They license them from third parties. Most of the detail shots are done my ariel surveying, and that only happens when an organization or government decides to pay for it. Rural ar…

Take a look at cambridge, massachussets, according to wikipedia (... nevermind) they are 0.15m resolution. Either way, those are scary pictures.

Quote: Originally Posted by monkeybrain And how come the coverage of a place like the UK is so patchy? It is patchy, isn't it. I was hoping to plan some walks in the Lakes,…

Yeah Barney, I was looking at the Lakes too (that's where I'm from!). I guess we'll just have to cross our fingers. Being able to take a detailed 3D flight through the Lakes would …

If you're a walker monkeybrain, have you looked at the Pyrenees? Most of it is low res, but there are a couple of patches of hi res which are just stunning. You can see paths, vege…

It's pretty darn cool. Calling the UI unusable is a bit harsh IMO - it works just fine for me. Shame about the patchiness of the high res data but I suspect that that'll get chang…

no longer works to d/l at macupdate where can I get this?

Quote: Originally Posted by iamnotmad no longer works to d/l at macupdate where can I get this? Umm, might want to scroll up a bit right now...

oh boy - embarrassing. Dunno how I missed it. Thanks.

Quote: Originally Posted by tikki Apparently Google doesn't hire UI engineers. This thing is unusable. I guess that would be due to the "Beta" part. I think Google in many…

Quote: Originally Posted by new newton For those of you that say it's a bad UI, you're not thinking in terms of manipulating a 3d world where you pan, tilt, rotate, and zoom. Ha…

edit: ugh! never mind, I must be blind!

Well "having worked in the industry" as you have you should realize that it's full of elite people who know the field very well. 3D technology is NOT user friendly in any way. It's…

You're confusing 3d-design tools with navigating a digital globe. Those are very different tasks.

Well, it sure is nice, and I hope it gets better, but there are at least two MAJOR bugs on a Mac Mini using dialup First one, it will cause the Mac Mini Dialup Panic, which usuall…

London is very high res now including all suburbs, but whats that giant black thing floating over Hemel Hempstead?

Quote: Originally Posted by moonmonkey London is very high res now including all suburbs, but whats that giant black thing floating over Hemel Hempstead? I'm getting Hemel …

Barney ntd it is time you took a look at the news

Bit slow this morning! Barney

Google Earth OS X: meet the Ugly Stick.

Quote: Originally Posted by moonmonkey London is very high res now including all suburbs, but whats that giant black thing floating over Hemel Hempstead? It's likely to be …

Quote: Originally Posted by PureDigital Well, it sure is nice, and I hope it gets better, but there are at least two MAJOR bugs on a Mac Mini using dialup Without broadband…

Regarding navigating in the app, couldn't you just implement fps style wasd movement with mouse aim? That seems pretty intuitive to me. (I remember playing a mod of Quake 3 that en…

Quote: Originally Posted by new newton It's likely to be the shadow of a cloud. Most of the detail photography is done by aircraft. Humor based on current events just isn't …

It'd be more humorous if the photos were real-time, and there weren't large shadows in many of the photos.