anyone know how to print from google maps

F.L. Jennings · Dec 8, 2008

Sometimes I just take a screen shot so that I can edit it and add remarks, etc. and reduce size/file size. This one is of palnting beds in our back yard. It cover a much greater area before reduction in another program.

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George2615 · Dec 9, 2008

For me I get the best pics using my county tax map site. They have Google maps, Yahoo maps, GIS maps, and Windows live search. By far, Windows live search gives me the best pic with highest zoom level with the best resolution and allows me to rotate the view a full 360 degrees (90 deg. at a time).

The only problem I found with all of the free map programs is the pics of my area are all over 1 1/2 to 2 years old since they all show a pickup in my driveway that I haven't owned in 1 1/2 years. Some are older since they don't show a new house that went up 2 years ago.

I haven't tried printing them but there is a print button on each one I went to.

Heywood Jannockitov · Dec 10, 2008

I've made the same observations. One would think that all of these map programs access the same satellite imagery, but apparently not. Part of the fun is trying to estimate when some of these photos were taken. Because they are all "snapshots in time", another interesting thing that I have noticed, but of course, I'm likely stating the obvious, is that as you zoom in, you zoom so far, then the photo switches to a new shot, sometimes taken at a different time. Occasionally, things disappear because the next photo accessed is all of a sudden, older than the last one.

woodlandfarms · Dec 10, 2008

Each major company buys photos from various suppliers. Google Earth provides a layer that tells you the date of the pictures taken. Microsoft was late getting into the game, and some of the pix it has purchased are more current than Google Earths. Also because Microsoft was late, google got some exlcusive deals that have holes in their layouts so they rely more on government photos.

Our county takes aerial photos every 2 years. They say it is a service, many believe it is how they are keeping tabs on the pot growers and people who build illegally.

If you are a google earth use, try out street view. If that doesn't give you the big brother willies nothing will.