Something's changed on Google Maps. . . . .

[QuettaKid]

anybody else notice this? You can no longer zoom in as close as you previously could.

[SharonRB]

1. I have noticed this

I thought it was just certain areas, but even my own house, which I've gotten in close on before, doesn't get that close anymore. I wonder why.

[BurtWorm]

4. Do you live next to a top secret installation of some kind?

:shrug:

(I heard Google Earth was feeling heat from governments for showing too much detail.)

[SharonRB]

5. Not at all

I live in a small suburb outside of Detroit.

[RaleighNCDUer]

23. If it is secret, how do you know?

Are you sure you know who that is that lives across the street?

[SharonRB]

25. LOL - Yes, because there are no houses or structures across the

street from me. Just a berm with trees and a wall, a sidewalk and grass.

[Ezlivin]

2. That's called Middle Age

A pair of good reading glasses will fix it.

Sigh.

[bullimiami]

3. i was noticing that oddly enough on terraserver just the other day.

[Beelzebud]

6. Dont think so. Just fired it up, and theres new high-res imaging of

Area 51.

Maybe you just found a glitch. I can't see them making residential areas blurry on purpose, but leaving Area 51 in high res (which it never was in before. :)

[mattclearing]

7. could you post a link to that?

I don't know where to find it, and am curious :)

[QuettaKid]

8. wait a sec are you sure this is NEW hi-res imagery?

do you have a link? oddly enough, I DO happen to live about a mile from a top secret installation. but that's all I can say about that subject.shhhhhhh:yoiks: :yoiks: :yoiks:

[Beelzebud]

9. Oh it's new. You can see many new details.

It was added sometime in late December.

[QuettaKid]

10. show us a link.

I would love to see this. Something has changed though....you used to be able to get into the 50 ft. resolution zone....now it stops at 200 ft.

[Beelzebud]

12. I would, but I don't know how to share Google Earth links.

[Beelzebud]

11. Not sure how to link to something in Google Earth.

Just look in Southern Nevada.

[QuettaKid]

13. It's easy. Look just to the right above the image

where it says "link to this page"....like this.

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Gakona,+AK&ll=38.008214,-116.824459&spn=0.007726,0.021586&t=k

[Beelzebud]

14. Oh ok. I was using the Google Earth application.

I forgot about the website. :)

[Beelzebud]

17. The website is OUTDATED. Use the app.

The same old low-res image is on the webpage. Use this:

http://earth.google.com/download-earth.html

[QuettaKid]

19. can you send us a link using the OUTDATED website?

not sure which of those blobs in southern nevada are area 51. thanks.

[Beelzebud]

20. Sure thing:

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=Area+51&btnG=Search&t=k&ll=37.243448,-115.81152&spn=0.097981,0.214577&t=k

[SharonRB]

29. This proves my point

If you try to zoom in at the top two notches toward the plus sign, you just get repeated copy telling you to zoom out further, that you can't zoom in this far.

[SharonRB]

27. It's not that it's blurry

You just can't zoom in as close as you used to be able to.

[patcox2]

15. Seems they added two new clicks to the scale, but not the picture.

Does that make sense? The resolution scale now stops where they have the 200' scale, and there are two more clicks, a 100' scale and a 50' scale. I know I never saw anything at that 50' scale and I don't think I ever saw anything at that 100' scale.

I think they changed the resolution control, but did not add any more resolution to the photos. maybe thats coming.

[QuettaKid]

16. that was the impression I got.

that better pictures were on the way. I hope so!! that site is addictive as hell.

[madokie]

18. You are right, I used to be able to see my house but no more

just a blurr now

[mikelewis]

21. get google earth...

It's so much better - but only if you have broadband.

http://earth.google.com/download-earth.html

[Beelzebud]

22. Agreed. The website is outdated too. The most up-to-date is Google Earth

http://earth.google.com/download-earth.html

[mikelewis]

24. I love it...

I can fly through the Grand Canyon and then tour the Forbidden City all within 15 minutes. This is the future of the net for sure. I love the Google Guys... Man, I hope they're not Republicans.

[Beelzebud]

26. They aren't! :)

go to www.google.com and type in "Miserable Failure" and hit the "I'm Feeling Lucky" button. :D

It's been like that since shrub took office.

And I agree about Google Earth. It's an amazing program. I really like how they are modeling out the major cities in 3d. :)

[SharonRB]

30. I don't want to download it on my computer at work

I'll have to do it at home.

[Rosco T.]

28. Google Earth is a MUCH better tool... look what I found at Edwards AFB..

Blackbird singing in the dead of night...

[Beelzebud]

32. Nice Find! Check out the "boneyard"

There are a few experimental planes sitting there rotting in the sun.

Start at Tuscon Arizona, and go South East until you see the words: "Talk about an AIRFORCE"

The boneyard. The airforce graveyard for decommissioned planes. Some experimental planes are there and ppl have labeled them. :)

Cool stuff.

[Rosco T.]

33. yup.. have that one bookmarked.... and look for the Saturn V

at the Johnson Space Center in Houston!

[QuettaKid]

35. I actually saw one of those SR-71's fly over me once

many, many moons ago back in Colorado. It had made an unscheduled stop at a nearby air base. It was the coolest looking thing in the world....like something that had flown out of the future. My gob was indeed smacked.

[Beelzebud]

36. Yeah I'll bet that was quite a sight! :)

[skids]

31. Sigh.

I wouldn't know, it never worked for me. Seems everyone with a map application these days is writing broken, crappy code.

Oh for the days before MapBlast got bought and then utterly trashed and broken. They had satellite photos working seamlessly side by side with road maps. Why'd they have to go ruin it? I'd say it was the worst developer-caused website tragedy ever, but I'm afraid AMG has the crown in that regard. Then again, at least AMG mostly works, even if it does take a minute per page load even on cable modems.

I pine for a day when they fire all these boobs writing web software these days.

[purr]

34. I dont know how recent google maps is.. even the download one.

I got an addition put on and the shell was up in October, and it shows my house pre addition. I also had a tree in my backyard cut down 2 years ago and it on there too. :shrug: