Barry, In my area, the birds-eye view has been available only in and near urban and suburban areas. It is missing from all wide-scale low population areas that I have ever checked since it became available a year or two ago.
Paul On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 2:22 PM, Barry Caselli <[email protected]>wrote: > I'm not sure if the bird's-eye view is available for every state. It took > quite a bit of time before it was available for all of NJ. But if that view > is available, you can look at something, click the share button, and it > gives you a long URL. Then you click the "copy to clipboard" button and > paste it into an email. I'm sure it works for the regular map views and > aerial views as well. But I love the clarity of the bird's-eye view. It's > amazing. > > --- On *Wed, 7/29/09, [email protected] <[email protected]>* wrote: > > > From: [email protected] <[email protected]> > Subject: [ENTS] Re: Map link (test) > To: [email protected] > Date: Wednesday, July 29, 2009, 10:18 AM > > Barry: > > That is really an interesting feature. The clarity of the image was > impressive. > > > Russ > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Barry Caselli <[email protected]> > To: ENTS <[email protected]> > Sent: Tue, Jul 28, 2009 5:43 pm > Subject: [ENTS] Map link (test) > > ENTS, > This is a test, to see if this works for everyone. It just worked for me. > > http://www.bing.com/maps/default.aspx?v=2&FORM=LMLTCC&cp=qkx5jk8sf8sz&style=b&lvl=1&tilt=-90&dir=0&alt=-1000&phx=0&phy=0&phscl=1&scene=14797384&encType=1 > (Or, if that link is broken, try this > *http://tinyurl.com/n6syde*<http://tinyurl.com/n6syde> > * *) > Assuming this works, when you click the link you should be at an > intersection of dirt roads. This is in the MSN bird's eye view (actually now > called Bing instead of MSN). So if you scroll up just a bit you will be > looking down on a big cedar swamp, a pure, unadulterated cedar swamp. This > is at the north end (actually northeast) of the road I live on. I forget how > far away it is, maybe 3 miles, or 4. Anyway, if the link takes you to > exactly what I see here, you should be able to see the cedar swamp by > scrolling a bit. Just a few yards south of there, you can see a tiny > clearing where I ate my lunch today. What a place- a pine/oak forest and a > cedar swamp. I love it. > If that worked, I can show more maps or bird's-eye views like this to go > with my posts. > I highly recommend these bird's-eye views. > Barry > > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Eastern Native Tree Society http://www.nativetreesociety.org Send email to [email protected] Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
