Re: Satellite photos of trails

[Connie Hoge <connieh@aa.net>]

Well,

I hadn't seen the page before, & think it's great!  Spent too much time last
night "looking around"!  Problem is, you can't see our trails, too much cover,
but I will be happy to "snoop" on all of yours :-)
Connie H

Lynn Kinsky 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.
> >
> >http://terraserver.microsoft.com/
> >
> >==
> >http://freeweb.socal.wanet.com/hlurphy/
> >Nicco Murphy - Poway, San Diego, CA
>
> -----------------------------------------------------
>
> Found out about those several months ago and we actually incorporated the
> satellite view of our ridecamp site into our Sage Hill NATRC Ride web page!
> In fact, I'll be using a printout of that picture to make up a map for
> parking (management parks here, vet check will be here, portapotties go
> here and here, etc . . . ) during ride check-in!  Between the terraserver
> photos and Topo! software to map trails and get mileages trailmaster work
> is getting high tech!
>
> -- Lynn K. (Santa Ynez, CA)
>    http://www.silcom.com/~lkinsky
>    Sage Hill NATRC Ride:  http://www.silcom.com/~lkinsky/SageHill