Google Earth

[cbarnard]

Hey everyone i just wanted to share something i found. Well i'm sure most of you know of Google Earth, but i recently found out how great and powerful it is. I've been creating placemarks and such and have created a file. If your interested then check out one of my blogs to download it.

OregonCurtis
http://oregoncurtis.baywords.com

Also if anyone here has some kml/kmz files from japan of their own i am very interested!

Thanks,

Curtis

 

[pipokun]

You can see lots of baseball ghosts along the tamagawa river in Tokyo.

 

[cbarnard]

Baseball ghost? Link to more information?

 

[pipokun]

35ﾂ≫?ｹ36'46.18"N
139ﾂ≫?ｹ37'16.10"E

He/she is a pitching ghost.

 

[cbarnard]

Are those baseball fields still used? BTW i have an updated file over at my blog which has more placemarks routes and overlays.

OregonCurtis
http://oregoncurtis.baywords.com

-Curtis

 

[pipokun]

I don't know how many riverside ball game parks in total there are, but they are still used to play.

Probably you've already known it, but the google boundary looks interesting.

34ﾂ≫?ｹ14'26.79"N
134ﾂ≫?ｹ39'26.59"E

 

[cbarnard]

I just put up version 2.10 i included a readme and everything explaining how things work. definitely some good improvements. Look at the place marks in Tokyo to see the new pop-up bubbles. let me know what you think.

OregonCurtis

 

[pipokun]

You are quite a good photographer.

35ﾂ≫?ｹ38'39.84"N
139ﾂ≫?ｹ42'52.30"E

This place is a school in Google Earth right now (you can see some cherry blossom).

But the local city office, Shibuya ward office, turns it into a billions yen worth public farming place for residents from May 31.
Probably you can see happy amateur farmer's faces in the next version of Google Earth.

I am not a resident there and I totally agree with the importance of green in the downtown, so I cannot say much.
But...

 

[cbarnard]

You are quite a good photographer.

Thanks!

But the local city office, Shibuya ward office, turns it into a billions yen worth public farming place for residents from May 31.

I don't understand. Do you mean they sell garden plants? I don't see how they could farm there. Is there any links to websites with more information.

Thanks,

Curtis

 

[pipokun]

http://google-earth-travel.net/earth/japan_1.html
There are many sites/forums about interesting places in Google Earth.
The site above may be good for you, for you can see small photos as well.
When you need some help for what the brief explanation is like, just post your translation request in Learning Japanese section here.

Thanks!
I don't understand. Do you mean they sell garden plants? I don't see how they could farm there. Is there any links to websites with more information.
Thanks,
Curtis

I should have said the city office keeps the land next to the school for giving farming opportunities to their residents. It is, of course, cheap to lend the land.
I saw a happy resident said that she would plant sunflower seeds there on a TV news. When I see the sunflower, I'm glad to report it here.

 

[cbarnard]

Thanks for that link! I'm using google to translate the page...

 

[Prizm]

I used Google Earth to plan my trip to Japan. I marked hotels, places of interest, calculated distances, etc. It saved so much hassle and gave me thorough understanding of where the various Tokyo wards were in relation to the city.

 

[cbarnard]

Ok i have a new updated version on my blog at:

http://junkdrawer.web44.net/blog/

Or the direct link to download the .zip

http://www.filedropper.com/googleearthjapanv250

Please have a look through and tell me what you think.

-Curtis