'Visiting' old addresses, ancestral locations etc. via Street View

[a chesters]

I also have been looking at old addresses where I lived, thanks to this thread, but the problem i have found when printing out from G**** is that what gets printed is through the fish eye lens and is thus a bit distorted.

However, it is better than nothing, especially when I am in Australia, and I am looking for places in England.

I don't thing there is a long range lens big enough to do it from here, d*&*  

A Chesters
in Australia

[Rishile]

Does anybody know how to save the picture from Google Maps to a PC?  I can Print Preview but I can't seem to save the picture.

Rishile

[roopat]

I can only suggest press the "PrtSc" button, this will copy the whole page you are viewing to the clipboard, you can then paste it into Word & crop if necessary

pat

[roopat]

Sorry previous post meant for Rishile 

Pat

[Rishile]

Thanks Roopat - I tried that earlier but wasn't able to crop it or save it for some reason.  Have found out I can paste it into 'Paint' and work on it there - no problems.

Thanks again
Rishile

[Guyana]

Been to G****** Earth to revisit places I last saw 50 years ago,  - Army postings, etc. -- now there's a change! Halfway across the world to where i picked up my "tag".  Some are even still military sites. Pity I'm too old to revisit.

[Suzy W]

Glad you brought this up, as I have been busy travelling the Streets of England from my safe chair in New Zealand.  Much cheaper than a flight I am sure, but would love to afford a trip over to see for myself.

I have found some homes of long lost relations, and some not homes anymore, One of my husbands relations house is now a Chinese take-away

Suzy W

[mrs.tenacious]

On this theme, have just found a fascinating website:

www.historypin.com

It's a worldwide map that shows photos of places from the past, and in which you can add your own.  Just type in a postcode, or address to see what comes up. You can go searching for your own old haunts and see how they looked years ago, and add a current photo of your own. It obviously doesn't have a photo for every single place, but you never know, you could get lucky!

[Ray T]

I tend to combine my Street View wanderings with oldmaps.co.uk. You find the location in question on "oldmaps"at round about the date you're looking for and look to see what's left using google earth/street view - but don't expect to go back before the 1850s!