On Mon, 24 May 2010 12:03:41 -0400 (EDT), Lisi wrote: > How I fared: > > I could only persuade Yahoo maps to offer to get me from A to B, not show me > pictures of A. > > Mapquest zoomed in on it beautifully, but had no pictures. Two > different "maps", and I could turn the labels off under the aerial view, but > no pictures. I presume that they photographed the USA first. > > But thanks for the lateral thinking, Stephen. It might have worked!! > > I shall have to give up for the moment.
Let's see. IIRC you live in the UK, correct? I had no trouble zooming in on London with aerial photos. You did click on aerial map, right? I just tried Google maps at Brad's suggestion. It's even better. Try again. I got this shot of Buckingham Palace: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Buckingham+Palace,+London,+United+Kingdom&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=49.310476,114.169922&ie=UTF8&hq=Buckingham+Palace&hnear=Buckingham+Palace,+London,+UK&ll=51.500732,-0.141862&spn=0.002384,0.006968&t=h&z=18 Say hello to Her Majesty for me the next time you stop in for tea, will you? ;-) -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/971004913.10429.1274718710827.javamail.r...@md01.wow.synacor.com
