Google earth

[Dom Tuk]

How best to use this site. Any tips?
Why is most of UK cities and towns so blurred?

[spudqueen]

Hi Dom Tuk, I think most of UK is blurred as they haven't yet got around to taking low enough photographs of it. If the photograph is taken from a high distance then it will look okay viewed from a distance but there will be no detail when you try to zoom in.

[jno]

It'll depend on the resolution of the photos. I can see the tree in blossom in my garden (the photo must have been taken in May). But when I look at another town I lived in I can see the waves in the harbour - but everything on land is extremely blurry. I have no idea why this should be, or who decides that the sea will interest people more than the town centre.

[SaxyJag]

A good deal of the USA is blurred too. Basically, GE isn't quite what it's cracked up to be.

[SteveD]

Have a look on here as an alternative:

http://local.live.com/

[cascarelli]

It's from satellite photography, the satellites are about 90 miles up. there's a lot better resolution photography available, but its difficult to complain about Google Earth as it's the whole world for free!