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Anybody using Google Earth software? All I get a mono screen with a few
scattered white dots. It sounds like a great application for studying an
area to fish, but I get nothing useful out of it. Anybody know if there is
somethign wrong with my setup that I must be missing?



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Bob La Londe
http://www.YumaBassMan.com

Anybody using Google Earth software? All I get a mono screen with a few
scattered white dots. It sounds like a great application for studying an
area to fish, but I get nothing useful out of it. Anybody know if there is
somethign wrong with my setup that I must be missing?

I have Google Earth in my Windows XP machine (the free version), and it
works great.

I think you need to read the recommended-hardware requirement in the
download screen to see if your machine can handle Google Earth. If I
remember correctly, the machine must be recent enough (like within the
last couple years), and need to have a good video system. Other than
that, I have no idea why you get a mono screen.

I am not sure whether it is a good tool for fishing though. Its image
is too grainy when we zoom into the street level, and you cannot easily
tell the water depth from the image of the water surface. I have a
feeling that a fishing map with contour and depth will be a better
choice for fishing.

Jay Chan

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Anybody using Google Earth software? All I get a mono screen with a few
scattered white dots. It sounds like a great application for studying
an
area to fish, but I get nothing useful out of it. Anybody know if there
is
somethign wrong with my setup that I must be missing?

I have Google Earth in my Windows XP machine (the free version), and it
works great.

I think you need to read the recommended-hardware requirement in the
download screen to see if your machine can handle Google Earth. If I
remember correctly, the machine must be recent enough (like within the
last couple years), and need to have a good video system. Other than
that, I have no idea why you get a mono screen.

I am not sure whether it is a good tool for fishing though. Its image
is too grainy when we zoom into the street level, and you cannot easily
tell the water depth from the image of the water surface. I have a
feeling that a fishing map with contour and depth will be a better
choice for fishing.

Jay Chan

Yeah, looks like my video card won't handle it, and from what you say sounds
like I'm better off looking at aerial photos from terra server.

Bob La Londe
www.YumaBassMan.com

Bob La Londe wrote:
Anybody using Google Earth software? All I get a mono screen with a few
scattered white dots. It sounds like a great application for studying an
area to fish, but I get nothing useful out of it. Anybody know if there is
somethign wrong with my setup that I must be missing?



Bob,

I had no idea something like this was available for free. That is
freakin awesome. I am not sure what could be wrong with yours. Mine
did that for a brief moment before it loaded the globe and gave me the
ability to pick. It is almost like it cannot find a network connection
(I-net).

Chris

"Bob La Londe" wrote in message
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Anybody using Google Earth software? All I get a mono screen with a few
scattered white dots. It sounds like a great application for studying an
area to fish, but I get nothing useful out of it. Anybody know if there
is
somethign wrong with my setup that I must be missing?

Really not very useful for looking at lakes, other then knowing the shape of
it. You might be able to see a stream or river leading into the lake. But
the photos on EarthGoogle have been around for awhile. They bought the
system from Keyhole. It seems that in many cases EarthGoogle's photos are
more up-to-date then other photos available.

You could take the lines from a topo map, save them as a jpg or .bmp and
layer them on top of the EarthGoogle map. This might prove a bit useful.

I looked at Google Earth yesterday. Fancy interface, but other
than color, I prefer the Terra Server photos for the detail - even if
it is B&W.

Even better, for MN anyway, is Geo Express View pgm using MN DNR's
"NAIP" series of photos (on a county by county basis). The entire
state available in something called MrSid format - uff-da - talk about
detail - it doesn't get fuzzy until you try to zoom in beyond
1M/pixel. You can see the differances in water depth on some of
the lakes. Great for scouting land from the air for hunting.

Jim

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I looked at Google Earth yesterday. Fancy interface, but other
than color, I prefer the Terra Server photos for the detail - even if
it is B&W.

Even better, for MN anyway, is Geo Express View pgm using MN DNR's
"NAIP" series of photos (on a county by county basis). The entire
state available in something called MrSid format - uff-da - talk about
detail - it doesn't get fuzzy until you try to zoom in beyond
1M/pixel. You can see the differances in water depth on some of
the lakes. Great for scouting land from the air for hunting.

Jim

Yeah, Terra Server is pretty good. Some of the coasties seem to like Google
Earth, but its on-line interface shows less current info, more areas blocked
out than Terra Server for my area. I was just trying to check out the PC
based application and see how it did. Thanks for the feedback guys.


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Bob La Londe
http://www.YumaBassMan.com