Re: Google Earth with GPS - First steps

On Sat, 20 Aug 2005 14:44:45 +0200, "Sebastian 'Wastl' Koopmann"
<Wastl.K@xxxxxx> wrote:

>Terry Pinnell <terrypinDELETE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> schrubte:
>
>>> the "greenish" part is a satellite image (Landsat) with 14m/pixel,
>>> the "brownish" part AFAIK is a satellite image with 0,7m/pixel.
>>
>> Do you/anyone know what decided the choice of tiling?
>
>Not at all :-(
>
>Here in Germany, the city of Cologne (population nearly one million)
>itself is 'greenish' (lo-res) whilst the surounding areas are 'brownish'
>(hi-res).

I think availability and cost surely has something to do with it. On
Vancouver Island the area around Comox/Courtenay has high res.

On the other hand Victoria, capital city of B.C. is all in 15m
resolution. Vancouver on the mainland is all high res and a much bigger
city than the capital.


Ed Seedhouse,
Victoria, B.C.
.

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