Improve Graphics/Display..help please

Hello group

XP Pro sp2
IE v7
PC board is 520mb ram.
Grahics card is NVidiaGforce4 MX 440, with 64 meg ram.

When I use Google earth I am unable to zoom in to a map reference close
enough (about 1500 ft.), which is haizy....clearer if I zoom out.

May I ask the group how I may improve my hardware to zoom in more (if
possible)?

Some of you may have had experience of above?

TIA

Terry

Sorry....wrong info in first post.... nearest clear view is 200ft according
to google display info' at bottom of google screen.
My "closest" display property setting is 1024x768.....did try adjusting
settings to max..1280x1024, but worse.

Terry
"Terry" <terrybetts11138@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hello group
>
> XP Pro sp2
> IE v7
> PC board is 520mb ram.
> Grahics card is NVidiaGforce4 MX 440, with 64 meg ram.
>
> When I use Google earth I am unable to zoom in to a map reference close
> enough (about 1500 ft.), which is haizy....clearer if I zoom out.
>
> May I ask the group how I may improve my hardware to zoom in more (if
> possible)?
>
> Some of you may have had experience of above?
>
> TIA
>
> Terry
>
>

"Terry" <terrybetts11138@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Sorry....wrong info in first post.... nearest clear view is 200ft
> according to google display info' at bottom of google screen.
> My "closest" display property setting is 1024x768.....did try adjusting
> settings to max..1280x1024, but worse.
>
> Terry
> "Terry" <terrybetts11138@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:n6ydnQkd86uJ5hranZ2dnUVZ8v-dnZ2d@bt.com...
>> Hello group
>>
>> XP Pro sp2
>> IE v7
>> PC board is 520mb ram.
>> Grahics card is NVidiaGforce4 MX 440, with 64 meg ram.
>>
>> When I use Google earth I am unable to zoom in to a map reference close
>> enough (about 1500 ft.), which is haizy....clearer if I zoom out.
>>
>> May I ask the group how I may improve my hardware to zoom in more (if
>> possible)?
>>
>> Some of you may have had experience of above?
>>
>> TIA
>>
>> Terry
>>
>>
>
>
What you can see in Google is only as good as the resolution of the camera
taking the picture, most of which are several years old anyway.

On Fri, 11 Jan 2008 14:43:18 -0000, "Terry"
<terrybetts11138@hotmail.com> wrote:

>"Terry" <terrybetts11138@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>news:n6ydnQkd86uJ5hranZ2dnUVZ8v-dnZ2d@bt.com...
>> Hello group
>>
>> XP Pro sp2
>> IE v7
>> PC board is 520mb ram.
>> Grahics card is NVidiaGforce4 MX 440, with 64 meg ram.
>>
>> When I use Google earth I am unable to zoom in to a map reference close
>> enough (about 1500 ft.), which is haizy....clearer if I zoom out.

That's only because the satellite didn't take any pictures
at higher zoom of that land area, so when google lets you
zoom in it is actually just resampling the 1X closest
resolution it has, which would do similarly as you would in
some image editing application where you resampled a picture
to a larger size, not giving more detail just smoothing the
jaggedness of the picture.


>>
>> May I ask the group how I may improve my hardware to zoom in more (if
>> possible)?

Not possible, if it looks crisp at any resolution then your
hardware is fine... though if you are using an LCD monitor
then for most sharpness you should leave the video
resolution set to the monitor's native resolution.


>Sorry....wrong info in first post.... nearest clear view is 200ft according
>to google display info' at bottom of google screen.
>My "closest" display property setting is 1024x768.....did try adjusting
>settings to max..1280x1024, but worse.

There is no closest setting, if you have a CRT it will be
crisper at the lower (1024x768) resolution and with an LCD
it will depend on the LCD's native resolution, but these are
only very minor changes in crispness, not what you are
referring to above which is as written that the satellite
picture just isn't taken down to that magnification... it
will vary on some parts of the maps, in particular cities
will often be more magnified than some uninteresting rural
areas because the satellite passed directly over for higher
res. pictures.

