Google Earth Pics

[+icefall5]

Find a place somewhere in the US on Google Earth that you want to share and share it! Make sure it has the caches from the KML through gc.com! I picked this one because it's near my house.

 

 

**Note to Mods**- I don't think this violates any rule, but sorry if it does! (Obviously) if this violates any rule, feel free to lock it! :)

Edited March 7, 2006 by icefall5

[Keystone]

**Note to Mods**- I don't think this violates any rule, but sorry if it does! (Obviously) if this violates any rule, feel free to lock it! :)

The popular and long running What/Where? thread in the Off Topic forum is a place where you can post just an aerial photo of a landmark, building, etc. and people try to guess what it is. That has nothing to do with geocaching, but is fun for those who choose to participate. I mention it so that this thread doesn't turn into a duplicate.

 

So long as everyone follows the OP's request to show Google Earth photos with geocache information shown, then that's ON topic and could also be fun.

[Pto]

Here is a shot of St. Paul MN's Como Park- where 5 of my hides are hidden-

the others are by other cachers.

Nothing too special, just a nice shot of the park, golf course, etc-

[+The Leprechauns]

Here are the caches around downtown Pittsburgh. The two on the right are mine. I think it's cool that you can get four icons within an easy walking distance if you visit for a sporting event. That's Heinz Field on the left, home of the Super Bowl Champion Steelers, and PNC Park on the right, the nicest minor league baseball team home in the world. And, of course, the "Golden Triangle," ending at Point State Park, the point where the Allegheny River (top) and the Monongahela River (bottom) meet up to form the Ohio River. The caches shown on the photo are covered by this bookmark list.

 

[+One of the Texas Vikings]

 

About 20 Miles North of Houston.

Near Lake Houston.

[cad-guy]

I have used google earth, but these pics look different. How do you get the GC icons to show up. I usually download the waypoint and open the .loc file in GE and I get a generic dot. Just wondering how you get it to look like that....sorry if I've gone off topic.

[+robert]

I have used google earth, but these pics look different. How do you get the GC icons to show up. I usually download the waypoint and open the .loc file in GE and I get a generic dot. Just wondering how you get it to look like that....sorry if I've gone off topic.

 

There's a link to it in your profile, if you go to http://www.geocaching.com/my .... look on the right-hand side. This will download the Google/Geocaching.com KML file and add a checkbox to Google Earth (in the panel on the left) so you can get to them without going through gc.com each time.

 

[+briansnat]

My house (next to that small, ovalish lake in the center). 14 of the caches are mine and one is my wife's

 

[BRTango]

My house (next to that small, ovalish lake in the center). 14 of the caches are mine and one is my wife's

 

 

I just realized... I have a TB sitting in one of your caches, Indefatigable (not in your picture). It must be a pretty tough one this time of year. Only one attempt in the logs since the TB was dropped of last August. I'm planning on going after it next time I drive through the area (probably next month).

Edited March 9, 2006 by BRTango

[Team Firebird]

This is stone mountain, a geologial odity near us.

[+M-T-P]

I'm surprised that nobody has shown off some really cool 3D terrain of Google Earth. The first one is of a cache called Rocky Horror on the edge of a rocky slope somewhat near these bridges. The cache icon appears closer to the bridge than it really is because of the KML's ambiguity. The second one is a virtual near Hoover Dam.

 

[BRTango]

The Stone Mountain pic is a really cool one with the 3D terrain:

 

[+briansnat]

My house (next to that small, ovalish lake in the center). 14 of the caches are mine and one is my wife's

 

 

I just realized... I have a TB sitting in one of your caches, Indefatigable (not in your picture). It must be a pretty tough one this time of year. Only one attempt in the logs since the TB was dropped of last August. I'm planning on going after it next time I drive through the area (probably next month).

 

Ouch, that's a real tough cache. If nobody finds it in winter it will be a long time before someone else attempts it Actually I can probably rescue it because the cache itself is easily accessible, its the multi stages that take it over tough terrain.

