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I haven’t noticed any other post about this so,

Google Earth V4.1.7076.4458 BETA is out for download.

Get it at GOOGLE BETA

I haven’t had a chance to really get into it but so far looks OK with more 2007 Sat shots.

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No obvious new mapping for the places I check in the UK, though. Still the same white clouds above West Dorset!

John

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Version 4.1 does not change any of the mapping data, changes to the mapping data is independent of the application version. There are some new features including ‘View in Maps’ and ‘Tips’ plus it is now available in 7 more languages.

A recent addition is an overlay for the Greensburg tornado

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If you want good quality aerial views of UK, have a look at http://www.192.com/maps%5B/url%5D Enter a postcode or place name / address and you’ll get a steet map, Zoom in and it merges into the photo.

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Clever but a pity the images are of out of date. My house is a building site, which means the images were taken about now in 1999.

stuck

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John

Try Google Earth now, they have just updated the base coverage for nearly all of England for Google Earth, but the updated coverage has not filtered down to Google maps yet.

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What are alternatives to Google Earth? I’ve been using it for a long time but the latest version I tried to install seemed to remove the option for me to install in the location of my choice, instead forcing itself into C:Program Files. This doesn’t work for my how I want my computer organized.

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Back in January, Don Sadler in post 625,684 suggested Flash Earth… for its flexibility. I guess it depends on what you use Google Earth to do.

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Microsoft’s equivalent to Google Earth is http://local.live.com/%5B/url%5D – it allows you to view the earth in 3d (you need to download a plugin to use the 3d views)

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See Live Search.

Joe

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For whatever reason, Google does seem to want to only go ito the C:Program Files folder.

You could use a third party program like System Mechanic to move it to another location if you would like. I do have System Mechanic but have not tried to move Google, although it apparently offers to do so.

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Bill, and anyone else, especially in the US, GIS systems are increasingly being used to map local urban regions and if you have a need to be more specific, googling your state and county for GIS resources may bring up local details going well beyond Google Earth. For example, in the region I live, close to a mix of major and minor fault lines, here’s a liquefication map showing the extent to which the soil would shake, and thereby destroy house foundations. (I have been looking for this because Allstate discontinued coverage of earthquake damage.)

http://www.ugs.state.ut.us/online/pdf/pi-76.pdf%5B/url%5D

Unfortunately I’m in a 0.9 – 1.0 area, so I’m looking for another insurance carrier!

I have just begun this little voyage of discovery, and so may post back later.

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The insurers in the US sure are looking for any excuse to drop or severly limit coverage of just about anything. It seems like hardly a week goes by when one announces either termination of coverage in an area or no new contracts to be let. And heaven forbid that you actually make a claim.

Joe

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Thinking about the New Madrid fault, Joe?

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Not really. When it happens, it happens. Nothing I can do about it. Just a general moan about the insurance industry.

Note: for those who aren’t familiar with the geologic peculiarities of the USA, the New Madrid fault lies south of St. Louis a couple of hours and is the site of the some of the largest recorded earthquakes in US history. See New Madrid Seismic Zone – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Joe

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Soil liquefaction was a major cause of New Madrid Fault damage.

And I work for (a narrow niche of) the insurance industry, but I grumble about it just as much. It seems very odd to me that a year after the home insurers get nailed by a hurricane, they pull …

earthquake insurance.

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Maybe, they’re just getting a little jittery see here

The difference between Genius and Stupidity:
A Genius knows their limits.
- Albert Einstein

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Ed, you’re not helping me feel any better: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recent…/uu05290305.php%5B/url%5D Just a couple of miles SW of me. But thanks for the USGS resource.

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I seem to be the last in the Lounge to install Google Earth. Their never ending Beta is now up to V4.1.7087.5048, since some days ago.

A cool program that works great with a speedy broadband, though it is a little heavy in the RAM area.

But if I am looking for high quality aerial views of Sweden I would either look at The National Land Survey agency or the map services that can be found at the search engines for address and telephone numbers. On the other hand the search engines get their photos from the Survey agency. For the major part of the country they are much better, for cities one can reach 1 pixel=0.4 meter. But then of course they are taken from an aircraft.

Still and all, Google Earth is a really nice tool to explore the world.

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Argus

If you want a simple, cut down version with Google maps, Microsoft VE and Ask and NASA maps try this browser version

http://www.flashearth.com/%5B/url%5D

It uses the same images as the main downloadable Googlemaps but without the bells and whistles…enjoy

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Jerry,
Thanks for reply. I know about the Flash Earth site, thanks to Don_Sadler‘s post 625,684. I read the thread at the time, but did not reply a thank you to him . I found it really fast when zooming. But for my places Google seems to be the most detailed, though Microsoft VE provide labels.

Then it’s a completely different matter that I sometimes have a hard time to find the link I’m searching for in my bookmarks; world maps? no, flash world? no, flash? Flash Earth, there it is!

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Yep, that’s the one, I remember getting from the Lounge somewhere. I find it really useful as I have been mapping my runs when Google maps hasn’t got clear or current images. There are a plethora of sites using Google maps with layers (http://www.mapmyrun.com[/url%5D) being an example but I found that using Don’s link I was able to chop and change quickly to get good or clearer maps.

I was amazed to find a crop circle near the run I am doing this weekend and found that it was built in 1999 which just shows you how old some of these images are

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Jerry,
Just glancing at your graphic, without first reading the text, I thought it looked like a newspaper that had had three instances of a wet glass of ale placed on it.

Wet circles not crop circles?

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The link is here:

http://www.medwaycropcircle.co.uk/1999.htm%5B/url%5D

See THE TROSLEY TRISKELE halfway down

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Nice photo.

When it comes to how old some photos are, and that quite many people complain about old maps, I think they are spoiled. I am not talking about your particular example since 1999 is some years ago.

With my background as an engineer I find that if you go back some years, it was only people working with housing, building, planning, surveying (land or geotechnical), geodesy etc. that had this kind of information (as civil citizens).

Nowadays, anyone can find a decent aerial photo, though most of the time a satellite photo. But still there are costs for producing these images, so I think that in general those who are complaining about old photos are spoiled Internet users of today.

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Argus,

Absolutely…..you nailed that one, spot on!

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Finding the unexpected treasure is one of the great things about the Lounge. In reading this string of posts, I came across Jezza’s mention of mapmyrun.com and curiosity drove me to look at it and now I have a new favorite. Thank you.

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