Forum - View topicExploring Japan with Google Earth
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angel_lover
Posts: 645 Location: UK |
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Has anyone played around with the new Google Earth program? For those who haven't come across it before, it's a free interactive 3D satellite map of the entire earth's surface that you can download here (you'll need a fairly recent PC and a broadband connection). The quality of the images varies from place to place, but it's still pretty good.
So, what's this got to do with anime? Well, seeing I don't live in Japan and I've never been there (not yet, anyway), Google Earth is a great way to check out real-life Japan and see how it compares to anime/manga locations that are based on real places. For example, you can see the view over Otaru harbour from Chise and Shuji's observation platform, or get a Dolem's eye view of the star-shaped Fort Goryokaku at Hakodate. Most of Tokyo is pretty detailed so you can easily pick out the main landmarks there. I've even tried to get a free peek into the grounds of the Ghibli Museum at Mitaka, but unfortunately that's in a narrow strip of low-res images between two blocks of hi-res - any conspiracy theorists around here? |
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azzmoneky
Posts: 193 Location: With my lord and master Foamy |
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Cool. I can see my house. very cool worth the dl.
EDIT: a lot of people have pools. |
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Tenchi
Posts: 4510 Location: Ottawa... now I'm an ex-Anglo Montrealer. |
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Ack, I've been wondering about this, but I'll have to keep on wondering as Windows ME isn't supported.
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Dilandau
Posts: 525 Location: Tea House |
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Cool!
First one to find Bin Laden wins! |
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angel_lover
Posts: 645 Location: UK |
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I've just figured out how to save a view setup so if I get time over the weekend I'll see if I can post a link to some of my favourite ones.
(Don't worry, Dilandau, if you look on the apron at RAF Fairford in the UK, you'll see a U2 spyplane ready to go looking...) |
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abunai
Old Regular
Posts: 5463 Location: 露命 |
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If you don't want to bother downloading Google Earth, or it's not supported in your OS, you can use Google Maps, which has a satellite view function, too.
Quick links: And, just for the heck of it: Ibarrrrrraki! (If you find this funny, you'll know why I included it - if not, you're missing out on a hugely amusing joke.) - abunai |
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