Can you find your home on Google Earth?

[Michael Chris]

SOO green!

 

[Amaris]

How old are the photographs on google earth? I found my home and was able do the zoom down the street thing, but it still shows a tree in front of my house that was cut down 6 months ago.

I think most images are just cobbled together. Some are a few months old, some are about 5 or 6 years old. Most are probably between a year and two years old.

 

[Naira]

I can see my house, my university office and my car in my boyfriend's yard!

 

[All Seeing Eye]

Latitude: 51°30'4.40"N

Longitude: 0° 8'31.69"W

 

[AdAstra]

I can but I won't show you exactly

I'm going to IGR in Villejuif at the end of April for work. Nice to know where it's located (though calling it "Paris" seems to be a bit of a stretch!)


Anyway, my home is on this map, and I know perfectly where.

 

[Finn]

How old are the photographs on google earth? I found my home and was able do the zoom down the street thing, but it still shows a tree in front of my house that was cut down 6 months ago.

I think most images are just cobbled together. Some are a few months old, some are about 5 or 6 years old. Most are probably between a year and two years old.

My parents started building their house about four years ago. But on Google Earth, there is nothing there, just a grassy parcel. According to the historical feature, it was taken in September of 2003

 

[What's his face]

And here's where I used to work (the complex takes up the entire picture). Anyone who can guess what this might be wins a virtual cookie.

I got bored and so I looked it up. It's on the corner of St. Laurent and Belfast. According to Wikipedia, it's OC Transpo's headquarters. Am I right?

 

[Shaytan]

I'm going to IGR in Villejuif at the end of April for work.

Thankfully you said it was for work. Going to Gustave Roussy is not good when it's not for work (it an hospital specialised in cancer).

Nice to know where it's located (though calling it "Paris" seems to be a bit of a stretch!)

Paris is very small. The close suburb (Villejuif and my home are close suburb) are part of the urban area of Paris. We call ourselves Parisian when we speak to strangers

Edit : ok, because of you I'm listening to Vesoul (Anvers is in the lyrics) over and over again, thank you...

 

[tharpdevenport]

How old are the photographs on google earth? I found my home and was able do the zoom down the street thing, but it still shows a tree in front of my house that was cut down 6 months ago.

Some ares are up-to-date, while others I have noted are years old.

 

[trekkiedane]

Why, yes I can!

I live right here, in the middle of the Earth:

My second avatar here, and not actually Google but Encarta, remember that?

Here's my hometown:

Here's my street:

My parents also live within the bounds of this shot.

And here's my street view:

I live right across from the oldest christian church in town and almost next to the most (in)famous all-night boozer in town (open from midnight till noon).

 

[AdAstra]

I'm going to IGR in Villejuif at the end of April for work.

Thankfully you said it was for work. Going to Gustave Roussy is not good when it's not for work (it an hospital specialised in cancer).

Indeed. I'm going to IGR for a congress on melanoma... Not the funniest topic, but the people are nice.
I'm glad it's close to the centre, I've been wanting to visit Paris again, it's been a while.

Edit : ok, because of you I'm listening to Vesoul (Anvers is in the lyrics) over and over again, thank you...

Is that a good thing or not?

(I'll listen to Il est cinq heures, Paris s'éveille )

 

[Omnius]

For the past six months I've lived in the Castle of Breda:

Currently I'm living in a small town near Nijmegen (until my broken ankle is better):

 

[Shaytan]

Edit : ok, because of you I'm listening to Vesoul (Anvers is in the lyrics) over and over again, thank you...

Is that a good thing or not?

A very good thing, jacques Brel is one of the best thing Belgium gave to this world (with good beer and good spirit. I absolutely love Belgium )

(I'll listen to Il est cinq heures, Paris s'éveille )

Good choice

 

[AdAstra]

How bad is it that I know La Marseillaise better than La Brabançonne?

 

[Shaytan]

How bad is it that I know La Marseillaise better than La Brabançonne?

I can live with it but I'm not Belgian and actually I know nearly only Wallonia. Except the coast, I love Ostend

 

[nevermore]

Sure.

Not going any closer, but suffice it to say, my car is in Google Street View at least twice and you can see that there are piles of bricks on the roof in the actual Google Earth view...

I like that you Ravens Stadium is a big blotch of purple as well...

 

[Rincewiend]

The house with the metal frame in front is where i was born and lived until i was 10:

 

[Miss Chicken]

How old are the photographs on google earth? I found my home and was able do the zoom down the street thing, but it still shows a tree in front of my house that was cut down 6 months ago.

The photo of my house shows the house with its old roof. The Housing Department replaced the roof before I moved in and i have lived here almost 2 years.

 

[Zulu Romeo]

Google Earth has updated the maps for home since the last time I used it. Not only is the completed bypass finally on the map, but it also managed to include my car - parked miles away from where my house is supposed to be...

 

[nevermore]

Here's my street in street view. It's been updated since the last time I looked at it. there's some random dude walking past my house in this one...

Also, it looks like there's plenty of parking, so this must have been a holiday weekend or something.