Comments on: Google Zoom Hack not What I Expected

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 01:24:56 +0000

This is another example of all talk and no substance.

Basically zooming in further on Google is a crock.

If you could zoom in so far to see what type underwear the other guys were wearing, than the military would get their tights all in a bunch.

It’s called “they are protecting you from yourself”.

Maps will zoom in so close you can see a ghat sitting on a toothpick.
But they won’t let you do it.

It’s ok for “them” to see what you are doing, but you cannot see what “they” are doing. All in the name of national security.

My 2 cents.

By: James Turnbull

James Turnbull — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 09:17:54 +0000

I posted a response to this story over at [googlesightseeing.com]

Basically, yes there are a couple of locations around the world where you can zoom in a wee bit further, but it’s no better than using Google Earth.

By: Dave Q

Dave Q — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 07:42:04 +0000

Apparently, it doesn’t work anymore

Though, we saw the patch of camels lazing by.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 07:30:45 +0000

Google Maps is the only one that has a high-resolution image of our house, and Live Maps has a low resolution image that’s black and white…and I think that is horrible. I do like the interface for Yahoo maps a little more but Google’s satellite imagery is better.

By: netster007x

netster007x — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 02:13:24 +0000

It maxed out for me at 19, which is pretty clear and zoomed in, yet I can get this far with the slider. I have to admit, this is much further zoomed than I can get with Yahoo! maps, although I like the look and feel of Y! maps (despite the oversized ad that somehow ignore my AT&T status).

By: Ashley

Ashley — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 23:41:19 +0000

Hmmm… your house has vanished? Yikes, I’d guess Google Maps is having some problems then!

By: Someone

Someone — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 23:39:15 +0000

well it appears that Google Maps isn’t working correctly because it can’t find my house anymore, when I type in addresses it just gives an aprox location, which is no where near where it’s suppose to be, and it use to work fine.

Wonders how long this trick of zooming in will last.