Maybe the Bird Had Cataracts "GOOGLE EARTH allows people to see satellite images of the entire world, from the Egyptian Pyramids to the Leaning Tower of Pisa. But when users open Google Earth, a free computer program, they seem to fixate on one site first: their own homes. For many Connecticut users, that experience has been a disappointment, because much of the state is depicted in low-resolution images that make it hard to tell the difference between a house and a tree. Donna McCalla, a systems engineer who runs numerous Web sites, said she looked for her house, a 3,800-square-foot A-frame in Amston, but could only see a mush of light- and dark-green splotches. ''As it got closer and closer to the target, it was like 'Where is it?' '' she said. ''It's not like it's a little house that you wouldn't be able to see. You would think you would at least be able to see the roof.'' So why can users view Baghdad, the capital of Iraq, in stunning detail, but not Hartford, the state's capital? Google, which is based in Mountain View, Calif., said in a statement that the company did not have high-resolution images of the whole country. ''The imagery in Google Earth is supplied by a number of third-party data providers, and unfortunately, all parts of the world are not yet available in high-resolution coverage,'' Eileen Rodriguez, a company spokeswoman, said in an e-mail message. The company did not respond to telephone or e-mail messages that asked when Connecticut would get an upgrade. Users of Google Earth, which can be downloaded at earth.google.com, get a bird's-eye view of oceans, lakes and mountains, soaring digitally across the state and around the world. They can zoom in on particular areas, looking into Yankee Stadium or at the bridge over the Thames River in New London. But much of Connecticut is a blur. Google Earth shows some of the state in great detail, including parts of Fairfield County, much of New Haven, the area in and around New London, and a strip of land about 10 miles wide that starts just east of Middletown and stretches north to the Massachusetts border. But much of the state is depicted in a bright green hue that loses clarity about 10,000 feet above the ground. Google Earth melds images from different cameras together to offer a seamless depiction of the world. DigitalGlobe in Longmont, Colo., took many of the satellite pictures of Connecticut. Chuck Herring, a spokesman, said that although DigitalGlobe had provided images to Google, it was not responsible for the blurry ones. The DigitalGlobe satellite circles about 300 miles above the earth, taking pictures at high resolution, Mr. Herring said. In most of its photographs, viewers can see details like cars, he said, but the blurry areas in Connecticut were recorded using a camera with a much lower resolution. Google has pledged to continue updating its satellite images, so that one day more homeowners can check out the repairs they made to their roofs last spring. Connecticut earth-surfers are looking forward to it. ''I'd like to see the whole state,'' said Chris Bigelow, a librarian's assistant from Enfield who makes maps for his Web site, connecticutlocalpolitics.blogspot.com. ''I'd just like to play around and take a look around.'' NOTICED"