Any chance you can change the parameters you use when getting the satellite images. This is what we get at the moment:
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2606/3680731899_f2aedc6f3f_o.jpg)
This is what ShipPlotter can get with different parameters:
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2642/3681547692_f24af9e31c_o.jpg)
ShipPlotter uses the following parameters when getting the satellite image:
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2455/3680733423_fe3a1d95ba_o.jpg)
Working on that one!
Example call to NASA:
request=GetMap&width=1249&height=861&layers=global_mosaic&styles=pseudo_bright&srs=EPSG:4326&format=image/jpeg&bbox=-3.3836754900,57.1143400764,-1.5683120658,57.7786453519
Changed for V3.0 Beta - Patch 1
Thanks.