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Date: 05 Sep 2006 08:51:47
From: Henry
Subject: Golf -- Google Earth link
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http://www.macworld.com/weblogs/editors/2006/08/golfgoogle/index.php
An example of using Google Earth for golf.
Henry
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Date: 05 Sep 2006 16:35:03
From: The_Professor
Subject: Re: Golf -- Google Earth link
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Henry wrote:
> The_Professor wrote:
> > Henry wrote:
> >> http://www.macworld.com/weblogs/editors/2006/08/golfgoogle/index.php
> >>
> >> An example of using Google Earth for golf.
> >>
> >> Henry
> >
> > Pay good money to use something that is free. You also get programs
> > hitch hiking into your computer when you go to their website, a real
> > touch of class!
> >
> To what are you referring? Google Earth? macworld.com? quicktime?
> something else?
>
> Henry
I had problems with the article, and with quicktime. This computer runs
a fully updated XP and has a fully updated quicktime. IT's not a MAC
though. You can get images like that from the government, say the USGS.
US taxpayers paid for them in any event (unless google has some
satellites in orbit that I don't know about).
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Date: 05 Sep 2006 19:53:31
From: Henry
Subject: Re: Golf -- Google Earth link
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The_Professor wrote:
>
> I had problems with the article, and with quicktime. This computer runs
> a fully updated XP and has a fully updated quicktime. IT's not a MAC
> though. You can get images like that from the government, say the USGS.
> US taxpayers paid for them in any event (unless google has some
> satellites in orbit that I don't know about).
>
I'm so sorry this link caused you trouble. I'll warn my golfing friends
that I sent it to. Thanks.
Try Google Earth Beta 4. You'll like it.
One neat thing about Google Earth is you can direct it to automatically
tour ala satellite views from a low altitude, predetermined points, in
the macworld case, from tee 1 to drive on 1 to green 1, etc for the
whole 18 holes, sorta like the old helicopter views of a hole's layout
on a TV broadcast without the narration. I put some lousy TV quality
video on YouTube that toured the GPS saved breadcrumbs from rounds of
golf that I played (hacked). The video doesn't do justice to the detail
you can see when viewing the Google Earth "replay" on your computer.
Don't get dizzy! I tend to go in circles alot! A link to one of my
YouTube videos :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ns_YBkJAG88
Henry
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Date: 05 Sep 2006 15:55:00
From: The_Professor
Subject: Re: Golf -- Google Earth link
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Henry wrote:
> The_Professor wrote:
> > Henry wrote:
> >> http://www.macworld.com/weblogs/editors/2006/08/golfgoogle/index.php
> >>
> >> An example of using Google Earth for golf.
> >>
> >> Henry
> >
> > Pay good money to use something that is free. You also get programs
> > hitch hiking into your computer when you go to their website, a real
> > touch of class!
> >
> To what are you referring? Google Earth? macworld.com? quicktime?
> something else?
>
> Henry
I just clicked on the link. I can get such images free, and I can load
them into any one of a number of ordinary graphics packages and
calculate distances, for example.
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Date: 05 Sep 2006 18:29:55
From: Henry
Subject: Re: Golf -- Google Earth link
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The_Professor wrote:
> Henry wrote:
>> The_Professor wrote:
>>> Henry wrote:
>>>> http://www.macworld.com/weblogs/editors/2006/08/golfgoogle/index.php
>>>>
>>>> An example of using Google Earth for golf.
>>>>
>>>> Henry
>>> Pay good money to use something that is free. You also get programs
>>> hitch hiking into your computer when you go to their website, a real
>>> touch of class!
>>>
>> To what are you referring? Google Earth? macworld.com? quicktime?
>> something else?
>>
>> Henry
>
> I just clicked on the link. I can get such images free, and I can load
> them into any one of a number of ordinary graphics packages and
> calculate distances, for example.
>
I'm using Firefox with scripting turned off. I'm so sorry if the link
did anything bad to you. Google Earth Beta 4 is free, but you can pay
for a plus version or a professional version too? The free version works
fine for this application. I didn't look at the video, I just
downloaded the KMZ file and opened it in Google Earth and played the
tour. Is the video the problem?
Henry
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Date: 06 Sep 2006 16:33:58
From: \R&B\
Subject: Re: Golf -- Google Earth link
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This just in, Rob: Google Earth is free.
Randy
"The_Professor" <dbid@att.net > wrote in message
news:1157496900.197686.281120@b28g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
>
> Henry wrote:
>> The_Professor wrote:
>> > Henry wrote:
>> >> http://www.macworld.com/weblogs/editors/2006/08/golfgoogle/index.php
>> >>
>> >> An example of using Google Earth for golf.
