It just gets better and better. Of course, we have a few sites already that are overlayed with sectionals, but this is still cool.

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I hear that some of the pictures are not right up to date. They still had Megis field showing in Chicago.

skybobb wrote:I hear that some of the pictures are not right up to date. They still had Megis field showing in Chicago.

I think you're referring to the satellite images? Those can be very outdated, as the photogrammetry surveys or whatever you call them only happen every so often.

What I'm referring to is topographic/relief imagery, which was newly added.

One of the satellite image sites I've looked at in the past have free access to old images. If you want the current stuff, you gotta pay.

zero-one,

Actually, Google updates all their images on the free site periodically. Granted, these aren't all the newest, best images out there, but they do update them regularly. For example, the image of this area was updated late this summer, since the new Wal Mart is now on the image, whereas on the old image, it was a field. The Wal Mart was built this last year, and opened in June, I think.

Nevertheless, Google Earth is an amazing program.

MTV

One of the cool things about Google Earth is that you can use sources of overlay imagery, as we've seen in the sectional overlay I did. I've also experimented with other sources of satellite imagery, and some are better, newer, and higher res than others. You just have to search.

The imagery that was made available for the Steve Fossett search was REALLY nice.

speaking of Steve, do you think he is out there or do you think he had sombody meet him in the boonies with a drum of gas so he could just disapear. They did a pretty good search. Much meter than if it were Zane.

Tim

qmdv wrote:speaking of Steve, do you think he is out there or do you think he had sombody meet him in the boonies with a drum of gas so he could just disapear. They did a pretty good search. Much meter than if it were Zane.

Tim

I like to think that if it were me out there, at least YOU guys would rally and make a fly-in/search out of it.

I like to think that if it were me out there, at least YOU guys would rally and make a fly-in/search out of it.

Sounds like the makings of a new game!

Where in the hills is Zane?

Can you pick Zane out of the Desert?

Findo Zano!

Crash and Seek!

I spy Zane!

Where's Zane!