'NearMap.com' - higher res than Google Earth
 

Just thought I'd share with you, for those who haven't heard or come across this yet; nearmap.com... It is an Australian-based online mapping company that boasts five-times the resolution of the imagery found on Google Earth/Maps. The detail is amazing. You can make out whether your car is in your driveway or not!

And having a look at Sydney and Melbourne airports you can certainly notice the difference! Here are a few screenshots I've taken as an example, but have a look at the site for yourself - they're crystal clear, zoomed right in...

Bit of a size comparison: A380 (which looks like it's right on pushback - aerobridges withdrawn / tug in place) vs B747
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b3...n16SEP10-1.jpg

A lineup showing the length of the B777-300ER and A340-600 side by side
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b3...1on16SEP10.jpg

And this is T2 at Melbourne Airport with a slightly angled view, available by clicking on the 'Multi-view' tab
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b3...2on20NOV10.jpg

You can also select dates further back in time when the imagery was taken to watch construction of certain things taking place, etc. They have also uploaded the latest aerial view of Brisbane showing flood-affected areas, at the request of the Queensland authorities, to help with identifying the most flood-stricken areas.

The Google pictures of my place are from Jan/Feb 2007, Nearmap is Sept 2010 and higher resolution - much, much better!!!!! Also 4 other dates newer than Google.....

Nearmap's great! I was introduced by a friend and never looked back. They also update via Twitter for those interested - @NearMap.

I've been able to get aerial views of our house under construction due to their archived dates, and the higher resolution makes it so much better than Google Maps.

They also mapped out the recent floods in Wagga Wagga and Brisbane - the Brisbane ones became viewable yesterday.

Dan

excellent..
Adelaide airport photo is very recent.. with all the new remote bay layouts at T2 with the Malaysia 772 on bay 82 , and with all the building demolition in progress currently..

Pretty cool i think! My favourite so far! :D

http://www.nearmap.com/?q=@-32.04692...n&nmd=20100529

And how did you manage to find that?!

The middle of a paddock near Perth?

Very interesting...

Ah, now I see. The link was showing something else at work...

It's worth maximising your window when looking at that... :)

Excellent stuff! Thanks for sharing Brendan!

There are how many Gladesville Bridges?
 

And a neat trick: drag the nose of the a/c off the bottom right of your screen until the next image of the same aircraft appears further down its approach path. If you then do that once more the a/c appears to crash where two images have been spliced!

Nearmap does have excellent resolution, though.

For another optical illusion check out the South facing MultiView of Gladesville Bridge as at 16 Sep 2010.