Ardenfour
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anyone else tried this? The tilt function as you look at coastlines seems brilliant to me. Don't know how accurate it is tho'
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jerryat
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Yep, very good. Been mentioned on here quite a few times.
billcowan
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Have a close up look at Manhattan. the buildings in adjacent streets are leaning in different directions - wierd.
Google Earth, 10 minutes of entertainment, otherwise useless
Until it a) covers every where in detail and b) is real time! (or at least has more up to date pics)
Google Earth, 10 minutes of entertainment, otherwise useless
Until it a) covers every where in detail and b) is real time! (or at least has more up to date pics)
Major Catastrophe
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I disagree. I use google earth to virtual travel to places I have been to, places I am going to and places I want to go - but constrained by the limitations of full detail mapping.
As it is free, I have no complaints, and it will get better.
Very disapponited that poles are rubbish.
As it is free, I have no complaints, and it will get better.
Very disapponited that poles are rubbish.
Lakesailor
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Those Romanians aren't far behind either. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
VicMallows
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Agree. Was able to locate and look at the precise house I rented 25 years ago in the States and even get the street name, which I'd forgotten. The detail was even sufficient to see that the house and general area had deteriorated quite a bit.
The image quality does vary enormously, and I also get the impression that some areas have been intentionally down-graded, presumably for 'strategic' reasons.
Vic
The image quality does vary enormously, and I also get the impression that some areas have been intentionally down-graded, presumably for 'strategic' reasons.
Vic
BrendanS
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You'll be waiting a long time for 'real time' viewing. even military satellites systems can't do real time - they have to wait until the satellites are over the region they want to cover, sometimes shifting orbit of satellites to get there quicker - but given amount of propellant carried, they can only do this a very few times, so only in times of utmost emergency.
Those sort of images not available, and commercially, it's not viable for private company satellites to give away recent views completely free of charge, as that is what they make revenues off. so expect to have years old images for years to come on most areas. You can get detailed stuff of UK, taken by high quality aerial photography for instance, but it takes them years and years to cover UK at this detail (Millenium mapping project) so it will take decades to update every area.
Those sort of images not available, and commercially, it's not viable for private company satellites to give away recent views completely free of charge, as that is what they make revenues off. so expect to have years old images for years to come on most areas. You can get detailed stuff of UK, taken by high quality aerial photography for instance, but it takes them years and years to cover UK at this detail (Millenium mapping project) so it will take decades to update every area.
