hmmm.... just where is this google satellite map??????? at: Original Article you dummy!!!!!! try it. http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/local/articles/0422clay22.html Satellite map misses mark on my house Apr. 22, 2005 12:00 AM So I tried out that new Google map thing where you can type in an address and it will show you a satellite picture of that place, and you can zoom in on it in some detail. So I typed in my address and it turns out I live a few houses down and around the corner from where I thought I lived. I checked some landmarks and did it three times and it always came back the same. So I put in the addresses of a few friends to see if they lived where I thought they did and to see if any of them happened to be sunbathing naked in the back yard. Everything was fine, although I couldn't get in close enough to see about the naked part. I feel kind of bad about this. I really like the place I'm in. I've been paying the bills and mowing the lawn here and doing all those sorts of things for some time, and now it turns out I live around the corner. Plus, I walked around the corner and looked at the other place, and it was nice enough, I guess, but I like my place better. I'm not sure what to do. Should I contact Google and tell them I'm really around the corner from where they think I am? What if my neighbors don't live around here, either? Why does one of my daughters pronounce the word "either" as "eye-thur" instead of "e-thur?" What if someone were to punch in my address and see someone else sunbathing naked in the back yard at that other house and thought it was me? Is the Diamondbacks' bullpen going to be OK? What if I could get a better appraisal for that place around the corner? What to do, what to do? Maybe it was a mistake on the part of my computer. It has been acting kind of weird lately. I recently installed a program that eliminates spyware and pop-up ads, which I had not been especially bothered by before, but I thought it was a prudent move. Ever since then I have had a constant stream of pop-up ads warning me that I need to install a program to eliminate spyware and pop-up ads. Geez. Perhaps the world is too much for me these days. I shall take my mind off of all that with today's question. If we destroyed the moon, would it have a good or bad effect on our weather? Why would we want to destroy the moon in the first place? Or how could we? Like with a big atomic rocket or something? Why would we want to do that? And if we did, what effect would it have on the weather? Geez, I don't know. You people. Can't you tell I have enough on my mind as it is? Reach Thompson at clay .thompson@arizonarepublic.com or (602) 444-8612. http://msnbc.msn.com/id/7394347/ The Associated Press Updated: 3:48 p.m. ET April 5, 2005SAN FRANCISCO - Online search engine leader Google has unveiled a new feature that will enable its users to zoom in on homes and businesses using satellite images, an advance that may raise privacy concerns as well as intensify the competitive pressures on its rivals. The satellite technology, which Google began offering late Monday at http://maps.google.com , is part of the package that the Mountain View-based company acquired when it bought digital map maker Keyhole Corp. for an undisclosed amount nearly six months ago. This marks the first time since the deal closed that Google has offered free access to Keyhole's high-tech maps through its search engine. Users previously had to pay $29.95 to download a version of Keyhole's basic software package. A more traditional map will continue to be the first choice served up by Google's search engine. Users will have the option of retrieving a satellite picture by clicking on a button. The satellite maps could unnerve some people, even as the technology impresses others. That's because the Keyhole technology is designed to provide close-up perspective of specific addresses. Keyhole's previous government ties also have raised anxieties. Founded in 2001, Keyhole raised some money in 2003 from In-Q-Tel, a venture capital firm backed by the Central Intelligence Agency. Leading up to the Google sale, Keyhole's roughly 10,000 customers included a cross-section of government agencies. There is little reason for people to be paranoid about the satellite maps because the images generally are six to 12 months old, said John Hanke, Keyhole's general manager. "And it's not like you are going to be able to read a license plate on a car or see what an individual was doing when a particular image was taken," he said. Google believes most people will like the convenience of generating a satellite image with a few clicks of a computer mouse. The company envisions people using the service as a way to scout a hotel's proximity to the beach for a possible vacation or size up the neighborhood where an apartment is for rent. Google's free satellite maps initially will be limited to North America, with images covering roughly half the United States, Hanke said. Although Google is offering the satellite maps on a test basis, the feature will probably force its other online rivals to upgrade their technology, predicted search industry analyst Greg Sterling of the Kelsey Group. "To play in this space, you are going to need some robust mapping capabilities." Sterling said Google's satellite maps pose the biggest threat to Mapquest, a service owned by Time Warner Corp. that has long operated the most popular Web site for finding directions. The satellite maps also up the ante for the many challengers chipping away at Google's share of the lucrative Internet search engine market by adding more bells and whistles. For instance, Amazon.com Inc.'s A9 search engine earlier this year introduced a feature that includes an index containing 20 million street-level photographs of building exteriors in 10 major U.S. cities. Copyright 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.