satellite imagery ... most detailed site?

cbc58 · July 24, 2008, 01:00:58 PM

anyone know of a site that has better imagery then google or terra server... I am looking for an image for a rural NH area and they are not very good. Any spy-type satellites out there you can get images from? tks.

glenn kangiser · July 24, 2008, 10:58:56 PM

NASA World Wind was another but I wasn't overly impressed -- haven't seen any that are great.

July 25, 2008, 12:53:12 PM

I don't know...I used google to check out our house in WI and you could see me out in the yard with the dog...I could even tell what color jacket I had on. I think the picture depends upon location.

glenn kangiser · July 25, 2008, 10:05:54 PM

They do have better imagery for cities.

MountainDon · July 30, 2008, 01:31:51 AM

Quote from: glenn kangiser on July 25, 2008, 10:05:54 PM
They do have better imagery for cities.

Late check in on this.

The resolution varies a lot with location. Cities, more populous areas have much better detail than the boonies. But not always. A huge area north of our mountain property (93,000,000 acres has great imagery, and it's all remote. Why> Because it's a chunk of land the US Government bought and turned into a Preserve; The Valle Caldera. We're just south of the high detail area and dissolve into mush. Which may noy be a bad thing....

July 30, 2008, 04:05:46 PM

I had stumbled across a image site and it had something to do with Windows program. I haven't been able to find it since I ran across it before. It was more updated than Google at my property. It was on the old puter and I couldn't find it. Anyone have any idea what it was?

MountainDon · July 30, 2008, 06:15:36 PM

Terraserver??

Redoverfarm · July 30, 2008, 06:18:44 PM

Don't think that was it but I will give it a try. It wa s either Microsoft or Windows Earth something before.

MountainDon · July 30, 2008, 06:44:12 PM

Microsoft brought out Terraserver many years ago. It was the first place I ever saw with aerial images.

August 10, 2008, 03:06:28 PM

This was the site that I originally found Don that has a little better details than Terraserver I think. If you haven't seen it before.

http://www.flashearth.com/

MountainDon · August 10, 2008, 07:37:22 PM

Tks. I'll have a looksee.

Redoverfarm · August 18, 2008, 06:57:12 PM

Don did you ever get a chance to look at the Flash Earth site. I think the bookmark I sent you was the one of my house. If you back out of it and look to the right there is a large clearing. Just south a little is the cabin site. It like the others will not let you zoom in enough to see but the house shows up pretty well.

MountainDon · August 18, 2008, 10:13:02 PM

I did have a look. The link came up with their main page. I did look for a couple local things, but their images were no better than the others I've tried/used.