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Google Maps Coverage

  • 17-12-2007 10:21am
    #1
    Cabaal
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Regional South East Moderators Posts: 28,500 Mod ✭✭✭✭


    Google Maps has improved its imagery for parts of Kilkenny County and City, finally you can actually see details on buildings :)


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  • #2
    Stephen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,484 ✭✭✭✭Stephen


    At last! They've had great imagery of Carlow for ages.


  • #3
    Cabaal
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Regional South East Moderators Posts: 28,500 Mod ✭✭✭✭Cabaal


    Its piss poor quality compared to other places...appears to eb alot of cloud cover the day they did it.

    They only have updated to cover a small part6 of waterford as well


  • #4
    mike65
    Closed Accounts Posts: 88,978 ✭✭✭✭mike65


    Its all blue. Waterford is 90% missing still, Google is clearly not much pushed to serve us.
    The Saudi desert has better detail.

    Mike.


  • #5
    Stephen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,484 ✭✭✭✭Stephen


    Just looked at it there - all of Kilkenny city seems to be the same old low-res stuff as before?


  • #6
    Deliverance XXV
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,757 ✭✭✭Deliverance XXV


    About time really!
    Stephen wrote: »
    Just looked at it there - all of Kilkenny city seems to be the same old low-res stuff as before?

    Try the newest version of Google Earth, it too, has been updated and looks fairly well.


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  • #7
    Stephen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,484 ✭✭✭✭Stephen


    Cool, will have a look at that when I'm home. Only have access to the web maps here .


  • #8
    finlma
    Registered Users Posts: 708 ✭✭✭finlma


    Good to see Kilkenny updated but it's strange that the pictures they have used are at least 2 years old. I know this cause my old pair built a house which started 2 years ago but it's still a green site in the aerial shots.


  • #9
    mike65
    Closed Accounts Posts: 88,978 ✭✭✭✭mike65


    That interesting, I assumed that if they had higher-res they would have used them long since or be newish.

    Mike.


  • #10
    Stephen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,484 ✭✭✭✭Stephen


    Heh, check out the ring road works on it - its like a massive brown trench around the north of the city.


  • #11
    Nightwish
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,129 ✭✭✭Nightwish


    mike65 wrote: »
    Its all blue. Waterford is 90% missing still, Google is clearly not much pushed to serve us.
    The Saudi desert has better detail.

    Mike.

    But no one has been spying on us for the past few decades.


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  • #12
    fricatus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,081 ✭✭✭fricatus


    Stephen wrote: »
    Heh, check out the ring road works on it - its like a massive brown trench around the north of the city.

    Tells you how long they've been working on it :rolleyes:


  • #13
    JohnC.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,459 ✭✭✭JohnC.


    finlma wrote: »
    Good to see Kilkenny updated but it's strange that the pictures they have used are at least 2 years old. I know this cause my old pair built a house which started 2 years ago but it's still a green site in the aerial shots.

    The images were taken on 20/11/2005.


  • #14
    Echelle
    Closed Accounts Posts: 163 ✭✭Echelle


    A lot of the local authority web sites( planning section of the web sites) have
    good aerial photos combined with maps. From recollection Kilkenny, Waterford and Laois have these available on their sites. Much clearer than the low res Google earth photos.


  • #15
    Plug
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,248 ✭✭✭Plug


    I can see my house and black golf.


  • #16
    Nightwish
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,129 ✭✭✭Nightwish


    my mothers old car is in the driveway!


  • #17
    Plug
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,248 ✭✭✭Plug


    will they make kk clearer?


  • #18
    Deliverance XXV
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,757 ✭✭✭Deliverance XXV


    Cant see it happening, considering how long it took for them to even get low-res pics up!

    But it's nice to see all the villages are visible also.


  • #19
    Plug
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,248 ✭✭✭Plug


    Anyone land the plane at kk airfield yet? i did its a bit tricky though becasue its short.


  • #20
    Deliverance XXV
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,757 ✭✭✭Deliverance XXV


    Plug wrote: »
    Anyone land the plane at kk airfield yet? i did its a bit tricky though becasue its short.

    I tried it and found it to be too finicky. That, along with my short attention span spelled disaster for it from the start!

    For the people who don't know what that is all about, there is a hidden flight sim
    in Google Earth.
    Here is the link to how to access it and it's controls.


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