Google Earth - Look at your home from Satelite

Google Earth is one of my favorite web services offered by Google. This application combines satellite imagery, maps, aerial photos and google search engine, producing interesting application that enables anyone to view almost any part of the world and simulatenously get location related google search results. As google states;

“Google Earth puts a planet’s worth of imagery and other geographic information right on your desktop. View exotic locales like Maui and Paris as well as points of interest such as local restaurants, hospitals, schools, and more.” Link

Image quality is quite good. The quality and the speed of this service(given you are on broadband) truly shows how far technology has gone by bringing to your desktop something that we used to see only on the blockbusters not so long ago. Google earth has free and premium version which comes with more options. To start using service, a software download(approx.14 MB) is required. If your PC is more then 1.5 years old, then before you install it check ‘recommended hardware configuration’ here.

What can it be used for?

  • zoom in from space to any physical address
  • checkout schools, hotels, restaurants, etc
  • discover driving directions
  • View 3D terraing of buildings
  • Possibility to Save/ Share location searches

With Google earn not only you can view almost any physical address on the planet, but also browse through fun earth tours produced by other users. For instance, there is a tour featuring satellite images of 10 most expensive homes in the world(view images, 3D terrains of these houses and etc.). Someone may also find it helpful for cheking out an hotel or resort before actually booking it. You can see yourself whether the beach house you are about to book is actually a beach house and not a ‘100 meter away’ beach house. Well, the rest is up to your imagination. To get more tips from Google itself visit Google Earth Showcase here.

Sample pictures provided on Google Earth (click to enlarge):

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    Comment by portia bethel
    2007-03-25 18:41:39

    want to see my house from satilite

     
    Comment by martin Garcia
    2007-04-24 13:33:18

    finde my address 206 East filmore Harlingen TX,78550

     
    Comment by titto benito
    2007-04-27 00:28:46

    hi..I’m indonesian..antil now i work at east kalimantan and i missed much more to see my home at java island would you have some trick with easy, how to access detile real and live images (up to date)for exaple is my home.. can you help for find it including information abaut weather and coordinates and more information if posible….and maybe i can see my mom walk in front of my house..hehehe…tks for attention n BRGDS……sucess for google earth
    +6285232226498

     
    Comment by Aibek
    2007-04-28 21:20:28

    @tito
    i think at the moment there is nothing on the web that’ll let you access real-time (live) images of the place. Although, I think in a year or two this should be possible.

    Comment by Dement
    2008-08-17 11:26:48

    Do you know where I can find the most recent satilite images? Ones that are not months if not years old??

     
     
    Comment by david binion
    2007-05-15 17:48:08

    i want to see my house

     
    Comment by dennis holmes
    2007-05-31 03:04:56

    search for our home at 948 dunhill rd. grayslake il.

     
    Comment by Aibek
    2007-05-31 23:38:31

    @ dennis

    Hmmmmm, it’s kind of blurry from here. Is it fine on your end?

     
    Comment by eswar
    2007-06-02 10:34:51

    hai

     
    Comment by Aaron C
    2007-06-06 03:03:50

    would like to see my house from satilite

    Comment by ERIC
    2008-04-10 19:16:03

    HEY SO CAN I SEE MY HOUS FROM SATILITE

     
     
    Comment by endy
    2007-06-06 08:24:28

    gee i want to see my son school, can you provide it to me..???
    thx dude

     
    Comment by tarek
    2007-06-13 11:49:56

    i want to see may university from space (universuty of batna)

     
    Comment by Aibek
    2007-06-13 14:08:54

    good luck… ;-)

     
    Comment by neha anand
    2007-06-17 15:03:49

    i want to see my house.

     
    Comment by Kayla
    2007-06-29 00:05:51

    WHat the freak how do you see your house from space

     
    Comment by tasmin
    2007-07-09 15:57:15

    please can i see my house from space

     
    Comment by Aibek
    2007-07-09 16:25:44

    Guyz …
    In order to to see your house you’ll need to DOWNLOAD and INSTALL Google Earth program. Once done just search for your address.

