Keyhole - satellite imagery

Durew · Post by **Durew** » December 29, 2004, 4:34 pm

Edit:

Bump, half a year after trying Keyhole and being amazed at the program (this was just after Google had bought the company, but hadn't done anything with it yet)

Google finally released http://earth.google.com a bit ago, the program is essentially Keyhole, but this version is free, and faster. Its like a 7 mb download, well worth it for anyone interested in satellite imagery (high resolution still images of course, not live)

http://earth.google.com

Funkmasterr · Post by **Funkmasterr** » December 29, 2004, 4:42 pm

hmmm, I am intrigued. I will have to give it a shot when I get home !

XunilTlatoani · Post by **XunilTlatoani** » December 29, 2004, 4:57 pm

I like some of the features this thing has, and I've been meaning to try it out. Here are some free alternatives (that obviously don't have all the features that keyhole has, but are still good):

Microsoft Terraserver:
http://terraserver.microsoft.com/

NASA's World Wind:
http://learn.arc.nasa.gov/worldwind/features.html

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » December 29, 2004, 5:11 pm

That is pretty cool. I'd buy it but don't think I'd use it enough to be paying a monthly fee for it. I can see it possibly being part of a larger information package that was subscription based in the future.

Desolet · Post by **Desolet** » December 29, 2004, 5:20 pm

Thats really quite interesting, how effective would it be at seeing heavy traffic on say major highways and what not? I imagine that would be a really nice way to check major road congestion, especially during these holiday travel times.

Fash · Post by **Fash** » December 29, 2004, 5:21 pm

Desolet wrote:Thats really quite interesting, how effective would it be at seeing heavy traffic on say major highways and what not? I imagine that would be a really nice way to check major road congestion, especially during these holiday travel times.

Considering the imagery is up to 10 years old... not good.

unless you're Dr. Sam Beckett.

XunilTlatoani · Post by **XunilTlatoani** » December 29, 2004, 5:55 pm

Desolet wrote:Thats really quite interesting, how effective would it be at seeing heavy traffic on say major highways and what not? I imagine that would be a really nice way to check major road congestion, especially during these holiday travel times.

http://maps.yahoo.com/traffic

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » December 29, 2004, 5:57 pm

Fash wrote:
Desolet wrote:Thats really quite interesting, how effective would it be at seeing heavy traffic on say major highways and what not? I imagine that would be a really nice way to check major road congestion, especially during these holiday travel times.
Considering the imagery is up to 10 years old... not good.

unless you're Dr. Sam Beckett.

I checked out the Microsoft alternative posted above and the images were from 1997. I found my residence and place where I work but the area surrounding them has totally changed in the past 7+ years.

Is the keyhole version as outdated? Stragi's building where he works doesn't even exist yet in these picts!

*~*stragi*~* · Post by ***~*stragi*~*** » December 29, 2004, 6:26 pm

http://terraserver.microsoft.com/image. ... Y=9248&W=1

There's the lot my house sits on!

Dregor Thule · Post by **Dregor Thule** » December 29, 2004, 6:35 pm

oh em gee, I'm watching Stragi pee!

Durew · Post by **Durew** » December 29, 2004, 6:37 pm

Keyhole states that their average images range from about 18 to 24 months old - some longer. I'm thinking at this time it would be too large scale of a project to provide real-time satellite imagery on a program like this one. If you look at las vegas, and have been there recently, there's quite a lot missing from the northern part of the strip for example. I'm intrigued as to what Google has in store for Keyhole Corp., they recently bought it

Even still, its amazing zooming in on places you've never been to and looking around. The payment isnt monthly though, its $30 USD a year which is pretty reasonable if you like to travel.

We mapped out our trip from Alberta to Arizona today following the exact road through the cities and such. You can create waypoints, view the road names, print out map sections and everything.. easier to use Expedia, but this is just awesome detail

*~*stragi*~* · Post by ***~*stragi*~*** » December 29, 2004, 6:43 pm

Dregor Thule wrote:oh em gee, I'm watching Stragi pee!

in 1997!

