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  Interactive globe/atlas? Skylamar <nothingtoseehere@movealong.net> - 2014-02-20 21:29 -0800
    Re: Interactive globe/atlas? John <Man@the.keyboard> - 2014-02-21 14:31 +0000
    Re: Interactive globe/atlas? Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-02-21 16:36 -0500
      Re: Interactive globe/atlas? Skylamar <nothingtoseehere@movealong.net> - 2014-02-21 21:57 -0800
        Re: Interactive globe/atlas? Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-02-22 11:22 -0500
        Re: Interactive globe/atlas? me@home.spamsucks.ca (Király) - 2014-02-22 18:25 +0000
          Re: Interactive globe/atlas? me@home.spamsucks.ca (Király) - 2014-02-22 18:46 +0000
            Re: Interactive globe/atlas? Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-02-22 13:56 -0500
              Re: Interactive globe/atlas? me@home.spamsucks.ca (Király) - 2014-02-22 19:11 +0000
                Re: Interactive globe/atlas? Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-02-22 14:25 -0500
                  Re: Interactive globe/atlas? Erilar <drache@chibardun.netinvalid> - 2014-02-22 22:23 +0000
                Re: Interactive globe/atlas? Erilar <drache@chibardun.netinvalid> - 2014-02-22 22:23 +0000
            Re: Interactive globe/atlas? Erilar <drache@chibardun.netinvalid> - 2014-02-22 22:23 +0000
          Re: Interactive globe/atlas? Erilar <drache@chibardun.netinvalid> - 2014-02-22 22:23 +0000

#21144 — Interactive globe/atlas?

Can anyone recommend an interactive globe? Years ago I had one that was 
great, but I forget the name and it doesn't exist anymore. I tried 
using Google Earth but it keeps crashing on me.

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#21145

On Thu, 20 Feb 2014 21:29:23 -0800, Skylamar
<nothingtoseehere@movealong.net> wrote:

>Can anyone recommend an interactive globe? Years ago I had one that was 
>great, but I forget the name and it doesn't exist anymore. I tried 
>using Google Earth but it keeps crashing on me.

 As you were in Google's vast domain anyway, did you try "interactive
atlas globe world" as a search key in the www.google.com front page?
 If you hate Google, you could try:
 www.dogpile.com
 www.mamma.com
 https://duckduckgo.com/
 https://www.ixquick.com/
 www.ebizmba.com/articles/search-engines and find one you like, or
even try putting "search engine" into the WikiP search slot at:
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Search_engines for loads of good
information.
 I would have done some of the work for you but I honestly can't be
arsed and I don't have a clue what you need from your choice of atlas
so I truly could not recommend anything.
 I did, for my own giggles, try Googles's search and they have
*thousands* of hits. At least one of them should be useful.
 Have fun,
                    J. 

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#21151

On 2014.02.21, 00:29 , Skylamar wrote:
> Can anyone recommend an interactive globe? Years ago I had one that was
> great, but I forget the name and it doesn't exist anymore. I tried using
> Google Earth but it keeps crashing on me.

Use a tool like AppCleaner to remove Google Earth, then re-install.

I had a spate of GE crashing on my prior Mac. But cleaning it out 
completely and DLing and re-installing sorted it out.

Just make sure you locate and save all your saved locations and other 
data first.

-- 
   Those who have reduced our privacy, whether they are state
   or commercial actors, prefer that we do not reduce theirs.
                  - Jaron Lanier, Scientific American, 2013.11.

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#21157

On 2014-02-21 21:36:40 +0000, Alan Browne said:

> Use a tool like AppCleaner to remove Google Earth, then re-install.
> 
> I had a spate of GE crashing on my prior Mac. But cleaning it out 
> completely and DLing and re-installing sorted it out.
> 
> Just make sure you locate and save all your saved locations and other 
> data first.

Thanks. I did remove Google Earth with CleanMyMac and reinstalled it, 
but it's still crashing.

