Google Maps

[Bobj]

Love it!

 

Spent a very pleasant 30 minutes sussing out new camping and fishing pools in the NT semi desert.. Well...almost semi desert..

 

A very clever piece of work.

 

Thanks, Google Maps.

[corydoras]

I use Google Earth for same thing Bob.

There is also Google Sky and Google Mars.

https://www.google.com/sky/

 

http://www.google.co.uk/mars/

 

Be careful though Bob, there are a few posters in these forums who don't like Google or those who use Google products.

[Bobj]

I use Google Earth for same thing Bob.

 

There is also Google Sky and Google Mars.

 

https://www.google.com/sky/

 

http://www.google.co.uk/mars/

 

Be careful though Bob, there are a few posters in these forums who don't like Google or those who use Google products.

 

Can that be translated into, 'don't know how to use it'?

[corydoras]

Can that be translated into, 'don't know how to use it'?

You might just have a working hypothesis there Bob.

[Andrew]

Love it!

 

Spent a very pleasant 30 minutes sussing out new camping and fishing pools in the NT semi desert.. Well...almost semi desert..

 

A very clever piece of work.

 

Thanks, Google Maps.

Always use it ton plan routes both here and in Spain. Gleamed some invaluable information aboy fisheries and rivers.

[chesters1]

Theres some great maps out there ,one site lets you have a modern map one side of your screen and an older one on the other ,the mouse pointer sits on the same spot on both ,a strange grassy bit on the heath was actually a pond a 100 years ago .

http://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/sidebyside.cfm#zoom=15&lat=51.1059&lon=0.4708&layers=10&right=BingHyb

Then theres this government map not good on a small screen but ok on a big one

http://www.magic.gov.uk/MagicMap.aspx

Theres also lidar maps now which show stuff long gone

Not easy to use unfortunately

https://houseprices.io/lab/lidar/map

 

this one has historical finds data not precise luckily or unluckily

http://www.exploringsurreyspast.org.uk/map/

And one or two here

http://www.maphistory.info/imagebi.html#eng

I use google earth frequently luckily i grabbed the free pro version but what the difference is to the free one i havnt noticed?

Edited January 22, 2017 by chesters1

[corydoras]

Theres some great maps out there ,one site lets you have a modern map one side of your screen and an older one on the other ,the mouse pointer sits on the same spot on both ,a strange grassy bit on the heath was actually a pond a 100 years ago .

Then theres this government map not good on a small screen but ok on a big one

http://www.magic.gov.uk/MagicMap.aspx

Theres also lidar maps now which show stuff long gone

This one has historical finds data not precise luckily or unluckily

http://www.exploringsurreyspast.org.uk/map/

And one or two here

http://www.maphistory.info/imagebi.html#eng

I use google earth frequently luckily i grabbed the free pro version but what the difference is to the free one i havnt noticed?

When my mum was a wee girl this was a dam for a water mill for a textile printing company. Nowadays its a filling station.

 

 

 

 

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/Lomond+Services+Station/@55.9992879,-4.5720519,72m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x27b457aff703e2b5!8m2!3d55.9993222!4d-4.5716201?hl=en

Edited January 22, 2017 by corydoras

[chesters1]

So in reality all thats changed is the liquid one supplied water to a mill the other petrol to cars ,less swans i would guess though

If you use my side by side map you can pinpoint houses in the past that still exist

Edited January 22, 2017 by chesters1

[corydoras]

So in reality all thats changed is the liquid one supplied water to a mill the other petrol to cars ,less swans i would guess though

No no swans mate. You would not have an inkling of the industry that was there in the past from what can be seen there now.

[Bobj]

Google maps...Mum and Dad's house in Thornton, British West Bradford.

 

https://www.google.com.au/maps/@53.7909447,-1.8497467,3a,75y,177.88h,72.58t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s5XHYuZ4TPH-LBCI-L8fCwQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

 

Love the way it interchanges maps to photography.