Nilaman · Post by **Nilaman** » December 29, 2004, 6:54 pm

someone get pictures of area 51!

Fash · Post by **Fash** » December 29, 2004, 6:56 pm

Nilaman wrote:someone get pictures of area 51!

Not even the keyhole sees through the cover of top secrecy.

Avestan · Post by **Avestan** » December 29, 2004, 7:58 pm

this has been around for a while. The guys who provide our fiber connection showed us where their fiber ring went through the bay area and around the country. Very cool software.

Spang · Post by **Spang** » December 30, 2004, 11:31 am

that's pretty fucking cool!

Durew · Post by **Durew** » December 31, 2004, 2:23 pm

If anyone downloaded it, click this link (either an eta or kml file) and it moves to a specific location inside the program

This one, is an airforce base (or aircraft graveyard?) in Tuscon.. look at the hundreds of planes!

http://bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/download.php?Number=1162

The keyhole BBS community is here, there are tonnes more links like these of people who find stuff worth mentioning. Its nice because it moves the program view for you and automatically zooms in on the location, anywhere in the world

http://bbs.keyhole.com/boards/

Durew · Post by **Durew** » December 31, 2004, 2:27 pm

Whoa.. check this out, someone made a house out of an old Boeing 747

http://bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/download.php?Number=16312

http://www.airplanehome.com

Zaelath · Post by **Zaelath** » December 31, 2004, 3:18 pm

Neat, but what a cock knocker...

*I'm aware that removing spaces in the URLs would be helpful, and I'll try to do that as time permits. But it would be a great deal more helpful if software engineers would resist the terribly short sighted temptation to hijack common text characters (like the space character) in user accessible text for use as control code, thereby handcuffing and handicapping the user's ability to gracefully manage systems. For crying out loud, background your code where possible, and where impossible, restrict your code characters to genuinely special characters. Don't hijack common text! (Think user friendly, like Apple does.)

Durew · Post by **Durew** » July 11, 2005, 2:02 am

Bump, months after trying Keyhole and being amazed at the program (this was just after Google had bought it)

Google finally released http://earth.google.com a bit ago, the program is essentially Keyhole, but this version is free, and faster. Its like a 7 mb download, well worth it for anyone interested in satellite imagery (not live, lol)

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » July 11, 2005, 3:39 am

That's well worth the download.

Ransure · Post by **Ransure** » July 11, 2005, 4:45 am

Wow, what a cool program...

Chmee · Post by **Chmee** » July 11, 2005, 10:08 am

Maps.google.com has a toggle to click back and forth between the road map view and the satellite view, pretty slick.

Ashur · Post by **Ashur** » July 11, 2005, 10:55 am

Showed my wife GoogleEarth this morning. Now nothing will get cleaned today

...

Fairweather Pure · Post by **Fairweather Pure** » July 12, 2005, 12:24 am

GoogleEarth never fails to impress. It's a very fun program, especially for free.

Xatrei · Post by **Xatrei** » July 12, 2005, 1:56 am

I wasted 2 hours today looking at my old stomping grounds in Germany heh.

Hesten · Post by **Hesten** » July 12, 2005, 10:44 am

I grabbed GoogleEarth today, everyone here at work been playing with it for like 2 hours now

Gnomies · Post by **Gnomies** » July 12, 2005, 12:24 pm

Showed my wife GoogleEarth this morning. Now nothing will get cleaned today ...

hahahha

Durew · Post by **Durew** » July 12, 2005, 10:18 pm

Here's googles top 10 visited sites on GoogleEarth. Just click Load KMZ and it will load the program and go to the site automatically

http://earth.google.com/sites/

Noysyrump · Post by **Noysyrump** » July 13, 2005, 2:20 pm

random note.

theres a game at candlestick park

I'm on a mission now... construction just began on Petco park... I WILL FIND MY CAR!