Aerial View does not work?

[fartimus bowel]

Hello,

 

Before they made changes to the map, we always used aerial view to help find the geocaches. This is because we don't have a GPS and therefore being able to see where it was in relation to gateposts, trees, distance from path etc was very useful.

 

However, now whenever we click aerial the screen is blank - we can still see the caches but the background is completely grey, with an image of a camera with a line through it. Is this problem repairable? Is it no longer available to non-premium members? Any answers?!

 

Many thanks,

FartimusBowel

[jri]

Hello,

 

Before they made changes to the map, we always used aerial view to help find the geocaches. This is because we don't have a GPS and therefore being able to see where it was in relation to gateposts, trees, distance from path etc was very useful.

 

However, now whenever we click aerial the screen is blank - we can still see the caches but the background is completely grey, with an image of a camera with a line through it. Is this problem repairable? Is it no longer available to non-premium members? Any answers?!

 

Many thanks,

FartimusBowel

 

Unfortunately the problem is that you don't live in America, and Mapquest only serve up high resolution aerial photos in North America. Your options are limited:

 

1) Move to North America;

2) Zoom the map out to the point where you can't see any detail anyway;

3) Get Premium Membership of Geocaching.com, so you can use Google's satellite view; or

4) Install an add-on script like Geocaching Map Enhancements that lets you choose other sources of maps and aerial photos.

[+MartyBartfast]

 

4) Install an add-on script like Geocaching Map Enhancements that lets you choose other sources of maps and aerial photos.

 

Choose this one! I am a PM and so can still get the Google Maps & satellite images but I prefer the options from this add on