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Olham

Virtual Travelling with Google Streetview

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Didn't know that we can already "travel" via Google Streetview.

You can just type in a city or even a complete address in Google Maps; then you get the map.

Left of the map is the slider for zooming in and out. Above the slider is a yellow mannekin -

pull that man onto a street in your map. Now wait a little - and you will get the street view.

(As far as the streets are photographed already).

You can turn left or right with the darts in the circle in the left upper corner, and also look up and down.

When you place your mouse cursor somewhere in front of you in the street and click, you will get there.

 

That way I have just made a ride from the Diamond Head in the south-east of Oahu, Hawaii, to the

lodge of Robin Masters, were Higgins and Magnum "lived".

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Didn't know that we can already "travel" via Google Streetview.

 

Yeah, that's pretty cool. In the fire department, we use it a lot to see what all sides of a large, complex building looks like for pre-planning purposes.

 

BTW, did you now that Diamond Head used to be a massive fortress? It's still got beaucoup gun emplacements all over it. DId you see any of them in the pictures?

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No, didn't know. I'll have to check that again; thanks, Bullet.

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Robin Masters, That is a name a have not heard in a long time.

 

My next crumpet pilot will be called Robin Masters.

 

thanks Olham

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Higgins was - besides Magnum - my favourite character. A funny British officer and gentleman.

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You didn't happen to see a red Ferrari sitting around, did you?

 

I was stationed on the north side of Oahu (Kaneohe Marine Base) during the Magnum PI timeframe. It seemed like half of the fighter pilots had red Ferrari 308s. Too bad for them that the Magnum moustache was beyond Marine Corps uniform regulations.

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was higgins now robin masters? or was it never verified?

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I think he was, cause another "Robin Masters" was never seen. But I don't know for sure.

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