Hutch

Google have just updated their maps service and now have 0.7m (that's pretty snazzy) Satellite imagery of Sydney and Melbourne ....

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Sydney...alia&t=k&hl=en

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Melbou...alia&t=k&hl=en

Sydneysiders and Melbournites... can you see your homes?

Tiawamutu

The Sydney one doesn't seem to be as of good a quality as the Perth one did, when you zoom right in. It's not my graphics card as it's a totr one

Tiawamutu

Ah! Just realised, it's only the outskirts of the city that are dead clear. The Centre where SOH is, is not so clear.

I wonder why they've done that?

Storini

I'm getting much better results with Google Earth rather than Google Maps. Excellent results across Sydney and most of Melbourne. Also, Canberra is now in hi-res which was really fuzzy a few weeks ago.

P.S. Sydney now appears to have height information stored in the Google Earth database, which provides a 3-D effect if you go down low in height and angle the perspective; then you can do a fly-through as in the Grand Canyon example. Zoom around the North Heads and see the cliffs! Most impressive...