On Fri, 19 Nov 2010 21:11:47 -0500, "Cliff Hartle" wrote:

As others have said, the biggest issue you have is that when you blow up the
image that either you capture off Google Maps or Google Earth you are going
loose all detail. Your house you can recognize when you see it on your
computer screen will only be like 6 pixels in size 6 really big pixels.


There are many "hacker's apps" that will download and re-assemble Google
Earth data at the highest available resolution for the region wanted. Much
will depend on how much area you want to capture, and what resolution is
available for that area. Urban areas are available at a higher density
resolution because that satellite imagery is used for tax assessors who use
the imagery to watch for building violations and improvements (its main
use). There is no "one resolution only" when it comes to Google Earth data
available, nor is there a limit to that resolution (up to the government
allowed publicly-available limit)--the available resolution being area,
finance-base, and population density dependent.