Re: OT - GoogleEarth, techie advice sought

On Sat, 31 Dec 2005 09:01:35 -0000, Jane Vernon a gribouillé dans la
poussière...

>> Reading this we were puzzled as when we look at our area you can't
>> pick out buildings from tree areas along a road. To find out if it
>> was just us or my computer we went and had a look at Reading and
>> could easily identify each shed and each circular stone making a path
>> along the lawn in my parents' garden. Does anyrat know why different
>> areas have different resolutions? Also, is it live? If so, we could
>> ask my dad to go out in the garden and wave and we could easily
>> identify him with the resolution we are getting of Reading.
>
>Sorry to follow up self, but we have worked out that it is not live by the
>number of trees in full leaf. The question of differing resolutions
>remains, though.

Hmm, maybe there is more of interest (to someone with power/money) at a
high resolution in Reading than in Stroud. Alternatively there is more that
someone with power/money _doesn't_ want identifiable somewhere near you...
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