Winter Games Enhanced

mondine · 02-22-2006, 09:40 AM

From the Google Friends Newsletter- Feb '06:brbr

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POWER TIPbrWinter Games EnhancedbrWe've updated Google Earth and Google Local with high resolutionbrimagery of the area surrounding Torino, Italy, home of the 2006 WinterbrGames. With Google Earth installed, click on the KMZ file for OlympicbrVenues, which will load placemarks for all the major sites at thebrGames. To really appreciate the scenery, be sure to enable the Terrainbrlayer and take advantage of the tilt view control in Google Earth:brWe've also generated street maps for Torino, which are available in thebrGoogle Maps API for those of you interested in creating Winter Gamesbrmashups.brhttp://earth.google.combrhttp://local.google.com (search on 'Turin' or 'Torino')

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Lupine1647 · 02-22-2006, 03:35 PM

I was looking over that area a few days ago and it is very detailed. Some areas however they missed like the Luge track (still just pixelated green blob).

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02-22-2006, 03:35 PM	#2 (permalink)
Lupine1647 Elite Googler Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Kansas City, Missouri Posts: 1,065 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I was looking over that area a few days ago and it is very detailed. Some areas however they missed like the Luge track (still just pixelated green blob).

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