Hasn't reached cumbria yet, but google this week started adding many
satellite images of places in europe.

Found this on a map between Reading and Slough

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=reading&ll=51.447773,-0.801916&spn=0.005000,0.007135&t=k&hl=en


Dave

"Lakeuk"  wrote in message 
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> Hasn't reached cumbria yet, but google this week started adding many
> satellite images of places in europe.
>
> Found this on a map between Reading and Slough
>
> http://maps.google.com/maps?q=reading&ll=51.447773,-0.801916&spn=0.005000,0.007135&t=k&hl=en
>
>

Wow. I saw the American ones some time ago - wondered when they'd get over 
here.

They must be in the middle of setting it up. I had a look for Edinburgh, but 
found it only available on quite a small scale. If you pan westwards a bit, 
though, you can zoom right in on the Forth Bridges. Maybe they're 
concentrating on the major trunk routes first, and then filling in the towns 
and cities later on?

I shall now be up all night, looking down upon my favourite places.... 
thanks Dave...

ally

"Lakeuk"  wrote in message 
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> Hasn't reached cumbria yet, but google this week started adding many
> satellite images of places in europe.
>

It has reached Cumbria, just not to a very large scale. It doesn't seem to 
know many place names, but I typed in 'Carlisle', and the city came up at 
lowish resolution: I panned around a bit and I've just found my way to 
Cockermouth, Maryport and Crosby. I can just make out the narrow road down 
through Crosscannonby to the Solway coast. Allonby Bay is lovely and clear. 
I do hope they up the resolution a bit, soon, though! Migh tbe able to make 
out my car parked round the back of my house.

What fun!

ally-easily-amused

Edith - there are satellite pix of Norway too. Seems to be a high res 
section around Oslo, and a bit lower resolution down where you are, but 
still....

The search function isn't very good though. You have to zoom right out until 
you can see the whole of Europe - or the world, if you like - and then zoom 
in on the bit you want.

You can tell I like this thing!

Has everyone else gone to bed?

ally-not-in-bed-yet

a l l y wrote:

> Edith - there are satellite pix of Norway too. Seems to be a high res 
> section around Oslo, and a bit lower resolution down where you are, but 
> still....
> 
> The search function isn't very good though. You have to zoom right out until 
> you can see the whole of Europe - or the world, if you like - and then zoom 
> in on the bit you want.
> 
> You can tell I like this thing!
> 
> Has everyone else gone to bed?
> 
> ally-not-in-bed-yet 
> 
> 

My ISP wouldn't let me connect! I haven't had dinner yet. I believe that 
  Johnny Canuck is snowed under with work, on what has been over the 
whole area, a pleasantly warm bright, sunny and gorgeous day.

I must say that it does have very high quality maps and it's very easy 
to use. We've got it here in the US too. I must have a look to see if my 
area has satellite pics!

Jp

On 23 Jun 2005 13:18:35 -0700, Lakeuk wrote:


> Hasn't reached cumbria yet, but google this week started adding many
> satellite images of places in europe.


http://www.terraserver.com

You used to be able to get a preview of the 0.25m resolution aerial 
Getmapping images but they seem to have removed that recently.  B-(

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"Jpinny"  wrote in message 
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>>
> My ISP wouldn't let me connect! I haven't had dinner yet. I believe that 
> Johnny Canuck is snowed under with work, on what has been over the whole 
> area, a pleasantly warm bright, sunny and gorgeous day.
>
> I must say that it does have very high quality maps and it's very easy to 
> use. We've got it here in the US too. I must have a look to see if my area 
> has satellite pics!
>

I actually found your street a wee while ago... and never got around to 
telling you! Sorry... Looks like a nice district you live in. Seemed to be 
very high resolution around there. Much better than they've got here so far.

