Re: Satellite photos of trails

["David E. Carlson" <dcarlson@theriver.com>]

Bad, bad, bad, Nicco. Now I haven't done any work for two days.
Now lots of us haven't done any work for 2 days!!!!
But thanks!  It's great, love it! Thank you, thank you, thank you!

Karen


Niccolai Murphy wrote:

> It's occurred to me that some of you may not know of the existence of
> a database of 1 meter resolution satellite photos available on the
> Web. Useful for checking out trails in your area. It doesn't cover the
> whole planet yet, though they are adding to it.
>
> It covers my riding grounds (Poway, S. Cal) pretty well. Even at T1
> speeds it takes a fair amount of time if you are downloading 1 meter
> photos, one page gives you about 800x600 yards, get to spot your own
> trailer but not the horses. They are a few years old, so some new
> buildings may have sprouted and some trails dissappeared or made since
> they were taken.
>
> My study wall is covered in 6x6 mosaics of these things.
>
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> Nicco Murphy - Poway, San Diego, CA
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