What happens when your town is just a 'blur' in Google Earth?

[be...@beaty.demon.co.uk]

I come from a small town in the north of England - and so
insignificant is it that when you look at it in Google Earth and try
to zoom in it is just a blur!

:)

There are two theories why this may be - first, because we just arn't
important, and second because we happen to be right next to a
sensative military base.

But, whatever the reason is, this *seems* to make it impossible then
for me to use Google Earth to place my SketchUp models on!

Anyone any thoughts about this? (Comments, suggestions or do you have
the same problem?)

Beaty
http://www.beaty.demon.co.uk/draughtsman/index.html

[Gaieus]

Beaty,

I have the same problem, too, so what I did was that I uploaded an
image overlay in GE (covering mainly the historic city centre of the
town only). I believe that I could more or less precisely position the
image (fade the overlay gradually so you can somehow identify certain
spots on the very blury image underneath). Now I work with this
overlay to position my models as accuretely as possible this way.
The link to the placemark:
http://bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/showthreaded.php?Cat=0&Board=EarthTourism&Number=669645&fpart=&PHPSESSID=

I understand that not everybody has a good orthographic image of his/
her location but say I was lucky.

Gai...

[José Manuel González Iglesias]

Hello,

 

In Spain we have a Sig-pac maps of all the terrain. I think in your countries have similar one. This maps belong to the Catastro which is the control of all the properties.

I usually use it when the image of google earth is blur

 

http://sigpac.mapa.es/fega/visor/

 

Regards

 

2007/4/21, Gaieus <gai...@gaieus.hu>:

[be...@beaty.demon.co.uk]

Gaieus <gai...@gaieus.hu> wrote:
> I have the same problem, too, so what I did was that I uploaded an
> image overlay in GE (covering mainly the historic city centre of the
> town only).

Cheer Gaieus - first of all it's nice to hear I'm not the only one
with this problem. It actually helps to know that!

:)

Secondly, thanks to you and Jose who mentioned the same solution...

So - basically - I find a better resolution arial image of the terrain
I'm interested in and place this into GE as a clearer image on top of
the blurry GE terrain?

Very simple solution. Nice. :)

I managed to find a company - getmapping.com - which sells high
altitude high resolution photographs of the United Kingdom, and while
not cheap they fit the bill exactly.

For anyone else looking for terrain photography, here is a link to
thier website: http://www1.getmapping.com/webshop/Web/CommonPages/Main/Start.aspx

Thanks for this solution guys - and I enjoyed looking at your web
links too. Very helpful.

Beaty
http://www.beaty.demon.co.uk/draughtsman/index.html

[Gaieus]

Beaty,

Bad news you need to pay for it (I had mine free). Still my city has
more than 160,000 inhabitants (and going to be theEuropean Capital of
Culture in 2010) and it's a kind of shame from Google that it neglects
such "remote" areas.
I even talked to them and they said they could use the aerial photos
but there are still some "royalty" issues about it.

Anyway, have fun;
Gai...

[PIETER]

Hi
Where can I look more on your Culture in your City??
I was in Germany last year and they will beat any Island or peninsula
(country)
by far.
URL Please. I want to see
Pieter

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[Gaieus]

Yes, Pécs will be together with the Ruhr Region and Istanbul.
Here's a link to the official English website:
http://www.pecs2010.hu/eng/
Or the German one:
http://www.pecs2010.hu/ger/

I still have doubts but they are preparing big time (some 140 million
Euros are being invested).

I also "prepared" for the Turkish partner:
http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid=87a55b56c2087f3ea739d06f27e934ed
(note that I made it when I was still a "beginner" in SU :-)

Gai...

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