rragan Posted January 25, 2017 Report Share Posted January 25, 2017 This is more of an observation than a question. In the past I thought that Geosphere Google Satellite view had better resolution than what Cachly showed (although this could be due to stretching bits and not seeing anything new). Since Google Maps use is broken on Geosphere with iOS 10, this became an incentive to switch to Cachly. With the new distance scale in both apps I was able to compare quantitatively. Cachly best resolution Apple Sat: 100 ft Apple Flyover: 39 ft Google Sat: 50 ft Geosphere best resolution Apple Sat: 100 ft Google Sat: 50 ft initially but bit stretch down to 30 ft. This tells me Cachly is showing all the resolution Google sat view has to offer I had not noticed the Apple Flyover option until I heard you on the Geocache Talk podcast. I am now blown away. It has the best resolution of any satellite view options. Nic Hubbard 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Team DEMP Posted January 25, 2017 Report Share Posted January 25, 2017 I'm not seeing a difference between the 2 satellite zoom levels in a spot I checked in NJ. I selected a cache and zoomed in as far as possible with Apple flyover selected and then selected Google satellite. The both show the exactly same framed spot in the Cachly screen. Is there Apple detail determined based on location? Am I doing something wrong or misunderstanding your analysis? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rragan Posted January 25, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2017 I checked another location - GC5FC5N and a random one in NJ but both let me get down to 39' with flyover. However, out in a field in the Kanas, GC48262, I only get 100' but Google Sat view lets me reach 50'. So it looks like not all areas have the same resolution. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Team DEMP Posted January 25, 2017 Report Share Posted January 25, 2017 The cache I was looking at was a solved puzzle so I found another nearby that I don't see a difference on, but maybe I'm not sure how to tell there's a difference. I picked GC55PAK . When I zoom in as far as I can on Google Satellite or Apple Flyover, I see the same screenshot and can't zoom in farther on either. Both show 0 ... 25 ... 50 as the distance bar. How are you able to tell it's 39' vs 50' or is the image for my area 50' for both? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nic Hubbard Posted January 26, 2017 Report Share Posted January 26, 2017 Some areas don't have the higher resolution Flyover maps, so if you are checking in a rural area you might not see them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Team DEMP Posted January 26, 2017 Report Share Posted January 26, 2017 It's not an urban area but it's not rural. I'm just not sure I'm looking at whatever it is that shows 39' resolution that was mentioned at the start. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rragan Posted January 27, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 27, 2017 Look at GC5FC5N in Google, Apple and Apple Flyover modes. Zoom in as far as you can and look at the distance scale for the map. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Team DEMP Posted January 27, 2017 Report Share Posted January 27, 2017 I have an iPhone 6. For GC5FC5N I see the following in the distance scale: Apple Satellite Flyover 0-25-50 ft Google Satellite 0-25-50 ft Apple Satellite 0-50-100ft I can't zoom in any further on the above. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bolling Posted January 27, 2017 Report Share Posted January 27, 2017 11 minutes ago, Team DEMP said: I have an iPhone 6. For GC5FC5N I see the following in the distance scale: Apple Satellite Flyover 0-25-50 ft Google Satellite 0-25-50 ft Apple Satellite 0-50-100ft I can't zoom in any further on the above. On this cache, on both an iPhone 6 and an iPad I see: Apple Satellite Flyover 0-13-26-39 ftGoogle Satellite 0-25-50 ftApple Satellite 0-50-100ft Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Team DEMP Posted January 27, 2017 Report Share Posted January 27, 2017 Aha! On my iPad I see 39 ft displayed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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