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#21162

On 2014.02.22, 00:57 , Skylamar wrote:
> On 2014-02-21 21:36:40 +0000, Alan Browne said:
>
>> Use a tool like AppCleaner to remove Google Earth, then re-install.
>>
>> I had a spate of GE crashing on my prior Mac. But cleaning it out
>> completely and DLing and re-installing sorted it out.
>>
>> Just make sure you locate and save all your saved locations and other
>> data first.
>
> Thanks. I did remove Google Earth with CleanMyMac and reinstalled it,
> but it's still crashing.

Okay. I don't know Cleanmymac.

Run Cleanmymac again to clean out G.E. and then check if

         ~/Library/Application Support/Google Earth

is still there.  If it is, delete "Google Earth" from Application 
support and try installing again.

-- 
   Privacy has become an essential personal chore that most
   people are not trained to perform.
                  - Jaron Lanier, Scientific American, 2013.11.

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#21171

Skylamar <nothingtoseehere@movealong.net> wrote:
> Thanks. I did remove Google Earth with CleanMyMac and reinstalled it, 
> but it's still crashing.

Google Earth is the crashiest app I have ever used on the Mac. Try 
maps.google.com on your favourite web browser. It has never failed me 
yet.

-- 
K.

Lang may your lum reek.

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#21172

Király <me@home.spamsucks.ca> wrote:
> Google Earth is the crashiest app I have ever used on the Mac.

Following up to my own post. I tried clearing out every Google-related 
file from /Library, ~/Library/Caches, ~/Library/ApplicationSupport, and 
~/Library/Preferences, and reinstalling the latest GE from a fresh 
download.

After firing it up I zoomed in to Novosibirsk and entered street view 
on a random street. As soon as I tried to move along the street I got 
the spinning pinwheel, and then a crash. All of this took about 30 
seconds. I usually average about 5 minutes before a crash. And that's 
how it's been since day one for me on two different Macs.

Is it anything less than garbage for anyone else?.

-- 
K.

Lang may your lum reek.

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#21173

On 2014.02.22, 13:46 , Király wrote:
> Király <me@home.spamsucks.ca> wrote:
>> Google Earth is the crashiest app I have ever used on the Mac.
>
> Following up to my own post. I tried clearing out every Google-related
> file from /Library, ~/Library/Caches, ~/Library/ApplicationSupport, and
> ~/Library/Preferences, and reinstalling the latest GE from a fresh
> download.
>
> After firing it up I zoomed in to Novosibirsk and entered street view
> on a random street. As soon as I tried to move along the street I got
> the spinning pinwheel, and then a crash. All of this took about 30
> seconds. I usually average about 5 minutes before a crash. And that's
> how it's been since day one for me on two different Macs.
>
> Is it anything less than garbage for anyone else?.

No issues here - and I use it a lot.  I wrote an app to make .kml files 
from all of my (very many) GPS data recordings.  That puts "pushpins" 
into the Google Map so I can quickly locate GPS recordings of interest.

I use it to map all my hiking, orienteering runs, and so on.  Travel too.

I use it when I'm curious about ... well just about anywhere.

I did have a lot of crashes on the prior iMac for a while.  I finally 
deep cleaned everything to do with G.E. and then it ran fine.

IIRC it also was sensitive to errors in saved data (pane on the left), 
so judicious offloading (you can save them) and deleting of those might 
solve the crash issue as well.

-- 
   Privacy has become an essential personal chore that most
   people are not trained to perform.
                  - Jaron Lanier, Scientific American, 2013.11.

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#21174

Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> wrote:
> I use it to map all my hiking, orienteering runs, and so on.  Travel too.
> 
> I use it when I'm curious about ... well just about anywhere.

Does it do anything that Google Maps doesn't do?

-- 
K.

Lang may your lum reek.

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#21175

On 2014.02.22, 14:11 , Király wrote:
> Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> wrote:
>> I use it to map all my hiking, orienteering runs, and so on.  Travel too.
>>
>> I use it when I'm curious about ... well just about anywhere.
>
> Does it do anything that Google Maps doesn't do?

Much faster.

Keep your own data in it.

Deeper zoom (useful where there's sufficient resolution)

Time of day sim.

Callup of past sat imagery.

Overlay of 3rd party data (this is endless - marine, weather, aviation, 
topo maps, etc. forever and ever).

