On Monday 24 May 2010 17:31:50 Stephen Powell wrote: > 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+Pala >ce,+London,+United+Kingdom&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=49.310476,114.169922& >ie=UTF8&hq=Buckingham+Palace&hnear=Buckingham+Palace,+London,+UK&ll=51.50073 >2,-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? ;-)
:-) There is obviously a problem with either me or my box or both. I am running out of time to solve this particular problem, but I clearly need to solve the general problem. :-( But _after_ some food, a break, and perhaps a night's sleep. Thanks all of you for your help. Lisi -- 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/201005241759.46852.lisi.re...@gmail.com
