Can you find your home on Google Earth?

[Rii]

Ok, I won't do the place where I am now, but this is the farm where I grew up:

Just for orientation purposes...

Closest town visible to the right, population ~1000.

The Farmstead

A few Streetviews...

Overlooking the town seen in the second image

One thing that's changed since I was there is that the road is now sealed. Civilisation!

 

[Zulu Romeo]

I attempted Street View last night. I noted that the available views are close to, but not in front of, my house.
Also, Street View didn't get hold of my car, while the main top-down view did.
Even better, the camera caught an extreme close-up of my current next-door neighbour trying to leave (including a reflection of the special camera on the car's side window).

The Street View also located my parents' street, but not their house.
However, one camera is situated smack bang in front of the place I used to live as a child. Everything has changed. Many more UPVC windows and doors than I remembered.

 

[Capn Flukie]

For some alternate views you guys should try Bing.com's maps, they're more 'angular' and not as 'looking straight down'.

 

[Haggis and tatties]

Ok, I won't do the place where I am now, but this is the farm where I grew up:

Just for orientation purposes...


Closest town visible to the right, population ~1000.


The Farmstead

A few Streetviews...



Overlooking the town seen in the second image


One thing that's changed since I was there is that the road is now sealed. Civilisation!

From a born and bred city boy that just look like a dream come true...so open and free....and more importantly, no neighbours.

 

[ITL]

Here is my house:

And here's where I keep it:

 

[TheSeeker]

Here's where I live now:

And here's where I lived for three years in Romania:

 

[Pegaritaville]

Yes, I can find it, but they apparently took the pic in the middle of winter and all the plants are dead and grey! Looks like something from a Tim Burton movie.

I looked for a winter pic since the trees kind of obscure the view. I found this one from November that you can see my house in:

The family farm (which I now co-own with my sister) shows up much clearer:

 

[ManOnTheWave]

Yes. While the bird's eye view is rather fuzzy, the street view shows the front of my house with disturbing clarity.

 

[Trippy]

I can see mah house! In the middle of the street!

 

[Tom Riley]

My state:

My City:
(My house is in the red circle, my college is in the yellow circle, and my place of employment is in the blue circle)

I can zoom in on my house, close enough to see our car, but I'll show my college instead:

 

[Sheep]

I'm going to assume that most everyone over the age of 5 or so can find their home on Google Earth.

I can see my car still parked outside the old office park I worked at in California--that image is YEARS old which is odd considering I thought Google updated those more often.

 

[TheSeeker]

I'm going to assume that most everyone over the age of 5 or so can find their home on Google Earth.

You assume that all areas of the globe are covered equally. They are not.

 

[backstept]

I've moved around a lot in the last 20 years

 

[Sparky]

Yes I can.

 

[Daneel]

Why yes, but I just use Google Maps.

Here's a fairly broad overview of Southern Ontario.

Next we go a bit closer to view the G.T.A., including Mississauga, where I live.

Zooming in a bit:

Closer still, and I've removed the street names:

And here we go. I'm not gonna point out my specific place of residence, but this is my neighbourhood.

I can understand why some people might think of the street-view feature as a little creepy -- I used it to check out my parents' house, and you can actually tell there's someone in the washroom at the time they took the shot!