Tibet

blob · 10-16-2005, 02:12 AM

Hi I’m new.

I just downloaded google earth standard yesterday and found it really useful - er, apart from the fact that i want to see Tibetan borders.

Sry, i don’t want to start a war with my first post, but is there any way i can hack the program to show Tibet?

Captain Hornblower · 10-16-2005, 06:55 AM

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Originally Posted by blob

Hi I’m new.

I just downloaded google earth standard yesterday and found it really useful - er, apart from the fact that i want to see Tibetan borders.

Sry, i don’t want to start a war with my first post, but is there any way i can hack the program to show Tibet?

Hacking the program is illegal and will not be supported here!
The status of Tibet is internationally controversial and de jure is Tibet a part of the Peoples Republic of China.

blob · 10-16-2005, 10:08 AM

Tnx, for the reply,
On reflection, my use of the word hacking was a bit strong; I should have used `Patched`…

Yes, the status of Tibet is internationally controversial; but setting that aside, I would want to show the borders before the Chinese invasion.
Consider my post as a historical request…

Captain Hornblower · 10-16-2005, 10:22 AM

For 'patching' call Google Earth directly.

You can create your own overlay by using a map from different source and match it with the surface.

foxycat · 10-19-2005, 03:20 AM

GoogleEARTHhacks.com is not related to Google. We just discuss and post places we've found in the program. Google buys satellite images to incorporate into the program, and controls the content.

araT · 10-19-2005, 09:46 AM

Do a google search and find a map of tibet to use as an image overlay

heres one from lonely planet

T.

clippetycloppetymonkey · 01-30-2006, 04:21 PM

I understand that China's Boarders are "controversial" but Tibet is still there. Regardless of where China decides to place its borders Tibet is still a plot of land called tibet so does anyone know why it isn't laballed as Tibet? Not even as a province. Are they using the chinese name? And even then surely English would be better 'cus they speak so many different "languages" in China that more Chinese would have a different name for it that any single group? Also, maybe I'm just looking in the wrong place, but where is the Great Wall? I couldn't see that either.

blob · 01-30-2006, 04:48 PM

Hum,
I've just uploaded a simple 5kb Tibetan border overlay that you can use....

(er if its approved...look in tomorrow)

GEH4EVR · 02-01-2006, 03:55 PM

Got the overlay and here is a name just like GE would use.

10-16-2005, 02:12 AM	#1
blob Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 97	Tibet Hi I’m new. I just downloaded google earth standard yesterday and found it really useful - er, apart from the fact that i want to see Tibetan borders. Sry, i don’t want to start a war with my first post, but is there any way i can hack the program to show Tibet?

10-16-2005, 10:22 AM	#4
Captain Hornblower Super Moderator Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Koblenz, Germany Posts: 1,903	For 'patching' call Google Earth directly. You can create your own overlay by using a map from different source and match it with the surface. __________________ Software is like entropy. It is difficult to grasp, weighs nothing, and obeys the second law of thermodynamics; i.e., it always increases. Norman R. Augustine

10-19-2005, 03:20 AM	#5
foxycat Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: New York State, USA Posts: 34	Tibet request GoogleEARTHhacks.com is not related to Google. We just discuss and post places we've found in the program. Google buys satellite images to incorporate into the program, and controls the content. Last edited by Captain Hornblower; 10-19-2005 at 03:54 PM. Reason: name of this site fixed

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10-16-2005, 10:08 AM	#3
blob Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 97	Tnx, for the reply, On reflection, my use of the word hacking was a bit strong; I should have used `Patched`… Yes, the status of Tibet is internationally controversial; but setting that aside, I would want to show the borders before the Chinese invasion. Consider my post as a historical request…

10-19-2005, 09:46 AM	#6
araT Licensed to Ban Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Sydney, Oz Posts: 1,244	Do a google search and find a map of tibet to use as an image overlay heres one from lonely planet T.

01-30-2006, 04:21 PM	#7
clippetycloppetymonkey Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 1	I understand that China's Boarders are "controversial" but Tibet is still there. Regardless of where China decides to place its borders Tibet is still a plot of land called tibet so does anyone know why it isn't laballed as Tibet? Not even as a province. Are they using the chinese name? And even then surely English would be better 'cus they speak so many different "languages" in China that more Chinese would have a different name for it that any single group? Also, maybe I'm just looking in the wrong place, but where is the Great Wall? I couldn't see that either.

01-30-2006, 04:48 PM	#8
blob Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 97	Hum, I've just uploaded a simple 5kb Tibetan border overlay that you can use.... (er if its approved...look in tomorrow)