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My understanding is that it does vary, depending on source (and their variance is often due to purpose and location). For example, I'm in a major city so the r

My understanding is that it does vary, depending on source (and their variance is often due to purpose and location). For example, I'm in a major city so the resolution is great - you can see the boat the previous owners had in the backyard. My parents live in a rural area, and you can't even find their house through the pixels.

jurjenh 16y ago
Funny thing is that the resolution doesn't always change at what we consider logical places - the town I live in (Waiuku, New Zealand) is split roughly down the middle with high and low resolution - most likely because of the limited availability of high-resolution data. It can be very frustrating when the area you are interested in is just on the other side of the line... That said, through Land Information New Zealand you can get better aerial detail for free http://www.linz.govt.nz/topography/aerial-images/nzmg-non-geo/apq12/index.aspx http://www.linz.govt.nz/topography/aerial-images/nzmg-non-ge... at a resolution of 2.5m per pixel. I'm not sure if google uses this data or not, I guess it's all due to licensing issues etc...