VarigB707 From United States of America, joined May 2006, 1220 posts, RR: 1 Posted (6 years 10 months 4 days 16 hours ago) and read 1349 times:
How accurate it is? I mean... If i do a search tonite (It's 12:48 am CT, Wed. July 26 2006). The pictures will be from which date?
FYI i am using their new (Beta) version.
Thanks for any info...
Cheers
HS_1
Newark777 From United States of America, joined Dec 2004, 9348 posts, RR: 33 Reply 1, posted (6 years 10 months 4 days 16 hours ago) and read 1343 times:
Usually a few years old. There's a data layer you can turn on that tells you when it was taken, although it can be hard to figure out. Most are relatively up to date, don't expect anything extraordinary.
VarigB707 From United States of America, joined May 2006, 1220 posts, RR: 1 Reply 2, posted (6 years 10 months 4 days 16 hours ago) and read 1331 times:
Quoting Newark777 (Reply 1): Usually a few years old. There's a data layer you can turn on that tells you when it was taken, although it can be hard to figure out. Most are relatively up to date, don't expect anything extraordinary.
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Harry
VHVXB From Australia, joined Apr 2006, 5517 posts, RR: 20 Reply 3, posted (6 years 10 months 4 days 15 hours ago) and read 1324 times:
Quoting Newark777 (Reply 1): Usually a few years old. There's a data layer you can turn on that tells you when it was taken, although it can be hard to figure out. Most are relatively up to date, don't expect anything extraordinary.
Harry
Yes very old. I've been browsing through places in Sydney and roads aren't there which are were built 2 years
Solarix From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 4, posted (6 years 10 months 4 days 15 hours ago) and read 1310 times:
They recently updated the imagery. Looking at Google Earth now I can spot the concrete that was poured last spring. The pics appear to be taken in the fall/winter time judging by the color of the brush and trees, which would make them less than a year old.
Newark777 From United States of America, joined Dec 2004, 9348 posts, RR: 33 Reply 5, posted (6 years 10 months 4 days 15 hours ago) and read 1309 times:
Quoting Solarix (Reply 4): They recently updated the imagery.
All the locations around the world have all been taken at different time. Zoom out a bit, and you will see the "blockiness" this creates. Just because the area you are looking at is up to date doesn't mean everything is.
They update the images in bunches, usually updating a few places at a time, while at the same time introducing more areas to high-res coverage.
DAL767400ER From Germany, joined Feb 2005, 5721 posts, RR: 50 Reply 6, posted (6 years 10 months 4 days 13 hours ago) and read 1278 times:
Of course not all pics are that new, but then again, if GE was to have the most up-to-date pics of the entire world, it sure as hell would not be free.
Birdwatching From United States of America, joined Sep 2003, 3573 posts, RR: 52 Reply 7, posted (6 years 10 months 4 days 12 hours ago) and read 1256 times:
EMBQA From United States of America, joined Oct 2003, 9286 posts, RR: 13 Reply 8, posted (6 years 10 months 4 days 11 hours ago) and read 1247 times:
Quoting VarigB707 (Thread starter): How accurate it is? I mean... If i do a search tonite (It's 12:48 am CT, Wed. July 26 2006). The pictures will be from which date?
There about 4-5 years old where I live.
"It's not the size of the dog in the fight, but the size of the fight in the dog"
DAL767400ER From Germany, joined Feb 2005, 5721 posts, RR: 50 Reply 9, posted (6 years 10 months 4 days 11 hours ago) and read 1245 times:
Quoting Birdwatching (Reply 7): You'd be surprised how many people think GoogleEarth is in real time!
Actually, no, not really, I have heard people say the will get GE to see how a construction site in their neighborhood develops day by day! Admittedly, that's an extreme example, but still.
Birdwatching From United States of America, joined Sep 2003, 3573 posts, RR: 52 Reply 10, posted (6 years 10 months 4 days 11 hours ago) and read 1241 times:
Quoting DAL767400ER (Reply 9): I have heard people say the will get GE to see how a construction site in their neighborhood develops day by day!
"What? GEarth is not live? What a disappointment! I thought that I control a satellite with my mouse!"
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Queso From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 11, posted (6 years 10 months 4 days 9 hours ago) and read 1214 times:
"Common questions about Google Earth
1. When were these pictures taken? How often are they updated?
Our images are photographs taken by satellites and aircraft sometime in the last three years. The images in Google Earth are updated on a rolling basis. Click here for more details."
Don81603 From Canada, joined Jul 2005, 1185 posts, RR: 0 Reply 12, posted (6 years 10 months 4 days 9 hours ago) and read 1212 times:
It's at least a year old in some areas. If you zoom to YQT, you can still see the Global Peace Ambassador's 747SP sitting there in the summer sun, and it was ferried to TIJ last December.
Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines.
Wardialer From United States of America, joined Sep 2001, 1155 posts, RR: 0 Reply 13, posted (6 years 10 months 3 days 23 hours ago) and read 1151 times:
Is there a feature in the free edition were I can enter an EXEACT altitude?? Suppose I dont want to see an EYE ALT. of 25022, but instead of I want to see it as 25000 or 25500...Is there a way to do that???
Queso From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 14, posted (6 years 10 months 3 days 21 hours ago) and read 1116 times:
Quoting Wardialer (Reply 13): Is there a feature in the free edition were I can enter an EXEACT altitude?? Suppose I dont want to see an EYE ALT. of 25022, but instead of I want to see it as 25000 or 25500...Is there a way to do that???
What difference is 22ft (0.08%) at 25,000 ft going to make? The resolution is not nearly good enough to see any difference from that height. The absolute BEST resolution they offer in some Metro areas is one foot and that's certainly less than a single pixel from that distance.
