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    • John SayersJ Offline
      John Sayers
      last edited by

      No it hasn't Craig.

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      • CraigDC Offline
        CraigD
        last edited by

        What's changed? There has been a Roads layer in Google Earth 4 for quite a while (I thought it was in the 4.0 release)... http://earth.google.com/earth4.html

        If you look at the attached JPG, it's got the Road layer that I circled. This is from the Google Earth 4 - What's New? page.

        Am I missing something?

        - CraigD
        

        earth4-layers_RoadsLayer.JPG

        Google SketchUp

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        • John SayersJ Offline
          John Sayers
          last edited by

          Yes you've missed that every street name is named - you can type in a street address and it goes directly to that position overlooking the address. They've incorporated Google Maps with Google Earth. Previously they were two different programs.

          302 Moved

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          (maps.google.com)

          You need to download the new version to get it.

          cheers
          john

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          • KrisidiousK Offline
            Krisidious
            last edited by

            you could always type in an address John...

            and I think Craig Works on Google Earth like as in for Google...

            By: Kristoff Rand
            Home DesignerUnique House Plans

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            • John SayersJ Offline
              John Sayers
              last edited by

              maybe you've had it in the US but it's new here. Sure, we've had major roads under the roads icon but it now has the detail and search function of Google Maps which we've never had before.

              sorry if I'm wrong on this. juju seemed to understand me.

              cheers
              john

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              • KrisidiousK Offline
                Krisidious
                last edited by

                thats a good point maybe not downunder...

                they've had it here local to me... and in the US... I can go down and see the roads and names and streets... and always have... although it's always off by like 250 feet... the actual point is usually across the street...

                have you seen the street level thing yet?

                By: Kristoff Rand
                Home DesignerUnique House Plans

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                • John SayersJ Offline
                  John Sayers
                  last edited by

                  Interesting - so yours has been like this??
                  roads.jpg

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                  • KrisidiousK Offline
                    Krisidious
                    last edited by

                    yeah... pretty much I have a few other things turned on... but yeah...
                    home.jpg

                    By: Kristoff Rand
                    Home DesignerUnique House Plans

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                    • John SayersJ Offline
                      John Sayers
                      last edited by

                      ah - so they must have put us online with the update.

                      thanks Krisidious

                      cheers
                      john

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                      • KrisidiousK Offline
                        Krisidious
                        last edited by

                        looks that way... I wonder how many countries have the mapping system? have you seen Google Mars?

                        By: Kristoff Rand
                        Home DesignerUnique House Plans

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                        • KrisidiousK Offline
                          Krisidious
                          last edited by

                          you want detail... this is detail...
                          GoogleEarth_Placemark.zip

                          By: Kristoff Rand
                          Home DesignerUnique House Plans

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                          • John SayersJ Offline
                            John Sayers
                            last edited by

                            he he - check out my link

                            πŸ˜„
                            my first flat in Sydney.zip

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                            • KrisidiousK Offline
                              Krisidious
                              last edited by

                              OMG John... I'm coming to live with you mate...

                              damn that is beautiful....

                              By: Kristoff Rand
                              Home DesignerUnique House Plans

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                              • CraigDC Offline
                                CraigD
                                last edited by

                                Hi John, et al -

                                Sorry for the confusion! I didn't even check your location... Yes, this feature has been in certain, but not all locations, with the introduction of Google Earth 4. I'm glad it's in your spot now...and what a spot it is!!! West side of Ramsgate Ave sure does look like a heck of a nice place to live! If you ever need any on-sight help with SketchUp, I'd be glad to stop over! πŸ˜‰

                                Cheers,

                                 - CraigD
                                

                                Google SketchUp

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                                • John SayersJ Offline
                                  John Sayers
                                  last edited by

                                  that's ok Craig - hey that's a beautiful dog you have. πŸ˜„

                                  cheers
                                  john

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                                  • GaieusG Offline
                                    Gaieus
                                    last edited by

                                    Well, I checked and my place also has the GMaps now as a layer in GE (it didn't use to be there). Even typing in adresses work (which did not for Hungary previously). Although I'm not exactly convinced that the position of the roads are correct. It seems that east-west it's OK but north-south there's a small distortion.
                                    I still need to check and I'll show you what I mean.

                                    Gai...

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