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Feb 14^th, 2009 at 9:46am

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I just downloaded the newest version of Google Earth now they have the seabeds mapped, and have shipwrecks marked, very cool... Smiley

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Reply #1 - Feb 14^th, 2009 at 10:45am

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I'm going to wait until they "fix" this ...

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Reply #2 - Feb 16^th, 2009 at 9:55am

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This is very cool, here's a shot of the Hudson Canyon on the seafloor...

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Reply #3 - Feb 17^th, 2009 at 12:52pm

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WebbPA wrote on Feb 14^th, 2009 at 10:45am:

I'm going to wait until they "fix" this ...

Why Google's Software Update Tool Is Evil

I saw in the setup process, you can set this to disable, however I noted during the download that Google Chrome is part of the download. Being happy with the browser that I have, can Google Chrome be deleted after the installation or will it just be a piece of software that I never use and is hogging hard drive space Angry

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Reply #4 - Feb 17^th, 2009 at 2:02pm

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expat wrote on Feb 17^th, 2009 at 12:52pm:

WebbPA wrote on Feb 14^th, 2009 at 10:45am:

I'm going to wait until they "fix" this ...

Why Google's Software Update Tool Is Evil

I saw in the setup process, you can set this to disable, however I noted during the download that Google Chrome is part of the download. Being happy with the browser that I have, can Google Chrome be deleted after the installation or will it just be a piece of software that I never use and is hogging hard drive space Angry

Matt

I've just zapped it in "Add/Remove Programs"...55 MB!

..and left Google Earth as it is..

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Reply #5 - Feb 17^th, 2009 at 3:38pm

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I just clicked cancel downloads after Google Earth downloaded, so it stopped before Google Chrome could be downloaded.

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Reply #6 - Feb 18^th, 2009 at 4:00pm

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nice. they have more of the Faroe Islands now Cool

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Reply #7 - Feb 20^th, 2009 at 2:20am

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Ravang wrote on Feb 16^th, 2009 at 9:55am:

This is very cool, here's a shot of the Hudson Canyon on the seafloor...
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How do you get the underwater view?, Google Earth 5 is getting the better of me Angry

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Reply #8 - Feb 20^th, 2009 at 5:52am

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Pick a nice spot of water, and keep on zooming in, I've noticed that most inland water bodies, and places such as the area around NYC don't include this feature, but all of the oceans do, and I believe the larger lakes and seas. When you get to sea level and first go under, it doesn't appear as though it's going any where, but eventually you hit bottom. Wink

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Reply #9 - Feb 20^th, 2009 at 7:53pm

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Also in the layers tab, be sure to check the Oceans box. Otherwise you can go down to the bottom of the ocean.

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Reply #10 - Feb 20^th, 2009 at 7:56pm

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Mine will show the locations of ship wrecks, such as the Titanic and the Bismark, but nothing is actually there, is there an option to show anything, or is it just place markers? Huh

Still neat even without showing the actual wreck though. Cool

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Reply #11 - Mar 5^th, 2009 at 11:30am

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Ravang wrote on Feb 20^th, 2009 at 7:53pm:

Also in the layers tab, be sure to check the Oceans box. Otherwise you can go down to the bottom of the ocean.

and also, in th 'View' tab, make sure 'show ocean surface' is disabled, or it will display a water 'plane' over the seabottom... which makes undersea viewing rather difficult

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Reply #12 - Mar 6^th, 2009 at 5:14pm

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ShaneG wrote on Feb 20^th, 2009 at 7:56pm:

Mine will show the locations of ship wrecks, such as the Titanic and the Bismark, but nothing is actually there, is there an option to show anything, or is it just place markers? Huh

Still neat even without showing the actual wreck though. Cool

http://sketchupdate.blogspot.com/2009/02/tour-3d-models-in-new-ocean-layer.html

I'm working on some models in SketchUp to be added to this... Wink

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Reply #13 - Mar 7^th, 2009 at 8:02am

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Ravang wrote on Mar 6^th, 2009 at 5:14pm:

ShaneG wrote on Feb 20^th, 2009 at 7:56pm:

Mine will show the locations of ship wrecks, such as the Titanic and the Bismark, but nothing is actually there, is there an option to show anything, or is it just place markers? Huh

Still neat even without showing the actual wreck though. Cool

http://sketchupdate.blogspot.com/2009/02/tour-3d-models-in-new-ocean-layer.html

I'm working on some models in SketchUp to be added to this... Wink

That's awesome! Cool

Are you on the sketchup team, or just doing contributions to the project? Great looking stuff.

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Reply #14 - Mar 7^th, 2009 at 10:16am

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I'm just contributing to the project, right now I'm modeling a Confederate Ironclad. I think you have to make at least 12 models before you can get on the SketchUp team.

My Ironclad progress...
http://www.simviation.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1235316446

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My model's uploaded for download for Google Earth...
http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid=c3c6da234b7de8c54f7dbaba37116...

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