From: David on 26 May 2010 19:46 On 26/05/2010 6:21 PM, Athol wrote: > > The satellite views are always deliberately over a certain age, which I > think is about 15 or 18 months. The resolution available varies based > upon the expected level of interest, with suburban areas having much more > detail available than sparsely populated rural areas. nearmap.com http://www.nearmap.com/ has images updated which are often less than a few weeks old (for the areas they photograph). The current image for most of Sydney is 29th April 2010 (only delayed by processing time) It also has old images (approx 2-3 weeks apart) so you can see how things have changed. Fantastic resolution as well, with most maps they have taken at a pixel resolution of approx 7.5cm. Note these are taken from an aeroplane, not a satellite. David
From: D Walford on 27 May 2010 00:34 On 27/05/2010 12:17 PM, Athol wrote: > David<david(a)usenet.com> wrote: >> On 26/05/2010 6:21 PM, Athol wrote: > >>> The satellite views are always deliberately over a certain age, which I >>> think is about 15 or 18 months. The resolution available varies based >>> upon the expected level of interest, with suburban areas having much more >>> detail available than sparsely populated rural areas. > >> nearmap.com http://www.nearmap.com/ has images updated which are often >> less than a few weeks old (for the areas they photograph). The current >> image for most of Sydney is 29th April 2010 (only delayed by processing >> time) It also has old images (approx 2-3 weeks apart) so you can see how >> things have changed. > >> Fantastic resolution as well, with most maps they have taken at a pixel >> resolution of approx 7.5cm. Note these are taken from an aeroplane, not >> a satellite. > > Impressive, and makes complaints about google look pretty silly > considering that google have always voluntarily used stale images to > reduce privacy concerns. > Amazing, much better than Google, the photo of my house is much more recent than Google, I can even see the new Forester parked in the driveway and that's just under 4mths old. Daryl
From: Kev on 27 May 2010 01:43 David wrote: > On 26/05/2010 6:21 PM, Athol wrote: >> >> The satellite views are always deliberately over a certain age, which I >> think is about 15 or 18 months. The resolution available varies based >> upon the expected level of interest, with suburban areas having much more >> detail available than sparsely populated rural areas. > > nearmap.com http://www.nearmap.com/ has images updated which are often > less than a few weeks old (for the areas they photograph). The current > image for most of Sydney is 29th April 2010 (only delayed by processing > time) It also has old images (approx 2-3 weeks apart) so you can see how > things have changed. > > Fantastic resolution as well, with most maps they have taken at a pixel > resolution of approx 7.5cm. Note these are taken from an aeroplane, not > a satellite. > > David A recent drug bust in Chermside was of interest so I cheacked out Nearmap and you could see the progress of the plants from just being planted out in Oct 2009 right up to March 2010 when they were over 3 metres high(4.2 was the tallest plant on the day of the raid in April) Smart people. planted out plants just as construction of a new 3 story unit complex commenced right next door and by the time of the raid you could see them from the road Kev
From: Milton on 27 May 2010 18:02 "Athol" <athol_SPIT_SPAM(a)idl.net.au> wrote in message news:1274926640.641289(a)idlwebserver.idl.com.au... > David <david(a)usenet.com> wrote: >> On 26/05/2010 6:21 PM, Athol wrote: > >>> The satellite views are always deliberately over a certain age, which I >>> think is about 15 or 18 months. The resolution available varies based >>> upon the expected level of interest, with suburban areas having much >>> more >>> detail available than sparsely populated rural areas. > >> nearmap.com http://www.nearmap.com/ has images updated which are often >> less than a few weeks old (for the areas they photograph). The current >> image for most of Sydney is 29th April 2010 (only delayed by processing >> time) It also has old images (approx 2-3 weeks apart) so you can see how >> things have changed. > >> Fantastic resolution as well, with most maps they have taken at a pixel >> resolution of approx 7.5cm. Note these are taken from an aeroplane, not >> a satellite. > > Impressive, and makes complaints about google look pretty silly > considering that google have always voluntarily used stale images to > reduce privacy concerns. > Yep, very impressive. No doubt once the do gooders find out it will be all on again like what happened to google. Regards Milton
From: Oscar Trint on 28 May 2010 04:06 On Tue, 25 May 2010 18:47:58 GMT, nospamplease(a)mo.com (nospamplease) wrote in aus.general: > > >Don't know why this is in aus.cars ? > It's because aus.cars is in the to: box >Google maps to be banned anyway and maybe a good thing. >It takes pictures from the air over people homes. This is an invasion >of privacy. > >Those may sites above are not what googled used in Perth. Another >company with a plane costantly criss crossing Perth taking images over >head ought not to be allowed. I thought the pics were taken from a satellite Regards Oscar Tantum religio potuit suadere malorum - Lucretius
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