>> >>
>> >> Henry
>> >
>> > Pay good money to use something that is free. You also get programs
>> > hitch hiking into your computer when you go to their website, a real
>> > touch of class!
>> >
>> To what are you referring? Google Earth? macworld.com? quicktime?
>> something else?
>>
>> Henry
>
> I just clicked on the link. I can get such images free, and I can load
> them into any one of a number of ordinary graphics packages and
> calculate distances, for example.
>
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Date: 06 Sep 2006 16:39:11
From: sfb
Subject: Re: Golf -- Google Earth link
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Also, Google Earth is fully indexed.
""R&B"" <noneofyourbusiness@all.com > wrote in message
news:MZGdnTCjGI0prWLZnZ2dnUVZ_qydnZ2d@giganews.com...
> This just in, Rob: Google Earth is free.
>
> Randy
>
> "The_Professor" <dbid@att.net> wrote in message
> news:1157496900.197686.281120@b28g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
>>
>> Henry wrote:
>>> The_Professor wrote:
>>> > Henry wrote:
>>> >> http://www.macworld.com/weblogs/editors/2006/08/golfgoogle/index.php
>>> >>
>>> >> An example of using Google Earth for golf.
>>> >>
>>> >> Henry
>>> >
>>> > Pay good money to use something that is free. You also get programs
>>> > hitch hiking into your computer when you go to their website, a real
>>> > touch of class!
>>> >
>>> To what are you referring? Google Earth? macworld.com? quicktime?
>>> something else?
>>>
>>> Henry
>>
>> I just clicked on the link. I can get such images free, and I can load
>> them into any one of a number of ordinary graphics packages and
>> calculate distances, for example.
>>
>
>
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Date: 05 Sep 2006 13:33:37
From: The_Professor
Subject: Re: Golf -- Google Earth link
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Henry wrote:
> http://www.macworld.com/weblogs/editors/2006/08/golfgoogle/index.php
>
> An example of using Google Earth for golf.
>
> Henry
Pay good money to use something that is free. You also get programs
hitch hiking into your computer when you go to their website, a real
touch of class!
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Date: 05 Sep 2006 17:51:19
From: Henry
Subject: Re: Golf -- Google Earth link
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The_Professor wrote:
> Henry wrote:
>> http://www.macworld.com/weblogs/editors/2006/08/golfgoogle/index.php
>>
>> An example of using Google Earth for golf.
>>
>> Henry
>
> Pay good money to use something that is free. You also get programs
> hitch hiking into your computer when you go to their website, a real
> touch of class!
>
To what are you referring? Google Earth? macworld.com? quicktime?
something else?
Henry
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Date: 06 Sep 2006 05:52:43
From: Larry Bud
Subject: Re: Golf -- Google Earth link
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Henry wrote:
> Larry Bud wrote:
>
> >
> > Using photoshop I then plotted arcs. Here's an example of one that I
> > did a few years ago (in fact, I don't think this is a google image, but
> > from somewhere else)
> >
> > http://www.areddy.net/misc/silverlake1.jpg
> >
>
> Very neat. I would need the arcs to extend at least to all inbounds
> areas, left and right ;-( One of the advantages to a GPS since I'm
> likely to be off the fairway and out of site of the hole, tho some GPS's
> don't work well from heavy tree cover.
I don't make these maps or use the ones I had anymore since I now use a
laser.
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Date: 06 Sep 2006 04:54:39
From: Larry Bud
Subject: Re: Golf -- Google Earth link
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Henry wrote:
> http://www.macworld.com/weblogs/editors/2006/08/golfgoogle/index.php
>
> An example of using Google Earth for golf.
A while back I posted a page that I made:
http://www.areddy.net/golfmaps/
While the features I have turned on are sparse, the advantage is that
you can put in the height and width of the image, so you could
conceivably plot the entire course on the screen.
The only problem is that there's no way to do a right click and save
the image (against the Google Terms of Use), but you can do a screen
capture.
Using photoshop I then plotted arcs. Here's an example of one that I
did a few years ago (in fact, I don't think this is a google image, but
from somewhere else)
http://www.areddy.net/misc/silverlake1.jpg
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Date: 06 Sep 2006 07:35:19
From: Henry
Subject: Re: Golf -- Google Earth link
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Larry Bud wrote:
>
> Using photoshop I then plotted arcs. Here's an example of one that I
> did a few years ago (in fact, I don't think this is a google image, but
> from somewhere else)
>
> http://www.areddy.net/misc/silverlake1.jpg
>
Very neat. I would need the arcs to extend at least to all inbounds
areas, left and right ;-( One of the advantages to a GPS since I'm
likely to be off the fairway and out of site of the hole, tho some GPS's
don't work well from heavy tree cover.
