Aerial Photography

Does anybody know of a source for aerial photography that has more up to
date imagery than Terra Server?

By the way, their free level of access is quite good. You should check them
out. There is nothing like looking at aerial photography to give you a good
feel for an area.

http://www.terraserver.com

Most of the stuff from my area is from 1992. That is way too old. Along
one valley there are new lakes that didn't exist in 1992, and along the main
Colorado River valley some things change a little bit almost daily with
noticable changes every year, and huge changes in flood level years. Now
even more drastic is the extreme low water levels in many of the deep canyon
reservoirs along the river.

I already looked at Terra Server's subscription service. It just gives you
access to the highest resolution images. Its probably worth it in some
areas just for the detail it gives. Their examples certainly look like it,
but I really need newer images. Preferrably this year.


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I made extensive use of terraserver when duck hunting this past winter. You
would start to see patterns of how ducks flew on a given lake and then you
could understand it based upon the aerial photo per the surrounding terrain.
It helped to make better decisions on where to setup. I also liked it for
fishing as I could somewhat see the shallow versus deep areas to give me an
idea of which part of the lake to try. It takes a long time (at least for
me), to explore a lake and the aerial shots helped me to decide where to try
first.

Jeff


"Bob La Londe" wrote in message
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Does anybody know of a source for aerial photography that has more up to
date imagery than Terra Server?

By the way, their free level of access is quite good. You should check
them
out. There is nothing like looking at aerial photography to give you a
good
feel for an area.

http://www.terraserver.com

Most of the stuff from my area is from 1992. That is way too old. Along
one valley there are new lakes that didn't exist in 1992, and along the
main
Colorado River valley some things change a little bit almost daily with
noticable changes every year, and huge changes in flood level years. Now
even more drastic is the extreme low water levels in many of the deep
canyon
reservoirs along the river.

I already looked at Terra Server's subscription service. It just gives
you
access to the highest resolution images. Its probably worth it in some
areas just for the detail it gives. Their examples certainly look like
it,
but I really need newer images. Preferrably this year.


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Public Fishing & Boating Forums
Fishing & Boating Link Index
www.YumaBassMan.com

All of these photos come from the USGS. They are satellite photos and are
very resource intensive to take. It's my guess that unless the government
sees a reason to take more photos of a certain area they won't. Also, it's
very likely that more recent photos exist but they are not released until
they get to be a certain age.

"Bob La Londe" wrote in message
...
Does anybody know of a source for aerial photography that has more up to
date imagery than Terra Server?

Most of the stuff from my area is from 1992. That is way too old. Along
one valley there are new lakes that didn't exist in 1992, and along the
main
Colorado River valley some things change a little bit almost daily with
noticable changes every year, and huge changes in flood level years. Now
even more drastic is the extreme low water levels in many of the deep
canyon
reservoirs along the river.

Maybe Bob could post that he saw some WMD in the river valley he's
interested in? That should get the birds overhead.


"Todd Copeland" wrote in message
nk.net...
All of these photos come from the USGS. They are satellite photos and are
very resource intensive to take. It's my guess that unless the government
sees a reason to take more photos of a certain area they won't. Also, it's
very likely that more recent photos exist but they are not released until
they get to be a certain age.

"Bob La Londe" wrote in message
...
Does anybody know of a source for aerial photography that has more up to
date imagery than Terra Server?

Most of the stuff from my area is from 1992. That is way too old.
Along
one valley there are new lakes that didn't exist in 1992, and along the
main
Colorado River valley some things change a little bit almost daily with
noticable changes every year, and huge changes in flood level years.
Now
even more drastic is the extreme low water levels in many of the deep
canyon
reservoirs along the river.

Try http://imageatlas.globexplorer.com/I...oup=ImageAtlas
to purchase an aerial photo of your area.