I've done that - found the house we lived in when I was 3-4 years old. (Reply #27)

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Sat Apr 27, 2019, 04:38 PM

The Velveteen Ocelot (76,404 posts)

27. I've done that - found the house we lived in when I was 3-4 years old.

It still looks like I remember it. I found another house we lived in later but it was hard to recognize because so many trees had grown up in front of it. I love Google Earth. I also use it to find places in TV shows and books - I even located and explored an obscure little town in Iceland that was featured in a movie.

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40 replies	Author	Time	Post
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

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