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Mjcpr
12/8/2007, 10:49 PM
Anyone have anything?

Mjcpr
12/8/2007, 10:55 PM
409 S 13th St Muskogee, OK

My house when I was a kid. The house next door had a pool but you can't see it in that pic.

Perhaps I misspoke when I said "fun". :D

Jerk
12/8/2007, 10:56 PM
11° 41′ 50″ N, 165° 16′ 19″ E

Castle Bravo crater: largest nuke ever detonated above ground by the US

Mjcpr
12/8/2007, 10:59 PM
Is that right? It put me in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.

OCUDad
12/8/2007, 10:59 PM
Is that right? It put me in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.Excellent strategy, Jerk. :)

Mjcpr
12/8/2007, 11:00 PM
:mad:

Why I oughta....

Jerk
12/8/2007, 11:04 PM
Is that right? It put me in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.

Yup:cool:

Mjcpr
12/8/2007, 11:33 PM
How do you get the Lat/Lon coordinates? If you wanted to tell somebody where to go, for example. :D

Ike
12/8/2007, 11:56 PM
35º 23' 40" N
97º 36' 55" W

(It's at the OKC airport)

Mjcpr
12/9/2007, 12:02 AM
35º 23' 40" N
97º 36' 55" W

(It's at the OKC airport)

That doesn't work.


How do you get the Lat/Lon coordinates?

Weelllll??

JohnnyMack
12/9/2007, 12:03 AM
Weelllll??

It's Saturday night, you're responding to your own posts, I'm drunk at home and have a chihuahua in my lap.

We. Rule.

Plz just go ahead and kill me.

Mjcpr
12/9/2007, 12:05 AM
It's Saturday night, you're responding to your own posts, I'm drunk at home and have a chihuahua in my lap.

We. Rule.

Plz just go ahead and kill me.

Oh. I just thought you were happy to see me.

Ike
12/9/2007, 12:09 AM
You won't really see this on google earth unless you turn off the 3D buildings, but this is a fun example of what can happen when merging different satellite pictures

Downtown Chicago

http://www.satellite-sightseer.com/id/8034/United_States/Illinois/Chicago/TRANSIENT__Escher_Skyscraper_Drawing__Chicago__2_

JohnnyMack
12/9/2007, 12:10 AM
Oh. I just thought you were happy to see me.

Oh I am.

The chihuahua left actually, you didn't.

You and me, we got a "you go, we go" Backdraft way about you.

I respect that.

I'm off to neg jihad rus if you wanna come.

Ike
12/9/2007, 12:13 AM
That doesn't work.



Weelllll??
type this in
35 23.66' N 97 36.92W

(oh, and look at the bottom for the lat/lon coords. dunno how to get them to print our for you.

Mjcpr
12/9/2007, 12:18 AM
That worked. :)

I see them there but they move with the pointer.

OCUDad
12/9/2007, 12:18 AM
Just for Ike:

42 20 46.86 N, 71 05 51.41 W

Ike
12/9/2007, 12:24 AM
For some reason, all I got was a blank screen.

Mjcpr
12/9/2007, 12:24 AM
See.

It was Fenway, if you zoomed in. :D

Ike
12/9/2007, 12:28 AM
See.

It was Fenway, if you zoomed in. :D

Oh, thats why. I have my settings set to darken over places deemed 'seats of evilness', so I don't have to look at them.

OCUDad
12/9/2007, 12:29 AM
So Yankee Stadium is pretty much a black hole, eh?

Ike
12/9/2007, 12:31 AM
So Yankee Stadium is pretty much a black hole, eh?
It is a bright shining beacon of freedom.

Ike
12/9/2007, 12:33 AM
45 7 25.45 N 123 6 49.60 W

In case you want to know which browser the aliens like.

Petro-Sooner
12/9/2007, 12:39 AM
ok I've never used this google earth that you speak of. Can I access it directly from google or is there a particular download needed?

goingoneight
12/9/2007, 12:50 AM
25 posts and no Owen Field pics? :eek:

Mjcpr
12/9/2007, 12:52 AM
ok I've never used this google earth that you speak of. Can I access it directly from google or is there a particular download needed?

I think you can use the same info on Google.com/maps

But yeah, Google Earth is a program that you can d/l.

proud gonzo
12/9/2007, 12:53 AM
i'm REALLy surprised none of you guys have posted this yet: http://googlesightseeing.com/2006/11/28/top-10-naked-people-on-google-earth/

OklahomaTrombone
12/9/2007, 12:57 AM
51° 23′ 22.39″ N, 30° 5′ 56.93″ E

Chernobyl

Mjcpr
12/9/2007, 12:58 AM
51° 23′ 22.39″ N, 30° 5′ 56.93″ E

Chernobyl

Cool!!

bluedogok
12/9/2007, 01:24 PM
So Yankee Stadium is pretty much a black hole, eh?
A boil on the *** of humanity........and the center of the Evil Empire :D