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    New York City Is Breathtaking Following Google Earth Update
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    Image of N@tedog N@tedog
    12/18/08

    In reply to New York City Is Breathtaking Following Google Earth Update
    I can't wait to waste time trying to see myself through my own apartment window!
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    12/18/08

    In reply to New York City Is Breathtaking Following Google Earth Update
    Ah... I love virtual journeys on Google Earth. Especially with the infinitely creepy Street view. This will be a welcome addition.
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    12/18/08

    In reply to New York City Is Breathtaking Following Google Earth Update
    Boston looks to have been updated substantially, too. Looks as if most of the buildings from downtown to Fenway are now 3D...
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    Image of vgart vgart
    12/18/08

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    This is kind of scary. Such detailed map can go into wrong hands.
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    Image of Pessimippopotamus Pessimippopotamus
    12/18/08

    @vgart: So can panorama shots at tourism offices.
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    Image of nutbastard nutbastard
    12/18/08

    In reply to New York City Is Breathtaking Following Google Earth Update
    One of these days, Google Earth is going to be THE source for videogame levels.


    Imagine importing your favorite road into Gran Turismo.


    Oh how sweet would it be to play CoD4 in some middle of nowhere town in Nevada?


    Or on your own block?


    google harder, damn you!

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    12/18/08

    @nutbastard: Don't blame me i voted for Ron Paul edition: The best would be a Google Earth-powered version of Desert Bus.


    Of course, it would have to use the Google Earth 2007 version to truly capture out of date graphics. Everything else would remain the same - right down to the steering drifting to the right to prevent you from just using a rubber band on the controller.

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    12/18/08

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    How did they get the cars to drive up the sides of buildings?
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    Image of Gizmo Gizmo
    12/18/08

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    Not long before your favourite racing game links with Google Earth. Next stop - Gran Tourismo NYC!
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    Image of John Mahoney John Mahoney
    12/18/08

    @Gizmo: YES
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    12/18/08

    @Gizmo: I guess you've never played the PGR series.


    PGR3 was accurate to the Duane Reade and HSBC banks near City Hall Park. Sure, it was only a small fraction of Manhattan, but it was done very well.

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    12/18/08

    @OMG! Chrismukkah!: Seems to me that a realistic high-speed racing game in NYC would essentially be a continuous blur of Duane Reade.
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    12/18/08

    @92BuickLeSabre: It was made in 2005 so it was Duane Reade, Starbucks, tourist mob, HSBC, Starbucks, Starbucks, bum, Starbucks, HSBC, Duane Reade.
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    12/18/08

    @OMG! Chrismukkah!: It's amazing how effectively one can date images of NYC by analyzing the Starbucks/Duane Reade ratio and total.
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    12/18/08

    @92BuickLeSabre: Especially after the Double-Cap-Latte-No-Foam Crisis of July 2008 when Starbucks started shutting down locations. Rare was the New Yorker who was not affected by it.


    I remember having to change my morning routine because the 5th Avenue location where I got my Daily Venti With A Little Room closed, meaning that I had to walk five blocks north and then loop around.

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    Image of Geisrud Geisrud
    12/18/08

    In reply to New York City Is Breathtaking Following Google Earth Update
    pffft, I call Photoshop!


    You can tell because the shadows are all wrong on that second building to the left. Plus, there's some pixelation over on the bottom right.

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    12/18/08

    @Geisrud: ?
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    12/18/08

    @Geisrud: Absolutely.


    Here's an untouched version.


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    Image of Hestika Hestika
    12/18/08

    @Geisrud: They jaypegged NY?!?!?!?


    Those bastards!

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    12/18/08

    @Hestika: Stop complaining.


    If you go to the Hunts Point section of the Bronx, you can get yourself jaypegged for a $20.

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    12/18/08

    @Kyle O'Dowd: ??
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