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There has been talk about Google Earth, but I don't know if there has been recent talk on Google Maps:
http://blog.slaven.net.au/archives/2005 ... australia/
Lat/Long straight into the URL by the looks of it.
EcoDave
http://blog.slaven.net.au/archives/2005 ... australia/
Lat/Long straight into the URL by the looks of it.
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Cool!ideology wrote:we'd better add links to the cache pages!
I can see the EcoHouse!
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=sydney&ll ... &t=k&hl=en
EcoDave
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Wheeeeeeeee! I can see the caughtatwork residence too.
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Burnside& ... &t=k&hl=en
Actually this is very cool. My daughter has only just started emailing her 3rd cousin who lives in England. Until a couple of months ago we didn't even know these people existed, but through a strange quirk of fate, we ended up being contacted by them.
She can now show her cousin where abouts we live in Australia if they keep on zooming out.
'tis a brown parched place we live isn't it.
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Burnside& ... &t=k&hl=en
Actually this is very cool. My daughter has only just started emailing her 3rd cousin who lives in England. Until a couple of months ago we didn't even know these people existed, but through a strange quirk of fate, we ended up being contacted by them.
She can now show her cousin where abouts we live in Australia if they keep on zooming out.
'tis a brown parched place we live isn't it.
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Hi
Took me awhile, but I am here http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Perth+Aus ... &t=k&hl=en Yippee!
Andrew
Took me awhile, but I am here http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Perth+Aus ... &t=k&hl=en Yippee!
Andrew
The map link from GCA is great! Here's one of my caches. Looks rather cold!
I typed in various strings to find "Dubbo" and it said it 'could not understand the location'. We I don't want to understand it. Just see it from above.
The Bronze.
"I can see you"
[EDIT] - Found it!
http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=-32.2465 ... &t=k&hl=en
The Bronze.
"I can see you"
[EDIT] - Found it!
http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=-32.2465 ... &t=k&hl=en
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Until recently I had writen google maps off as a bad joke like macromedia flash or as something only for broadband but it seems it works if you wait long enough on dialup and all the cache pins are cool .
The question:
When a map loads the PC sits there for some time without downloading data and a partly built map. Is that due to the PC chewing over some java, maths etc or a delay at the server end ?
For example this map of C@W's cache takes 2miniutes and 25 seconds to load over a 48000 bps connection but it stopes in the middle for a wile.
http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga0409.gmap
The question:
When a map loads the PC sits there for some time without downloading data and a partly built map. Is that due to the PC chewing over some java, maths etc or a delay at the server end ?
For example this map of C@W's cache takes 2miniutes and 25 seconds to load over a 48000 bps connection but it stopes in the middle for a wile.
http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga0409.gmap
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Heres a cheery use of google Maps:
http://meyerweb.com/eric/tools/gmap/hyd ... 106&yd=100
Click on Satellite.......
Some ppl have too much time on their hands
http://meyerweb.com/eric/tools/gmap/hyd ... 106&yd=100
Click on Satellite.......
Some ppl have too much time on their hands
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And my use of the google maps can be seen HERE
I have been using Google maps on websites to show people the location of events/activities. Very easy to put on a web page, with some great stuff that you can do with them.
I send people to:
http://www.venturers.sa.scouts.com.au/site/map.asp
and they then email me the data so I can make a map for their activity/event etc.
Have a look at:
http://koti.mbnet.fi/ojalesa/browsertes ... lleft.html
and move the small scroll bar under the map.
Really cool stuff.
I have not reached that level yet, but I am geting there.
My idea is that I could show how to get from one place to another, and not necessarily by road but via bush tracks...
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I send people to:
http://www.venturers.sa.scouts.com.au/site/map.asp
and they then email me the data so I can make a map for their activity/event etc.
Have a look at:
http://koti.mbnet.fi/ojalesa/browsertes ... lleft.html
and move the small scroll bar under the map.
Really cool stuff.
I have not reached that level yet, but I am geting there.
My idea is that I could show how to get from one place to another, and not necessarily by road but via bush tracks...
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My guess is that it's waiting for the server to give you all the map images. There are quite a number of individual images coming down, so your dial up is probably causing most of the delay.Geof wrote:Until recently I had writen google maps off as a bad joke like macromedia flash or as something only for broadband but it seems it works if you wait long enough on dialup and all the cache pins are cool .
The question:
When a map loads the PC sits there for some time without downloading data and a partly built map. Is that due to the PC chewing over some java, maths etc or a delay at the server end ?
For example this map of C@W's cache takes 2miniutes and 25 seconds to load over a 48000 bps connection but it stopes in the middle for a wile.
http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga0409.gmap
There is some server time at GCA to get the pins from the database, but that shouldn't be too bad.
There is a bit of processing at your end, so if you have a less than stellar PC that will also add to the delays.