Increased Resolution

johnrmoore101 · 11-09-2005, 08:56 PM

Can someone help me understand what the benefit is of an overlay? I downloaded one yesterday and discovered that in spite of changing the color scheme to look like it was high res, the visual information in the view was the same resolution! Am I missing something?
On a related note, I am desperately seeking a high resolution image of a volcano in Mexico called Iztaccihuatl. Any help would be appreciated!
thanks in advance
john

araT · 11-10-2005, 10:52 AM

Hey John!

Chances are when the overlay was submitted that area was lower resolution, google updates its imagery every so often and it remders a lot of our placemarks useless (planes, boats, some overlays and animals mostly) If you could tell me the name of the file i'll move it to the outdated catagory

As for Iztaccihuatl, I found a few images.. not great, but better than what you can see in GE..

NASA imagery

Landsat Image

Close-up at sunset

Hope this helps!

T.

johnrmoore101 · 11-10-2005, 04:26 PM

Popocatepetl and Iztaccihuatl Volcanoes, Mexico (3D Overlay) is the filename. I dont think it is outdated because the original GE image is low res. I was just hoping that GE would update the file to be high res so I could see the trails from the basecamp up through the intermediate points to the summit!
thanks for the great pics!

floduras · 11-22-2005, 08:27 PM

your hope is my wish!
hopefully more will yoin us!

11-09-2005, 08:56 PM	#1
johnrmoore101 Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 4	Increased Resolution Can someone help me understand what the benefit is of an overlay? I downloaded one yesterday and discovered that in spite of changing the color scheme to look like it was high res, the visual information in the view was the same resolution! Am I missing something? On a related note, I am desperately seeking a high resolution image of a volcano in Mexico called Iztaccihuatl. Any help would be appreciated! thanks in advance john

11-10-2005, 04:26 PM	#3
johnrmoore101 Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 4	resolution Popocatepetl and Iztaccihuatl Volcanoes, Mexico (3D Overlay) is the filename. I dont think it is outdated because the original GE image is low res. I was just hoping that GE would update the file to be high res so I could see the trails from the basecamp up through the intermediate points to the summit! thanks for the great pics!

11-22-2005, 08:27 PM	#4
floduras Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 5	resolution your hope is my wish! hopefully more will yoin us!

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11-10-2005, 10:52 AM	#2
araT Licensed to Ban Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Sydney, Oz Posts: 1,244	Hey John! Chances are when the overlay was submitted that area was lower resolution, google updates its imagery every so often and it remders a lot of our placemarks useless (planes, boats, some overlays and animals mostly) If you could tell me the name of the file i'll move it to the outdated catagory As for Iztaccihuatl, I found a few images.. not great, but better than what you can see in GE.. NASA imagery Landsat Image Close-up at sunset Hope this helps! T.