+harrogate hunters Posted October 20, 2005 Share Posted October 20, 2005 (edited) Just having a play with this..... potentially its good, especially with the overlay of caches However the rest of the world is crystal clear down to 1000 m but most of england is very fuzzy and basically looking for roads, paths etc etc is impossible What if anything am I doing wrong ? It appears that if you are in a brown patch you can get down and nearly see the people but if you are in a green patch you cant Edited October 20, 2005 by harrogate hunters Quote Link to comment
+Sue Gremlin Posted October 20, 2005 Share Posted October 20, 2005 No, some pieces of the map are just higher resolution than others. Quote Link to comment
+Moote Posted October 20, 2005 Share Posted October 20, 2005 Just having a play with this..... potentially its good, especially with the overlay of caches However the rest of the world is crystal clear down to 1000 m but most of england is very fuzzy and basically looking for roads, paths etc etc is impossible What if anything am I doing wrong ? It appears that if you are in a brown patch you can get down and nearly see the people but if you are in a green patch you cant HH If you knew where I lived you could actually see me mowing my lawn on Google earth Milton (aka Moote) Quote Link to comment
+mongoose39uk Posted October 20, 2005 Share Posted October 20, 2005 I get low resolution for where I live but 100m down the road is very clear. Tis a fun toy to play with Quote Link to comment
+The Cache Hoppers Posted October 20, 2005 Share Posted October 20, 2005 (edited) If you knew where I lived you could actually see me mowing my lawn on Google earth Milton (aka Moote) Multi-tasking ..... mowing the lawn and surfing the forums, impressive! Edited October 20, 2005 by The Cache Hoppers Quote Link to comment
+Moote Posted October 20, 2005 Share Posted October 20, 2005 If you knew where I lived you could actually see me mowing my lawn on Google earth Milton (aka Moote) Multi-tasking ..... mowing the lawn and surfing the forums, impressive! Yes and I'm on the phone and cooking my dinner as we type. Milton (aka Moote) Quote Link to comment
+Kitty Hawk Posted October 20, 2005 Share Posted October 20, 2005 (edited) Look at me, in the forums and pretending to work simultaneously. Edit - Oh yes, the topic - blurry as anything where I am. I just tried to use tilt on the spinnaker down in Portsmouth to get the full 3d effect. That doesn't work how you'd expect! Edited October 20, 2005 by Kitty Hawk Quote Link to comment
Nediam Posted October 20, 2005 Share Posted October 20, 2005 When I first used it a couple of months ago, very little of the UK was high resolution (especially where I live). Now there is a lot more high res coverage and my home area is now covered to the same level as multimap. Looks like they'll eventually get the whole lot covered (fingers crossed). The level of detail in areas like New York is great and they evem have high quality images of "Area 51"! Quote Link to comment
Nediam Posted October 20, 2005 Share Posted October 20, 2005 Look at me, in the forums and pretending to work simultaneously. Edit - Oh yes, the topic - blurry as anything where I am. I just tried to use tilt on the spinnaker down in Portsmouth to get the full 3d effect. That doesn't work how you'd expect! I think the 3D effect only works on terrain. Check out the grand canyon etc. Quote Link to comment
+Moote Posted October 20, 2005 Share Posted October 20, 2005 ....... they evem have high quality images of "Area 51"! I thought that that was not suppose to exist Quote Link to comment
Nediam Posted October 20, 2005 Share Posted October 20, 2005 (edited) ....... they evem have high quality images of "Area 51"! I thought that that was not suppose to exist Yep it is exists, Groom Lake, about 90 miles north of Las Vegas The building in the centre is Hangar 18 (where the little green men are ) Edited October 20, 2005 by nediam Quote Link to comment
+kbootb Posted October 20, 2005 Share Posted October 20, 2005 Ryanair? Tee hee, nice one Quote Link to comment
+Birders Posted October 20, 2005 Share Posted October 20, 2005 Been using Google since it started but can't seem to get it to show any caches, even though we clicked the bit on GC.COM. Are we missing something? Quote Link to comment
+Moote Posted October 20, 2005 Share Posted October 20, 2005 (edited) Been using Google since it started but can't seem to get it to show any caches, even though we clicked the bit on GC.COM. Are we missing something? You need to download the file "GeocachingNetworkKML.kml" which is found Here and then load that with Google Earth Milton (aka Moote) Edited October 20, 2005 by Moote Quote Link to comment
+wildlifewriter Posted October 20, 2005 Share Posted October 20, 2005 No, some pieces of the map are just higher resolution than others. The highest resolution aerial images available on GE are at an amazing 1 inch-per-pixel - of this building, and the area surrounding it... See if you can figure out where and what it is... -Wlw. Quote Link to comment
+lordelph Posted October 20, 2005 Share Posted October 20, 2005 If you're a Firefox user you can use a little gizmo cooked up by myself and Ian Rutson which allows you view a Travel Bug's track around the globe! Quote Link to comment
+lordelph Posted October 20, 2005 Share Posted October 20, 2005 After much searching I found it - it's the Google HQ - 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043 Do I win a prize? Quote Link to comment
+Woody's Wanderers Posted October 21, 2005 Share Posted October 21, 2005 Nah, it's where the Teletubbies live. La-la land or something! Quote Link to comment
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