Check this out! Even BETTER than satellite pics of your house!

by Elsewhere 20 Replies latest jw friends

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  Elsewhere

  http://local.live.com/

  I can literally zoom in and look the contents of my apartment patio. You can also rotate the images and see your house from different angles by clicking on the compass.

  You have three viewing options: Road, Aerial and Bird's Eye. The Bird's Eye is by far the most impressive. You can also use the mouse wheel to zoom in and out. This also has the drag-and-move functionality like Google map, only you are limited in how far you can go in the Birds Eye view, so if you want drag-and-move very far you have to switch to Road or Aerial view.
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  Legolas

  I only see a map!...
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  cruzanheart

  This is SERIOUSLY COOL, Elsewhere! Trust you to find something like this. However, it is an old map -- I looked for our house and it wasn't built yet, so the map is at least 4 years old.

  Nina
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  Dr Jekyll

  It only works with the US and probably Canada
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  cruzanheart

  Damn, we DO have a big lot, though!

  Nina
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  Legolas

  Ok...I figured out how to switch it...but I can only get so close to the ground then the picture leaves! But I love it for the map...Thanks!
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  Leolaia

  The resolution is about as good as the Google image (of course, Google's quality varies a lot), tho the color is punchier. Both images are about 2-3 years out of date, as they show a tree in my yard that was replaced when we did the remodel.
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  lucifer

  no photos for PEI :(
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  ballistic

  Only get a view from about a mile up of UK. Google maps has more detail at the moment.
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  cruzanheart

  VERY interesting. If I switch to the bird's-eye views I see my house on the lot with a car in the front driveway. BUT if I move the cursor east and then west, I see my house again from a different angle with NO car in the driveway.

  Nina