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... It's just that when google came up with its program I expected something really great, you know. I was frustrated it wouldn't work on Linux first, but now that it does I think: who cares!.. :-) Daniel -- Daniel Bauer photographer Basel Switzerland professional photography: http://www.daniel-bauer.com Madagascar special: http://www.sanic.ch