Showing posts with label GPS. Show all posts
Showing posts with label GPS. Show all posts

Saturday, January 4, 2014

Bing vs Google vs OVI - satellite view comparison

Since there are Apps like MotionX on the iPad who allows us to add Custom Tile Server for Downloading, it is time to compare the quality of the different Providers like Google, Bing and Here.com

On the iPad it is MotionX GPS and several and other Apps who are able to download satellite images for offline usage, under Android there are Locus Pro and AlpineQuest GPS.

Want to say that we are able now to use offline Satellite Images. But wich provider has the best quality of images? This kind of Navigation is helpful abroad, where you don't have any road gps coverage. Because of this i had select an area in Cameroon in africa as comparison spot.

At first i start with Bing Satellite-Hybrid view, what means with road overlay. Here i could zoom more tham showed here, it allows me to detect Villages and too single Houses.


satellite view compare between Bing, Google, Ovi Navtec here.com
Bing Maps

As next i try Google. The resolutions is maxed out here - no chance to see single houses.


download satellite images for offline use, quality comparison
Google Maps