Posted: 12/15/2009 10:26:28 AM EDT
| I think it's pretty cool, but my use of it is limited to just...looking at stuff (and occasionally finding directions). Do any of you use it for anything? |
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Area Calculator
http://www.daftlogic.com/sandbox-google-maps-area-calculator-tool.htm Distance Calculator http://www.daftlogic.com/projects-google-maps-distance-calculator.htm I use it all the time to look at directions, topology, hunting spots, real estate, etc. When you add some tools to it like the above you can make rough estimates for food plots, materials needed for fencing, field sizes, distance behind your berm before you hit something that will sue you, the possibilities are endless. On my Droid it incorporates my location and becomes a GPS. I can voice command ask for anything from stores, to airports, to a local Dr and it pulls them up. Google local does the same thing on my PC. Plus it gives reviews of whatever is pulled up. Then there is the whole street view thing so I can see where I'm going to go before I've been there. |
I use it to stake out Silveradoguy'a house and vehicles. 
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I have downloaded some cool layers and overlays off of the Google Earth web page. I have one that shows all the LZ locations the US military used in the Vietnam War along with other military base locations and such. I also have overlays of WWII battlefields and troop movements. when you get into adding layers and overlays, it is really cool to see what information is out there. There are also the Google Earth Tours. My favorite so far is the tour of the approach to the old Hong Kong Airport. I think landing on an aircraft carrier was safer. |
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Flight Simulator Keyboard Controls This document describes the various keyboard combinations that you can use with the flight simulator features of Google Earth. To enter the flight simulator mode, press Ctrl + Alt + A ( + Option + A on the Mac). Once you have entered flight simulator mode for the first time, you can re-enter the mode by choosing Tools > Enter Flight Simulator. To leave flight simulator mode, click Exit Flight Simulator in the top right corner or press Ctrl + Alt + A (+ Option + A on the Mac). The following keystrokes control navigation and other aspects of the flight simulator. You can also control the aircraft with a mouse or joystick. To disable or enable mouse controls, left click (single click on a Mac). Once mouse controls are active, the pointer shape changes to a cross on your screen. Note - Note that until you enter flight simulator mode, the following commands do not work. Command Windows/Linux Keystroke(s) Mac Keystroke(s) Result or Comment Exit flight simulator Ctrl + Alt + A, Escape + Option + A, Escape Exits flight simulator mode. Open flight simulator options Ctrl + Alt + A + Option + A Opens the flight simulator dialog box. Rotate pilot viewpoint Arrow keys + Alt (slow) or Ctrl (fast) Arrow keys + Alt (slow) or Ctrl (fast) Moves the viewpoint in the direction of the arrow. Display flight simulator help Ctrl + H - Opens this flight simulator keyboard commands page. Increase thrust Page Up Page Up - Reduce thrust Page Down Page Down - Aileron left Left arrow Left arrow - Aileron right Right arrow Right arrow - Elevator push Up arrow Up arrow - Elevator pull Down arrow Down arrow down - Rudder left Insert Shift + left arrow - Rudder right Enter (numeric keypad) Enter (numeric keypad) - Rudder left Shift + left arrow Shift + left arrow - Rudder right Shift + right arrow Shift + right arrow - Elevator trim nose down Home Home - Elevator trim nose up End End - Elevator trim nose down Shift + up arrow Shift + up arrow - Elevator trim nose up Shift + down arrow Shift + down arrow - Reduce flap setting Left bracket Left bracket - Increase flap setting Right bracket Right bracket - Reduce flap setting Shift + F Shift + F - Increase flap setting F F - Center aileron and rudder 5 5 - Center aileron and rudder C C - Extend/retract landing gear G G Only works if landing gear is retractable on current aircraft Left wheel brake , (comma) , (comma) - Right wheel brake . (period) . (period) - Pause simulation Space Space - Toggle HUD H H - |
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Flight Simulator Keyboard Controls This document describes the various keyboard combinations that you can use with the flight simulator features of Google Earth. To enter the flight simulator mode, press Ctrl + Alt + A ( + Option + A on the Mac). Once you have entered flight simulator mode for the first time, you can re-enter the mode by choosing Tools > Enter Flight Simulator. To leave flight simulator mode, click Exit Flight Simulator in the top right corner or press Ctrl + Alt + A (+ Option + A on the Mac). The following keystrokes control navigation and other aspects of the flight simulator. You can also control the aircraft with a mouse or joystick. To disable or enable mouse controls, left click (single click on a Mac). Once mouse controls are active, the pointer shape changes to a cross on your screen. Note - Note that until you enter flight simulator mode, the following commands do not work. Command Windows/Linux Keystroke(s) Mac Keystroke(s) Result or Comment Exit flight simulator Ctrl + Alt + A, Escape + Option + A, Escape Exits flight simulator mode. Open flight simulator options Ctrl + Alt + A + Option + A Opens the flight simulator dialog box. Rotate pilot viewpoint Arrow keys + Alt (slow) or Ctrl (fast) Arrow keys + Alt (slow) or Ctrl (fast) Moves the viewpoint in the direction of the arrow. Display flight simulator help Ctrl + H - Opens this flight simulator keyboard commands page. Increase thrust Page Up Page Up - Reduce thrust Page Down Page Down - Aileron left Left arrow Left arrow - Aileron right Right arrow Right arrow - Elevator push Up arrow Up arrow - Elevator pull Down arrow Down arrow down - Rudder left Insert Shift + left arrow - Rudder right Enter (numeric keypad) Enter (numeric keypad) - Rudder left Shift + left arrow Shift + left arrow - Rudder right Shift + right arrow Shift + right arrow - Elevator trim nose down Home Home - Elevator trim nose up End End - Elevator trim nose down Shift + up arrow Shift + up arrow - Elevator trim nose up Shift + down arrow Shift + down arrow - Reduce flap setting Left bracket Left bracket - Increase flap setting Right bracket Right bracket - Reduce flap setting Shift + F Shift + F - Increase flap setting F F - Center aileron and rudder 5 5 - Center aileron and rudder C C - Extend/retract landing gear G G Only works if landing gear is retractable on current aircraft Left wheel brake , (comma) , (comma) - Right wheel brake . (period) . (period) - Pause simulation Space Space - Toggle HUD H H - Seriously? There goes my getting anything done for a while. |
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I use it to check out areas I plan on hunting. This. i overlay maps from us forest service to find huntable govt land save pictures as jpeg and goto layer in g earth (us forest service is a pdf...i may have loaded into photoshop and saved as jpeg..cant remember)..load that picture and stretch to match roads...print screen my garmin topo maps and paste into photoshop...then crop the map put and save to layer. you use the opacity control to fade in and out of your layers. for example my hunting area...obscured so i dont get the entire state of mo hunting there... 
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