Re: Satellite photos of trails

["Robert Morris" <bobmorris@rmci.net>]

Thanks for the encouragement. I live for maps and the like. Guess what? No
coverage of this part of the country!!! Not enough people to make it
interesting I guess.

Bob Morris
Morris Endurance Enterprises
Boise, ID
-----Original Message-----
From: David E. Carlson <dcarlson@theriver.com>
To: niccolai_m@yahoo.com <niccolai_m@yahoo.com>
Cc: Ridecamp Ridecamp <ridecamp@endurance.net>
Date: Wednesday, November 04, 1998 8:52 PM
Subject: Re: Satellite photos of trails


>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
>
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>Niccolai Murphy wrote:
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>> 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.
>>
>> http://terraserver.microsoft.com/
>>
>> ==
>> http://freeweb.socal.wanet.com/hlurphy/
>> Nicco Murphy - Poway, San Diego, CA
>>
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