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From: Lisi on 24 May 2010 12:10
On Monday 24 May 2010 16:11:43 Stephen Powell wrote:
> On Mon, 24 May 2010 10:47:35 -0400 (EDT), Lisi wrote:
> > I have been trying to install Google Earth on Lenny ...
>
> Lisi,
>
> This is not really an answer to your question, but rather
> an alternative, especially since you are short of time.
> Both Yahoo and Mapquest have aerial photos available, down
> to fairly decent resolution in most areas. I can clearly
> pick out my house on a 60'x120' lot using it. It may be
> adequate for your purposes. And in public places, such
> as the capitol building, I can pick out individual people,
> though I obviously can't tell who they are. Try, for example,
>
> http://www.mapquest.com/
>
> To see actual photographs, click on "Aerial map" in the
> upper right hand corner. By default, it shows street names
> too, but you can turn that off by clicking off the check
> box for "show labels". The zoom control is in the upper
> left-hand corner of the picture.

How I fared:

I could only persuade Yahoo maps to offer to get me from A to B, not show me
pictures of A.

Mapquest zoomed in on it beautifully, but had no pictures. Two
different "maps", and I could turn the labels off under the aerial view, but
no pictures. I presume that they photographed the USA first.

But thanks for the lateral thinking, Stephen. It might have worked!!

I shall have to give up for the moment.

Lisi


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From: Stephen Powell on 24 May 2010 12:40
On Mon, 24 May 2010 12:03:41 -0400 (EDT), Lisi wrote:
> How I fared:
>
> I could only persuade Yahoo maps to offer to get me from A to B, not show me
> pictures of A.
>
> Mapquest zoomed in on it beautifully, but had no pictures. Two
> different "maps", and I could turn the labels off under the aerial view, but
> no pictures. I presume that they photographed the USA first.
>
> But thanks for the lateral thinking, Stephen. It might have worked!!
>
> I shall have to give up for the moment.

Let's see. IIRC you live in the UK, correct? I had no trouble zooming in
on London with aerial photos. You did click on aerial map, right?
I just tried Google maps at Brad's suggestion. It's even better.
Try again. I got this shot of Buckingham Palace:

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Buckingham+Palace,+London,+United+Kingdom&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=49.310476,114.169922&ie=UTF8&hq=Buckingham+Palace&hnear=Buckingham+Palace,+London,+UK&ll=51.500732,-0.141862&spn=0.002384,0.006968&t=h&z=18

Say hello to Her Majesty for me the next time you stop in for tea, will you? ;-)

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From: Lisi on 24 May 2010 13:10
On Monday 24 May 2010 17:31:50 Stephen Powell wrote:
> On Mon, 24 May 2010 12:03:41 -0400 (EDT), Lisi wrote:
> > How I fared:
> >
> > I could only persuade Yahoo maps to offer to get me from A to B, not show
> > me pictures of A.
> >
> > Mapquest zoomed in on it beautifully, but had no pictures. Two
> > different "maps", and I could turn the labels off under the aerial view,
> > but no pictures. I presume that they photographed the USA first.
> >
> > But thanks for the lateral thinking, Stephen. It might have worked!!
> >
> > I shall have to give up for the moment.
>
> Let's see. IIRC you live in the UK, correct? I had no trouble zooming in
> on London with aerial photos. You did click on aerial map, right?
> I just tried Google maps at Brad's suggestion. It's even better.
> Try again. I got this shot of Buckingham Palace:
>
> http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Buckingham+Pala
>ce,+London,+United+Kingdom&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=49.310476,114.169922&
>ie=UTF8&hq=Buckingham+Palace&hnear=Buckingham+Palace,+London,+UK&ll=51.50073
>2,-0.141862&spn=0.002384,0.006968&t=h&z=18
>
> Say hello to Her Majesty for me the next time you stop in for tea, will
> you? ;-)

:-)

There is obviously a problem with either me or my box or both. I am running
out of time to solve this particular problem, but I clearly need to solve the
general problem. :-(

But _after_ some food, a break, and perhaps a night's sleep.

Thanks all of you for your help.

Lisi


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From: Camaleón on 24 May 2010 14:40
On Mon, 24 May 2010 15:47:35 +0100, Lisi wrote:

(...)

> I downloaded, then:
> <quote>
> lisi(a)Tux:~$ cd /home/lisi/Peter/Google_Earth/
> lisi(a)Tux:~/Peter/Google_Earth$ chmod u+x GoogleEarthLinux.bin
> lisi(a)Tux:~/Peter/Google_Earth$ su

No need to "su", just install with your common user.

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From: Lisi on 24 May 2010 17:00
On Monday 24 May 2010 19:31:27 Camaleón wrote:
> On Mon, 24 May 2010 15:47:35 +0100, Lisi wrote:
>
> (...)
>
> > I downloaded, then:
> > <quote>
> > lisi(a)Tux:~$ cd /home/lisi/Peter/Google_Earth/
> > lisi(a)Tux:~/Peter/Google_Earth$ chmod u+x GoogleEarthLinux.bin
> > lisi(a)Tux:~/Peter/Google_Earth$ su
>
> No need to "su", just install with your common user.

Thanks, Camaleón. I'll have another go tomorrow.

Lisi



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