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Austin Shackles - 01 Jul 2006 20:53 GMT

somebody pointed out recently that they've added more high-res pictures.

there's a suspiciously rectangular purple thing parked in a street south of
sheffield.

Our bit is till naff, sadly, on GE. we get nice pictures on local.live.com
but being mickeysnot it, of course, works differently and is a pain to
operate.

wonder if we can persuade the google boys to get the same source of
pictures?

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Andy.Smalley - 01 Jul 2006 21:44 GMT

> somebody pointed out recently that they've added more high-res
> pictures.
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> wonder if we can persuade the google boys to get the same source of
> pictures?

the picture used are a lot older than the ones on GE
well the ones of sheffield are

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Mother - 01 Jul 2006 22:25 GMT

>there's a suspiciously rectangular purple thing parked in a street south of
>sheffield.

Been the same one for ages - taken in 2002

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Austin Shackles - 01 Jul 2006 23:20 GMT

>>there's a suspiciously rectangular purple thing parked in a street south of
>>sheffield.
>
>Been the same one for ages - taken in 2002

2 different pictures in local.live and GE, though. or I think they are.
Local.live is using the getmapping ones.

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Mother - 02 Jul 2006 00:07 GMT

>>Been the same one for ages - taken in 2002
>
>2 different pictures in local.live and GE, though. or I think they are.
>Local.live is using the getmapping ones.

I only tried the local.live on my Doze box a week or so ago. It was a
pic from around the same time (S3 and trailer in the same place - they
were only parked in that config for 5 months), but earier than Google
Earth (if that makes sense) as Grumble doesn't have the roof
chequerplate on.

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Lee_D - 02 Jul 2006 01:04 GMT

Mother" <"@ {mother} @ <"@ {mother} @"@101fc.net> uttered summat
worrerz funny about:

> I only tried the local.live on my Doze box a week or so ago. It was a
> pic from around the same time (S3 and trailer in the same place - they
> were only parked in that config for 5 months), but earier than Google
> Earth (if that makes sense) as Grumble doesn't have the roof
> chequerplate on.

Yup,

My Renault Espace is parked back outside my old house and the Rangie is also
on the drive while all the rest of the Staff at Karens School are at work
which either means she's home for lunch, sick or on maternity leave, I'd
guess the latter given the timing. My current house has a glass house which
is now gone (previous owner took it) and a trench / path across the lawn
with is no longer there , h'mmm interesting.

Lee

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Tom Woods - 02 Jul 2006 09:57 GMT

>Yup,
>
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>is now gone (previous owner took it) and a trench / path across the lawn
>with is no longer there , h'mmm interesting.

The live picture of my house is atleast 5-6 years old as it shows some
grass in my garden - which was all well established (full of weeds!)
gravel when my parents bought the house about 5 years ago (and is now
a hardcore drive)

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Bob Hobden - 02 Jul 2006 21:26 GMT

> somebody pointed out recently that they've added more high-res pictures.
>
> there's a suspiciously rectangular purple thing parked in a street south
> of
> sheffield.

I heard they had made up to date improvements so took a look at our road and
couldn't find either the S111 or 90, then took a look at the main places
it's used for and tracked the S111 down to our old allotment and can even
see the wife and myself working near it. So the photo predates the 90 which
was bought on 17th Dec 2003.
BTW that S111 is now somewhere in the very south of Ireland ferrying kids to
and from the beach the last I heard.

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