Awsome Google Maps in 3D

[Spedley]

I don’t know when it happened but it could be a while ago.  Anyway, many places are now available in Google Maps (on computer) in full 3D.

Don’t know how to turn it on but using Street View and then zooming out with the mouse wheel does it.  Use Ctrl to rotate with the mouse.  I suggest looking at power stations and railway stations or across countryside etc.

Seriously awesome and part of the reason I forgive Google for it’s data grabbing – there must be so much data there!

Oh, and that is what Google Earth in VR looks like!

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[tadka]

I noticed that a while ago. You have to go to the satellite view (Earth) by clicking on the square in the bottom left corner and then select 3D in the bottom right corner. It’s nice for exploring places.

[keith with the teef]

Google earth has provided me many times with invauble information for nowt. Like where to park for free in big cities and how to circumvent airport parking with a little cheek from the old boy.

TBH I must be the only person on the planet to do it or there would be cars where i park there is non.

[tadka]

You would be surprised how many set off on their journeys only knowing the name of their destination and that they need to go down M4 or such to get there. And yes, Google Earth is excellent for scouting out locations like parking, for me personally it’s finding new kitesurfing locations with parking where it comes in handy.

[Bob Williams]

Atm I am severely p****d off with my Garmin, which I regularly update and which has led me onto the wrong route twice in a month. Last time was the London trek, when it attempted to send me through Central London to get from Lincolnshire to Beckenham, then again on the return journey. Today I took my youngest gdaughter to a new attraction in South Lincolnshire, the Lincolnshire Wildlife Park:

https://tinyurl.com/kdluxp2

I knew it was way out in the sticks, but I also knew roughly where it was. The Garmin eventually put us on almost 3 miles of the worst road I have ever travelled (and in Lincolnshire, that is saying something!) which had a 60 limit, but could not be driven at over 25 without smacking the sump on the road. A straight, single track road with one Passing Place: fortunately I could see the only approaching car well before I got to it, and was able to pull over. The family in that car, probably tourists, were travelling slowly and looked terrified. On the return journey, I came back the way I correctly guessed would get me home, which was shorter and about 1000% smoother!

As for the Park itself: OK if you are in the area, but 2 or 3 hours sees everything. The usual Meerkats, gazillions of Parrots, Cockatoos, Cockateels, Birds of Prey, Lemurs, Rheas, Peacocks, a Coatamundi and a Tapir named Cecil. Oh – and some very sleepy Tigers. Smaller kids loved it, but my blasé Gd was as bored as the Tigers looked, after an hour. Food is not bad.

I am returning to a good map and RAC Roadworks reports, with a Google route.

When the Thought Police arrive at your door, think -
I'm out.

[Tippon]

Bob Williams wrote:

I am returning to a good map and RAC Roadworks reports, with a Google route.

Waze is pretty good if you’ve got an Android phone. It’s got a social aspect and a points system so that users have an incentive to flag up problems like roadworks or accidents.

[The Duke]

Ive tried and tried to stick with waze, but I always return to google nav. I’m not sure what it is.

Google maps scrapes all the user generated  trafic info from waze so your getting all that in g nav just you don’t get to input data. I find g nav give you the best info in the best timely manner over waze. Waze lakes telling you what lane to be in on large junction turn offs and round abouts. Normally this isn’t an issue, but going to foreign towns/cities this becomes an issue.

Google nav is good at changing your route mid journey if there is trafic, as is waze, but I’ve found going to busy places like football games or leaving theme parks, as everyone is using Google nav (and waze same engine) all the routes it offers get busy. So my top tip is use Here Maps on these days, it gives you the most Wacky routes but does miss the trafic. I’d rather go a longer route and keep moving than sat in traffic.

I actually like being taken the obscure ways to palaces, as id never of gone that way so would never of seen the paces. I remember  Here taking me through loads of great countryside to Alton towers once, I knew the way (been loads) , but wanted to avoid the traffic, and the journey was great. I’d of never picked the route off a map, to complicating, but neither did anyone else, so it was plain sailing all the way in and out. Probably added 20 mins to the boring motorway journey, but saved a good hour of trafic on a busy August morning and evening.

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