George Posted July 20, 2005 Share Posted July 20, 2005 Was impressed by those satellite pictures from Nasa, but for those of you with a fast Internet link, the latest software from Google is a must. http://earth.google.com/ then click on the Get Google Earth free version and download the softwareIn my opinion a fantastic program that you can drill down to details of your areas in France and others of course, tilting the view and seeing relief views etc - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tenniswitch Posted July 25, 2006 Share Posted July 25, 2006 That's amazing (just saw my house). Thanks for posting that information. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassis Posted July 25, 2006 Share Posted July 25, 2006 Very good detail, Christine. Here's one that I really like:GéoPortailClick on the country of your choice (France, of course), enter the commune name and zoom in. Best I've seen for aerial photos, like Mappy (the one Yellow Pages links to) it uses the IGN images. EDIT: The Mappy one zooms in deeper but loses definition as a result - I think the images are exactly the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassis Posted July 25, 2006 Share Posted July 25, 2006 For your standard maps this one gives a lot more detail than most and has a great zoom-in zoom-out facility to get your bearings - instant and seamless, unlike most of its competitors. Especially if you have a mouse wheel.http://www.fr.map24.com/But I still like ViaMichelin for route finding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyh4 Posted July 25, 2006 Share Posted July 25, 2006 [quote user="Cassis"]- I think the images are exactly the same.[/quote]Pretty certain you are right. Our neighbours still haven't built their pool and our lower field is half mown - exactly like pages-jeunes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassis Posted July 25, 2006 Share Posted July 25, 2006 They have had a half-finished pool ever since the picture was taken? Shame on them. Tell them to get their fingers out. [:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meg Posted July 25, 2006 Share Posted July 25, 2006 [quote user="Christine Animal"]Does anyone know if there is a similar system for the UK as I would love to look at places where we lived, but the Google Earth doesn't zoom in so close as the Pages Jaunes. [/quote]You can view Ariel photo's of UK on http://multimap.com/, do a normal search for an address and click the Ariel icon. I think that Google Earth is probably closer though. It may vary i guess.Louise Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Animal Posted July 25, 2006 Share Posted July 25, 2006 I'm doing something wrong on your Geoportail Cassis. When I enter a commune, it gives the answer found and when I click on that I get an empty white frame with a little hand in it ready to do things, but nothing to do it onhttp://www.geoportail.fr/index.php?event=DisplayCartoVisu&url_insert=454c8017cd9addec9f7d2e88aa8ee6ae Louise, your multimap site seems to have aeriel photos of certain places like on Google Earth, but it doesn't look as if you can just zoom in on anywhere as the Pages Jaunes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassis Posted July 25, 2006 Share Posted July 25, 2006 Works fine for me whether I follow your link or mine to Geoportail. What is the name of the commune you are trying? If you put in Ancinnes ours comes up okay.The pictures on the French sites belong to IGN, the equivalent to Ordnance Survey in the UK. The UK photos will be from another source, I guess it must be less detailed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Animal Posted July 25, 2006 Share Posted July 25, 2006 I've tried several Cassis, including Ancinnes. In the box "aller à ma commune" I type Ancinnes, then OK. Next page, 1 résultat trouvé Ancinnes Sarthe (in blue).Then what do you do, if I click on it I just get back to the empty white frame... ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassis Posted July 25, 2006 Share Posted July 25, 2006 When I click on the name in blue in the found results I get the picture of the commune and can zoom in and out. It may be that you are using an older browser version - a lot of this new stuff only works on IE6 or later or Mozilla 1.5 etc. You can check what version you are using of IE (I seem to recall that's what you use) if you click 'Help' in the top menu and 'Properties'.You can always upload a more up-to-date version free from Microsoft. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/ie6/downloads/default.mspxThe latest version of IE browser is 7 but 6 would probably do - the problem with IE7 is that it makes the dialogue boxes on the forum look funny and you lose some functionality like the forum smilies. That's why I use Mozilla!EDIT - Yes, Geothingies site says:Site compatible avec les navigateurs IE6 et +, Mozilla1.7 et +, Firefox 1.0 et +, Safari 2.0 et +Site compatible avec les plates-formes Windows 2000, XP et +, Linux famille RedHat, Suse et Debian, MacOS X Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Animal Posted July 25, 2006 Share Posted July 25, 2006 I don't see any "help" or "aide" in the top menu, but the computer is recent, purchased in May. On the right of the white frame there are two little boxes : AfficherPhotos aériennes and Cartes. Should I do something there ? [:$] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassis Posted July 26, 2006 Share Posted July 26, 2006 No, I'm talking right up on the menu bar for your browser, not on the webpage. The one that goes file, edit, view, etc or the equivalent in French. The last one is "Help" or "Aide". Click it and scroll down to properties and it'll tell you what version of the Internet Explorer browser you are using. You need IE version 6.0 or later to use the Geoportails site. You should think of updating to version 6 anyway (and maybe signing for automatic updates on the Microsoft site). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Animal Posted July 26, 2006 Share Posted July 26, 2006 Thanks for all your trouble Cassis. I knew what you meant, but all I have at the top of my webpage isFichier Edition Affichage Favoris Outils and then "?" err... that must be it, talk about dumb and I'm not blond ! I'll go and have a look there [:$]Tell you later, have to go now, thanks again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Animal Posted July 26, 2006 Share Posted July 26, 2006 Cassis, I've had a quick look and it's version 6.0.2900.2180 bla bla bla (a lot more numbers)so it's funny it doesn't work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassis Posted July 26, 2006 Share Posted July 26, 2006 Shall we just give up at this point? It's very late ! [8-)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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