UTM coordinates

Line measuring tools (yes, GMaps has that but not as nice)

Overlay capability (eg: maps, photos, whatever).

GPS playback

Astronomy mode

Moon, Mars surface maps.

and on and on and on and on and on and on... even a flight simulator 
(best with a joystick).

OTOH, Google Maps has the traffic display,  terrain (relief - though not 
very high resolution).

I use both of course, but G.E. is the heavy lifter.

G.Maps is better for things like road maps, traffic and so on.


-- 
    ... it may be that "in the cloud" really isn't the best term
    for the services these companies offer.  What they really
    want is to have us "on the leash."
                   -David Pogue, Scientific American, 2014.02

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#21186

Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> wrote:
> On 2014.02.22, 14:11 , Király wrote:
>> Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> wrote:
>>> I use it to map all my hiking, orienteering runs, and so on.  Travel too.
>>> 
>>> I use it when I'm curious about ... well just about anywhere.
>> 
>> Does it do anything that Google Maps doesn't do?
> 
> Much faster.
> 
> Keep your own data in it.
> 
> Deeper zoom (useful where there's sufficient resolution)
> 
> Time of day sim.
> 
> Callup of past sat imagery.
> 
> Overlay of 3rd party data (this is endless - marine, weather, aviation, 
> topo maps, etc. forever and ever).
> 
> UTM coordinates
> 
> Line measuring tools (yes, GMaps has that but not as nice)
> 
> Overlay capability (eg: maps, photos, whatever).
> 
> GPS playback
> 
> Astronomy mode
> 
> Moon, Mars surface maps.
> 
> and on and on and on and on and on and on... even a flight simulator 
> (best with a joystick).
> 
> OTOH, Google Maps has the traffic display,  terrain (relief - though not 
> very high resolution).
> 
> I use both of course, but G.E. is the heavy lifter.
> 
> G.Maps is better for things like road maps, traffic and so on.
> 

Nice summary-- and some stuff I have yet to explore, thanks 8-)

-- 
Erilar, biblioholic medievalist with iPad

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#21187

Király <me@home.spamsucks.ca> wrote:
> Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> wrote:
>> I use it to map all my hiking, orienteering runs, and so on.  Travel too.
>> 
>> I use it when I'm curious about ... well just about anywhere.
> 
> Does it do anything that Google Maps doesn't do?

Legible bookmarks 8-)



-- 
Erilar, biblioholic medievalist with iPad

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#21188

Király <me@home.spamsucks.ca> wrote:
> Király <me@home.spamsucks.ca> wrote:
>> Google Earth is the crashiest app I have ever used on the Mac.
> 
> Following up to my own post. I tried clearing out every Google-related 
> file from /Library, ~/Library/Caches, ~/Library/ApplicationSupport, and 
> ~/Library/Preferences, and reinstalling the latest GE from a fresh 
> download.
> 
> After firing it up I zoomed in to Novosibirsk and entered street view 
> on a random street. As soon as I tried to move along the street I got 
> the spinning pinwheel, and then a crash. All of this took about 30 
> seconds. I usually average about 5 minutes before a crash. And that's 
> how it's been since day one for me on two different Macs.
> 
> Is it anything less than garbage for anyone else?.

If I want to "travel" along street view, I prefer Google Maps app, but I
also have a new Street View app that's not bad.  It now takes me 3-4
different apps to approach the functions that were all in the original Maps
app, but that's the bad part of my new iPad, which is so good at many other
things and so light. 

-- 
Erilar, biblioholic medievalist with iPad

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#21189

Király <me@home.spamsucks.ca> wrote:
> Skylamar <nothingtoseehere@movealong.net> wrote:
>> Thanks. I did remove Google Earth with CleanMyMac and reinstalled it, 
>> but it's still crashing.
> 
> Google Earth is the crashiest app I have ever used on the Mac. Try 
> maps.google.com on your favourite web browser. It has never failed me 
> yet.

Google Earth has advantages regarding bookmarks over google maps app, but
Apple maps makes anything else look great 8-)

-- 
Erilar, biblioholic medievalist with iPad

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