Author Topic: Google Earth Detail? (Read 645 times)

GreenCloud · « **on:** May 09, 2006, 08:38:59 PM »

so is there a way to get better images satelite photo's..

a few years ago i was able to see cars ect on some other sight ..that i cant find any more..

I just D/L Googel earth...and its kind of crappy detail..

but when you look at some of there presets..Grand Canyon..it looks like a real picture

Treize69 · « **Reply #1 on:** May 09, 2006, 09:02:10 PM »

You need to check google earth often, they are regularly adding high-resolution images of new areas.

I can look at my area, and the neighboring county is about 95% high-res, while mine is very low res.

I know they just in the past few weeks added high res images of several areas of Eastern Europe, especially around Romania-Bulgaria-Moldava. Much of the US is stil low-res though.

Sandman · « **Reply #2 on:** May 09, 2006, 10:04:15 PM »

There's some very high resolution images of Las Vegas. You can see people.

Reschke · « **Reply #3 on:** May 09, 2006, 10:28:25 PM »

Red Square in Moscow is pretty high resolution. Areas around my location are high resolution as well and so is a fair amount of Havana, Cuba. However its all relative on when they took the pictures with those satelittes. When Google Earth first came out they had a high res photo of my house on there with my current car. Now its a two year old photo from right after we moved into this house and you can see my company truck in the drive and the trees I cut down last summer are still there when the old picture didn't have those trees.. I think sometimes they move backwards and forwards but what do I know.

Treize69 · « **Reply #4 on:** May 09, 2006, 10:32:18 PM »

I know it still shows my grandmothers house, which has since been demolishad and the spot turned into a parking lot...

Kinda sucks to see the old pics.

Octavius · « **Reply #5 on:** May 09, 2006, 11:06:55 PM »

Go here:

19°00'11.32" 12°53'27.37"

jollyFE · « **Reply #6 on:** May 09, 2006, 11:14:26 PM »

not all of google earth imagery is from satellite, alot is from aircraft. pretty much if you can easily see people it's probably from an aircraft. MSI (multi spectral imagery) is still kinda new and the commercial stuff aint as sweet as the real deal.

jolly

Treize69 · « **Reply #7 on:** May 09, 2006, 11:53:47 PM »

Quote

Originally posted by Octavius
Go here:

19°00'11.32" 12°53'27.37"

Holy cow, talk about middle of nowhere

Try: 44°06'16.48" 28°39'40.78"

LLv34_Snefens · « **Reply #8 on:** May 10, 2006, 03:33:16 AM »

I see they have included the west coast of Denmark now. Nice chance for going hunting for Atlantic Wall bunkers. We never really bothered getting rid of them.

56°09'36" 8°07'04" has a good concentration, but if you go north from there you will find more along the entire coast.

The Jutland coast was about as well defended as Normandy on D-Day.

BTW, nice one Onctavius. Looks like dinner is camel stew tonight.

Debonair · « **Reply #9 on:** May 10, 2006, 04:43:40 AM »

quisling

Ghosth · « **Reply #10 on:** May 10, 2006, 07:47:04 AM »

For my area I get better detail from

http://local.live.com/

than I get from google.

Ohhh and nothing to install either. Runs in your browser.

Was VERY disappointed in Google Earth quality.

cav58d · « **Reply #11 on:** May 10, 2006, 08:25:04 AM »

Quote

Originally posted by Ghosth
For my area I get better detail from

http://local.live.com/

than I get from google.

Ohhh and nothing to install either. Runs in your browser.

Was VERY disappointed in Google Earth quality.

Talk about disappointing! it's like playing with mapquest!

cav58d · « **Reply #12 on:** May 10, 2006, 08:32:17 AM »

52 20 10.87N 0 11 43.34W

cav58d · « **Reply #13 on:** May 10, 2006, 08:49:54 AM »

34°38'17"-118°4'52"

45°34'49"-122°35'31"

32°24'44"-99°50'49"

35°44'15"-75°29'19"--- ZOOM

34°57'11"-117°53'4"

GreenCloud · « **Reply #14 on:** May 10, 2006, 11:01:56 AM »

so if i want some close up pictures of Lake Oroville, CA..im screwed//

Google earth kind of sucks