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[iGuest]

satelite imageGoogle Earth Plus VersionI Have google earth, and enjoy using it. Except the image I get of my house is 6 years old. Before I lived there. How, and can I even get a current picture?-question by Rick

[brandonjbegle]

google earth is just another attempt for google to take over the world! lol

[iGuest]

the differences between free/plus/pro & why some areas have better imageGoogle Earth Plus Version

the different versions ALL use the SAME primary database.

Main difference is that the paid versions let you SAVE, PRINT etc  images with HIGHER resolution, Pro also allows you to load some info direct into spreadsheets etc.

Some parts of the world are not flown over by a satellite as often as others and not photographed as often or by sat-cameras as good.   ie  an OLD sat CANNOT take pictures as good as a NEW sat!  Exactly what a sat photographs as it goes over is prioritized, ie Satelite operator may be more interested in highly populated areas to the left of the track than getting yet more pictures of amillion miles of desert with 2 gas pumps and a still, to the right of the track..

If you NEED toPRINT the image of the crap in your back yard at the highest available resolution then your need to pay.

If you happy to LOOK at highest res on your screen and only Print (save/eMail) image in lower res...Be FREE

-reply by olrob

 

[Alex Cicala]

I find that the free version is good enough, reason is the plus and pro versions are more for companies and businesses. Not many features are added in the plus version anyhow, so I say just use the free edition

[Veradesigns]

I believe i heard something about underwater pictures, in google earth, i remember looking at it in the news and online, it was about guys going under water and taking pictures of fishes, and how the underwater looks.

[iGuest]

I've used it in the past, and for my purposes (I do archaeological survey work) it's ability to import waypoints and track logs from my GPS was extremely useful. I often have to plot several dozen waypoints as coordinates on Google Earth, and not having to enter them manually saves a lot of time.

-reply by arky guy