But the _whole world_ is there. Some parts in more detail than others. If 
you zoom about a bit you can see little brown rectangles where the higher 
resolution areas can be found, and they're all over the planet, in often 
unexpected places. Big cities are high res, yes, but I found some strange 
sort of army depot or something somewhere in North Africa, in extremely high 
resolution. Felt like a spy, gazing down on this place, its buildings and 
vehicles. I found Edith's area of Norway, and with the help of a map from 
Multimap more-or-less pinpointed her street. She certainly has a great view 
of the bay. I flew across Europe, coming down low over odd, random spots in 
Belgium, Italy and Greece and headed for the Middle East which was about the 
point I realised that having an atlas open on the desk might have been a big 
help. Exactly which big Arab city was I hovering over? Dunno. But it looked 
very hot and dry. I gasped in amazement at the appearance of the Sahara 
Desert from above. I flew across the Himalyas and came down low over the 
Ganges, where unfortunately the resolution isn't that good, but good enough 
to know which river is which. I had a quick look at Japan and nipped down to 
Australia. This thing is amazing! It's what computers/the internet were made 
for! Soon the whole planet will be available in high resolution for everyone 
the world over to examine in detail. There cannot be any secrets after that.

Er... sorry. Got a bit carried away there. Did I mention I'm a bit of a 
cartographical obsessive? ( A map-freak.)

Right. Off to South America now....

ally

a l l y wrote:

> "Jpinny"  wrote in message 
> news:s2Hue.4199$2Z3.2700@fe10.lga...
> 
>>My ISP wouldn't let me connect! I haven't had dinner yet. I believe that 
>>Johnny Canuck is snowed under with work, on what has been over the whole 
>>area, a pleasantly warm bright, sunny and gorgeous day.
>>
>>I must say that it does have very high quality maps and it's very easy to 
>>use. We've got it here in the US too. I must have a look to see if my area 
>>has satellite pics!
>>
> 
> I actually found your street a wee while ago... and never got around to 
> telling you! Sorry... Looks like a nice district you live in. Seemed to be 
> very high resolution around there. Much better than they've got here so far.
> 
(snip)

> 
> Er... sorry. Got a bit carried away there. Did I mention I'm a bit of a 
> cartographical obsessive? ( A map-freak.)
> 
> Right. Off to South America now....
> 
> ally 
> 
> 

You and me - and Johnny too.

Oh, my goodness! Yes! That's my house. It's actually to the right of the 
  pointer, which is stuck in next door's drive! We have a large tree out 
front, and you can see the shadow. You can pick out the enormous 
satellite dish on my ex-Landlord's roof!! You can see the Golf club 
where my son will be caddying. You can tell it's America, because you 
can see the baseball pitch. If you pan out you can see all the runways 
of Kennedy Airport and go a bit further to the left and there's NYC!

You can find the Statue of Liberty in the Bay - it's the small island, 
down and to the left, nearly on the shore of New Jersey. You can see the 
green of the statue, surrounded by grey stone.

Oh, gosh, this is fun!!

Jp

"Dave Liquorice"  wrote in message 
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> On 23 Jun 2005 13:18:35 -0700, Lakeuk wrote:
>
>> Hasn't reached cumbria yet, but google this week started adding many
>> satellite images of places in europe.
>
> http://www.terraserver.com


Nice one, too. (Too busy now for a proper browse.... maybe later...)




> You used to be able to get a preview of the 0.25m resolution aerial
> Getmapping images but they seem to have removed that recently.  B-(
>

Is that the one I used to use? Millennium Map or something it was called 
originally, but changed its name. You got really high res previews. I spent 
ages on a dial-up modem moving around our area here, copying aerial photos 
and sticking them together. I have a lovely photo-map of all the fields and 
lanes from here to Allonby and nearly to Maryport in the other direction. I 
always intended going back when I got broadband, but I guess they cottoned 
on to what people were doing. If I did it, no doubt others did, and they 
didn't make any money out of us that way. Oh well.

ally

I have an overwhelming need to share this with you all. Its about what
I hate most about newsgroups . . . . control freaks like netnannies
and net cops and here is why.

They are  like when a little bit of shite gets stuck just inside yer
rectum not far enough down that you can squeeze it either in or out.
It just lies there, you feel it but can do nought about it. It just
sits there and irritates the hell out of you. The only effect is the
production of irritation nothing else. That is really what they are
like. They achieve nothing else. The trolls are still there!! 

