Higher resolution?

sirpsycho · 12-10-2006 2:36pm #1

Is there some official way to request google earth to show higher resolution pictures of certain parts of Ireland? For instance, in the last 6 months or so certain parts of north county dublin (up to skerries) got the images upgraded. balbriggan is still very low resolution.

The Hill Billy · 13-10-2006 8:42am

I doubt very much if you can request more recent images for a certain area.

I can tell you that the higher-res images from The Blackhills south are around 18 months old as the fields used for car parking for the concerts in Ardgillan last year aren't levelled yet in the images currently on GE.

MrrPete · 16-12-2006 5:53pm

It seems any place that I'm really interest in is low res as to b useless.

What's the latest version?

Capt'n Midnight · 01-04-2007 1:02pm

http://maps.google.com/support/bin/request.py?contact_type=suggestion&submit=Continue
Please let us know what they say

I think that a lot of the very close stuff is aerial photographs , rather than satellite ones, so they would have to source them locally, eg dublin county councills photograph the areas and later compare them to old ones to see if anyone has built an extension without planning permission, maybe they sell them on ??

either wait till google does it for you free

Or
Next time you are watching CSI try to identify the software they are using, it will give a 10X on any image no matter the original quality :rolleyes:
Or
see price list below (pdf on spot website) to see how much you could buy it for yourself. :eek:

The Chinese have a saying about theater
"the people in the free seats, hiss loudest"
I suppose google gives priority to customers who pay them (the golden rule)

http://www.spotimage.fr
Multiresolution imagery to meet multiscale needs: from 2.5 m to 20 m.

                                                                                            full scene
        ARCHIVE PRODUCTS                                                                       old archive
                           full scene       1/2 scene     1/4 scene        1/8 scene        1986-2004 inclusive
      20 m colour
                           &#8364; 1,900                                                              &#8364; 1,200
                                                -              -                -
       10 m B&W
      10 m colour
                            &#8364; 2,700          &#8364; 2,025       &#8364; 1,350           &#8364; 1,020
        5 m B&W
                                                -              -                -
      5 m colour*
                            &#8364; 5,400
                                             &#8364; 4,050       &#8364; 2,700           &#8364; 2,040
       2.5 m B&W
    2.5 m colour*
                            &#8364; 8,100             -              -                -
                                                                                                     * Available in levels 1A and 2A
        PROGRAMMED PRODUCTS**
                           full scene      1/2 scene      1/4 scene        1/8 scene
      20 m colour
                            &#8364; 2,700             -              -                -
       10 m B&W
      10 m colour                                                                          Priority
                                             &#8364; 2,825       &#8364; 2,150           &#8364; 1,820
                            &#8364; 3,500
        5 m B&W                                                                            programming
                                                                                           service**
                                                -              -                -
      5 m colour*
                                                                                           + &#8364; 3,100
                            &#8364; 6,200
                                             &#8364; 4,850       &#8364; 3,500           &#8364; 2,840
       2.5 m B&W
    2.5 m colour*
                            &#8364; 8,900             -              -                -
                                                                                                     * Available in levels 1A and 2A
                                                           Spot Image also offers a range of Spot stereopairs. The price of a
A full scene covers an area of 60 km x 60 km minimum
                                                           Spot stereopair corresponds to the price of two SPOT Scene
(depending on the viewing angle).
                                                           images (level 1A) regardless of the resolution and viewing mode.
Scene extracts cover a floating area within a Spot scene.
A 1/2 scene covers an area of 40 km x 40 km, a 1/4
scene, 30 km x 30 km and a 1/8 scene, 20 km x 20 km
(depending on the viewing angle).

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