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I tried this link when I heard about it. You may already be aware of it. You can zoom in on battlefields, and other sites. You can get close enough to see the statues fairly clearly. Click aerial, then birdseye. As far as I know it's a free service through Windows. The still below is of part of the National Cemetery at Gettysburg. Type in your destination in the search window then use the arrows and the right-click function to get as close as you can.
I'm not sure as to if the photo can be refreshed to show live real-time or not. I'm still playing around with it. If anybody has any tips please share them. Thanks
Terry
__________________ "In this great struggle, this form of Government and every form of human right is endangered if our enemies succeed. There is more involved in this contest than is realized by every one." Abraham Lincoln - August 18, 1864 Speech to the 164th Ohio Regiment
Last edited by william42 : 02-28-2006 at 01:15 PM.
Here's an email I just received from support for the site:
Hello Terry ,
Thank you for contacting Windows Live Local Beta support.
My name is Cindy.
I will be happy to assist you.
I understand you have questions about Bird's Eye images appearing in real time.
I appreciate the information you have provided, and I have referred this information to our Development Team.
We are in the beta stage with Windows Live Local and the service is not feature complete.
As is the nature with any beta, we are testing features and scenarios that may not be included in the final version.
Please visit http://groups.msn.com/MSNVirtualEarth/messages.msnw you will find many answers and updates to Windows Live Local.
Thank you for contacting Windows Live Local Beta Technical Support.
We continually strive to make our product and support services the leader in the industry and take all feedback, positive and negative, very seriously.
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Sincerely,
Cindy
Windows Live Local Beta
Customer Service Team
__________________ "In this great struggle, this form of Government and every form of human right is endangered if our enemies succeed. There is more involved in this contest than is realized by every one." Abraham Lincoln - August 18, 1864 Speech to the 164th Ohio Regiment
Sam, unfortunately not all areas of the country are available with the "Birdseye" feature. This link below is the best I could do at Vicksburg.
If you enter "Vicksburg battlefield" in the search window you'll come up with the general area. You can zoom in from there, then hold the left click down on the mouse and pan around until you find the field. If "aerial" and "birdseye" is available you'll see the options for them on the left. If not, then you can still Zoom and pan around but you won't get any aerial photography. I understand the site is still being developed so hopefully we'll be able to view all battlefields by "birdseye" eventually.
__________________ "In this great struggle, this form of Government and every form of human right is endangered if our enemies succeed. There is more involved in this contest than is realized by every one." Abraham Lincoln - August 18, 1864 Speech to the 164th Ohio Regiment
__________________ "In this great struggle, this form of Government and every form of human right is endangered if our enemies succeed. There is more involved in this contest than is realized by every one." Abraham Lincoln - August 18, 1864 Speech to the 164th Ohio Regiment
I guess I'll have to pull up a battlefield map and try to figure out what I'm looking at! I'm having a hard time with the visualization.
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Mark W. Swarthout, Esq.
GGGrandson of Pvt. John W. Swarthout, Company E, 148th NYVI - Wounded at Cold Harbor.
GGGGrandson of Pvt. Henry Stephens, Company D, 137th NYVI - Wounded at Culp's Hill, Gettysburg.
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