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Thread: NZ Satellite Maps

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    Default NZ Satellite Maps

    Google maps is an excellent satellite and street mapping system, and until now it was centered on the US. This week worldwide maps where launched, and it includes NZ with many zones in higher resolution.

    This is an overview of NZ:

    http://maps.google.com/

    Click and drag to move, use zoom controls to zoom in or out. Most zones are (still) not in higher resolution, but Auckland partly is (a large part is not...):

    http://maps.google.com/

    Wellington is not:

    http://maps.google.com/

    Curiously, large areas of the north of south island are:

    http://maps.google.com/

    While ChCh is also not:

    http://maps.google.com/

    Etc... you can recognize higher res parts by their darker color.

    There is no street information. This is now available in the US, Canada, UK and other parts of Europe, and should eventually come to NZ (it is great for planning trips, etc). With time they will also continue to add higher resolution sections - which, as you'll see, lower resolution is nice but almost worthless, while highest resolution is very, very nice.

    Enjoy,

    Juan Miguel Venturello

    ps. In this picture, you can see my current house near Barcelona, Spain - on my garden you can see me taking the sun and smiling to the camera :

    http://maps.google.com/

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    wow

    nice pool!

    but who's the topless bird?

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    I'm going to use this in my classroom on Monday!!!

    Fantastic!

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    nice...hopefully, the NZ google map comes to reality soon...
    thx for sharing the info...

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    nice...hopefully, the NZ google map comes to reality soon...
    thx for sharing the info...

    SORRY double post...I wonder is there any way I can delete this?

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    Default Re: NZ Satellite Maps

    ps. In this picture, you can see my current house near Barcelona, Spain - on my garden you can see me taking the sun and smiling to the camera :

    http://maps.google.com/[/quote]

    Can you get some clothes on please - there's children present

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    A great worldwide satellite program is "World Wind" from NASA.

    You can look at anywhere in the world - looking at the pyramids was cool.

    WARNING: Will take days to download of you don't have broadband!!

    http://worldwind.arc.nasa.gov/

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    Default Re: NZ Satellite Maps

    Quote Originally Posted by Kenny
    Can you get some clothes on please - there's children present ops: ops:
    :eek :eek

    Hey, I just had time to smile for the satellite, not to put my clothes on!!

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    Waw ! Spend hours playin about with this, Have a look at area 51 in Nevada!

    Many Thanks

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    Crikey that Google maps is fab! We really can see our house on it!

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