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davrus - 13/7/07 at 09:09 PM

Greetings , is there any thing better thank google earth.
Looking for somthing that will zoom in better as google does not zoom in with enough quality.
Ideally looking for a free download!

Cheers

matt.c - 13/7/07 at 09:12 PM

google earth is cr*p!! Only just become clear with my house to find its about 8 years out of date!!!

Dave Ashurst - 13/7/07 at 09:12 PM

http://www.flashearth.com/

http://maps.live.com/

perhaps?

D Beddows - 13/7/07 at 09:30 PM

second vote for flashearth.com

iscmatt - 13/7/07 at 11:03 PM

wow, flashearth.com is pretty good!

omega 24 v6 - 14/7/07 at 09:39 AM

quote:

wow, flashearth.com is pretty good!


Pictures are good but they're at least 5 years old in my area

Hammerhead - 14/7/07 at 10:55 AM

wow. flashearth is cool!

foskid - 14/7/07 at 11:42 AM

just looked at flashearth.com the picture of my place is exactly the same as on google earth, at least 7 years since I sold the caravan in the pic.

Jasper - 14/7/07 at 12:05 PM

Remember Google don't take the images, they can only use the ones that are available to them.

andyps - 14/7/07 at 04:47 PM

I should think they all use the same pictures - the cost to generate them must be pretty massive. They are taken by planes flying overhead at relatively low speed and low height, and it has to be done on a clear day.

If you want a high resolution aerial picture of your own house you can commission one, but it will not be Locost

40inches - 18/7/07 at 01:03 PM

Multi map images are excellent, plus you can overlay a map on them. By comparison Google Earth is very poor.

JoelP - 18/7/07 at 08:21 PM

quote:
Originally posted by andyps
They are taken by planes flying overhead at relatively low speed and low height, and it has to be done on a clear day.


That explains a lot, i had assumed they were satellite images so wondered why the two ends of a bridge were at such different angles! Obviously a lower view.