Chrissie Posted September 27, 2006 Share Posted September 27, 2006 So there we were in a restaurant last week with a big crowd and at some point we started to bemoan the fact that Google Earth doesn't have good coverage of France. Someone (French) told us there was a good site called Geo-something - hooray!![:D]...........Next morning, several glasses of wine downstream, neither of us can remember the name of the site, let alone the name of the person who told us......[:$][:$][:$]Can anyone help?Chrissie (81) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassis Posted September 27, 2006 Share Posted September 27, 2006 Géoportail, perhaps? Not quite the same ... but some similarities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samdebretagne Posted September 27, 2006 Share Posted September 27, 2006 Yes, it is Géoportail, which the French gov spent millions on because it felt that the fact that certain parts of France are not well-covered by Google Earth was not an accident, and that it was meant as a slight by the US gov. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chauffour Posted September 27, 2006 Share Posted September 27, 2006 try also www.mappy.comi can even see my pool, but i think the photos are at least 5 year old Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassis Posted September 27, 2006 Share Posted September 27, 2006 I saw your pizza oven ( and you, I think) in FPN this month. I don't know why I get that - I'm not a subscriber. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chauffour Posted September 27, 2006 Share Posted September 27, 2006 the pix was of Tracy with Ross Burden, he loved the pizzas and even more the 6+ glasses of limoncello! [B] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassis Posted September 27, 2006 Share Posted September 27, 2006 That was it - how did you come to have him along? Apart from offering 6+ glasses of limoncello? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chauffour Posted September 27, 2006 Share Posted September 27, 2006 Valentina Harris runs a cookery school not far from here, with different chefs every week.The courses starts on saturday, so every friday night, at the end of one course and before the start of the next, they all come here to cill out for a big pizza feast! we also had Michael Moore, his restaurant has been voted one of the 3 best in London... it's quite a sactisfaction for me and Tracy... if we finally move to Cape Town i would like to open the same concept of pizza club over there... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Head Posted September 27, 2006 Share Posted September 27, 2006 I like it, I can keeep my friends close and my enemies even closer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
serrif Posted October 1, 2006 Share Posted October 1, 2006 Chrissie, you want.......www.pagesjaunes.fr Put in your details then follow directions. Good luck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassis Posted October 1, 2006 Share Posted October 1, 2006 Yes - it's the same pictures as Geoportail, taken from IGN aerial photos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
julia Posted October 1, 2006 Share Posted October 1, 2006 I tried the Geoportail one of my village, it was ok for the village view, but not very clear when I tried to zoom in for my house, even I could hardly spot it. Its not that small , honest[blink] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonzjob Posted October 1, 2006 Share Posted October 1, 2006 [quote user="Chauffour"]the pix was of Tracy with Ross Burden, he loved the pizzas and even more the 6+ glasses of limoncello! [B][/quote]Who the hell is Boss Rurden, or what ever his name is? And what's limonchello, sounds like a big citrous fiddle?Geoportail does give much better coverage of this part of France than googliethingie. Plus you can change from the photo to the IGN map by using the slider by the side of the map. This is progressive and you can show both, either or a mix. Good stuff. It is being upgraded all the time with the time line on the left of the screen. It has only just opened and on the first day it crashed because of the number of people trying to access it. I think it will catch up with googlyiewhatsit, but it will only be for France and the DOM/TOMs. Who the devil cares about the rest of the world anyway?[8-|] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWINKLE Posted October 1, 2006 Share Posted October 1, 2006 Pages blanches do something but can't remember the link - sorry! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassis Posted October 2, 2006 Share Posted October 2, 2006 Prob. similar to the Yellow Pages version? Which is part of Mappy.Mappy aerial views. I still prefer Geoportail, personally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tel Posted October 2, 2006 Share Posted October 2, 2006 Neither Géoportail nor Mappy show the sharp definition that Google does in the areas of France it covers. You may be lucky to find Google Earth covers your area.Don't forget that Google Earth, at present only cover 30% of the U.K. and as with Géoportail and Mappy the photo's are, in some cases between 2 and 5 years old. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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