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High In The Sky-Greater London
 
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High In The Sky-Greater London

by Europress
Platform:   Windows XP / 2000 / 95 / 98 / NT / Me
1.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)

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System Requirements

  • Platform:   Windows XP / 2000 / 95 / 98 / NT / Me
  • Media: CD-ROM
  • Item Quantity: 1
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Product Features

  • Hours and hours of fascinating photography
  • Each title in the series provides a seamless, panoramic aerial view Easy to install and extremely user friendly Hand tool to move the image in any direction
  • Measure tool to view co-ordinates or to measure the distance between two points
  • Zoom tool to zoom in and out interactively by moving the mouse up or down
  • Exceeds the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors' current specifications

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  • ASIN: B00007564A
  • Release Date: 17 Jan 2003
  • Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 6,576 in Software (See Bestsellers in Software)

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Product Description

Amazon.co.uk Review
Although the CD-ROM package High in the Sky is not quite a replacement for that bird's-eye view, it is certainly the next best thing. Produced by the well-known aerial photographers Getmapping, it includes detailed aerial views of everywhere from Avon to Worcestershire, via most of the counties in between.

It claims to come with photographs from "over half a million miles across the UK." While exhaustively trawling through this footage might not be for everyone, the views will surely be appreciated for the aerial panoramas it gives of places that people know well.

The CD-ROM comes with a zoom function that allows the user to focus closely on specific points--you may even be able to pick out your own house on some of the more detailed footage. The software also allows you to measure the distance between two points on a photograph, so that you will be able to discern how long a particular walk or cycle ride may be (rather than exaggerating to make yourself feel fitter).

These features illustrate how the designers have cannily targeted the package as a natty gift item, which will surely be appreciated by many people who hitherto have been "difficult" to buy presents for. There is no longer any need to pick up the first paperback that comes to hand. Although the notion of looking at wide-open spaces through a computer screen, rather than getting out into them, may seem somewhat postmodern, this is definitely an entertaining package which will interest many people. --Toby Green

Manufacturer's Description
Never before available on CD-ROM, the ‘High in the Sky’ series provides exclusive access to ‘Get Mapping’ aerial photography. Getmapping Plc - the UK’s leading supplier of aerial photography – has exhaustively photographed over half a million miles across the UK. Now, for the first time, ‘High in the Sky’ captures this monumental record of Britain from the air.


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1.0 out of 5 stars Not Worth It, 21 Mar 2004
This program is terrible...

If you're hoping to look for something particular, good luck. To begin with, you are presented with a ridiculously zoomed-out view, and are left to guess where to start 'zooming-in', which doesn't help.

Later-on, once you get beyond a certain (fairly pathetic) level of detail, attempting to zoom in only stretches part of the overall image - reducing the quality, meaning you cannot see anything!

Furthermore, there is no easy way of moving the image - the only obvious way of moving is to use the scroll-bars, which move the picture in 'jumps'. This means you can only move it vertically and horizontally, and it is easy to lose where you are!

One would at least expect a POSTCODE search facility, especially when you are paying that amount of money, but you don't get anything of the sort.

All in all, this profoundly feature-less program is a waste of hard-drive space, and a waste of time. I wouldn't buy it for 99p - you may as well look on the Internet at some of the (better quality!!!) images you can search for FREE by postcode!

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