[BRTango]

My house (next to that small, ovalish lake in the center). 14 of the caches are mine and one is my wife's

 

 

I just realized... I have a TB sitting in one of your caches, Indefatigable (not in your picture). It must be a pretty tough one this time of year. Only one attempt in the logs since the TB was dropped of last August. I'm planning on going after it next time I drive through the area (probably next month).

 

Ouch, that's a real tough cache. If nobody finds it in winter it will be a long time before someone else attempts it Actually I can probably rescue it because the cache itself is easily accessible, its the multi stages that take it over tough terrain.

 

If you wouldn't mind rescuing him, I'd greatly appreciate it. I'd love to see him get back out into the world. Thanks a ton!!

[+4leafclover]

Here are the caches around downtown Pittsburgh. The two on the right are mine. I think it's cool that you can get four icons within an easy walking distance if you visit for a sporting event. That's Heinz Field on the left, home of the Super Bowl Champion Steelers, and PNC Park on the right, the nicest minor league baseball team home in the world. And, of course, the "Golden Triangle," ending at Point State Park, the point where the Allegheny River (top) and the Monongahela River (bottom) meet up to form the Ohio River. The caches shown on the photo are covered by this bookmark list.

 

 

I was in that park!!!!

 

way beofre caching existed, tho....

[+rowanf]

This is push pins rather than cache symbols because the Mac version of Google Earth doesn't work (I had to go back to the beta). The cache icons appear but seem to have server problems and disappear leaving nothing as soon as you move. *sigh* At least with the pins I can see where the caches are even if there isn't any other info.

 

This is the Stanford Campus in Menlo Park, CA

 

[+5winters]

Mount Borah the tallest point in Idaho, my goal is to climb it someday. The caches are along the trail. The portion of trail after the second cache is called "chicken out ridge" cool

 

[+ByrnedFish]

Good ol' Honeoye Falls NY

 

[+Adventure.AS]

High Park in Toronto with three of my caches.

 

[+HBmamaG]

The Stone Mountain pic is a really cool one with the 3D terrain:

 

That is awesome!

[+Maingray]

 

Chapel Hill, North carolina.

 

Go Heels!

[+Maingray]

 

RDU, NC

[Team Shard Finder]

This is the AMARC ( Aircraft Maintenence and Regeneration Center ) in Tucson, AZ. See Link

 

The Boneyard

[+MtnRubi]

 

Caches as far as the eye can see. I love living here!

[+Quoddy]

 

A recent group hike in the snow (Tracklog in aqua). Twelve caches - 27 cachers!

[+_BBQ_]

I took this pic near Pheonix Az in South Mountain Park. The top one is from my digital camera and the bottom one is from the same position in Google Earth. I think it really shows off how great this software is.

 

Real:

 

Google Earth:

[+icefall5]

I took this pic near Pheonix Az in South Mountain Park. The top one is from my digital camera and the bottom one is from the same position in Google Earth. I think it really shows off how great this software is.

 

Real:

 

Google Earth:

I think that's great. The top pic looks a little digitized (and DON'T say "Well, duh! It's from a digital camera!).

[+icefall5]

I was just exploring GE and I thought "Hmmm... I haven't looked at Everest in a while..." I am literally obsessed with Mt. Everest (the highest mountain in the world at 29,035 feet tall) and I want to climb it someday. I opened it with the KML file and boy was I surprised! There is a cache on Mt. Everest!!!!! It's amazing!!!!! Who woulda thunk there would be a cache on Everest?! YEAH!

 

For the cache page, click here.

[+icefall5]

Here's one of Mt. Saint Helens:

[+icefall5]

Here's yet another one. If the NPS banned caching in their parks, my question is- why is this cache in Yellowstone? Oh, by the way- this pic is of Yellowston National Park.

[+scavok]

An entrance to the rocky mountains via Boulder, CO at one of my favorite scenic overlooks. As cool as G.E. is, it doesn't do it justice