Baroque From Australia, joined Apr 2006, 15380 posts, RR: 60 Reply 16, posted (6 years 10 months 3 days 18 hours ago) and read 1073 times:
I would not care if the images were 5 or even 10 years old if the resolution was better for many of the places I want to look at.
Take Bristol UK, Filton is just great, 8 to 10 miles away and Thornbury is near invisible. In Australia, I can barely see the street where I live, but in Balmain in Sydney, I can pick out details of individual houses, same in Randwick. Hampstead NC has the same crap images I do here. I gather it is related to whether a third party has paid for high res imagery. Away from those areas, GE is crap. Sorry, I will rephrase that, it is not of much use.
Newark777 From United States of America, joined Dec 2004, 9348 posts, RR: 33 Reply 17, posted (6 years 10 months 3 days 18 hours ago) and read 1065 times:
For many international areas, they are going piece by piece, trying to fill in the high res areas. Many of the less densely populated places in the US are still low res. For example, most of the Caribbean islands and a bunch of the South American cities just became high res. They are also constantly updating much of the already high-res areas. Have patience.
Thankfully, New Jersey is one of the few US states that is 100% high res.
YeahitsK From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 19, posted (6 years 10 months 3 days 17 hours ago) and read 1051 times:
How well does Google Earth run on your computers? Since I installed it I get the impression it is slowing my machine down due to updating and whatever else it does. Maybe it's just me though.
Baroque From Australia, joined Apr 2006, 15380 posts, RR: 60 Reply 20, posted (6 years 10 months 3 days 17 hours ago) and read 1045 times:
Quoting Newark777 (Reply 17): For many international areas, they are going piece by piece, trying to fill in the high res areas. Many of the less densely populated places in the US are still low res. For example, most of the Caribbean islands and a bunch of the South American cities just became high res. They are also constantly updating much of the already high-res areas. Have patience.
Thankfully, New Jersey is one of the few US states that is 100% high res.
Thanks for the comment, Hampstead NC is one place I looked at, awful, just like home!! The centre of Newcastle UK is great, but go down SW and in the Village of Burnopfield, it suddenly goes from wow to yuk! Just before you get to the old home of the great Colin Milburn - not Jackie, Colin the cricketer.
Baroque From Australia, joined Apr 2006, 15380 posts, RR: 60 Reply 21, posted (6 years 10 months 3 days 17 hours ago) and read 1038 times:
Quoting YeahitsK (Reply 19): How well does Google Earth run on your computers? Since I installed it I get the impression it is slowing my machine down due to updating and whatever else it does. Maybe it's just me though.
I have some "issues" but mainly the DX GL stuff which is because I have a lousy old video card - I think. Something is killing my machine of late, possibly the Spyware detector, Registry mechanic has helped. I begin to think it might be time for a reload to get rid of all the rubbish, but the thought gives me a fit of the horrors. I will keep an eye open for signs of GE being a culprit. It is very difficult to attribute blame due to the huge numbers of interactions.
Newark777 From United States of America, joined Dec 2004, 9348 posts, RR: 33 Reply 22, posted (6 years 10 months 3 days 17 hours ago) and read 1036 times:
Just recently places like LHR and AMS got upgraded to the new high-res images. I assume they will try to get most of the metropolitan areas covered before they do too much of the countryside. Who knows, though.
Baroque From Australia, joined Apr 2006, 15380 posts, RR: 60 Reply 23, posted (6 years 10 months 3 days 11 hours ago) and read 1017 times:
Quoting Newark777 (Reply 22): Just recently places like LHR and AMS got upgraded to the new high-res images. I assume they will try to get most of the metropolitan areas covered before they do too much of the countryside. Who knows, though.
Some images are just brilliant. I found my old college and I still dont entirely understand the extraordinary relief on the images. Nearly as good as the first time I saw it and the chapel was covered in newly fallen snow.
What I do find odd is that the crappy areas must have resolutions worse than 50 m, whereas the good areas are down to about 20 cm. I can see the front steps on my parent's old house in a high res area, but I cannot even see the street I live in! And the same goes for a friend in Hampstead NC, so it is not just a non US thing. And the difference seems to be about two orders of magnitude.
Newark777 From United States of America, joined Dec 2004, 9348 posts, RR: 33 Reply 24, posted (6 years 10 months 3 days 8 hours ago) and read 978 times:
Quoting Baroque (Reply 23): What I do find odd is that the crappy areas must have resolutions worse than 50 m, whereas the good areas are down to about 20 cm.
Remember, also, that a lot of the really high detail areas are aerial photography, while the crappy stuff is satellite imagery.
The part that I can find most impressive, though, is that I can see my red jeep parked in my driveway, and my grill sitting on my patio in the back. Pretty crazy.
Harry
[Edited 2006-07-27 16:10:12]
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25 Birdwatching: You all seem to forget that Google Earth is free, and you're complaining about a free product not being super perfect. Do you have any idea how expens
26 Baroque: Well, I did not know that some were aerial photographs, that certainly explains the relief effects on some of them. I could find the windows of the r
27 KaiGywer: Yeah, Google Earth is pretty much useless where I live. The bigger town next to me is high res, but still old pics. My campus looks like it did prior
28 Newark777: Here's a list of most of the censored areas in GE. Click this "Open this Placemark" on the top of the post to identify the areas in GE. http://bbs.ke
29 Baroque: Thank you for that. Fascinating. Looks as if they are giving up censoring. So I am not censored, just a crappy image! I am not sure if that makes me
30 Confuscius: "Thankfully, New Jersey is one of the few US states that is 100% high res." Why would you want to see high resoulution pictures of a garbage dump?
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