Shite in yer rectum will eventually be resolved. Netnannies and
netcops are always there. The name and individual may change but there
is always some shit baiting and upsetting harmless trolls. The effect
is to give the troll a mission in life. Look at the uk.local hierarchy
at the moment, yorkshire, birmingham and essx in particular. Ruined
for the average poster. The majority of groups are empty, except for
troll droppings, spam and the odd genuine post!!! 

What amazes me is that some of the netnannies not only boast about
reporting contributors to their ISP but attempt to get other people
to do the same. This gives the troll an extra boast of "adrenaline".
Its all beyond me! 

Maybe I am too sensitive a guy.

Thanks for your interest.

On Fri, 24 Jun 2005 11:23:26 +0100, a l l y wrote:


> Is that the one I used to use? Millennium Map or something it was 
> called originally, but changed its name. 


Terramap pulls together several sources into one web site. One of the 
sources is indeed the Millenium Map from Getmapping that site also 
still exists in it's own right (haven't checked...).  The Millenium 
map is based on aerial photographs from a few thousand feet rather 
than satellite based imageary.


> You got really high res previews. I spent ages on a dial-up modem 
> moving around our area here, copying aerial photos and sticking them 
> together.


I've got the bits from doing that for here, however the previews from 
Gettmapping were horribly JPEG compressed so covered in artifacts. The 
preview from Terramap was pretty much what you'd have to pay for but 
with several plain white terramap URLs superimposed. POP to remove 
with Paintshop Pro...

I must drop into the mapping shop in Penrith sometime and see what 
overlays options they can now do on OS maps. I'd like a standard sheet 
sized 1:25000 scale centred on here.

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Dave.                                             pam is missing e-mail

"Jpinny"  wrote in message
news:N5Jue.9302$ik5.1246@fe12.lga...

> a l l y wrote:
> > "Jpinny"  wrote in message
> > news:s2Hue.4199$2Z3.2700@fe10.lga...
> >
> >>My ISP wouldn't let me connect! I haven't had dinner yet. I believe that
> >>Johnny Canuck is snowed under with work, on what has been over the whole
> >>area, a pleasantly warm bright, sunny and gorgeous day.
> >>
> >>I must say that it does have very high quality maps and it's very easy
to
> >>use. We've got it here in the US too. I must have a look to see if my
area
> >>has satellite pics!
> >>
> >
> > I actually found your street a wee while ago... and never got around to
> > telling you! Sorry... Looks like a nice district you live in. Seemed to
be
> > very high resolution around there. Much better than they've got here so
far.
> >
> (snip)
>
> >
> > Er... sorry. Got a bit carried away there. Did I mention I'm a bit of a
> > cartographical obsessive? ( A map-freak.)
> >
> > Right. Off to South America now....
> >
> > ally
> >
> >
> You and me - and Johnny too.
>
> Oh, my goodness! Yes! That's my house. It's actually to the right of the
>   pointer, which is stuck in next door's drive! We have a large tree out
> front, and you can see the shadow. You can pick out the enormous
> satellite dish on my ex-Landlord's roof!! You can see the Golf club
> where my son will be caddying. You can tell it's America, because you
> can see the baseball pitch. If you pan out you can see all the runways
> of Kennedy Airport and go a bit further to the left and there's NYC!
>
> You can find the Statue of Liberty in the Bay - it's the small island,
> down and to the left, nearly on the shore of New Jersey. You can see the
> green of the statue, surrounded by grey stone.
>
> Oh, gosh, this is fun!!
>
> Jp


Yeah, isn't it. I'm good at maps.

Edith-standing on her head.

"a l l y"  wrote in message
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y secrets after that.

>
> Er... sorry. Got a bit carried away there. Did I mention I'm a bit of a
> cartographical obsessive? ( A map-freak.)
>
> Right. Off to South America now....
>
> ally


Me too. Infact, I'm right off back to bed.

Edith.

"a l l y"  wrote in message
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> Edith - there are satellite pix of Norway too. Seems to be a high res
> section around Oslo, and a bit lower resolution down where you are, but
> still....
>
> The search function isn't very good though. You have to zoom right out
until
> you can see the whole of Europe - or the world, if you like - and then
zoom
> in on the bit you want.
>
> You can tell I like this thing!
>
> Has everyone else gone to bed?
>
> ally-not-in-bed-yet


Can you see me? Can you.? That's me waving on the highest veranda, nearest
the churchyard-oops!

