Google Earth

Ulrich Rudofsky · Post by **Ulrich Rudofsky** » Thu Sep 08, 2005 8:39 pm

Have you tried Google Earth http://earth.google.com/ ? You can locate the old US battleships such as USS WISCONSIN and hotels and bistros ................by zooming in from outer space.................amazing. It would be nice to get "real time". Is there such a thing yet?

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b138/ ... Bistro.jpg

miro777 · Post by **miro777** » Fri Feb 10, 2006 3:42 pm

hey

yeah i used that as well
i am actually checking out the US navy at Norfolk
lol
and the Royal Navy at Portsmouth
it's very cool
i also found the Charles de Gaulle in Toulon

well some of the historic ships i found
were the USS Constitution in Boston
and the HMS Victory in Porthmouth
and of course the USS Arizona memorial at Pearl Harbor

well where did u find the USS Wisconsim>?

miro

costas · Post by **costas** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 1:20 pm

Right, google earth is brilliant.
There are marks in the ocean that tell where famous ships
sunk, e.g. Bismarck. However, (according to google earth posts)
there 5 locations where Bismarck sunk;
one of the posts mentions 'The final resting place...', ie 48-06N,
16-07W. I don't think it's true.
In the Cameron expedition-documentary the exact place is kept
secret in order to protect the wreck. (war grave, etc.)
The 5th google-earth spot about Bismarck is the:
'Bismarck Last Battle' 47-54N, 11-14W, (!)
where the post originator is off by some 5 degrees.
I have already send e-mail to him to correct it.