Decent Hack for Google Earth

[Robot Chicken]

Just found this. Apology if fixtures although considering it was posted half an hour ago...!

Super-Close Google Maps Zooms
Posted by Arneh on Wednesday, Mar 7, 2007, 5:58 pm

It turns out that you can zoom in much more deeply onto Google Maps by doing this:

1. Select a location and switch to satellite view
2. Zoom in as far as you can, and click “link to this page” at the top right
3. Now replace the “z” parameter in the URL with a higher value, e.g. 20, 22, or 23, and wait. Some locations will now show more detailed imagery

This is a rare zoom level 23, almost (already?) creating privacy issues.

The French Ecrans website and Geotrotter have more on this.

News Source: Google Blogoscoped

 

[Djmiles]

Google Earth is the poor mans World Wind.

World Wind is NASA's version, includes 5 other planets (including the moon).

Very good!

 

[Cian]

World Wind data is much, much older though. Until a recent enough update it had, fairly notably, an empty site for Apple's headquarters (built in 1993). But it does have better detail for some places than Google Earth/Maps.

 

[Robot Chicken]

and MSN's local.live.com has superb coverage of Brighton

 

[Cian]

and MSN's local.live.com has superb coverage of Brighton

Same mapping data as World Wind.

 

[Bluejuice]

Just found this. Apology if fixtures although considering it was posted half an hour ago...!

Apologies if I'm being a doofus but a) How do you switch to satellite view? Is this not the default setting? And b) where is this "link to page" button?

 

[Cian]

Re: Re: Decent Hack for Google Earth

Apologies if I'm being a doofus but a) How do you switch to satellite view? Is this not the default setting? And b) where is this "link to page" button?

You're not, its a hack for google MAPS not google EARTH. Penguin =

 

[Drumstick]

Sake Just downloaded it now!

 

[Robot Chicken]

Sorry peeps.

 

[Drumstick]

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=...20211,-0.139507&spn=0.003165,0.01075&t=k&om=1

wheres the ?z? in that??

 

[Drumstick]

Sorry peeps.

Tis k was onli messin around! Not angry!

 

[London Calling]

didn't work in E8

 

[Rangdo]

and MSN's local.live.com has superb coverage of Brighton

It even has decent coverage of my area and I live in an insignificant suburb of Bristol. It must have fairly recent data though as it shows our car in the driveway and we've lived here less than a year.

 

[Bozza]

I use www.Flashearth.com now - gives you the choice of who's imagery you want to use.

 

[Robot Chicken]

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=...20211,-0.139507&spn=0.003165,0.01075&t=k&om=1

wheres the ?z? in that??

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=...11,-0.139507&spn=0.003287,0.012038&iwloc=addr

z=17

 

[Drumstick]

didnt work for me

 

[Robot Chicken]

It only works for some areas, as it says. I thought it might get down to that level of resolution in NYC but no luck.

 

[London Calling]

I use www.Flashearth.com now - gives you the choice of who's imagery you want to use.

Same ol pictures though?

Can u get into NASA site or what site allows us to look at the flowers in our neighbours garden.

 

[logan89]

World Wind is NASA's version, includes 5 other planets (including the moon).

i never knew the moon was a planet

 

[Djmiles]

i never knew the moon was a planet

Should have said "5 planets, and also the moon" but hey