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Re: New online mapping from nearmap.com
From: Peter Fogg
Date: 2010 Nov 18, 12:12 +1100
From: Peter Fogg
Date: 2010 Nov 18, 12:12 +1100
Does have a measurement tool:
http://www.nearmap.com/help/measurement-tool
On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 11:39 AM, Peter Fogg <piterr11@gmail.com> wrote:
Have recently come across this new (?) online mapping facility:which is similar to Google's product, with a few advantages:1. Apart from familiar overhead photo or street map options, Nearmap also offers "Terrain", giving an indication of the topography; and2. The overhead photo view is not only relatively fresh but also comes with a date. Not only that, but earlier overhead photos are typically available, also with dates. They seem to be high-quality images.What it doesn't have is a measuring tool, to (for example) measure distances within the maps. Any map-maker software-developers tuned in, please consider including this...