Edith got her wings.

"Dave Liquorice"  wrote in message
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> On 23 Jun 2005 13:18:35 -0700, Lakeuk wrote:
>
> > Hasn't reached cumbria yet, but google this week started adding many
> > satellite images of places in europe.
>
> http://www.terraserver.com
>
> You used to be able to get a preview of the 0.25m resolution aerial
> Getmapping images but they seem to have removed that recently.  B-(
>
> --
> Cheers                                              new5pam@howhill.com
> Dave.                                             pam is missing e-mail


Blimey, that's fantastic. I can't wait for Orly to come home. I'll show him
Maipu.

Edith.off to see Horten.

"Rab"  wrote in message
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> I have an overwhelming need to share this with you all. Its about what
> I hate most about newsgroups . . . . control freaks like netnannies
> and net cops and here is why.
>

<snipped>

Tell me, Rab.  What does this have to do with Google Maps?

Steve Howarth

Been wasting time on this brilliant site for weeks now.  Just a few
points of interst for you.......

Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=reading&ll=51.447773,-0.801916&spn=0.005000,0.007135&t=k&hl=en

Top secret airbase LOL
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=reading&ll=51.447773,-0.801916&spn=0.005000,0.007135&t=k&hl=en

Hollywood sign above LA
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=reading&ll=51.447773,-0.801916&spn=0.005000,0.007135&t=k&hl=en

Doh the links dont work!!!!  (sorry folks)

Hopefully these will work, the secret airbase is worth looking at.

Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=San+Francisco&ll=37.814416,-122.477689&spn=0.005203,0.007596&t=k&hl=en

Top secret airbase LOL
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=palmdale&ll=34.637285,-118.081934&spn=0.005203,0.007596&t=k&hl=en

Hollywood sign above LA
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=palmdale&ll=34.134017,-118.321670&spn=0.005203,0.007596&t=k&hl=en

The americans have millions on Stealth Aircraft but Google found 'em
!!!  LOL

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=palmdale&ll=34.637393,-118.082095&spn=0.005203,0.007596&t=k&hl=en

iaintwoeyes wrote:

> Hopefully these will work, the secret airbase is worth looking at.
> 
> Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco
> http://maps.google.com/maps?q=San+Francisco&ll=37.814416,-122.477689&spn=0.005203,0.007596&t=k&hl=en
> 
> Top secret airbase LOL
> http://maps.google.com/maps?q=palmdale&ll=34.637285,-118.081934&spn=0.005203,0.007596&t=k&hl=en
> 
> Hollywood sign above LA
> http://maps.google.com/maps?q=palmdale&ll=34.134017,-118.321670&spn=0.005203,0.007596&t=k&hl=en
> 


Statue of Liberty

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=palmdale&ll=34.134017,-118.321670&spn=0.005203,0.007596&t=k&hl=en

Niagara Falls

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=palmdale&ll=34.134017,-118.321670&spn=0.005203,0.007596&t=k&hl=en

"Jpinny"  wrote in message 
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> iaintwoeyes wrote:
>> Hopefully these will work, the secret airbase is worth looking at.
>>
>> Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco
>> http://maps.google.com/maps?q=San+Francisco&ll=37.814416,-122.477689&spn=0.005203,0.007596&t=k&hl=en
>>

Forth Bridge
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=San+Francisco&ll=37.814416,-122.477689&spn=0.005203,0.007596&t=k&hl=en

ally

On 26 Jun 2005 12:45:08 -0700, iaintwoeyes wrote:


> Been wasting time on this brilliant site for weeks now.  Just a few
> points of interst for you.......


'Tis a pretty slick and fast interface that doesn't require an 
propritary browser or plugin.

Pity the image for here is such low res, compared to that excellent 
airbase resolution one. The wider view is good a showing the vallies 
and fells and the urban splodges of Penrith and Carlisle though.

