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    Google satellite coverage updated

    Well, in Cork anyway, dunno about the rest of the country.

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    Has this anything to do with Google Earth or is that something else altogether?
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    http://maps.google.com/ I assume. It's updated near me anyway (with more buliding ).
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    Quote Originally Posted by Schumi View Post
    Cool, I can see my house. Definitely updated in the Sligo area cos never got in that close before.
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    Quote Originally Posted by sligoman View Post
    Cool, I can see my house. Definitely updated in the Sligo area cos never got in that close before.
    Nice place dude!
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    Quote Originally Posted by sligoman View Post
    Has this anything to do with Google Earth or is that something else altogether?
    Google Maps and Google Earth essentially use the same mapping data and satellite imagery.
    Last edited by dahamsta; 03/10/2006 at 7:29 PM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by strangeirish View Post
    Nice place dude!
    Ah go away, my car isn't like that at all .
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    do u need broadband 4 that?

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    Would be helpful yea

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    im looking at that now.....class!

    MY HOUSE!!

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    The sat. images from area are no older than 3/4 weeks

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    Yup. Some lad on Boards has seen construction work going on behind his house that's only very recent.

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    The high res images on Google are actually aerial photographs - the normal low res stuff is the satellite imagery, but the ones wher you can pick out houses etc. are aerial survey photos.
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