     
    Comment by Ian
    2007-07-17 18:19:00

    I want to see my home at 35 the boulevard. Pakuranga. AUCKLAND

     
    Comment by steve deneau
    2007-07-18 19:39:57

    I want to view my house via satilite.

     
    Comment by Anil
    2007-08-02 13:03:30

    I want to view my house via satilite.

     
    Comment by mancillas jose
    2007-08-02 20:27:29

    just to see the beautiful places on earth

     
    Comment by tubz
    2007-08-04 21:20:10

    i cant seem to look at my house using google earth
    i searched my address but all that comes up is a blur can some one help me out

     
    Comment by Aibek
    2007-08-05 00:11:54

    What city and country you’re from? Less popular cities receive less priority and may be viewed only at fairly low zoom levels.

     
    Comment by sarah tucker
    2007-08-06 23:20:04

    i like it

     
    Comment by Amit Nagar
    2007-08-08 07:04:54

    i want to see my house from satelite. i m loving it.

     
    Comment by khadija
    2007-08-14 08:11:56

    i jvst luvv it

     
    Comment by sana
    2007-08-16 11:51:39

    i want to view the city of burdwan from satelite. May i view?

     
    Comment by vidya
    2007-08-16 15:45:47

    how to view my house
    i am from india

     
    Comment by fatima el-arja
    2007-08-26 00:48:56

    i’m bored……..i want to rome the world in a breath taking satelite….
    just sit back…..relax…..and enjoy……but is it scary?………can i see my kitchen from it…………what will they think of next?????

     
    Comment by samirul
    2007-08-26 09:11:27

    i want to see west bengal-burdwan-kshetia

     
    Comment by vishal dhanraj
    2007-09-01 17:51:04

    I WANT TO SEE MY HOUSE

    Comment by Denzer
    2007-10-20 16:49:37

    I would like to se mine also

    Comment by Sindy
    2008-04-16 13:52:18

    We don’t care that you wanna see your house
    bitch!! Just know i will keep you on your tos about what you say on this wesite

    (Comments wont nest below this level)
     
     
     
    Comment by gina barna
    2007-10-04 14:32:38

    please find my house . It was broken into over the week .
    98 Water District re. cadiz ky 42211 can you cath the bad guys?

     
    Comment by Aibek
    2007-10-04 19:53:17

    @ Gina

    Sorry this is far beyond what Google Earth can offer.

     
    Comment by Kuchaynazir
    2007-10-07 09:06:23

    I would like to see my house through breath taking satelite service provided by google earth- I am from Soura,Srinagar, Kashmir, India.

     
    Comment by abhigya
    2007-10-21 04:46:37

    what kind of software is this…? so confusing.., i hate it.

     
    Comment by imran
    2007-11-07 08:21:42

    i want to look my house …which is in pakistan

     
    Comment by Rohit
    2008-02-15 02:21:32

    google has done a great thing

     
    Comment by reggi
    2008-03-19 23:18:12

    i want to see my house

     
    Comment by javi
    2008-03-24 10:48:31

    I want to see my new house

     
    Comment by kasey
    2008-03-29 17:37:02

    find my home 507riverview village west pittston PA 18643

     
    Comment by larry lingerfelt
    2008-04-22 11:44:51

    find my home 6756 casar road lawndale nc 28090

     
    Comment by siddhartha
    2008-05-16 01:16:53

    i want tosee my home town jhalda, dist-purulia ,west bengal

     
    Comment by K Suresh
    2008-05-27 06:23:49

    I would like to see my house through breath taking satelite service provided by google earth- I am from Kakinada,East Godavari Dist,Andhra Pradesh,India

     
    Comment by Marilyn Phelps
    2008-07-08 22:20:53

    Want to see my house.

     
    Comment by swamp
    2008-07-29 00:22:07

    is it possible to see via satelite a past event, or i may say, can i view a recorded files, if there is?

     
    Comment by PINKY
    2008-07-31 04:21:24

    ITS VERY NICE

     
    Comment by James B. Ond
    2008-08-26 08:19:44

    HOW,…. CAN I VIEW MY PROPERTY,…. VIA ”GOOGLE” ON MY PC?
    E-MAIL THE INFO. ”PLEASE”

    pghlm@aol.com

    ”THANKS”

     
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