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Dave.                                             pam is missing e-mail

"a l l y"  wrote in message 
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>
> "Jpinny"  wrote in message 
> news:SxEve.5452$2Z3.4484@fe10.lga...
>> iaintwoeyes wrote:
>>> Hopefully these will work, the secret airbase is worth looking at.
>>>
>>> Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco
>>> http://maps.google.com/maps?q=San+Francisco&ll=37.814416,-122.477689&spn=0.005203,0.007596&t=k&hl=en
>>>
> Forth Bridge
> http://maps.google.com/maps?q=San+Francisco&ll=37.814416,-122.477689&spn=0.005203,0.007596&t=k&hl=en
>

Hmm. That's not right. It's still come up with San Francisco.... Hang on...

ally

"a l l y"  wrote in message 
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> Forth Bridge
> http://maps.google.com/maps?q=San+Francisco&ll=37.814416,-122.477689&spn=0.005203,0.007596&t=k&hl=en
>

Hmph. Can't get a clickable link to work for you - but copy & paste the 
following to put in their search box if you like -
North Queensferry, Fife, KY99  UK.

Every bit as nice as the Golden Gate Bridge, and Scotland has TWO bridges 
for the price of one!
ally

a l l y wrote:

> "Jpinny"  wrote in message
> news:SxEve.5452$2Z3.4484@fe10.lga...
>> iaintwoeyes wrote:
>>> Hopefully these will work, the secret airbase is worth looking at.
>>>
>>> Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco
>>>

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=San+Francisco&ll=37.814416,-122.477689&spn=0.005203,0.007596&t=k&hl=en

>>>
> Forth Bridge
>

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=San+Francisco&ll=37.814416,-122.477689&spn=0.005203,0.007596&t=k&hl=en

>
> ally


Chez Al
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=reading&ll=51.447773,-0.801916&spn=0.005000,0.007135&t=k&hl=en




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a l l y wrote:

> "a l l y"  wrote in message
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>> Forth Bridge
>>

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=San+Francisco&ll=37.814416,-122.477689&spn=0.005203,0.007596&t=k&hl=en

>>
> Hmph. Can't get a clickable link to work for you - but copy & paste
> the following to put in their search box if you like -
> North Queensferry, Fife, KY99  UK.
>
> Every bit as nice as the Golden Gate Bridge, and Scotland has TWO
> bridges for the price of one!
> ally


If you zoom out to notch 7 on the Golden Gate you can see the Bay Area
Bridge, three for the price of one!

Al




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a l l y wrote:

> "a l l y"  wrote in message
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>> Forth Bridge
>>

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=San+Francisco&ll=37.814416,-122.477689&spn=0.005203,0.007596&t=k&hl=en

>>
> Hmph. Can't get a clickable link to work for you - but copy & paste
> the following to put in their search box if you like -
> North Queensferry, Fife, KY99  UK.
>
> Every bit as nice as the Golden Gate Bridge, and Scotland has TWO
> bridges for the price of one!
> ally


former Chez Al
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Alfred Packer wrote:

>>ally
> 
> 
> Chez Al
> http://maps.google.com/maps?q=reading&ll=51.447773,-0.801916&spn=0.005000,0.007135&t=k&hl=en


I keep getting somewhere near Bracknell. Sure that's not right

Jp

"Jpinny"  wrote in message
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> Alfred Packer wrote:
> >>ally
> >
> >
> > Chez Al
> >

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=reading&ll=51.447773,-0.801916&spn=0.005000,0.007135&t=k&hl=en

>
> I keep getting somewhere near Bracknell. Sure that's not right
>
> Jp


once upon a time that would have been correct but the co-ordinates I
intended to post were several thousand miles west of Bracknell.  If you zoom
out of the Bracknell map you might find Broadmoor, the mother of all funny
farms.

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On Mon, 27 Jun 2005 00:25:29 +0100, a l l y wrote:


> Hmm. That's not right. It's still come up with San Francisco.... 
> Hang on...


Yeah, if you pan about from a linked location the URL doesn't change 
from where you started. Well 'tis a beta.

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Dave.                                             pam is missing e-mail

When you find the location you wish to post the link too, make sure
that you clink the "Link to this page" link in the top right side of
the page.  This changes the URL to the actual grid references you are
viewing.

Took me a few goes to get it right :-)