John, interesting, closest I can get a clear focus on your 96720 is up on a mountain and the camera view is from like 30k feet. Interesting. do you have a mil installation near you?

some sections are 'fuzzed' out intentionally.
Down at the hilo harbor, you can see this dramatically as you scroll north to the next map where the resolution is multiples better. This could be due to Homeland security concerns about the harbor, mil concerns, or just old photos

I suspect homeland security for while you can clearly see my boat in the marina/yard, in ne florida, right across the street is a supposedly secret covert ops base that on google, shows no detail whatsoever

but I can sure see it with the naked eye

heheh. spooks at play
In any event, i'll take a quick run around the caribbean, but so far for Bermuda, Bahamas, etc. the detail is clearly sufficient to give one a pretty good picture of what is what and where

I'm a Google Earth novice so it may be that the pro version offers access to more maps etc. I'll play with it and let you know.
seer