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Post by jazza on Jun 6, 2006 20:13:07 GMT
know this has probably been shown before but was browsing local.live.com/ and came accross northfields depot. you don't appreciate as you go past on the train just how massive these depots are. local.live.com/default.aspx?v=2&cp=51.497345~-0.322428&style=h&lvl=17&scene=3995886moderators - i trust this does not breach any copyright regulations as unlike google earth this site is free - Windows Live Local is a free online local search and mapping service. - however if at all concerned please remove this thread |
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Post by setttt on Jun 6, 2006 21:32:28 GMT
Northfields is tiny compared to the likes of Neasden and Ruislip, although it's quite a hefty walk from one end of the site to the other!!
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Post by Tomcakes on Jun 7, 2006 14:46:06 GMT
Google Earth is free...
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Post by Phil on Jun 7, 2006 16:56:13 GMT
....and a large depot is somewhat different from a small control centre, or an access point (the last 2 things off Google Earth we banned).
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Post by Tomcakes on Jun 7, 2006 17:22:41 GMT
....and a large depot is somewhat different from a small control centre, or an access point (the last 2 things off Google Earth we banned). Ah - I didn't realise there had been problems previously. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 7, 2006 21:38:32 GMT
It maybe free but all the ariel views are about 20 years out of date. my old school was knocked down and rebuilt back in the eighties , when i looked on google earth earlier today the original building was still there |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 7, 2006 21:43:10 GMT
I've been looking at the area of Kent, and there's no Tunnel Rail Link! So, that puts it at least TEN YEARS out. ALso, I noticed the areas you bleddy wanna see close up, you cant get a low enough profile. So you just see it like a blurr.
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Post by Chris M on Jun 7, 2006 21:45:58 GMT
Would that be places like Brighton beach then T/Op92  |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 7, 2006 21:49:03 GMT
Oi, whats wrong with Brighton??? I go there to get my body piercing jewellery!
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Post by Chris M on Jun 7, 2006 21:59:17 GMT
Nothing is wrong with Brighton (at least not that I know, I've not been there since I was a toddler), I was more thinking along the lines of what the beech is famous for - i.e. the same as Studland beach.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 7, 2006 22:01:54 GMT
brighton is known for its palace pier, the Laynes, it's lovely train station, people and its 350 pubs, bars and restaurants!
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Post by Christopher J on Jun 7, 2006 22:04:31 GMT
The yearly London - Brighton bike races too.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 7, 2006 22:48:28 GMT
The Windows Live Local view of my town clearly predates the town centre redevelopment begun in 1999.
The Google earth view is so distant it's useless!
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Post by CSLR on Jun 8, 2006 0:33:00 GMT
The Windows Live Local view of my town clearly predates the town centre redevelopment begun in 1999. The Google earth view is so distant it's useless! Likewise; the view of my house on Windows Local Live is so old that I am surprised they had invented cameras, let alone satellites. |
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Post by jazza on Jun 8, 2006 0:49:36 GMT
interesting to see comments re the merits of the two sites (google earth and the windows one) as far as my area is concerned (motherwell) on google it is unviewable simply an out of focus mass of land. on the windows one it is probably around 4 years ago though other surrounding areas are as recent as last year. i suppose these sites are updated as and when new views are available.
final point - on the windows site greenwich looks around 1998/99 as the dome looks to be under construction.
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Post by Ben on Jun 8, 2006 2:41:06 GMT
Google maps is in date, and around london its relatively detailed I thought. Thats not the same thing as google earth is it? Hang about, do you have to download Google earth?
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Post by Tomcakes on Jun 8, 2006 5:32:18 GMT
Google Earth is a program you must download.
Google Maps has the same data as Google Earth but can be run from your favourite web browser.
Edit: as for dates it depends on the area. My area was photographed in detail in 2001, others before or after that date.
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Post by Hutch on Jun 8, 2006 6:50:21 GMT
Just follow the tracks southwest beyond Boston Manor and you can see the close headways maintained on the Piccadilly Line – less than a train length by the looks of it   [now seriously] Shows the wonder of satellite sweeps and/or photo compositing. On Google Earth the same aeroplane can be seen three times when landing eastbound on Heathrow's northern runway – although it looks like hairy formation flying[/now seriously]  |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 8, 2006 17:14:46 GMT
As for the images being out of date on Windows Live Local, it's most likely because the images were originally part of the Millennium Map project. Therefore, assuming they started a little early around 1999-2001 is probably about accurate in most cases. The Birds Eye View mode is much more recent though.
Not sure about Google Earth/Maps re. image source.
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