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Old 31-07-2006, 11:09 AM   #1
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Better than google earth

try this its fantastic and more up todate plus you can rotate

http://local.live.com/
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Old 31-07-2006, 12:01 PM   #2
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more up todate

http://local.live.com/
Still Over 7 years old! Checked out my old school as they've had loads of building work recently and Photos must have been taken over there August - December 99
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Old 31-07-2006, 01:15 PM   #3
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It seems a lot more up to date to me!

I reckon, going by this pic of Drivers Wharf, it was last summer.

Before Matt got rid of the Nissan

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Old 31-07-2006, 01:21 PM   #4
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quite a few around me are Pre 2001. Seems a bit of mix and match
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Old 31-07-2006, 01:26 PM   #5
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It seems a lot more up to date to me!

I reckon, going by this pic of Drivers Wharf, it was last summer.

Before Matt got rid of the Nissan
No bladerunner there. Bladerunner was there all last summer.
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Old 31-07-2006, 01:31 PM   #6
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It seems a lot more up to date to me!
Not "up here".. they're showing a car that I "killed" in '01..
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Old 31-07-2006, 01:37 PM   #7
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No bladerunner there. Bladerunner was there all last summer.
TD's boat is there, which I think arrived about May last year, and mine is sat where it was last year.

Your Bladerunner may have been on holiday in France!
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Old 31-07-2006, 01:39 PM   #8
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Not "up here".. they're showing a car that I "killed" in '01..
C'mon, get real!! They're not gonna waste valuable funds keeping imagery up to date of anything north of Watford, are they! sheesh.

Just a grey sheet of paper would do fine.
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C'mon, get real!! They're not gonna waste valuable funds keeping imagery up to date of anything north of Watford, are they! sheesh.

Just a grey sheet of paper would do fine.
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Old 31-07-2006, 02:02 PM   #10
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It looks like the oblique shots (aka bird eye) are much more recent than the verticals (aerial). The coverage is more limited though.
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It could be that the older images were bought in a takeover of a smaller company ( i think thats what google did too) and the Bird's eye pics are microsofts own update to the older service
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Birds Eyes in london seem to be between a year and 4 months old judging by our neightbours new garden but lack of speed humps down our road!!!
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Old 31-07-2006, 04:38 PM   #13
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They got my new house!

( my field is outlined in red, the yellow outline is still the farmers. )

The 'birds eye view' stops at the Blackmans lane road, so I can not get it... The photo here is about 3 years old...
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Just checked out the American ones, as its the only place I really know checked out Ben's house in Virginia and the pics in black and white and from what i can tell its not even there! It is out in the country mind.
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Big time out of date up here!
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Old 31-07-2006, 06:56 PM   #16
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Aerial Photos are the millenium photo's taken in 1999, same ones as on multimap but higher res. The birds eye photos are last summer as looking at my work the new reception is there (late 04) the zebra crossings are there (early 05) the two extra car parking spaces and yellow hatchings are not there (late 05) plus the trees are green (summer).
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what i like about it is on the birds eye pics you can select to look at it from different directions. its cool
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Yeh the multi directional photos are good - big plus over google earth. They just need to update their photos andit will be great.
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the photo of my house is atleast 2 years old
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the photo of my house is atleast 2 years old
lucky you! mine doesnt exist!
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