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28 January 2008

London Maps gets SuperZoom - 192.com

London Maps gets SuperZoom - 192.com

update: 28/01/2008
Full Screen Beta Version
of SuperZoom


(aerial photography at a resolution of 4cm for London)

192.com Maps Super Zoom London


"See 280 square miles of London in amazing aerial photography, from Parliament Hill to Dartford, Tooting to Upminster"


192.com Maps Super Zoom Nelsons Column Trafalgar Square
Images are very high resolution but concerns over privacy.

**The west of London is unavailable because of flight restrictions around Heathrow.

More details and privacy concerns raised here Guardian Technology

12.5cm Aerial Photography is available for the rest of the UK on
http://www.192.com/maps/



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11 June 2007

High Resolution Images - Google Maps UK

High Resolution Images - Google Maps UK
Goonhilly Cornwall High Res
Goonhilly, Telecommunications, Cornwall can now been seen clearly in Google Maps

"The huge imagery update which came out for Google Earth on June 2nd is now available in Google Maps. There are Digital Globe satellite photos for random places all over the world, most of England is now at high resolution (50 cm/pixel), and many other places as well. Google mentioned during a conference last week that there was more data added in this update than existed in all of Google Earth before a year ago. Read below for the details on the imagery from Google. "

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02 March 2007

Swiss Alps Super High Res in Google Earth/Google Maps

Swiss Alps in Glossy Super High Res in Google Earth/Google Maps

Swiss Alps High Res

Google announce another imagery and terrain update:

Highlights are:
  • Entire country of Switzerland at 50cm and many Swiss cities at 25cm ( courtesy of Endoxon)
  • Entire country of Switzerland terrain at 10m, the Swiss Alps are now super high-res!
  • Entire country of Denmark at 50cm
  • Australia day flyover
  • Cities of France: Lyon; Le Mans; Lourdes; Reims; Nancy; Limoges; Lille; Arles
  • Potsdam and Magdeburg, Germany
  • Barcelona, Belem, CapeTown, Galapagos (Isabella Island), Manaus, Mt Saint Helens, Recife, Rio, Venice)
  • Full state coverage for Wyoming & Utah
  • Significant amounts of new Digital Globe data
Google now shows you the dates of the images

Google Earth Image Dates

select 'Digital Globe Coverage' in the Layers to view this information (useful for reference)



Source: http://bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/showthreaded.php/Cat/0/Number/815618
Via: The Map Room
More Links at Google Maps Mania

More info over at Ogle Earth

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23 January 2007

Oblique Aerial Photos & More 3D Buildings Windows Live Local / Virtual Earth

Some nice 3D Photographic Images coming from Microsoft is are making their way through Windows Live Local / Virtual Earth

High Res Oblique Aerial Monte Carlo
Monte Carlo


Textured 3D Buildings in Miami
Miami in 3D
(use IE7 with 3D Virtual Earth Plugin pre-installed)

Source: Virtual Earth Blog

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