Fly home, virtually!

Downloaded it fine.
Fantastic! Managed to make out my block we stayed at at the Wyndham Orlando Resort. You can even make out Dennys just down the road!

Most of the UK is still a bit rubbish though, Wolverhampton nis just a blur if you go in close, sure it'll get better with time.

dean

I just downloaded it!

The american maps are great, but the british ones are not so good.

Cheers,
VS045

How do you find out how much you have downloaded. I've looked in the Network Connections area and is it the amount of packets?
I'm using Windows XP Pro.

Thanks

Max

Hi, Sunny - it depends how your system is configured. If you are connecting directly through a modem (that is, not over a LAN), then you will probably see an image of a pair of terminals in your system tray which glow blue when active. If you double click on them, you should get the incoming and outgoing data volume. If there is no icon in the system tray you can switch it on through the properties for your connection, which is in network connections.

David

Hi David

I use cable broadband from telewest - are the procedures the same?

Max

I got to the network connections box but it only displays packets.

Max

Max - I've not used cable, so I'm flying blind. In network connections, right-click your default connection to the net, and select the "General" tab. At the bottom of the window there should be a box marked "Show icon in notification area when connected" if the box does not have a tick in it, then click on it (which should produce one). Click OK. Now look at the bottom right hand corner of your screem where you'll find the system tray. If there is not the icon for the connection (you can check by putting the cursor over it, and a small box describing it will appear), then re-start your computer to implement the changes you've made. Now look again and, if there is an icon, double click it. You should then get a window giving incoming and outgoing data volumes. There are various other ways of doing this but, not being sat at your machine, it's difficult to offer a diagnosis from afar. Others may be able to help further.

Hope you get there!

David

Love this

MAN is covered in fantastic quality but LHR is awfull!

AND I thought the maps in MS flight Sim were good!

Hi David,

All OK now[:I]. Thanks a lot;).

Max

I thought I'd resurrect this topic to give Google Earth aficionados a small giggle at the newest product.

Google Moon is here, and will answer the eternal question about the moon if you zoom all the way in to the highest level of detail

Best wishes

David

[Scrooge]

thats funny:D

Quick question - how frequently are the images refreshed?

[preiffer]

Originally posted by Jonathan
Quick question - how frequently are the images refreshed?

Not very often - the Wynn site @ LAS is still the remains of the previous demolition in the current version - so a few years ago at least...!

Just been looking at SYD airport; me thinks that is a VS 346 on stand (up near runway 16 R) What do ya reckon ?!! [8D]

[mitchja]

Yeah I think you are right, what with the red engines, red section on the tail with what looks like the purple stripe in front too. It also looks long enough to be an A346....well spotted Nitrox

Edit - if you use the measure tool the A/C is the right lengh to be an A346 as well (~75m long)
Regards

OK, that's an interesting find, but too easy

How about identifying the airline of the landing aircraft at:

51 deg 28' 32.13" North
0 deg 14' 21.53" West

Slightly more difficult!

I would put the .kmz file in this post if I could find a way of doing it. It's only a few bytes, and it provides all the reference information needed to take you to the exact view of the exact location that it's set up for. Anyone know if it's possible to include such a file in a forum post?

Best wishes

David

Originally posted by DavidM
OK, that's an interesting find, but too easy

How about identifying the airline of the landing aircraft at:

51 deg 28' 32.13" North
0 deg 14' 21.53" West

Slightly more difficult!

Nah, that's too hard ! Too blurred for my eyes ! Nicely lined up though.

Several VS aircraft on stand at LHR.
Lat: 51¡28'23.29"N
Lon: 0¡27'56.56"W

Also a VS346 at NRT

[ChuckC]

Found my car in its parking space at the office!

Chuck-

[Nottingham Nick]

Thanks to A.Net, I have found this link.

It is an 'add in' that gives real time inbound plane movements to BOS LAX ORD JFK and ATL airports.

It is simple to install and it runs with Google Earth.

Nick

Nick - that is a great find. It's fascinating to watch in real time. Thanks for the link!

Best wishes

David

Nick - I've just played with that add-in a little more, connecting it with real-time JFK ATC Tower radio that you can get here. It takes a few minutes to connect the incoming flights with the voice traffic, but the anorak in me loves it when it all connects.

Worth a play [y]

Best wishes

David

[preiffer]

Mac OSX Version has just been released, too [y]

[Nottingham Nick]

This news article is quite interesting.

I like the idea of combining Google Earth into in-car GPS systems [}:)]

Nick