I found the houses I lived in Allentown, Pa, and Wichita, KS, in great detail. Regretfully there is not much detail on Minety, in Wiltshire, UK where I also lived, nor on Amersfoort in the Netherlands where I live now.
Very nice program. On Wednesday 05 April 2006 21:07, Joe Wilensky wrote: > Many of the U.S. metropolitan areas are covered in much higher > resolution, with an astonishing amount of detail visible, down to > less than a meter. There are quite a few small cities covered in this > high-res level. > > Joe > > >I just learned of this site yesterday, (http://earth.google.com/). > >Pulled up a "freebie" and played with it for a bit. > >It's an satilite collage of overlapping stills (on a clear day or cloud > >penetrating IR conversion) that allows your earth view of choice. > >A friend told me about using this site to locate a remote lake he wants > >to fish. > >If allowed to zoom in on its own, the image becomes very fuzzy. You'll > >find it helps to back off a little. Still, I was able to locate my > >house by identifying a very small corner park 'prox a half block from > >it. > >This is just FYI. It's something to do during out continuing > >record-breaking rainy season. > > > >Jack > > > >__________________________________________________ > >Do You Yahoo!? > >Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > >http://mail.yahoo.com -- Frits Wüthrich