Henry
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Date: 13 Dec 2006 06:26:49
From: Evil I
Subject: Re: Golf -- Google Earth link
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"Henry" <HenryNot@home.com > wrote in message
news:agzLg.134413$LF4.37832@dukeread05...
> Larry Bud wrote:
>
>>
>> Using photoshop I then plotted arcs. Here's an example of one that I
>> did a few years ago (in fact, I don't think this is a google image, but
>> from somewhere else)
>>
>> http://www.areddy.net/misc/silverlake1.jpg
>>
>
> Very neat. I would need the arcs to extend at least to all inbounds
> areas, left and right ;-( One of the advantages to a GPS since I'm likely
> to be off the fairway and out of site of the hole, tho some GPS's don't
> work well from heavy tree cover.
>
> Henry
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Date: 06 Sep 2006 04:48:01
From: Larry Bud
Subject: Re: Golf -- Google Earth link
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The_Professor wrote:
> Henry wrote:
> > The_Professor wrote:
> > > Henry wrote:
> > >> http://www.macworld.com/weblogs/editors/2006/08/golfgoogle/index.php
> > >>
> > >> An example of using Google Earth for golf.
> > >>
> > >> Henry
> > >
> > > Pay good money to use something that is free. You also get programs
> > > hitch hiking into your computer when you go to their website, a real
> > > touch of class!
> > >
> > To what are you referring? Google Earth? macworld.com? quicktime?
> > something else?
> >
> > Henry
>
> I had problems with the article, and with quicktime. This computer runs
> a fully updated XP and has a fully updated quicktime. IT's not a MAC
> though. You can get images like that from the government, say the USGS.
> US taxpayers paid for them in any event (unless google has some
> satellites in orbit that I don't know about).
Google satellite images ARE free. And quicktime basic is free too.
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Date: 06 Sep 2006 22:42:20
From: \R&B\
Subject: Re: Golf -- Google Earth link
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"Henry" <HenryNot@home.com > wrote in message
news:ThfLg.133556$LF4.83538@dukeread05...
> http://www.macworld.com/weblogs/editors/2006/08/golfgoogle/index.php
>
> An example of using Google Earth for golf.
>
> Henry
Henry, I'm interested in how you got Google Earth to play a movie.
I may not have the latest version. Many times I've "flown" over golf
courses, but it's always been by using the "hand" to grab the screen and set
it in motion manually. I've never "recorded" the moves, set placemarks, and
played back the entire sequence.
How do you do that?
Randy
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Date: 07 Sep 2006 05:51:59
From: Henry
Subject: Re: Golf -- Google Earth link
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"R&B" wrote:
> "Henry" <HenryNot@home.com> wrote in message
> news:ThfLg.133556$LF4.83538@dukeread05...
>> http://www.macworld.com/weblogs/editors/2006/08/golfgoogle/index.php
>>
>> An example of using Google Earth for golf.
>>
>> Henry
>
>
> Henry, I'm interested in how you got Google Earth to play a movie.
>
> I may not have the latest version. Many times I've "flown" over golf
> courses, but it's always been by using the "hand" to grab the screen and set
> it in motion manually. I've never "recorded" the moves, set placemarks, and
> played back the entire sequence.
>
> How do you do that?
>
> Randy
>
>
Randy,
I know Google Earth Beta 4 does this using the play button on the
sidebar, just get your ducks (placemarks) in a row (in the temporary
folder) and press play. In the options you can adjust altitude, viewing
angle (I think the ruler function is accurate only with an overhead
view) , and speed. GoogleEarth Beta 4 has some tutorials already set
up. Once you've got everything set up, you can use "save as" for the
temporary folder and share the KML or KMZ file with your friends.
Capturing the screen in windows, I've used an external DVD recorder at
highest compression rather than software because of limited CPU and
funds. The macworld article mentions the software that he used.
I always just threw tennis shoes at the screen watching Ga Tech games ;-)
Henry
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Date: 06 Sep 2006 13:49:23
From: Henry
Subject: Re: Golf -- Google Earth link
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Henry wrote:
> http://www.macworld.com/weblogs/editors/2006/08/golfgoogle/index.php
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> An example of using Google Earth for golf.
>
> Henry
You can also use the "web based" version of Google Earth: Google Maps
(maps.google.com).
And there are sites like http://www.golfworldmap.com which lists
hundreds golf courses with high resolution satellite images.
Henry
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