Awesome Aerial Photos

[hanginghog]

Just foud a new website that is actually a beta from Google that has some awesome aerial photos...most are fairly recent and have great resolution. Here is one of the Wildlife Check Station at Camp Roberts. have any of you used this yet? You can even get the GPS cordinates for any given spot!

 

[bubba]

Very familiar. Pics look grteat./ Tony, what are you up to? We need to get trogether for D3-D5. I have a buddy who has a buddy who has a cabin in D-5...

 

[hunt hard]

thats awsome i could see camp from here lol.

 

[BuckFinder]

Hanginghog, Is this a subscription service or free? Pictures look much closer and cleaner than several other outdated options. What is the link/address? Good luck hunting.

 

[easymoney]

buck,
Go to google and type in google maps.
easy...

 

[hanginghog]

In case anyone was convinced, here is another with more detail. for those of you familiar with Camp Roberts, notice the white concrete divider walls at the entrance and the camo covered awning in the back of the check station!

 

[Lurediver]

I tried to use it, but the beta doesn't seem to work! Hmmm?

 

[Rancho Loco]

Look up the requirements to run the software. You need windblows XP and a hot-rod video card.

Rules me out.

oh well, I'll still hammer away on terraserver.

 

[hanginghog]

XP needed but no fancy videocard...i just have the OEM version. The advantage this has over Terraserver is that the pictures are extremely current. some over the pics on terraserver are over 10 years old!

 

[Rancho Loco]

Originally posted by hanginghog@Jul 3 2005, 01:17 AM
XP needed but no fancy videocard...

Fancier than I have in our boat-anchors.

 

[BirdDawg]

well quit being so cheap loco and buy a new puter........heck what you spend in a week on coors lite you could buy 2 puters......LOL.

 

[bubba]

Once you get away from major highways or away from large towns, no pics...

 

[easymoney]

bubba,
This a problem with this software and others such as NASA/Whirlwind. For most civilized locations there is great coverage, but out in the bush where most of the places we all hunt are, it lacks the high resolution needed. USAPhotomaps is still the best for these type of images. It uses Terraserver's "older" photos(1994) and has higher resolution...
Still not bad for free...