Spondylitis Association of America Forums General Discussion Off-Topic Forum SHARING PHOTOS

cindyd, I just like to look up places on Google Earth. You would be really surprised what you can see. It's my way of seeing places I'll never get to see.

Jim,
Guess I didn't realize that its possible to look with a search like that..! am not too good with puters...lol
So I looked up a few places I was at in Australia, while I was there, I picked up a road guide, and drew a line under all the places the I had been too, glad I did, cause those towns really have some different names, and wouldn't have remembered them...
Cindy

cindyb, just to show you what I mean about Google Earth, here is Grand Forks from 4km up. It can actually get in close enough to see individual houses.


It is really fun to play around with. I found my brothers house in Brisbane amongst millions of houses and I found a house in a back street in London.

Jim,
Its funny, that you brought up the google earth..it was on the national news last night, how some people are calling it intrusive??? suppose some wacko has used it for something unlawful and now google is getting a bad rap for it???
Don't see how that will change things tho...but do keep sending those neat photo's of the flowers.. that is one thing that amazed me when I was there..! Okay, one of the things...!
Cindy

cindy, my apologies if I was being invasive. I did not mean to be. I am not a stalker just interested in other places in the world.

I'll stick to flowers!

I haven't tried Google Earth. Do you have to download it? But in Google Maps you can zoom in. It is quite handy when trying to find something specific. For me, I am usually trying to find directions to a soccer field. I can zoom in, see the field and see exactly where I need to go to park. It is very, very handy.

Have you ever tried Zillow.com to look at your home? I can see my pool. One can look into everyones backyard. Although, you cannot zoom in close enough to see people.

Jim,
I didn't think you were being invasive..just thought it was funny, that it had just been on tv about google earth...so you just keep on looking at everything my friend...You should have seen Grand Forks in 97, the whole city was flooded..the Red River of the North goes thru it, it is one of two rivers in the world that flows north? the river was out of its banks then, plus there was over land flooding...the country is so flat, that it was flooded from 90 miles south, to the Canadian boarded plus some, then into Lake Winnipeg...so there is some history to go with it.
I didn't take any offense, so don't worry..
Cindy

OK, I think I have got it figured out. Here are two photos. I live in Brentwood, a rural (but fast growing) city in N. California, about an hour drive from San Francisco. The mountian in the background is Mt. Diablo.
Karen
http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb137/KarenB_011/brentwood3.jpghttp://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb137/KarenB_011/brentwood3.jpg

Well, that didn't seem to work. Just takes you to photobucket. I will try to figure out how to get the pics over here. At least I figured out how to get them onto photobucket! That is a real good start for me!
Karen

Karen, for this forum use the bottom link on your pics on Photobucket (the one that starts IMG). Just click on it and it will copy then paste into the box here.
It's a good idea to resize your pics first. If you click on the "edit" button near your pic, it will give you options to resize to. The 640 x 480 is what I use.