On Mon, September 11, 2006 11:19 am, Daniel Bauer wrote:
Am Montag, 11. September 2006 19:53 schrieb John Andersen:
On Monday 11 September 2006 04:23, Daniel Bauer wrote:
although I am *very* disappointed by the quality and actuality of the pictures and don't understand the hype that is (or was) made about it. Never looked at it again, except now to check if it still works...
Quality varies dramatically depending on the pictures available. Look at down town Seattle, Washington DC, Baltimore, or London. Don't expect that resolution every where.
Yes, you are right of course. Even my little tiny hometown is quite clear, while the pictures of most other places I was looking for are really useless - just a greenish mess (where there it is green in summer).
If just wonder about the great fuss about google earth, while sites like http://map.search.ch/ have much better photo material (except in larger cities) - without the need of downloading any software, with the possibility to find any address and without the big noise of google earth. And I guess this site is just one example...
Well, you could do the same with Google Maps. http://maps.google.com In all honesty, that's what I use for the most part. However, just to be nitpicky, I decided to compare your search site vs. Google Earth for the Migros store I worked at in the early '90s, which is located over near Schaffhausen. Here's your site. You can see the store with the yellow circle. It is at full zoom. http://www.perfectreign.com/stuff/maps_search_thayngen.jpg Here's google earth, looking at the same building, only with a bit of a 3-d effect induced by the application. http://www.perfectreign.com/stuff/google_earth_migros.jpg In both instances, the images are 65% quality JPEGs, so you may notice some degridation. I did that only to keep the bandwith issues down. I'd say it is pretty clear that Google Earth has the better picture. Of course, the overriding issue is that both options are available to those of us using Linux. :) -- Kai Ponte www.perfectreign.com || www.4thedadz.com remember - a turn signal is a statement, not a request