Google earth pics

Mickxr8 · 16-09-2012, 07:10 AM

Gday all , got bored so looked to see if my ol xb wagon was still safe ( been sitting there for 10 yrs ), gonna bring it down to perth soon and we`ll see .
Not bad for a pic taken from `out there` lol , share pics if ya want ? ,

MITCHAY · 16-09-2012, 08:02 AM

You have left the long/lat coordinates in the picture so anyone can look up where it is. Thought I'd let you know. But yes Google Earth and Maps is awesome.

Jim Goose · 16-09-2012, 08:48 AM

Trouble is... those pictures can be up to 4yrs old.
It will tell you how old the picture is down the bottom of screen.

They arent updated on that much of a regular basis.

2011G6E · 16-09-2012, 10:59 AM

Showing how old some of these pictures are...this is our little town:
23°34'55.67"S
149° 4'12.59"E

There are large vacant blocks of land that have had houses on them for five years now, and houses that are no longer there. Fairly out of date, even though the bottom of the screen says "2012 Sensis maps"...

chamb0 · 16-09-2012, 03:13 PM

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Originally Posted by 2011G6E

Showing how old some of these pictures are...this is our little town:
23°34'55.67"S
149° 4'12.59"E

There are large vacant blocks of land that have had houses on them for five years now, and houses that are no longer there. Fairly out of date, even though the bottom of the screen says "2012 Sensis maps"...

You're looking at the copyright info for the company that supplied that particular image.

A handy little feature is the historical imagery tool (below left next to the imagery date) which brings up a slider bar to let you select images from other dates - depending on availability. Handy if your area of interest is covered by a cloud.

Jim Goose · 16-09-2012, 12:44 PM

The Townsville google maps were taken in 2009..... and google street view was in 2007. You can see my old EL wagon parked in the driveway still...

**GasoLane** · 16-09-2012, 02:02 PM

Try Nearmap..........

https://www.nearmap.com/welcome-new

Bucknaked · 17-09-2012, 06:27 AM

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Originally Posted by GasOLane

Try Nearmap..........

https://www.nearmap.com/welcome-new

That's a great site. My bac yard pics are current, unlike google earth which is at least 2 years old.

**GasoLane** · 17-09-2012, 09:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Bucknaked

That's a great site. My bac yard pics are current, unlike google earth which is at least 2 years old.

Yeah, Nearmap use aircraft whereas Google (I think) use satellites, hence the much better quality.

During the last floods here (Feb this year) our local council asked them to come over and photo the town area again to see the main flood areas.

The detail was so good you can even see the oil trail coming from the cars that got caught in some of the car yards.

foxtrot3 · 17-09-2012, 10:06 PM

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Originally Posted by GasOLane

Yeah, Nearmap use aircraft whereas Google (I think) use satellites, hence the much better quality.

During the last floods here (Feb this year) our local council asked them to come over and photo the town area again to see the main flood areas.

The detail was so good you can even see the oil trail coming from the cars that got caught in some of the car yards.

Hi. Google start with satellite images and as more detail is needed the images change to aerial photos from different sources, this is the reason that google images have different copyright owners listed as you get closer to the ground. This is why you can see reflections of planes in some google photos over water. Cheers MD

Mickxr8 · 17-09-2012, 01:12 AM

Don`t particualy care who knows where the property is.
If my `ex` brother is not there then I`ll also take all my ol ford stuff collected over the years ( seeing a picture here ? )

Jim Goose · 17-09-2012, 05:51 AM

Looking at your google picture.... it was taken in 2007.

**Mechan1k** · 17-09-2012, 06:30 AM

Yeah Nearmap is a much better service.
And you can go back through different periods as well via the timeline at the top.

2011G6E · 17-09-2012, 09:20 AM

That's an awesome website!!! Thanks!!!

I don't care who knows where we are...this is an image of our place, taken back at 20th June 2011, obviously before we got rid of our little blue '57 Morris Minor, and when we still owned a boat. The old '93 Corolla Seca that needs a head gasket is sitting down the back corner of the yard. The silver car on the footpath is, I believe, our daughters Mazda 6...obviously they were visiting then.

I had a look at my mothers place down in Bundaberg, and see that in nearly all the images she's out working in the garden.

Sattellite photos are great...but you can't beat a nice sharp aerial photograph...

**Charliewool** · 14-12-2012, 11:13 AM

Speaking of Nearmaps... NO more free! As of start of this month.
So I thought, no probs, I'll subscribe as it IS the best site of it's type by a mile..

Guess how much???

1 State: 5 User License: List price $6,460 per year
1 State: 10 User License: List price $12,648 per year
1 State: 20 User License: List price $24,760 per year

All States: 5 User License: List price $10,769 per year
All States: 10 User License: List price $21,084 per year
All States: 20 User License: List price $41,273 per year
If you pay before Dec 31st you get 25% discount!
Gawd.. I only wanted to subscribe, not buy their bloody camera plane!

**GasoLane** · 14-12-2012, 03:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Charliewool

Speaking of Nearmaps... NO more free! As of start of this month.
So I thought, no probs, I'll subscribe as it IS the best site of it's type by a mile..

Guess how much???

1 State: 5 User License: List price $6,460 per year
1 State: 10 User License: List price $12,648 per year
1 State: 20 User License: List price $24,760 per year

All States: 5 User License: List price $10,769 per year
All States: 10 User License: List price $21,084 per year
All States: 20 User License: List price $41,273 per year
If you pay before Dec 31st you get 25% discount!
Gawd.. I only wanted to subscribe, not buy their bloody camera plane!

Bugger...that's a bit rude.

EDManual · 14-12-2012, 11:24 AM

thats not handy for individuals!^^.

Back to not so great Google Earth then..

Sioso · 14-12-2012, 11:36 AM

I tried to use nearmap this morning also and couldn't figure out where the free login had moved to................as for the prices!

You could get a top of the line remote control plane, a gopro and start your own website for that sort of money.

tankclare · 14-12-2012, 02:36 PM

This is off google maps but still the same...

Our old house dated march 2010. The XE is now stripped down in a rebuild, the EF we are currently rebuilding as our skid car and the commodore is long gone. Not to mention we moved towns this year lol.

flappist · 14-12-2012, 04:18 PM

Nearmaps is now and always has been a joke.

It has good coverage in the capital cities and mine areas and almost none at all anywhere else.

**GasoLane** · 14-12-2012, 04:22 PM

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Originally Posted by flappist

Nearmaps is now and always has been a joke.

It has good coverage in the capital cities and mine areas and almost none at all anywhere else.

Unless there was a flood and the Wagga council asked them to come back and do it again

TC200six · 09-11-2013, 10:29 AM

Thought I'd look at a place I'm going to on Google and spotted this nearby. Not all were happy with that company it seems.