Can You See Ellie-Mae??

[Rudi]

With the new map that BD got going for finding everybody, reminded me of a little exercise Em had me do last week. She wanted Google Earth on her computer, and it was NOT co-operating.... so I unloaded and reloaded it.

WOW is all I can say

Some of the guys have asked for pics of my pond and such, but all I could get were pieced together shots that really did not show it off much.

That was until I found Google Earth...

On Em's computer I could even see Ellie-Mae.

Let's see what we can spot...



and:



I can give you a clue where Ellie is ---- it is a small RED dot by my shop

Any guesses

Larry you should recognize this... although the pic was definitely taken a year ago this past spring.

[beaconlight]

Rudi that is awsome. I tried to load but it did not like my graphics card.

Bill

[Rudi]

Bill:

You can actually see a similar view on the farmallcub map. You will have to go east of the Moncton Airport about 1/2 klik but you will recognize the mill beside me or the pond itself.

Can you tell what the white dot is in the pond in the second pic?

[Don McCombs]

Rudi,

How did you get such great detail? I can't get anywhere near that.

[Rudi]

Don:

I really am not sure. I just played with it for a bit. I probably could show you, but there is no way that I could explain it... I am not that good

I am currently running it in "Open GL" and haven't yet tried it in Direct X.

One thing is you do need to make sure that you can improve your resolution. For me I am using an old AcerView 34T UVGA monitor (14") believe it or not. Em has the new Thin Flat Display.... I use the old ones downstairs.. normally I need to keep it around 800x600 pixels but I have to up to 1024x768 pixels to see well on Earth. Then I have to go back to 800x600 to be able to actually see what I am typing..

The better your resolution and the better your monitor the better the view is I guess.

Well, just figured that out....

Bill. Uninstall Google Earth. Then re-install it. Choose the "Open GL" option instead of Direct X. Direct X requires a minimum of a 16mb 3D accelerator card to run and will just lock up without it... don't ask

Yeah, I am a tech, and I don't have a 16mb 3D card.... Everybody else does, just not me -- YET

I can even just make the pond out at 30,000 ft.... that is almost 6 miles up Wow

[EZ]

Rudi,

Having been to your place myself, I can clearly find my way around, I just saw a trout surface. I know vere your Cubz lif.

Great shots. I have heard about this GE, and some day I will get it and show you my spot.

[danovercash]

Interesting to "fly" to other destinations via the computer. Hey Rudi, iffin you still have my address can you ID the vehicle in the yard? 2000 photo on Globexplore.

[Buzzard Wing]

Wow!

I am still trying to get over the fact that I had a collapsable fishing rod in the camper the whole time!! Never even saw the trout that got away!

The white item on the pond surely can't be Rudi's 'Imperial Storm Trooper' cast, cause he didn't have it when the picture was taken. So it must be a swan??

[EZ]

If I'm not mistaken, the white spot is a fountain that Rudi has made and placed out there in the pond. Looks great and serves a purpose of providing the fish with bubbly air.

[Dale51]

Pretty neat Rudi!

Only one problem- Bigdog will now be using it to locate cubs

[John *.?-!.* cub owner]

Only one problem- Bigdog will now be using it to locate cubs

paint them green or camoflage.

[Rudi]

EZ:

Man, have you got a good memory Oh, and downloading GE is cheap - actually FREE Just don't bother with Pro.. that one will cost you $400.00 US/year....

Larry:

That was the one thing I regret we didn't have time for.... fishin - darn, I guess that means another trip

I do like it, gets to be some fun.

Now, I am gonna go find sat shots of where I grew up in Timmins, where I served in Inuvik and maybe even Alert if they haven't got that one redacted