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jetescamilla





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PostPosted: 7/25/2007, 4:17 pm    Post subject: Best aerial mapping? Reply to topic Reply with quote

Before I go hiking I like to check out either google earth or some site similar to see if there is some good resolution on the terrian I will be hiking in. A lot of times the remote places are in bad resolution and this does me no good. Besides google earth are there any other mapping sites that you know of that others may not know.

I recently showed someone [url]maps.live.com[/url] and they have great resolutions when you click the city view.

Look at the Peralta Trailhead
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PostPosted: 7/25/2007, 6:10 pm    Post subject: Reply to topic Reply with quote

Holy crap. That's pretty cool.

I'll have to see what they have.

I don't think anything can touch that.
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PostPosted: 7/25/2007, 7:02 pm    Post subject: Reply to topic Reply with quote

Nice refresh rate.
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PostPosted: 7/25/2007, 7:41 pm    Post subject: Reply to topic Reply with quote

Wow! Amazed Heard of Goggle Earth. Never took the time to explore it.
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PostPosted: 7/25/2007, 11:05 pm    Post subject: Reply to topic Reply with quote

Terra server has good aerial photos but not quite the resolution of the peralta trailhead photo
http://terraserver.microsoft.com/

You can download digitial orthophotographs from the arizona regional image archive but you need to know which USGS 7.5 minute quad in which you are interested. These orthophotos are meant for manipulation in a GIS program.
aria.arizona.edu
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PostPosted: 7/26/2007, 5:40 am    Post subject: Reply to topic Reply with quote

I think the photos of peralta trailhead were add ins. I don't think satalites take pictures of the earth at 45* angles. I really liked them though.
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PostPosted: 7/26/2007, 5:45 am    Post subject: Reply to topic Reply with quote

I can't get it to work with either of my browsers..........probably a mac thing. Sad
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PostPosted: 7/26/2007, 6:43 am    Post subject: Reply to topic Reply with quote

Very cool, can wait to try the 3D veiw at home on a 20 inch monitor.
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PostPosted: 7/26/2007, 8:06 am    Post subject: Reply to topic Reply with quote

That’s funny…you can switch directions were the zoom is and view a different perspective from the N, S, E, or W. When you do that, you’re obviously looking at a photo taken at a slightly different time and angle.
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PostPosted: 7/26/2007, 8:12 am    Post subject: Reply to topic Reply with quote

I really like that switch view option. I work for an engineering firm and we use this website to get aerial views of our future projects for our proposals.

Here is the Camelback parking area Looking from the North side
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PostPosted: 7/26/2007, 6:49 pm    Post subject: Reply to topic Reply with quote

That is some site, think I have to learn to work it a bit though. I looked up a few places but didn't get quite the same look as the Peralta, but man that was something. Really good views and you can move the mouse to make it go quite a ways. Pretty impressive.
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