Finally, a Way to Download Big, Detailed Maps from Google Maps !

[malovich]

Ever wanted to download highly detailed images (road maps/satellite/terrain/hybrid over large areas from google maps? Check out google map buddy, I stumbled across this via the site lifehacker. It allows you to select an area of map and a desired detail(zoom) level of the area, It will download 256x256 images and stitch them together into a large full size image to be printed out wall mural size or to keep on your laptop while visiting remote islands.. Be careful with the zoom level, you may spend a lot of time waiting for your computer to download and compile the images

[boatman61]

Don't suppose it calculates distances across Oceans as well... fed up of walking my dividers across charts...lol

[idpnd]

Originally Posted by boatman61

Don't suppose it calculates distances across Oceans as well... fed up of walking my dividers across charts...lol

You can do that on google earth by the way..

[malovich]

or google maps with the "my maps" tools.

[boatman61]

Originally Posted by idpnd

You can do that on google earth by the way..

You Can....... Damn.. never have got on with these noo fungled geegaws..... Figured out by road but not over water...

[malovich]

after you install google earth, look at the top of the screen for a ruler, you can do a single straight line or a path which is straight lines joined together.

[boatman61]

Originally Posted by malovich

after you install google earth, look at the top of the screen for a ruler, you can do a single straight line or a path which is straight lines joined together.

Brilliant... Thank you....