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Posted by Edgar on August 22, 2007, 7:58 pm
>
>>> Has everyone downloaded it and checked it out?
>>> Pretty cool, you can zoom in on your house, for example, and then under
>>> *View*, scroll down to the 2nd from the bottom and click on *Switch To
>>> Sky* and it'll show you the constellations directly over that spot.
>>>
>>> Its showing Leo Minor overhead right now, so I stepped out side,
>>> *donned* my sunglasses and yep, there it was, staring straight down at
>>> me.
>>>
>>
>> Wow cool I never even knew Google Earth had that feature. Does it name
>> the constellations? I've always had a hard time finding anything but the
>> easiest ones.
>
> Yes, it names them.
> You can punch in any place in the world, then key in the sky, and it sort
> of turns inside out and shows the constellations directly up above.
> The upgrade download was in the area of 14mb.
>
> You already knew about the city lights at night function didn't you?
> The whole earth turns dark and only the lights of the cities are visible.
> There was a BIG graphic of that thing floating around the web a few years
> ago.
>
Yep, I think I've seen that one. One of these days I'd like to put a real
life Sketchup model into google earth right where it belongs. I haven't
done a full school in a long time, and the only one I have isn't true to
life any more (the main classroom 2 story was totally redesigned). I love
seeing some of the models you can download in their real world places.
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Edgar
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