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Honest question: what's the advantage of using FlashEarth over Bing maps (which appears to be the source of the data)?

• runjake 12y ago
  Typically an analyst would use both. They tend to compliment each other for multiple reasons: Bing has imagery from a different time period (most of the time newer than GMaps, but some of the time older, which can be useful). Bing also has the Bird's Eye view, and different aerial imagery in general, which can help with clarification and image artifacting. So basically, we're using all of our available options. BTW, this is all run of the mill stuff in mil/int circles, but with better resolutions and light/electromagnetic bands.
  • magicalist 12y ago
    I think you misunderstood the question? FlashEarth[1] appears to just be a Bing Maps imagery viewer. [1] http://www.flashearth.com/ http://www.flashearth.com/
  • martin_loetzsch 12y ago
    Yes. If you want to have bing aerial images next to google satellite imagery, use this app to display bing maps in google earth: http://ge-map-overlays.appspot.com/bing-maps/aerial http://ge-map-overlays.appspot.com/bing-maps/aerial