Yes it seems that the images on the website are hit and miss when it comes to the clarity. Locally here in the Vancouver area they are very good....in fact last night we were having fun checking out all the places we go or like to go and we could actually see my daughter's car parked where she always parks it outside her place of work!!! Unfortunately we can't download the images. I tried to download an image of the pub and beach at Pacific City Oregon because I planned to post a panoramic picture of that area and it would have been interesting to see from above the POV I took the image from. I've found it helpful in determining routes to take to get to a possible photo location that I imagined would be a good POV but previously had no idea how to get to in order to take the shot.