google Map Street View |
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OK..understand now.
You would have a ball over here with your Geology Degree...in fact Geologists don't do too badly as far as earning money goes. We have a couple of very large mining companies, one of which my son-in-law works for. He is in Mt Isa where they mine silver, lead and zinc.
Mt Isa Mines
He is a Shift Supervisor and works about 3000 metres underground spraying the tunnels with concrete to stabilise them. Reckons he's learning to speak "Rock"...says the rocks are "talking" to him all the time.
We also mine a helluva lot of iron ore and gold in Western Australia, uranium in Northern Territory, Bauxite in Queensland, coal everywhere and a heap of other ores.
Mining in Australia
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