Google Earth fans may not be aware that Nearmaps is available free and is much clearer and updated regularly, have a look, limited at the moment to major regions.
Shell said
10:10 AM Dec 22, 2010
Hi Technomad,
do you have a link to the maps?
Shell
goinsoon said
10:35 AM Dec 22, 2010
Hi Shell, just google nearmaps, and he is right it is better than google earth
Pam said
11:10 AM Dec 22, 2010
That is scary. I can see whats in my back yard. Its great but............
Hylda&Jon said
12:01 PM Dec 22, 2010
It might be great for cities but it's absolutely useless for my home town of Grafton NSW. it's missing most of the suburban streets and pixilates out when when I try to zoom. At least it could try to make an attempt to match Google's coverage. Think I'll mainly stick to Google Maps.
Jon
jimbo said
12:12 PM Dec 22, 2010
I put my address in and it just gave the main roads in and around the place No good if I'm looking for an address anywhere..in the State I still prefer Whereis maps to me at this stage are better
Technomad said
12:35 PM Dec 22, 2010
Hi Jimmy, I should have been clearer, I was recommending Nearmaps, top left hand corner, click on photomap or terraine, updated photo marked on a sliding scale back to previous takes, a good comparison.
-- Edited by Technomad on Wednesday 22nd of December 2010 12:36:37 PM
Happywanderer said
04:03 PM Dec 22, 2010
I just looked at nearmaps. It has old footage as I looked into my address and my car hasn't been in that carpark since last March. and we haven't been that dry since last summer.
But I must say very clear footage.
Technomad said
04:57 PM Dec 22, 2010
A lot of location photos are as recent as November and in some areas almost monthly, so probably this company takes images on demand by councils etc. Big brother for comparison reasons, including road linemarking condition.
PeterD said
03:39 PM Dec 23, 2010
Shell - I see the other lazy types here can't get out of their way, here is your link
http://www.nearmap.com/
It's just sheer laziness to be looking at something, come onto the forums to report it and not post the link at the same time.
jimricho said
05:54 PM Dec 23, 2010
I had no trouble finding it. I just typed nearmaps in the browser's address bar and up it came.
Happywanderer said
06:59 PM Dec 23, 2010
How hard is it to type in www.nearmap.com . Anyone who knows how to use a computer can do it. Even me.
jimricho said
06:39 AM Dec 24, 2010
PeterD wrote:
Shell - I see the other lazy types here can't get out of their way, here is your link
do you have a link to the maps?
Shell
Think I'll mainly stick to Google Maps.
Jon
-- Edited by Technomad on Wednesday 22nd of December 2010 12:36:37 PM
A lot of location photos are as recent as November and in some areas almost monthly, so probably this company takes images on demand by councils etc. Big brother for comparison reasons, including road linemarking condition.
Merry Christmas all..