Re: Satellite news pictures

On Mon, 1 Aug 2005 09:39:35 +0000 (UTC), Smid
<smidllllllNichSpammo.removelstoo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>In article <dcj1u3$kaq$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, James wrote:
>> On 29/07/2005 19:15, Mike Swift wrote:
>>
>>> While watching the news the Beeb showed what looked like satellite
>>> pictures of the area, I was going to look on the evil interweb to see if
>>> us mere mortals could use them but I've forgotten the name in the
>>> corner.
>>>
>>> I've had a play with Google Earth but the images of Britain leave a lot
>>> to be desired, anyone know what the Beeb use?
>>
>> It's www.digitalglobe.com I believe. They have some good hi-res samples
>> of London that you can download.
>
>Londons detail is not bad in google earth, but the rest of the uk has
>very bad coverage, ironically based around military bases, which means my home
>town of Greenock has a detailed map, and I can see my mums house (because
>of a couple of nearby military bases), but I can see nothing of Glasgow...
>
> Smid

I've managed to find a couple of sources of digital pics of the rest
of the country. One is a series called 'High in the sky', it's an old
Getmapping product and I found it by chance on Amazon for about 7.99
ukp. It's similar to the aerial photos you can find on multimap and
it's done by county. Do a search for 'High in the Sky' under software
and you should find your area. There's also some on e-bay if you're
interested.
There's also a newer product called 'Memory Map' which has
more up-to-date images of most of the UK and comes bundled with OS
maps too. The best thing about the Memory Map images is that it maps
it on to a 3D relief similar to Google Earth, the only thing is that
each map package costs about 35 ukp, you can see this range of
products on www.getmapping.com, will probably invest in one of these
packages when finances allow,

Simon




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