Re: Google maps
 

One of the reasons the US gets this kind of thing before the UK is that much GIS/map data in the US is public domain, whereas in the UK it's almost all owned by Ordnance Survey (once a publicly owned, government outfit) who don't supply any useful amount of digital mapping data either for free, or for amounts that allows in individual, inventive, software writer to develop stuff like this.

Considering that so much of the OS data over the centuries was gathered with public money, it's a disgrace that none of it is made more freely available for entrepeneurs in this country.

Once an idea has been proven in the US, then it's much simpler to justify the expenditure to obtain the reguired digital mapping data for the UK. So we find that US companies are better placed to make the most of the available data than UK innovators/companies.

Re: Google maps
 

To be fair the data on Multi map must be about 5 years old as my house isn't on there. The estate is still in the throws of being built in the satellite/aerial photo but I've lived here for 5 years!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...wear/house.jpg

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Your quite right it is about 5 years old.

Can no one remember when they flew over the entire country taking photographs of everyone, all your wives sunbathing topless in the back yard etc?

The US photo's will be courtesy of the daily NSA satellite scans to see who's having an illegal drug & barbecue party.
These too will become outdated as time goes by.

Perhaps the US took their lead to do this from the UK version :D

Re: Google maps
 

I knew it'd not take long: http://www.liquidgeneration.com/popt...oogle_tour.asp

:LOL:

ADULT CONTENT!!

Re: Google maps
 

Just an update, Google maps now has a "Hybrid" mode where it overlays map information on the sat photo image of your search location.
http://maps.google.com/maps?t=h

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Re: Google maps
 

Erm yes? That would be the Google UK portal to the map system as opposed to the Google .com address which is posted in Post 1. My link is a direct link to the hybrid maps that I speak of in my post :)