Originally Posted By imtigger2 Hi all! I was just checking out the new Window Live Local BETA and I can't believe the detail in their "birds eye view" photos. MUCH better than anything I've seen on Google. I placed a pin in the Plaza here: <a href="http://local.live.com/?v=2&sp=aN.33.809072_-117.918954_Disneyland" target="_blank">http://local.live.com/?v=2&sp= aN.33.809072_-117.918954_Disneyland%20Resort%20Plaza_</a> Be sure to use the panel on the left, click on the building icons to zoom out a little bit, then use your mouse on the map... click and HOLD to drag the map around. If you don't see anything, give the map a moment to load. Also, be sure to click 'birds eye' view. They haven't mapped Epcot as well, but it still looks great here: <a href="http://local.live.com/?v=2&sp=aN.28.375327_-81.549523_Spaceship%20Earth_" target="_blank">http://local.live.com/?v=2&sp= aN.28.375327_-81.549523_Spaceship%20Earth_</a> You'll want to back off one click (the minus sign on top left) then use your mouse to drag the map and follow the monorail tracks. Oh, you can close most the windows on that page... like the notepad. If you want a "pin" on the map, right click. From there you can e-mail and bookmark as well. I hear it doesn't work well with Firefox or IE on a MAC, sorry (it is a MS product). Give it a try anyway. ENJOY! Dan B imtigger Carlsbad, CA
Originally Posted By imtigger2 Hmmm... looks like those links are a little screwy there. Try this one for Disneyland: <a href="http://local.live.com/?v=2&sp=aN.33.809072_-117.918954_Disneyland_0Resort_0Plaza" target="_blank">http://local.live.com/?v=2&sp= aN.33.809072_-117.918954_Disneyland_0Resort_0Plaza</a>_ NOTE: in birds eye view, you have to click on the sections in the box in the top left of your screen to view other areas. You'll get the hang of it and this one for Epcot: <a href="http://local.live.com/?v=2&sp=aN.28.375327_-81.549523_Spaceship_0Earth" target="_blank">http://local.live.com/?v=2&sp= aN.28.375327_-81.549523_Spaceship_0Earth</a>_ NOTE: for the Epcot one, click on "aerial view" on the left top box, otherwise, you won't see anything but raw map. Hope these work for everyone!
Originally Posted By imtigger2 WAIT! ONE MORE THING! (ha!) In the Disneyland Map, you HAVE TO click on the Birds Eye view in the top left box!! otherwise, you get just the Standard Map... and you don't want that, do you? Ok, I'm done. No... it's for real this time. Truly. Done. Wait!... oh, never mind.. false alarm, I'm really done.
Originally Posted By seanyoda I'm pretty sure that these shots are from an airplane rather than a satellite. As for the photos, it's interesting to look at photos from DCA's first year.
Originally Posted By Skippy Need to figure out a good way to paste all that together into one nice big image.
Originally Posted By imtigger2 Dave... that's the point of my post here, this is WAY BETTER than what Google has to offer. Did you check it out? ... with the "birds eye" view? Google can't come close to those images. I can see my brick in the plaza! So... in yo' FACE sukka! BTW, Laura and I had fun with OUAC's Xmas party. We didn't participate in the exchange, but it totally cracked us up. It takes a damn long time, but it was totally fun. Thanks for your help with that! You rock!... "most" the time
Originally Posted By imtigger2 I know Google is much easier to use, and give a purdy photos of DL from 1000 Miles up, but this BETA shows DLR from what looks like 300-500 feet in the air, it's pretty cool. BTW, check out Bill Gates' house. I believe you can search Bellview WA and he'll be in a list there. When you get there, thank him for making a cool mapping program.. oh, and tell him Dan sent ya.
Originally Posted By imtigger2 ... and there goes my bad sentence structuring once again .. ha! Hey Doobie! .. how about an EDIT button!
Originally Posted By seanyoda An easy comparison of the two is found when you look "south" to Main Street station. In the birds-eye view on live.com you can clearly see the features of the north face of Main Street Station while on the google earth image, the north face of Main Street Station is a dark blob.
Originally Posted By Hans Reinhardt One interesting thing I noticed is that the entire Rivers of America could fit inside the Mickey and Friends parking garage.
Originally Posted By CoasterKrayzie wow that is great much closer than google earth. too bad you cant save the images, i wanted to splice them together and make a nice large image.
Originally Posted By seanyoda Something else i noticed about the live.com birds-eye images: The North/South images were taken during DCA's opening year. There's no Tower or Flik's, Hollywood and Dine and SSL are open, and Millionaire's building is still under construction. The East/West images were taken two years later. Flik's and Playhouse Disney are open, but Tower is still under contstruction (without its dome).
Originally Posted By DlandDug I want Google Earth to update so we can finally see a decent image of Animal Kingdom. And the southern half of World Showcase in Epcot. These images are terrific-- albeit dated and hard to navigate...
Originally Posted By basas <<I want Google Earth to update so we can finally see a decent image of Animal Kingdom. And the southern half of World Showcase in Epcot.>> Don't forget MGM.