Thank RIAA
"RIAA" <poken@uranus.org> wrote in message
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>
> "Terry" <terrybetts11138@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:S6WdnUQehI4YHRranZ2dnUVZ8qaqnZ2d@bt.com...
>> Sorry....wrong info in first post.... nearest clear view is 200ft
>> according to google display info' at bottom of google screen.
>> My "closest" display property setting is 1024x768.....did try adjusting
>> settings to max..1280x1024, but worse.
>>
>> Terry
>> "Terry" <terrybetts11138@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:n6ydnQkd86uJ5hranZ2dnUVZ8v-dnZ2d@bt.com...
>>> Hello group
>>>
>>> XP Pro sp2
>>> IE v7
>>> PC board is 520mb ram.
>>> Grahics card is NVidiaGforce4 MX 440, with 64 meg ram.
>>>
>>> When I use Google earth I am unable to zoom in to a map reference close
>>> enough (about 1500 ft.), which is haizy....clearer if I zoom out.
>>>
>>> May I ask the group how I may improve my hardware to zoom in more (if
>>> possible)?
>>>
>>> Some of you may have had experience of above?
>>>
>>> TIA
>>>
>>> Terry
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
> What you can see in Google is only as good as the resolution of the camera
> taking the picture, most of which are several years old anyway.
>

Cheers Kony
"kony" <spam@spam.com> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 11 Jan 2008 14:43:18 -0000, "Terry"
> <terrybetts11138@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>>"Terry" <terrybetts11138@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>>news:n6ydnQkd86uJ5hranZ2dnUVZ8v-dnZ2d@bt.com...
>>> Hello group
>>>
>>> XP Pro sp2
>>> IE v7
>>> PC board is 520mb ram.
>>> Grahics card is NVidiaGforce4 MX 440, with 64 meg ram.
>>>
>>> When I use Google earth I am unable to zoom in to a map reference close
>>> enough (about 1500 ft.), which is haizy....clearer if I zoom out.
>
> That's only because the satellite didn't take any pictures
> at higher zoom of that land area, so when google lets you
> zoom in it is actually just resampling the 1X closest
> resolution it has, which would do similarly as you would in
> some image editing application where you resampled a picture
> to a larger size, not giving more detail just smoothing the
> jaggedness of the picture.
>
>
>>>
>>> May I ask the group how I may improve my hardware to zoom in more (if
>>> possible)?
>
> Not possible, if it looks crisp at any resolution then your
> hardware is fine... though if you are using an LCD monitor
> then for most sharpness you should leave the video
> resolution set to the monitor's native resolution.
>
>
>>Sorry....wrong info in first post.... nearest clear view is 200ft
>>according
>>to google display info' at bottom of google screen.
>>My "closest" display property setting is 1024x768.....did try adjusting
>>settings to max..1280x1024, but worse.
>
> There is no closest setting, if you have a CRT it will be
> crisper at the lower (1024x768) resolution and with an LCD
> it will depend on the LCD's native resolution, but these are
> only very minor changes in crispness, not what you are
> referring to above which is as written that the satellite
> picture just isn't taken down to that magnification... it
> will vary on some parts of the maps, in particular cities
> will often be more magnified than some uninteresting rural
> areas because the satellite passed directly over for higher
> res. pictures.

OK Strobe
"Strobe" <Strobe@nyc.Beep!Beep!.com> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 11 Jan 2008 14:20:05 -0000, "Terry" <terrybetts11138@hotmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>>Hello group
>>
>>XP Pro sp2
>>IE v7
>>PC board is 520mb ram.
>>Grahics card is NVidiaGforce4 MX 440, with 64 meg ram.
>>
>>When I use Google earth I am unable to zoom in to a map reference close
>>enough (about 1500 ft.), which is haizy....clearer if I zoom out.
>>
>>May I ask the group how I may improve my hardware to zoom in more (if
>>possible)?
>
> It's not you, it's Google.
>
> For some parts of the world they don't have the fine detail photos
> so they enlarge the previous layer, making it blurry.