+The HERB5 Posted November 13, 2006 Share Posted November 13, 2006 http://local.live.com/ Quote Link to comment
+Gralorn Posted November 13, 2006 Share Posted November 13, 2006 Yes very good site, found our house as well but a few years ago! Quote Link to comment
+The HERB5 Posted November 13, 2006 Author Share Posted November 13, 2006 found our house as well but a few years ago! That's what I thought. I've got a blue motorcycle on my drive, I sold that at least 6-7 years ago. Quote Link to comment
+walkergeoff and wife Posted November 13, 2006 Share Posted November 13, 2006 I can see my house on Google as well, but this is more up-to-date, as it has the new drive which we put in about 3 years ago. Can't get so close as Google does though. Quote Link to comment
Team 'James W' Posted November 13, 2006 Share Posted November 13, 2006 About 3 years out of date for me, I think. But seems a couple of years newer than GE. Nice! Thanks for sharing. James Quote Link to comment
+Alibags Posted November 13, 2006 Share Posted November 13, 2006 Much better view of my house than Google, however, judging from the lack of various buldings and the existance of others which have been long demolished, I too reckon this is about 6 years out of date... at least! Quote Link to comment
+Tiger-Eyes Posted November 13, 2006 Share Posted November 13, 2006 How come I just get a search engine and If I put my village name in I just get a normal map Quote Link to comment
Remote Part Posted November 13, 2006 Share Posted November 13, 2006 How come I just get a search engine and If I put my village name in I just get a normal map Look on the panel on the left hand side, with the slider to zoom in / out. There is the option to choose Road, Aerial or Hybrid maps. Quote Link to comment
+pray4mojo Posted November 13, 2006 Share Posted November 13, 2006 May I suggest www.flashearth.com it allows you to switch between Microsoft virtual earth and google maps with a click of the mouse. i have found it very useful. Quote Link to comment
+The Bolas Heathens Posted November 13, 2006 Share Posted November 13, 2006 Great suggestion - the MS Live maps do not work on my Mac but the site you have suggested works beautifully and gives a clear image of our house in a lot more detail that Google Maps does . May I suggest www.flashearth.com it allows you to switch between Microsoft virtual earth and google maps with a click of the mouse. i have found it very useful. Quote Link to comment
+Simply Paul Posted November 13, 2006 Share Posted November 13, 2006 My old house has my car parked outside it, but my current home's finished, but the garden's yet to be covered with turf - which sets my area at late September or early October 1999. All interesting though, thanks for sharing Quote Link to comment
barryhunter Posted November 13, 2006 Share Posted November 13, 2006 GeocacheUK enhanced version of Local Live: http://stats.geocacheuk.com/virtualearth/ (including Lordelphs Icons for caches By the way the Aerial photography comes from GetMapping, so it mostly shot 99-2003 I beleive, but some areas have more recent imagry: http://www2.getmapping.com/webshop/Web/Com...n/Coverage.aspx - if you zoom in on some of the more populus areas (eg Brighton) you even get Birds eye views, as far as I know the cache placement icons are still accurate If you want to try out the new 3D interface on Local Live try, here, treat with care, as it seems to have a few issues laying out the cache overlay. Quote Link to comment
+whitecrow Posted November 13, 2006 Share Posted November 13, 2006 Local Live & Google Earth look the same here (they also show same vehicles in driveways, so probably the same picture). I can zoom in closer with GE although it then gets fuzzy. Quote Link to comment
+nfa Posted November 13, 2006 Share Posted November 13, 2006 local live has a better/closer picture of my house and driveway than google earth does... Quote Link to comment
+kbootb Posted November 13, 2006 Share Posted November 13, 2006 Local Live seems to have better res picture, but google earth allows greater zoom in for my area. Images can only have been a few weeks different at max. I'm judging that by the progress of the building works at Southbury Leisure centre I'll leave it for you to see the same image in Google Earth as I can't find a way of exporting the location. This was opened in 2002 and the local parks are set out for cricket so it could either be summer 2001 or 2002. Quote Link to comment
+TheRoundings Posted November 13, 2006 Share Posted November 13, 2006 ...I'll leave it for you to see the same image in Google Earth as I can't find a way of exporting the location... Then you've perhaps not come across: flashearth.com Quote Link to comment
+kbootb Posted November 13, 2006 Share Posted November 13, 2006 ...I'll leave it for you to see the same image in Google Earth as I can't find a way of exporting the location... Then you've perhaps not come across: flashearth.com You're right, but using that I get this link to the same image in google earth. Thanks for the link. Quote Link to comment
Nediam Posted November 14, 2006 Share Posted November 14, 2006 The aerial view on LiveLocal is slightly better quality than GoogleEarth but the picture is at least 3 or 4 years old. However, the "Birds eye view" on LiveLocal is very new - less than six months old I reckon, and the resolution is very good and viewable from 4 different angles Quote Link to comment
+TheRoundings Posted November 14, 2006 Share Posted November 14, 2006 You're right, but using that I get this link to the same image in google earth. Thanks for the link. This is the equivalent link in MS Live (from flashearth): http://www.flashearth.com/?lat=51.652269&a...r=0&src=msa Quote Link to comment
barryhunter Posted November 14, 2006 Share Posted November 14, 2006 ...I'll leave it for you to see the same image in Google Earth as I can't find a way of exporting the location... Then you've perhaps not come across: flashearth.com You're right, but using that I get this link to the same image in google earth. Thanks for the link. To be pedantic , that link is to flashearth which display's Google Maps imagery, which is almost but not quite the same as Google Earth imagry. (Google Earth being a desktop application, not a website) If you have GE installed, then this will open the same location in Google Earth. Quote Link to comment
+FollowMeChaps Posted November 14, 2006 Share Posted November 14, 2006 Never mind all this eye scratching malarke - have you noticed how you can use the cross hair and Latitude/Longitude box in FlashEarth http://www.flashearth.com/ with Microsoft VE to visit caches without getting out of your chair? Now that's what I call an armchair cachng tool! Quote Link to comment
+The Hancock Clan Posted November 19, 2006 Share Posted November 19, 2006 May I suggest www.flashearth.com it allows you to switch between Microsoft virtual earth and google maps with a click of the mouse. i have found it very useful. Very nice site but how do they know where we live - scary! The first time we've ever been on this site and it opened up right on our house!!! BTW, has anyone else had a go at the google maps plane simulator , it's ace! Quote Link to comment
+darylt Posted November 19, 2006 Share Posted November 19, 2006 I tried printing from Google Maps with no luck on the hybrid map, however the Microsoft Live site worked like a dream! Quote Link to comment
+Towed by Mutts Posted November 30, 2006 Share Posted November 30, 2006 Much better than Google where we are concerned! Ours was taken between 15 and 18 months ago- that's when we put the Beetle away and had the garden fenced in so we can date it to within a few months. Quote Link to comment
+DutchGeek & Lollypops Posted November 30, 2006 Share Posted November 30, 2006 Great site, unfortunately our corner of Northern Ireland is not deemed important enough to have any high res imagery available. I can't even zoom to clear street level. Bummer! Rough Position: 54d11mN 6d19mW Anyone know any better imagery available? Quote Link to comment
+Happy Humphrey Posted November 30, 2006 Share Posted November 30, 2006 I can see high-res images around here - but it's a bit patchy and my house isn't covered, even though half the village is... Quote Link to comment
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