QUOTE: Originally posted by tatans Just checked out a city in Saskatchewan on google maps,seems they are using maps issued for the selling of land in the late 1880's, most of the streets were strictly speculation, a lot of the streets were never built or even recorded, where would they get this information??? I wonder how many satellites there were in 1887. what's going on here???
QUOTE: Originally posted by railman While highly detailed in some city areas, I find the map quite worthless when it comes to smaller town areas.
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QUOTE: Originally posted by eastside In comparing to Terra, my impression from features that I'm familiar with is that Google's maps are more up-to-date, even though they say they will deliberately lag by 6-12 months. Some of Terra's maps are years old. Have they ever updated? Note the "Beta" designation below the Google logo. This means that it's a test, not the final version. I guess they're still filling-in some of the missing data.
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QUOTE: Originally posted by Dough Oh and the fact that you can't link to a particular map is frustrating.
Originally posted by techguy57 Living nearby to MP 186 of the UPRR Austin TX Sub Reply spbed Member sinceDecember 2001 From: Austin TX 4,941 posts Posted by spbed on Wednesday, April 20, 2005 9:59 AM Got to get another memory card to use it as everytime I use it crashes my machine. [:D][:o)] Originally posted by techguy57 [ Living nearby to MP 186 of the UPRR Austin TX Sub Reply eastside Member sinceMarch 2001 From: New York City 805 posts Posted by eastside on Wednesday, April 20, 2005 2:53 PM QUOTE: Originally posted by spbed I heard that the maps are at least 6 months behind real time. [:p][:)] Originally posted by techguy57 Delayed apparently out of deference to national security. Reply timz Member sinceFebruary 2005 2,366 posts Posted by timz on Thursday, April 21, 2005 8:02 PM Many (most?) of Google's highest-resolution pics are taken from aircraft. Dunno how many aircraft the USGS (or whoever) is using, but apparently it takes them a few years to update a given location. Reply deltamech Member sinceDecember 2003 From: Fayetteville, Ga. 11 posts Posted by deltamech on Thursday, April 21, 2005 10:11 PM I have just looked at Googles Satellite Map Service and it is pretty good. I would like to look at Terraserver. Can someone give me the URL for terraserver? Richard Morris Hog Mountain Railroad Reply timz Member sinceFebruary 2005 2,366 posts Posted by timz on Friday, April 22, 2005 11:52 AM http://terraserver.microsoft.com When you're looking at a US city, keep an eye on the tabs at the upper right-hand corner. Sometimes there are two, map and photo, but for many cities there are three: map, photo and "Urban Areas". The last are the good pics. And FWIW they're dated. Reply zardoz Member sinceJanuary 2003 From: Kenosha, WI 6,567 posts Posted by zardoz on Friday, April 22, 2005 12:56 PM Here are a few other sites that offer photos. http://worldwind.arc.nasa.gov/features.html http://www.keyhole.com/ (7 day free trial, $$ for membership) Considering the details available from these free services, I can barely imagine how detailed of photos the government has. I guess I better stop my nude sunbathing in my yard![:D] Reply 12 Join our Community! Our community is FREE to join. To participate you must either login or register for an account. Login » Register » Search the Community Newsletter Sign-Up By signing up you may also receive occasional reader surveys and special offers from Trains magazine.Please view our privacy policy More great sites from Kalmbach Media Terms Of Use | Privacy Policy | Copyright Policy
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Originally posted by techguy57 [ Living nearby to MP 186 of the UPRR Austin TX Sub Reply eastside Member sinceMarch 2001 From: New York City 805 posts Posted by eastside on Wednesday, April 20, 2005 2:53 PM QUOTE: Originally posted by spbed I heard that the maps are at least 6 months behind real time. [:p][:)] Originally posted by techguy57 Delayed apparently out of deference to national security. Reply timz Member sinceFebruary 2005 2,366 posts Posted by timz on Thursday, April 21, 2005 8:02 PM Many (most?) of Google's highest-resolution pics are taken from aircraft. Dunno how many aircraft the USGS (or whoever) is using, but apparently it takes them a few years to update a given location. Reply deltamech Member sinceDecember 2003 From: Fayetteville, Ga. 11 posts Posted by deltamech on Thursday, April 21, 2005 10:11 PM I have just looked at Googles Satellite Map Service and it is pretty good. I would like to look at Terraserver. Can someone give me the URL for terraserver? Richard Morris Hog Mountain Railroad Reply timz Member sinceFebruary 2005 2,366 posts Posted by timz on Friday, April 22, 2005 11:52 AM http://terraserver.microsoft.com When you're looking at a US city, keep an eye on the tabs at the upper right-hand corner. Sometimes there are two, map and photo, but for many cities there are three: map, photo and "Urban Areas". The last are the good pics. And FWIW they're dated. Reply zardoz Member sinceJanuary 2003 From: Kenosha, WI 6,567 posts Posted by zardoz on Friday, April 22, 2005 12:56 PM Here are a few other sites that offer photos. http://worldwind.arc.nasa.gov/features.html http://www.keyhole.com/ (7 day free trial, $$ for membership) Considering the details available from these free services, I can barely imagine how detailed of photos the government has. I guess I better stop my nude sunbathing in my yard![:D] Reply 12 Join our Community! Our community is FREE to join. To participate you must either login or register for an account. Login » Register » Search the Community Newsletter Sign-Up By signing up you may also receive occasional reader surveys and special offers from Trains magazine.Please view our privacy policy More great sites from Kalmbach Media Terms Of Use | Privacy Policy | Copyright Policy
QUOTE: Originally posted by spbed I heard that the maps are at least 6 months behind real time. [:p][:)] Originally posted by techguy57 Delayed apparently out of deference to national security. Reply timz Member sinceFebruary 2005 2,366 posts Posted by timz on Thursday, April 21, 2005 8:02 PM Many (most?) of Google's highest-resolution pics are taken from aircraft. Dunno how many aircraft the USGS (or whoever) is using, but apparently it takes them a few years to update a given location. Reply deltamech Member sinceDecember 2003 From: Fayetteville, Ga. 11 posts Posted by deltamech on Thursday, April 21, 2005 10:11 PM I have just looked at Googles Satellite Map Service and it is pretty good. I would like to look at Terraserver. Can someone give me the URL for terraserver? Richard Morris Hog Mountain Railroad Reply timz Member sinceFebruary 2005 2,366 posts Posted by timz on Friday, April 22, 2005 11:52 AM http://terraserver.microsoft.com When you're looking at a US city, keep an eye on the tabs at the upper right-hand corner. Sometimes there are two, map and photo, but for many cities there are three: map, photo and "Urban Areas". The last are the good pics. And FWIW they're dated. Reply zardoz Member sinceJanuary 2003 From: Kenosha, WI 6,567 posts Posted by zardoz on Friday, April 22, 2005 12:56 PM Here are a few other sites that offer photos. http://worldwind.arc.nasa.gov/features.html http://www.keyhole.com/ (7 day free trial, $$ for membership) Considering the details available from these free services, I can barely imagine how detailed of photos the government has. I guess I better stop my nude sunbathing in my yard![:D] Reply 12 Join our Community! Our community is FREE to join. To participate you must either login or register for an account. Login » Register » Search the Community Newsletter Sign-Up By signing up you may also receive occasional reader surveys and special offers from Trains magazine.Please view our privacy policy More great sites from Kalmbach Media Terms Of Use | Privacy Policy | Copyright Policy
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