Géoportail is the French equivalent of Google Maps/Earth. I think it licences its images to Google for use on Google Earth, but they are certainly sharper and more detailed on Géoportail than on Google Earth over France.
Géoportail has been on line since at least 2005. I captured a view of our house which we think would have been taken in about 2003, because of some new houses nearby are missing.
Here’s the 2003 view:
The arrow points at our house.
And now the latest view which would be sometime this year or last:
Now apart from it being a clearer image, not a lot looks as if it has changed in this view. But you might be able to notice how much ‘crisper’ our hedge looks. It was chopped down to the regulation height in Feb 2006 so it is somewhat reduced height and depth.
Zooming out shows the new houses that have been built in our time of ownership, although not a lot else has changed.
