Can someone in eastern Australia use their backyard to make a huge clock that is readable from space? This way when Google Maps updates their imagery we can use your clock as a reference to find out where we were at that particular day and time.Thanks

"Sharpie"** Got news for you pal - nearly all the images are taken from aircraft, mostly helicopters. Pics taken from satellites are not near as detailed.** Last pic I saw of where I live showed all the wheelie bins on the nature strip on a sunny day with their shadows pointing east - so it had to be a Monday arvo.Your mad idea cannot work as the pics on Google Maps all have different dates..... Phil

Google maps are useless , they are always 2 - 3 years out of date.Nearmaps is better , they take high resolution overhead pictures from a plane flyover , Nearmaps is based in Perth and have done quite detailed photo scans of the Perth / country towns and have expanded to most capital cities on a limited basis.The resolution can go down to 2 - 4 metres and all the pics have a date stamp.Up until recently you could browse all the pics , but now they want to create a FREE account so you can see all the pics.The pics are great for perving on your neighbour's backyard.:)-- Sandgroper--------------------------------------------Save planet Earth !It's the only place that has Pizza and Beer

How to find yourself on Google Earth

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Sandgroper 15 years ago

Google maps are useless , they are always 2 - 3 years out of date.

Nearmaps is better , they take high resolution overhead pictures from a plane flyover , Nearmaps is based in Perth and have done quite detailed photo scans of the Perth / country towns and have expanded to most capital cities on a limited basis.

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The resolution can go down to 2 - 4 metres and all the pics have a date stamp.

Up until recently you could browse all the pics , but now they want to create a FREE account so you can see all the pics.

The pics are great for perving on your neighbour's backyard. :)

Sandgroper -------------------------------------------- Save planet Earth ! It's the only place that has Pizza and Beer

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SG1 15 years ago

Sunbathing perhaps?????

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Jeßus 15 years ago

Seems it depends where you want to look. For NE Tas it seems exactly the same as google maps. Latest nearmap for St Helens Tas is 2004 and the resolution is a just a blur any closer than 2KM.

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Dennis 15 years ago

In the 90's I worked in a Telecom / Telstra office on Robinson Ave in Northbridge. Some of old houses rented out to backpackers backed onto our building. The backpakers would sometimes sunbake in the nuddy in the back yards. Some days not much work got done.

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Rod Speed 15 years ago

Sandgroper wrote

Nope.

So does google maps.

Perth / country towns and have expanded

PIty about the non capital citys.

Pity about the pathetic coverage.

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SG1 15 years ago

One hand clapping????

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F Murtz 15 years ago

They can stick it up their fundimentum, if they do not want me to look,I wont

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kreed 15 years ago

ryborou...

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You dont need the whole bin, just the lid :) You can "obtain" as many of these as you want on bin night if you know how to get them off :)

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terryc 15 years ago

AFAIk, helicopters are too unstable for te real uses to which these images are put.

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Rod Speed 15 years ago

terryc wrote

imagery is aerial photography taken from

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And much more expensive to operate than fixed wing aircraft.

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=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Tems_=A7?= 15 years ago

What about a sundial

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