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johnfowles · 06-19-2006, 10:53 PM

Today Jun 19th I received from the UK my June 15-22 subscription copy of a most splendid internet magazine Web User and read about the growing coverage in the UK of the newish and very interesting (to me at least) Windows Local Live aerial picture service, that I used to make great screenshots of the Statue Of Liberty the Empire State Building

Sightseers on the Empire state Building
and New York's Intrepid Naval Museum/Concorde.
(the latter I have already displayed in
Topic: A Brush with the Famous
at:-
http://www.corfid.com/cgi-bin/ubb/ul...2;t=000938;p=2
I have just googled and the article I read is now on-line at:-
http://www.webuser.co.uk/news/85516.html
where you can read that:-
"Microsoft has launched a UK version of its online mapping service Local Live which lets web users view cities from a 45-degree bird-eyes view.

The stunning-looking service currently only covers 230 square miles of London, and Portsmouth, Southampton and Cambridge, but this will soon be expanded, Microsoft says, so that within the two years Windows Live Local will have bird's eye imagery for 80 per cent of Europe's population.

The feature also lets users choose to look from North, South, East and West, and is detailed enough to see what types of car are parked outside peoples' houses."
there was a link to:-
http://www.local.live.com
Now after getting good clear screenshots of our house some New Jersey landmarks and New York's JFK airport

JFK airport the Delta Airlines terminal
I decided to investigate further
I had previously tried unsuccessfully to get oblique views of 2 London landmarks
Buck House and the Royal Albert Hall

The Royal Albert Hall and The Albert Memorial
and could only get maps or good quality aerial views
I really cannot imagine therefore what on earth (to coin a phrase) the 230 square miles of London covers if those 2 major landmarks are not viewable as bird's eye views.
Even Tower Bridge London could only elicit a grudging Tower of London and as before only an aerial view or a map

Tower Bridge is at the bottom
OK I thought how's about the claimed other UK areas?
I decided that one of the most famous landmarks in Portsmouth is Nelson's Trafalgar flagship HMS Victory
and put in a search for her.
I was singularly unimpressed to be offerred successively locations in Hawaii; Atlanta, Georgia; Boston and for "Southampton England the Southampton Court House in Courtland Virginia!!

If you do not have a high speed connection you are also probably "shit out of luck" as loading anything on a dial-up takes oodles of patience
uhich reminds me I must also try to address the controversial subject of displaying pictures as I have been at odds with our moderator during the day and believe that Florian is on my side.
Please Note Well that the pictures displayed above use precisely none of florian's (as we now know) still limited and priceless paid for corfid web space as they are all stored on imageshack and moreover it is an unarguable fact that any bandwidth a.k.a file transfer/access usage/cost is borne not by corfid but again by imageshack. Also to aid those like me who are on a dial up I have used imageshack's convenient provided thumbnail links to show a small quick loading thumb that if clicked will open the the full sized screenshot(s) for those wishing to study it/them.
My point is that reading between those lines the loss of the forums yesterday and this morning has absolutely nothing whatseoever to do with my and Jessie-Joes displaying pictures here in profusion despite what as I understand many of you thought and expresed in emails or messages to Char so there!!
anybody who thinks they can prove otherwise is welcome to try
John Fowles

[ June 22, 2006, 14:35: Message edited by: johnfowles ]

06-19-2006, 10:53 PM	#1
johnfowles Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: New Jersey U.S.A. ex UK and Canada Posts: 4,846	Today Jun 19th I received from the UK my June 15-22 subscription copy of a most splendid internet magazine Web User and read about the growing coverage in the UK of the newish and very interesting (to me at least) Windows Local Live aerial picture service, that I used to make great screenshots of the Statue Of Liberty the Empire State Building Sightseers on the Empire state Building and New York's Intrepid Naval Museum/Concorde. (the latter I have already displayed in Topic: A Brush with the Famous at:- http://www.corfid.com/cgi-bin/ubb/ul...2;t=000938;p=2 I have just googled and the article I read is now on-line at:- http://www.webuser.co.uk/news/85516.html where you can read that:- "Microsoft has launched a UK version of its online mapping service Local Live which lets web users view cities from a 45-degree bird-eyes view. The stunning-looking service currently only covers 230 square miles of London, and Portsmouth, Southampton and Cambridge, but this will soon be expanded, Microsoft says, so that within the two years Windows Live Local will have bird's eye imagery for 80 per cent of Europe's population. The feature also lets users choose to look from North, South, East and West, and is detailed enough to see what types of car are parked outside peoples' houses." there was a link to:- http://www.local.live.com Now after getting good clear screenshots of our house some New Jersey landmarks and New York's JFK airport JFK airport the Delta Airlines terminal I decided to investigate further I had previously tried unsuccessfully to get oblique views of 2 London landmarks Buck House and the Royal Albert Hall The Royal Albert Hall and The Albert Memorial and could only get maps or good quality aerial views I really cannot imagine therefore what on earth (to coin a phrase) the 230 square miles of London covers if those 2 major landmarks are not viewable as bird's eye views. Even Tower Bridge London could only elicit a grudging Tower of London and as before only an aerial view or a map Tower Bridge is at the bottom OK I thought how's about the claimed other UK areas? I decided that one of the most famous landmarks in Portsmouth is Nelson's Trafalgar flagship HMS Victory and put in a search for her. I was singularly unimpressed to be offerred successively locations in Hawaii; Atlanta, Georgia; Boston and for "Southampton England the Southampton Court House in Courtland Virginia!! If you do not have a high speed connection you are also probably "shit out of luck" as loading anything on a dial-up takes oodles of patience uhich reminds me I must also try to address the controversial subject of displaying pictures as I have been at odds with our moderator during the day and believe that Florian is on my side. Please Note Well that the pictures displayed above use precisely none of florian's (as we now know) still limited and priceless paid for corfid web space as they are all stored on imageshack and moreover it is an unarguable fact that any bandwidth a.k.a file transfer/access usage/cost is borne not by corfid but again by imageshack. Also to aid those like me who are on a dial up I have used imageshack's convenient provided thumbnail links to show a small quick loading thumb that if clicked will open the the full sized screenshot(s) for those wishing to study it/them. My point is that reading between those lines the loss of the forums yesterday and this morning has absolutely nothing whatseoever to do with my and Jessie-Joes displaying pictures here in profusion despite what as I understand many of you thought and expresed in emails or messages to Char so there!! anybody who thinks they can prove otherwise is welcome to try John Fowles [ June 22, 2006, 14:35: Message edited by: johnfowles ]