This new photography, flown in February 2006, has a spatial resolution of 10cm - one of the highest resolutions offered on the web worldwide. Quality is 36 times better than Google Earth. These images allow you to see in great detail: houses & buildings, road markings, vegetation, powerlines and even their shadows. Swimming pools, tennis courts, clotheslines and cars in the driveway are all clearly visible to the eye in the sky. This is the best most up to date aerial photography available on-line for any Australian city.

The coverage extends as far south as Mt Eliza, north to Donnybrook, west to Werribee and as far east as Mount Evelyn and Belgrave. Searching and viewing browse images from the database is free.

Like all City2see photography all you need to view or purchase a copy is a web enabled computer. Digital copies can be purchased from as low as $15.90 and are available immediately from the site. There is also a range of higher resolution JPEGs and printing and laminating services that can be purchased with delivery to your door.

Thanks to the technology developed by Australian company Earthinsite.com Pty Ltd you can roam through Gigabytes of digital colour photography at the click of a mouse. Search on a specific street address, browse around streets, suburbs and neighbourhoods, or choose from a list of places of interest. Overlay property boundaries on the images with another mouse click.

Some of the many uses of aerial photography include: the real estate market, property development applications, education, environmental studies, engineering and surveying projects and for home owners just wanting a photograph of their own house and garden, or a peek at the neighbour’s place across the fence.