<div dir="ltr">Thanks for the link to Canterbury Maps, not come across that before - old isn't it. At least 4 years judging by the garden features that are missing and possibly up to 10 years based on tree size. At least Google is only about 3 years old (but poor resolution).<div><br></div><div>Neither Canterbury nor Google Maps provide any context though. They don't give any feeling of scale or distance or size - no sense of place (as Kevin McCloud would say).</div><div><br></div><div>I'll ask about elsewhere - I'm sure there is someone who would like to play with their new toy!</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers</div><div><br></div><div>-- </div><div>Robin</div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, May 22, 2021 at 9:15 PM Helmut Walle <<a href="mailto:helmut.walle@gmail.com">helmut.walle@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Indeed, and probably no surprise - Google are using satellite imagery, but Canterbury Maps looks<br>
like aerial orthophotos.<br>
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On 22/05/2021 16:42, Mark Beckett wrote:<br>
> Canterbury Maps is sometimes better than Google.<br>
> <br>
> <a href="https://mapviewer.canterburymaps.govt.nz/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://mapviewer.canterburymaps.govt.nz/</a><br>
> <br>
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> On 22/05/21 16:35, Andrew Errington wrote:<br>
>> Aren't you already on Google maps (satellite) or Google Earth? I've found the clarity to be<br>
>> (chillingly) quite good recently.<br>
>><br>
>> Andrew<br>
>><br>
>> On Sat, 22 May 2021, 16:18 Robin Gilks, <<a href="mailto:gb7ipd@gmail.com" target="_blank">gb7ipd@gmail.com</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:gb7ipd@gmail.com" target="_blank">gb7ipd@gmail.com</a>>> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> Greetings all<br>
>><br>
>> I've come to the conclusion that it would be much easier to get some drone footage of my<br>
>> place rather than trying to explain to friends in the UK how/where we live.<br>
>><br>
>> Does anyone with a drone fancy a short trip out here (half way between Rolleston & West<br>
>> Melton) to take a few stills and a few minutes of footage in exchange for a cup of tea and<br>
>> a bag or 2 of walnuts (there might also be home baked cakes!)?<br>
>><br>
>> Cheers<br>
>><br>
>> -- <br>
>> Robin<br>
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