- google earth disappointment
- Posted by jils on July 16th, 2005
when i run google earth, zooming gives me a kaleidescope effect.
it zooms ok to start with, then when it might start getting interesting,
big chunks of picture start to overlap, until i have a mess on the screen.
anyone know what could be causing this?
- Posted by Brian H¹© on July 16th, 2005
jils wrote:
Drop the resolution one notch within the programs settings.
- Posted by jils on July 16th, 2005
thanks brian. i've looked but can't see that adjustment within the
program settings!
can you tell me where to find it?
Brian H¹© wrote:
- Posted by FML on July 16th, 2005
jils wrote:
Does your system meet hardware/os requirements (specifically video
subsystem)?
http://desktop.google.com/download/earth/index.html
(read the whole page especially the video card section)
- Posted by Blinky the Shark on July 16th, 2005
jils wrote:
Old, cheap, crappy graphics card?
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- Posted by jils on July 16th, 2005
mm that was the first place i looked. can't see anything there about
resolution!
Evan Platt wrote:
- Posted by jils on July 16th, 2005
as far as i can tell
i have a 3dfx voodoo5 card, maybe it needs to be replaced for this.
i can try <reaching into pocket. again>
FML wrote:
- Posted by jils on July 16th, 2005
bloody wasn't cheap when it was bought, i know that!
3dfx voodoo5
think i paid the equivalent of a small mortgage at the time.
still, i think it is the root of the problem.
thanks everyone for input.
Blinky the Shark wrote:
- Posted by Krull on July 17th, 2005
jils wrote:
Have the images been fully streamed yet? If not, you may be seeing
blurry images that have yet to be downloaded...
- Posted by jils on July 17th, 2005
yes, they're at 100% streamed. this isn't blurry, it's sharp .. sharp
kaleidescope!
Krull wrote:
- Posted by Brian H¹© on July 17th, 2005
jils wrote:
I scrapped it as you get crystal clear images over US, lower quality
over UK and shit over Aus.
- Posted by jils on July 17th, 2005
ah well. shit over australia sounds normal. heh.
Brian H¹© wrote:
- Posted by Scraggy on July 17th, 2005
Brian H¹© wrote:
Hate to disagree, but there are some excellent 3D images all over, including
Aus.
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- Posted by Krull on July 17th, 2005
Scraggy wrote:
I agree, there are some great sharp imagery for Australia, but not for
Sydney itself -- which is weird as it's the biggest city in Oz! 
- Posted by Scraggy on July 17th, 2005
Krull wrote:
Yeah, strange it doesn't show Kings Cross ;-) etc. If I were a cynic, I'd
suspect Big Brother.
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- Posted by Rick Merrill on July 17th, 2005
jils wrote:
Change your screen to 1024,786 display:
RiGHT Mouse on the screen background, select 'properties' ... open tab
"settings..."
- Posted by jils on July 18th, 2005
yeah, thanks rick. brian said "Drop the resolution one notch within the
programs settings".
that's the option i can't find.
my screen is already set at the display properties you mention.
thanks anyway, i'm pretty sure the bottom line is a conflict with the
graphics card.
Rick Merrill wrote:
- Posted by Fuzzy Logic on July 18th, 2005
jils <jils@spambegone.com> wrote in news:42d8d22b$0$12408$afc38c87
@news.optusnet.com.au:
I had similar problems when I first installed it but they cleared up on
their own? PS a new version of the beta was released yesterday:
http://www.dozleng.com/updates/index.php?
act=calendar&code=showevent&eventid=15663
The above is one long link that may have wrapped.
