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Captain Stern

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12. I've done that.

Sat Apr 27, 2019, 02:43 PM

Apr 2019

The places that I've checked out on Google Earth aren't near as interesting as yours, but it was still fun.

When I was a child back in the sixties, my father was stationed at a base in Mainz, Germany.

I remembered that there was a cemetery right behind our military housing that had a pedestrian bridge going over a highway to another cemetery. I checked out google earth (almost fifty years after I lived there), and I actually found the highway with the pedestrian bridge connecting two cemeteries......and the building I lived in was still there also.

I've also found the address of the place my father grew up in (1920's), and I was pretty surprised that place was still there. I'd never seen it in person, but it was still pretty much how he described it to me.

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One of my favorite things to do ... tour neighborhoods of my youth with Google Earth! [View all] mr_lebowski Apr 2019 OP

Great idea! cilla4progress Apr 2019 #1

I just did that recently. The Mohawk Valley... my home town of Little Falls. lamp_shade Apr 2019 #2

Right? For such a simple concept, it's actually really friggin' cool, man :) (nt) mr_lebowski Apr 2019 #3

I grew up in Flint, so a lot of the places of my childhood memories are no longer, but kcr Apr 2019 #4

Chino Valley AZ snort Apr 2019 #5

Lol ... I'm in AZ now, but grew up in an absolutely beautiful part of the Bay Area mr_lebowski Apr 2019 #14

I escaped to PDX. snort Apr 2019 #19

Put it his way, there's probably 6 LDS Churches within a 2 mile radius of my house ... mr_lebowski Apr 2019 #21

My mother's maiden name was snort Apr 2019 #29

I think we both know the general EV region ... ;) (nt) mr_lebowski Apr 2019 #30

Thank you. I'm going to install the desktop app today. lucca18 Apr 2019 #6

That is fun, or even Google Maps and Street View MineralMan Apr 2019 #7

I like it shanti Apr 2019 #8

Google Earth is used by me 6 days a week for pleasure. The reason it isn't 7 GemDigger Apr 2019 #9

Same here. Always shocked at how small our houses were. GulfCoast66 Apr 2019 #10

That's something I noticed many years ago misanthrope Apr 2019 #23

An astounding amount on the coast isn't there but I love stalking New Orleans nolabear Apr 2019 #11

I've done that. Captain Stern Apr 2019 #12

Sounds interesting to me! mr_lebowski Apr 2019 #13

I've even done it for the house my grandparents lived in when my Dad was an infant csziggy Apr 2019 #15

here's a cool historic overlay map site 90-percent Apr 2019 #16

That IS cool! Thanks for sharing ... (nt) mr_lebowski Apr 2019 #17

Retracing bike trek routes bikebloke Apr 2019 #18

Yes! It's so cool to see my old neighborhoods and "drive thru" on Google Earth FakeNoose Apr 2019 #20

One of the coolest 'tech' things ever in my book! mr_lebowski Apr 2019 #25

i've looked at childhood schools. Never as I remember them. Much smaller. Demovictory9 Apr 2019 #22

Yeah, the 'size' thing is trippy ... mr_lebowski Apr 2019 #26

I'm sort of a cartophile, so yeah. misanthrope Apr 2019 #24

I've done that - found the house we lived in when I was 3-4 years old. The Velveteen Ocelot Apr 2019 #27

If I'm driving somewhere new blaze Apr 2019 #28

Combine Zillow with Google maps.... albacore Apr 2019 #31

I'll "walk" if possible places l'm reading about, Hortensis Apr 2019 #32

I like going back to places Ive been to during family roadtrips and sightseeing adventures w friends dustyscamp Apr 2019 #33

They still don't have streetview for where I grew up in Costa Rica : ( EX500rider Apr 2019 #34

Dude Ponietz Apr 2019 #35

It's a blast, right? mr_lebowski Apr 2019 #36

As fun as any amusement park ride I've ever experienced Ponietz Apr 2019 #37

Oh yeah! HAB911 Apr 2019 #38

I love it. skip fox Apr 2019 #39

I use Google maps when I'm reading novels. Tracer Apr 2019 #40