Google now offers satelite images

[pirate44]

Google now offers satelite images to any address in the united states google satelite images (http://maps.google.com/) (similar to the terraserver website before they started charging for the service)
it doesnt zoom on my house very well, but it gets close enough. dont forget to click on the "satelite" link on the right hand side of the page, otherwise it will be just a map website.

[pirate44]

the big name cities like Las Vegas and New York, etc. have some amazingly clear and close up images.

[TheDOCTORdre]

nm

[Holmes_Fans]

I like this better than terraserver. No big watermark in the middle of the picture. Except these our way older than some of the other websites pictures.

[pirate44]

i was suprised how clear the vegas casinos come out.

[Holmes_Fans]

I couldn't find the strip

[pirate44]

Originally posted by Holmes_Fans
I couldn't find the strip
one of my favorite hotels. i won a few hundred here.:D

http://img203.exs.cx/img203/1144/bellagio1wp.gif
and i had to scale down the photo. with as clear as it is, in a few years we will be able to zoom onto a person. cool technology.

[pirate44]

Holmes_Fans, i noticed Forney comes in really clear too.

[spiveyrat]

:confused:

I used terraserver last week and wasn't charged... And I've never seen a watermark.

[pirate44]

Originally posted by spiveyrat
:confused:

I used terraserver last week and wasn't charged... And I've never seen a watermark.
hmm..:thinking: its been a while since ive been there. maybe ill try it out again.

[pirate44]

google seems to have better resolution and navigation and closer zoom. but youre right on charging a fee. they seem to have discontinued it. they do sale the images for a price though

[spiveyrat]

I just pulled up this picture of Sinton and wasn't charged. :)

http://terraserver.microsoft.com/image.aspx?t=1&s=14&x=202&y=969&z=14&w=1&qs=%7csinton%7ctexas%7c

[footballmom]

I think these images are from a few years ago because I did my house and the TCU baseball stadium isn't up the road yet and I know it's been there a couple of years. A girl in our office did her house and it was a pile of dirt and she built her house three years ago. It is cool though.

[pirate44]

Originally posted by footballmom
I think these images are from a few years ago because I did my house and the TCU baseball stadium isn't up the road yet and I know it's been there a couple of years. A girl in our office did her house and it was a pile of dirt and she built her house three years ago. It is cool though.
i think all these satelite image servers have slightly dated photos. im not sure why, if its security reasons, cost or lack of technology. my guess is the cost.

[44INAROW]

Originally posted by pirate44
hmm..:thinking: its been a while since ive been there. maybe ill try it out again.

hhmmm maybe downlow convention in vegas? :)

[pirate44]

Originally posted by 44INAROW
hhmmm maybe downlow convention in vegas? :)
i am SO there. especially if its in December. wife and i are thinking of plans for our 5th anniversary. and Vegas is my second home;)

[44INAROW]

Originally posted by pirate44
i am SO there. especially if its in December. wife and i are thinking of plans for our 5th anniversary. and Vegas is my second home;)

I am hoping to be busy with football games until the after the 18th of December :D :D Maybe a Monday - Weds convention :) :) Our 30th is in November so there's my excuse to go :D

[pirate44]

Originally posted by 44INAROW
I am hoping to be busy with football games until the after the 18th of December :D :D Maybe a Monday - Weds convention :) :) Our 30th is in November so there's my excuse to go :D
wow, 30. congrats.:clap: our 5th is Dec. 9th. wife is thinking about a cruise. either would be great, but ya just cant go wrong with Vegas and Mt. Charleston a few miles out of town.;)

[coachingislife]

Originally posted by pirate44
wow, 30. congrats.:clap: our 5th is Dec. 9th. wife is thinking about a cruise. either would be great, but ya just cant go wrong with Vegas and Mt. Charleston a few miles out of town.;) A cruise to the Carribean in December would probably be awesome. Right now those dates are from 300-400 per person. Everything included.

[44INAROW]

Originally posted by coachingislife
A cruise to the Carribean in December would probably be awesome. Right now those dates are from 300-400 per person. Everything included.

hhmmm come on December :D :D

[pirate44]

Originally posted by coachingislife
A cruise to the Carribean in December would probably be awesome. Right now those dates are from 300-400 per person. Everything included.
im gonna have to get with you about information on that. vegas is a hard trip to beat, but a cruise basically is a floating casino where the buffets are free.:thinking: put a mountain with snow on that thing, and ya got something.

[kaorder1999]

yeah its old...look at Forney High School....no football field, no indoor facility

http://img61.exs.cx/img61/6592/fhsthen8uk.png

[Holmes_Fans]

That picture was when the High School was the Middle school. The 2 hall add-on isn't even there.