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    • V Offline
      Voder Vocoder
      last edited by

      So you chaps haven't noticed that the images are much older in Virtual Earth?

      ~Voder

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      • K Offline
        kwistenbiebel
        last edited by

        No.
        For most architectural use, this should not be a real hassle I think.(unless the images would be over 10 years old, which I don't expect)
        To use as a ground texture to start mass modeling, resolution and image quality is the key.

        The down side to maps.live is the availability of maps (less areas scanned than GE).
        So using both GE as live maps seems to be the way to go as most people replied.
        A live.maps plugin in Sketchup would be a nice addition.
        Best of both worlds!

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        • GaieusG Offline
          Gaieus
          last edited by

          Well, my place is not only rather bad on liev.maps but even the streets are not always where they are shown and the names are totally screwed up. It shows streets where there are squares etc.

          Gai...

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            twharvey
            last edited by

            Have you guys seen the new API to incorporate GE into web sites. This is pretty cool. And it seems to load faster than the standalone GE.

            http://code.google.com/apis/earth/

            And here's an example I'm working on.

            http://www.twharvey.talktalk.net/index.htm

            Tom

            Tom

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            • GaieusG Offline
              Gaieus
              last edited by

              Too bad I have Firefox 3 and it is not supported (yet).

              Gai...

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              • cerevellumC Offline
                cerevellum
                last edited by

                @Gaieus: Re: FF3 >> It is now! (gearthblog.com)

                @Tom: Nice site so far, but for some reason I couldn't get the Earth option to work. It keeps telling me there is a problem with the plugin. gl!

                Zach

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                  lewiswadsworth
                  last edited by

                  @cerevellum said:

                  @Gaieus: Re: FF3 >> It is now! (gearthblog.com)

                  @Tom: Nice site so far, but for some reason I couldn't get the Earth option to work. It keeps telling me there is a problem with the plugin. gl!

                  Zach

                  Seems to work fine for me, with a bit more snappiness than the stand-alone GE, as Tom noted.

                  col sporcar si trova

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                  • cerevellumC Offline
                    cerevellum
                    last edited by

                    Hmm, weird..

                    It couldn't have to do with Firefox 3, do you think? Anyone else having this issue?

                    Lates,
                    Zach

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                      lewiswadsworth
                      last edited by

                      @cerevellum said:

                      Hmm, weird..

                      It couldn't have to do with Firefox 3, do you think? Anyone else having this issue?

                      Lates,
                      Zach

                      I'm using Firefox 3...however, I did notice something odd about Firefox, with the browser consuming 98% of my CPU after I installed the plugin, and not releasing it (and still showing in Processes) even after I quit it. I'll need to check and make sure that was just the GE plugin and not something else, like a buggy theme, of course.

                      col sporcar si trova

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                      • GaieusG Offline
                        Gaieus
                        last edited by

                        Thanks for the info, Zach! I installed the plugin and Tom's place streams just fine on FF3. I could also navigate to my place and see it just like in the standalone GE app (had no problems with any issue).

                        This is my office however with some dedicated broadband connection. I1ll test it at home as well with my own broadband.

                        Gai...

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