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Title: Google's UK satellite photos have been drastically improved
Post by: Clive on February 05, 2006, 17:44

LINK (http://www.google.co.uk/lochp?hl=en&ll=51.501548,-0.141382&spn=0.001067,0.001829&t=k)

Title: Google's UK satellite photos have been drastically improved
Post by: sam on February 05, 2006, 21:29

wow! i can see my house even better than I used to be able to...

Title: Google's UK satellite photos have been drastically improved
Post by: Clive on February 05, 2006, 21:47

In mine, I can even see my car in the drive!

Title: Google's UK satellite photos have been drastically improved
Post by: sam on February 05, 2006, 22:39

so no glare off the head then??

Title: Google's UK satellite photos have been drastically improved
Post by: Simon on February 05, 2006, 23:09

Quote from: "sam"

so no glare off the head then??

:pmsl:

This is certainly an improvement, but there are still some places, like Haywards Heath, which are not very clear.  Oddly, perhaps, I can see my old home on the Isle of Wight as clear as day!

Title: Google's UK satellite photos have been drastically improved
Post by: GillE on February 06, 2006, 02:30

Hey - who's nicked our car?

Gill

Title: Google's UK satellite photos have been drastically improved
Post by: sam on February 06, 2006, 08:41

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I can see my old home on the Isle of Wight as clear as day!

well you must have also been inside at the time, otherwise, like clive there would be a blinding light!   :twisted:

Title: Google's UK satellite photos have been drastically improved
Post by: Clive on February 06, 2006, 13:10

* Sam has just attended a course titled "How to win friends and influence people *   :bartmoon:

Title: Google's UK satellite photos have been drastically improved
Post by: sam on February 06, 2006, 19:33

and i though it was "how to deal with the bawlding boss"

Title: Google's UK satellite photos have been drastically improved
Post by: Simon on February 06, 2006, 20:38

It's a good job Sam wasn't lying in his garden, otherwise there might have been an eclipse!  :wahh:  :grin:

Title: Google's UK satellite photos have been drastically improved
Post by: sam on February 06, 2006, 21:51

well either that or a rather large shadow, and no I'm not talking about my belly!  :shock:  lol

Title: Google's UK satellite photos have been drastically improved
Post by: Simon on February 06, 2006, 21:53

Which one?  (https://www.pc-pals.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.avfu59.dsl.pipex.com%2Fsmileys%2Fcrylaughing.gif&hash=840218e86dd774ff54499ef4f6e260c256d288e6)

Title: Google's UK satellite photos have been drastically improved
Post by: sam on February 06, 2006, 22:12

...how did i know i'd get that response. In fact I was actually talking about my man boobs!! lol

Title: Google's UK satellite photos have been drastically improved
Post by: Simon on February 06, 2006, 23:20

:lol:

Title: Google's UK satellite photos have been drastically improved
Post by: Rodders on February 07, 2006, 00:23

Some rotten sod's gone and nicked me roof!  Actually, said absence dates the picture to around July 2003.  So how come they took this long to serve it up then?
(https://www.pc-pals.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fv300%2FMothballs%2Fchezrod.jpg&hash=438825ae57b70a1022ac79d77502648fae1a4399)

Title: Google's UK satellite photos have been drastically improved
Post by: Simon on February 07, 2006, 08:02

Yes, I found my Aunt's house, and there's a car in the drive they sold some time ago.  I suppose it's slightly reassuring that the images are not 'live'!