Hello All. I'm new to this site and I appreciate all I've learned here. I am a DeLorme Street Atlas user, but purchased Microsoft Streets and Trips 2010 because of the aerial maps.
Help!
I am trying to look at a rural intersection in Jacksonville, Texas. When it goes to Bing maps I get a blacked out section, right where I want to look.
When I zoom in or out, I still have a blacked out section.. but not necessarily where the last one was, but right next to it. I've tried on 3 computers, 2 of them with lots of horsepower and ram. Never black in the same spot, just all around my center. Anyone else experiencing this problem or know how to fix it? Or, see if you get the black spots at Hwy 69, spur 456 - hwy 2138 just south of Jacksonville, Texas.
I haven't found any other black spots. Just where I want to look!!!
TIA
Ron

I have experienced the same thing in some remote rural areas on Bing. Black solid squares. But I do not think it has anything to do with Streets and Trips; it does it for me just going into Bing maps on a computer that does not even have S&T on it. Did you try to use the "Birds Eye View"? I found that, in some areas, that will give me a result even where otherwise blacked-out. Maybe Bing is not quite ready for prime-time.

Using the different views does help. the blacked out area is now visible, but the area adjacent to it is now blacked out. A little frustrating when looking for a relatives house in the country, and you're not quite sure where the redneck lives. But still, a way cool feature that SA doesn't give me. I guess I'll keep it!

Look for the smoke coming out of the 'still...

Actually, if you take the lat/long co-ordinates from S&T, cut (ctrl-alt-C) and paste (ctrl-V) into Google Maps search box, you should be able to zero in on the Google map where you shouldn't have the problem. Granted, not as neat as if you could do it the S&T/Bing way, but...

Since I'm usually in the front seat of my car using my mapping programs, I had not thought about that, but in this instance.. looking for a relatives house while at my desktop, it is a great idea.. if I can figure out how to find the coordinates in SA.
Ron

In 2010 you can right-click on a spot on the map and create a "coordinate mapnote". Then you can right-click on the mapnote and click "Info". In the Info tab you will see the coordinates from the coordinate mapnote. You can highlight and copy them. The only challenge with this is that the coordinates are followed by the words "Draw Object" so after you paste you'll have to delete those two words.

I'm not a regular SA user so there are probably other, better ways to do it. But this was quick to figure out and quick to use and it works in a pinch.

...ken...

Outstanding!!
I've been using SA for years but I've never needed coordinate info before.
Thanks for the tip. I am really picking up a lot from this group.
Regards,
Ron

While in Google maps checking out Ken's advice, I noticed a little man just above the zoom control line. I clicked and drug him to the street I was looking at, and the view I saw-- was just as if I was standing on the street, taking a picture with a still camera. Cool!

I found a way to get the coordinates a little more cleanly. In the Info tab scroll to the "Mouse Click Position" entry and click the Plus sign (+) beside it. It will expand to show the coordinates. It's not a link so it's really easy to copy just the coordinates.

You can even do this without creating a "Coordinate Mapnote".

- Click on the Info tab.
- Right-click on the spot on the map you want coordinates for and select Info at the bottom of the popup list.

You'll see information appear in the Info tab. Now expand the "Mouse Click Position" as above and copy the coordinates.

You get finer coordinates the tighter you are zoomed.

...ken...

Yeah, that is a cool feature of Google. I was just using it today in a business situation.

Google calls that man a PEGMAN. The app is called Street View. With pegman, you can look 360 degrees around the camera vehicle!