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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: hotel21 on 27 September 2007, 23:13:32
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Some of you clever peeps may well have discovered this already but its new to me.....
http://www.flashearth.com/?lat=56.291311&lon=-3.11487&z=18.2&r=0&src=msl
Images are much sharper than Google Earth...
Above is an (approximate) ariel view of a wartime prisoner of war camp nearby to where I stay. The image is a few years old but, to me, the level of accuracy is quite superb.
I rediscovered bits of the world (Singapore, Hong Kong, Australia) that I had not been to for 30 years or so....
Worth a wee play... ;)
ps - discovered that SWMBO had sheets out to dry in the back garden the day the satelite went over.... ;D
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Indeed they are sharper :y I believe Google are working on a version at the moment...
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I aint stop playing with it yet :D ;D ;D
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where i live, not as sharp as google earth
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I'm fascinated by these sites. Images look about 6-7 years old IMO. They are still building half of my road.
A few gliders waiting to take off http://www.flashearth.com/?lat=51.188319&lon=-1.035709&z=20&r=0&src=msl maybe I'm in one of them?
Grenham Common still just about resembles an airfield. http://www.flashearth.com/?lat=51.377777&lon=-1.278889&z=15.2&r=0&src=msl They have taken the tarmac off the runway but not ripped up the hardcore yet.
Makes me want to start mowing the year into my lawn or painting it on my roof so I can work out when the next lot get taken ;D
Kevin
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Yes, the images are much older than those on Google Earth and, for my neck of the woods, not as sharp. In fact, I can tell that the pics of my street were taken around August 2003.
Interesting, nevertheless. :y
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good find, nice to have a play with
the google piccies for me are much newer too, can tell with the car in the drive, and next doors temp garage roof repair - blue tarp being on one and not the other!
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All out of date for me - we have been in our house 8 years and my car is still at our previous house
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fantastic - my address or previous doesnt come up on google earth....none of my cars are in view so cant ascertain how old. However my house is only 5 years old and its there :y
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Interesting, taken about 4 years ago I think (the detailed ones are taken from a plane) as my car is not on my drive and the drive had not been made bigger and wider with nice paving.....
However, I spotted my car here (sad isn't it!) at the Local Scout HQ!
http://www.flashearth.com/?lat=52.915437&lon=-1.108085&z=20&r=0&src=msl
Thats right, its the unmistakable red Nova.....
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Interesting, taken about 4 years ago I think (the detailed ones are taken from a plane) as my car is not on my drive and the drive had not been made bigger and wider with nice paving.....
However, I spotted my car here (sad isn't it!) at the Local Scout HQ!
http://www.flashearth.com/?lat=56.291311&lon=-3.11487&z=18.2&r=0&src=msl
Thats right, its the unmistakable red Nova.....
In Scotland????
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Oooopppppsss.....fixed.
I still like this one on google earth
(http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/01/09/lancaster_grab_one.jpg)
at these co-ordinates.
52 20 10.87N 0 11 43.34W
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Ive still got my red Metro Turbo :-[
It was in mint condition though, honest. ;D
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Yes, Polo mint......full of holes!
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My Sunbeam & last house (http://www.flashearth.com/?lat=52.194747&lon=-2.173112&z=20&r=0&src=ggl)
Red car - one is a Carlton!! (http://www.flashearth.com/?lat=52.213352&lon=-1.979878&z=19.9&r=0&src=msl)
A favourite beach (http://www.flashearth.com/?lat=50.125749&lon=-5.093509&z=18.8&r=0&src=ggl)
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Pretty impressive... Is it me or were there a lot of Red Cars back then.... any ideas on the year???? I guesstimate mid - late 80's... !!!! There's a Pizza Hut where the scrap yard was ;D ;D No change there then....
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Best I can match the date to is between summer 1996 and spring 2002 by some building construction dates. I think more toward the 2002 date though...
Anyone else tie it down better?
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2003 in our area.....
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About 1999 in our area - my house is a car park for the builders - and I know what was built in summer of 2000...
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Circa 2002 in my area similar picture quality to Google earth
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the pic of my area was 04/05
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we think circa 2002 ish as well....
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Google Earth - Apr 2006 >
others, about 2002