Google Earth.

[Studio25]

Originally Posted by jambutty

...N.B. The free version of Google Earth, Google Earth Plus and Google Earth Pro all share the same imagery database...

They also share the imagery with maps.google.com - If I need a quick reference I use the browser but if I'm looking to waste a bit of time I don't mind the long startup time for the Google Earth app.

Some other cool things you can find on google earth or maps.google.com are:

1. 51.683153,5.775261
2. 38.225194,-112.298642
3. 33.509444,-84.440742
4. 61.299542,-149.623661
5. 27.380375,33.632142
6. 45.703728,21.300836
7. 48.825203,2.198306
8. 50.955761,0.954067
9. -19.949078,-69.633850
10. 33.225647,-111.595183
11. 44.244273,7.769737
12. 37.563817,-116.850878
13. 45.123611,-123.113611

On the subject of SatNav - I was going to a wedding reception at Scaitcliffe Hall, starting at Fence and put the postcode in. I ended up the wrong side of the hill on a dirt track that would have destroyed any lesser car...

If you really want to be freaked out, JamButty, check out this map.

[panther]

OMG, the maps on MSN live seacrh are a lot clearer...lol, i can see my trees in my garden...LMAO

[WillowTheWhisp]

On Google Earth you can see our caravan on the farm where we used to stay near Carnforth.

[Retlaw]

Originally Posted by jambutty

When I upgraded to Plus yesterday I also downloaded the latest version:
Google Earth Plus - 4.3.7284.3916 (beta)
Build Date - Jul 8 2008

If you had included the degrees in the coordinates you will have got a different result.

You can't get it without degrees and the result is still the same
2 deg 27'23.03 x 53 deg 42'12.02, and the litle hand is slap bang on the chimney stack.
When I zoom in to the word Holden Fold, the blue car is at
53 deg 42'12.67 x 2 deg 27'30.01
Retlaw.

[pipinfort]

Originally Posted by panther

OMG, the maps on MSN live seacrh are a lot clearer...lol, i can see my trees in my garden...LMAO

I`ve never used that one before, it really is clear, my bamboo`s look good......

[WillowTheWhisp]

I've just managed to get on Facebook - MSN Livesearch what's that?

[jambutty]

Originally Posted by Studio25

They also share the imagery with maps.google.com - If I need a quick reference I use the browser but if I'm looking to waste a bit of time I don't mind the long startup time for the Google Earth app.

Some other cool things you can find on google earth or maps.google.com are:

1. 51.683153,5.775261
2. 38.225194,-112.298642
3. 33.509444,-84.440742
4. 61.299542,-149.623661
5. 27.380375,33.632142
6. 45.703728,21.300836
7. 48.825203,2.198306
8. 50.955761,0.954067
9. -19.949078,-69.633850
10. 33.225647,-111.595183
11. 44.244273,7.769737
12. 37.563817,-116.850878
13. 45.123611,-123.113611

On the subject of SatNav - I was going to a wedding reception at Scaitcliffe Hall, starting at Fence and put the postcode in. I ended up the wrong side of the hill on a dirt track that would have destroyed any lesser car...

If you really want to be freaked out, JamButty, check out this map.

Wow! Wow! And wow again. Thanks! If that shot had been taken whilst I was walking down the path to my car you would be able to see me.

How long before these images are available in real time?

[jambutty]

Originally Posted by Retlaw

You can't get it without degrees and the result is still the same
2 deg 27'23.03 x 53 deg 42'12.02, and the litle hand is slap bang on the chimney stack.
When I zoom in to the word Holden Fold, the blue car is at
53 deg 42'12.67 x 2 deg 27'30.01
Retlaw.

The coordinates that I quoted:
2° 27’23.03” W to 2° 27’23.47” W and 53° 42’12.02” N to 53° 42’12.53” N.
are at the extremities of my flat grounds and as it is in a semi detached building the chimney stack is one extremity.

The centre of my car is at 53° 42’12.83” N and 2° 27’23.12” W

With a little hand to position it is difficult to ensure that the centre of the hand is on the centre of the car so there will be variations in your figures and mine. A one pixel movement could be the difference of just one hundredth of a second in the coordinates.

But to all intents and purposes we are both right and we are both wrong.

The real question now is will this forum accept the symbol for degrees? Yahoo! Yes it does.

So my car is 53 degrees, 42 minutes and 12.83 seconds North and 2 degrees, 27 minutes and 23.12 seconds west.