I know, … I should be out fishing. … problem is, … we have record fires, … we’re about to close the forest to ALL non-essential travel, … and it’s just too darn hot out
Surfing around the I*Net, … I found a neat toy.
Google Earth lets one nav and bookmark sites and has a pretty big data base.
I’ve been playing with it to give friends and clients a better “feel” for the river here.
You can zoom into anywhere on earth or run around on waypoints that someone has created. I made a file with all the hot spots on myu home waters.
Neat Chris;
I take it that it runs slow on dial up.
I’ve got DSL at the Office.
I do have Delorme’s Topo sohtware that I use a lot. It has a “Profile” feature that lets you see if your’re going to fall off a cliff after maping a trail.
I feel more like I do now than I did when I got here!
From what I see, … the free version uses an online dataBase so everthing is pumped from the I*Net server to your PC.
I use ArcGIS at the office and with the 3-D analyst extension, … we get the same effect.
It’s just neat to have the ENTIRE globe at your fingertips
Marco, … Ooops, … I must have been sleeping … Didn’t see that one.
Edit: OK found the thread, … Marco, … if you still have trouble getting it all onto your screen, … try making sure your resolution is at least 1024x768 pixels.
Hey there Chris;
I just wish there was some time/date stamp on these photos. Also wonder if there is a finer resolution available to the public even for a fee. I’d GLADLY pay ( reasonable).I hear the military has a
version that can tell if ya shaved that morning.
I looked at it for a while, … couldn’t see a use for it, … then came back to it. Helps to mark spots quickly and be able to send the same “spot” to a fellow angler. (instead of sending the GPS waypoint file).
It’s a tad limited in detail etc, 'specially as I’m used to working with the 1:15,000 aerial photos (in stereo pairs) up here.
Then again, … it’s free, so can’t really complain about anything
JC,
You call that waving?..Here in Ohio, we call it “indecent exposure”!!!
Seriously, my computer seems to be too old to run the program, but it DOES look very interesting!
Mike
The pictures are a couple years old though.
I looked up my address and there was a tree in my front yard.
That particular tree was ripped out by high winds in 2k3.
There are two pay versions. for $20 a year, you get slightly higher res images. For $400 a year, you get the highest res they have and some other tools. I been thinking about trying the $20 level to see how much difference the resolution makes.
As for those of you who think the images are old, try looking at the age of the topo maps you can get your hands on. Most of the west (okay, Co, UT and WY) was last surveyed and those maps updated in the late 70s and early 80s. Which is really quite recent in geolologic time.
Right on the old topos, I have a pond that has been dried up and full again at least four times, and the map still doesn’t show it. Oh yea. the paper doesn’t update, darn it.
This caused some "used up " time this last few hours, 4 of the last twelve to be exact.
We went all over the place!!
Great sight Chris!!
Wyo-blizzard
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