Windows LIVE Local Maps - Amazing !!!

VeNT · 29 May 2006 at 23:58

its crap, its got the roads wrong for my area.
and these are OLD roads!

Raymond Lin · 30 May 2006 at 00:00

nevermind, realise it doesn't do that for everywhere.

Thou i can see my old place in brighton !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! birdseye view is amazing !

Mad old tory · 30 May 2006 at 00:03

Amazing, GE doesn't have any high-res coverage of cheltenham at all, but I can see my house perfectly on this

Kol · 30 May 2006 at 00:03

Just discovered the birds eye view. Now that IS neat.

KaHn · 30 May 2006 at 00:03

cheets64 said:
The view of my house is about 3 years old.

Google

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This new thing

KaHn

Tommy B · 30 May 2006 at 00:04

Absolutely PWNS google earth!

"andy" · 30 May 2006 at 00:07

not for me , the petrol garage near my house that was knocked down at least five years ago still shows up

jon86 · 30 May 2006 at 00:07

Some of the imagery (like of Norwich) is at least several years old. Nevertheless, I like the level of detail you can get with this that you just don't find on Google.

VeNT · 30 May 2006 at 00:07

Tommy B said:
Absolutely PWNS google earth!

unless you want to use it for roads,
as its taken 4 walls in my local area as roads.

Shocky-FM · 30 May 2006 at 00:07

Either my 2MB connection can't cope or it doesnt work at all for me.

Raymond Lin · 30 May 2006 at 00:07

Phoenix halls ! and the Level !

Phil99 · 30 May 2006 at 00:08

My house is just a field on there

Must be at least 6-7 years old for my area.

DRZ · 30 May 2006 at 00:08

Neither GE or this offers high res imagery of my area. Which is a shame because there is a lot of "cool stuff" near me that I wouldnt mind having a high-res peek at

Mad old tory · 30 May 2006 at 00:08

how do you get the bird's eye views?

Mickey_D · 30 May 2006 at 00:09

Meh, same pic they've all had from 1991....

The red box denotes my ten acres, the blue box is where my house is, the green box is the garage, and the purple box is a building that hasn't been there since 1992.

DaveyD · 30 May 2006 at 00:10

It seems pretty good, I like the interface, but seems a bit more of a graphical hog that Google Earth / Google Maps is, but as it's Windows Live stuff, it's all going to be stuff that'll probably work a lot better on Vista.

It is still a Beta, so stuff probably will be out of date, and pics will always be out of date in some areas, as it takes quite a while to photograph everything.

PeterNem · 30 May 2006 at 00:10

They're only available in certain areas. It's pretty obvious if they're available, the window with the zoom buttons in totally changes.

My house:

Nowhere near as much detail as some of the images shown by others above, but not bad for a rural area. On gogle the whole village is just one big blur.

VeNT · 30 May 2006 at 00:11

DaveyD said:
It seems pretty good, I like the interface, but seems a bit more of a graphical hog that Google Earth / Google Maps is, but as it's Windows Live stuff, it's all going to be stuff that'll probably work a lot better on Vista.

It is still a Beta, so stuff probably will be out of date, and pics will always be out of date in some areas, as it takes quite a while to photograph everything.

I've just checked
its marked ALL the local bridlepaths as roads.
nice, can't wait for someone to try that

CSGAS · 30 May 2006 at 00:11

VeNT said:
its taken 4 walls in my local area as walls.

No ****!

noob · 30 May 2006 at 00:11

errm all I can see is road names, etc why can't I see any photos?