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Nice to have you back in Blighty Snake, have you managed to check your plot yet?

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Imagination is everything, it is a preview of what is to become.

Bump!

Grapes Maps

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Manda.

"Wouldn't it be nice
For maybe an hour
To not have a care."

I did it in the middle of the night whilst not able to sleep Bluemoon, hope you don't mind

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Sarah

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“Tell me one last thing,” said Harry. “Is this real? Or has this been happening inside my head?”
“Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?”

There are map sites with more up to date maps, but I'm not sure how easy it is to set up a "group" map. Now that most people have added themselves to the map I started at the beginning of this thread I daren't suggest another one like this: Live Local Search

The birds eye view thing is great (where it works!).

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A simple dude trying to grow veg.

http://haywayne.blogspot.com/ - UPDATED - 11th June

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These are the destructions they give:

Add items to a collection
Sign in to Live Search Maps with your Windows Live ID (The user name and password that you use to sign in to any Windows Live, MSN, or Office Live sites and services. If you have a Passport Network, Hotmail, or Messenger account, you can use it as your Windows Live ID.) .
In the search box, type a search term, and then click Search.
In the results pane, below the search result that you want to add, click Add to collection.
Select the collection that you want to add the item to, and then click Save.
Note
You can also add items to a collection by right-clicking at the location on the map, and then clicking Add a pushpin.

Make sense?

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A simple dude trying to grow veg.

http://haywayne.blogspot.com/ - UPDATED - 11th June

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Oh HW!!! What are we gonna do with you?!
My picture is a newer one but still before I got the plot.

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Imagination is everything, it is a preview of what is to become.

I had a look but didn't think there was as much detail where we are. Whats up with google anyway?

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Manda.

"Wouldn't it be nice
For maybe an hour
To not have a care."

Oh wow!! Now if I could just get a tad closer on your new map HW I could see what was grown where on the plot before me - would help no end in my planning It's a hell of a lot clearere than the google one!

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Life may not be the party we hoped for but since we're here we might as well dance

Some people have commented that the maps aren't that up to date (which is true), just thought I'd make another suggestion that was all.

If you want truly up to date maps, have a look here: Flash Earth ...satellite and aerial imagery of the Earth in Flash Look at the NASA ones - can't zoom in very far, and you need good weather to see anything at all.

I wasn't suggesting that any map site was the ideal solution, it was just an idea that needs some refining and an expert touch, maybe to be a feature of the forum as marialittlebzz suggested.

Bit of fun though either way.

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A simple dude trying to grow veg.

http://haywayne.blogspot.com/ - UPDATED - 11th June

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No, of course I don't mind - I'd never have figured it out for myself. Thank you. Wish I could find something constructive to do when I can't sleep.

The newer map must have been taken in the spring of 2006 (I can tell because of the location of the spuds - this crop rotation comes in handy for far more than pest control) It also shows the horrific state of the plot next door - to the North, and this is depressing because we've just taken it on and it's obviously had another 2 years' to run wild since then.

Just wondering, was all - thought there was a reasonable take-up of google map and it gave enough info? One of the things to remember when looking at some of these mapping sites is the computer power needed to display them and even the connection needed - don't think everyone runs the latest pc over broadband?

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Manda.

"Wouldn't it be nice
For maybe an hour
To not have a care."

And that you can't please all the people all the time.

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A simple dude trying to grow veg.

http://haywayne.blogspot.com/ - UPDATED - 11th June

http://www.sloganizer.net/en/style2,HeyWayne.png

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Manda.

"Wouldn't it be nice
For maybe an hour
To not have a care."

Some people want newer maps, others want better/easier functionality...

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A simple dude trying to grow veg.

http://haywayne.blogspot.com/ - UPDATED - 11th June

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If you don't give them a choice, then Google Maps will either stand or fall!

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Manda.

"Wouldn't it be nice
For maybe an hour
To not have a care."

You're absolutley right.

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A simple dude trying to grow veg.

http://haywayne.blogspot.com/ - UPDATED - 11th June

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Phew, managed to get a Google account and pin myself on the map, finally! I don't have broadband - it took about 10mins for the map to load up but it was easy enough to navigate around and pin myself up... blimey, am I a long way from you guys or what!!

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Dwell simply ~ love richly

This is has a newer picture of mine, still pre - me though! Brilliant pictures though!! And YES! it is fun, well done you!

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Imagination is everything, it is a preview of what is to become.