Tried it. Data quality is markedly inferior to Google maps. Birds eye greyed out. Data is also several years older than Google - Google is about 2005, Bing about 1995. (All this of course on my location. Map data is similar quality to Google, but has data gaps - I don't mean roads are missing (some are), but patches of the map go blank when you zoom in, so that roads visible at a smaller scale disappear. Some National Park boundaries are clearly wrong by well over a kilometre.

All in all, quite unimpressed!

John

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1970 2a 109 2.25 petrol

Generally I think you have to go a long way to get a better 'overall' view than google

Nearmap has very good resolution mapping for some areas but generally it is very poor away from major areas.

As for 'Bing' zoom levels are not as good as google and whilst I can see my place, move 500m to the east and there is NO aerial photography and I would consider myself to be close to Sydney.




Martyn

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It's hopeless - only goes to 150m (or so it sys) height. Can't hardly see any detail of my block so no idea when photo was taken. Google is better as far as I can see (literally).

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Data varies John. The google of my house is 3 years old and the Bing only a few months.

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I've had enough of this wowdy webel sniggewing behaviour.

And for those that use GoogleMV and the like to download maps. Where Google specifically discourages this by banning your IP. Nearmaps specifically allows it for private use.

Good for those in Perth, because Nearmaps is based in Perth. Use Trekbuddy. It has support for downloading Nearmaps built in

I am sorry, but I have to correct you. You are referring to "TrekBuddy Atlas Creator" not to TrekBuddy. TrekBuddy is a J2ME program for displaying maps.

BTW: "TrekBuddy Atlas Creator" has been renamed to "Mobile Atlas Creator" on month ago: Mobile Atlas Creator

mobrob

Yeah, your right thought the URL I referred to still contains a reference to 'TrekBuddy'. BTW why does someone on their first post here bother to comment on this - are you associated with Mobile Atlas Creator (formerly known as TrekBuddy Atlas Creator). If so, nice piece of work.