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I'm pretty sure you guys used this to see if I was going to be serving Pepsi or Coke for Truckstock. Almost once a week, I'd get some obscure email asking how far apart the houses were, was that hay field a good place to camp, who is that sitting in the lawn chair, etc.
Big Brother is watching! Be careful!
 
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Can some one go through the basics of getting on to see clear images. Is it something you have to down load?
 
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First put on your glasses , That's what I have to do .
 
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Originally Posted by 56panelford
Can some one go through the basics of getting on to see clear images. Is it something you have to down load?
Once you are on google earth( which is a site you need to down load ) zum in and the roads that have a yellow or white line you will see a little yellow guy up in the right corner , tap on him and drag him down to the yellow line on the road and a street level view will come up you can rotate left or right to see in a 360 degrees
 
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You have to install Google Earth for the best imagery.

I've found there is a different image used for Google Maps and the one you see for Google Earth. I've looked at my house with both and the one for Maps is less than 6 months old, the one on Earth is 5 years old. Check this out!
 
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Google Maps and Bing seem comparable, but Google Earth falls behind, IMO. Earth used to be tops.

And for as old as my computer is (10 yrs), Earth doesn't even work on it anymore.
 
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That's pretty cool Ross, can clearly make out your pickup. The neighbour behind you, is that a 57-60 Ford he or she has?
I'll have to do the download. Can you google Ear Falls Ontario just for kicks and show how that comes out, I'm on Ash St.
 
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Originally Posted by ALBUQ F-1
You have to install Google Earth for the best imagery.

I've found there is a different image used for Google Maps and the one you see for Google Earth. I've looked at my house with both and the one for Maps is less than 6 months old, the one on Earth is 5 years old. Check this out!
How do attach a google map image ?
 
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Ear Falls is only shown in low-res, could be for any of a number of reasons.

Chris, I find it's easiest to use the Clipping Tool
 
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Most of canada comes up fussy
 
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That's the type of images I was getting in the Dryden area too which was the area I was hoping to check out. We must live in a top secret area EH! lol
 
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Most of canada comes up fussy
And you won't find it warm either,lol
 
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The higher the population the better the image I can see all of Winnipeg and I can get clear ground views
 
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What about the outskirts of Winterpeg
 
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Give me a street, or a suburb
 


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