[BC] Satellite photos

[Tom Spencer]

Hmmm.

Seems to be a limit on how far OUT you can zoom, though, on those "low 
obliques"...

I can't get the whole array in the frame with my monitor set at 1024 x 
768 (normal)

Switching to the satellite photo map lets me zoom out, though.

the "satellite" picture is provided by the USGS...

Google's image of the same site is a USDA image, apparently taken either 
very late in the year or very early... lots of brown where the BING 
image has green.... although the BING image seems to be early fall - the 
trees are starting to turn.

There's some evidence that the two images were shot in the same year; 
you can still see the lines in the sod where the rows haven't filled in yet.

But a good alternative to Google.

Mark Humphrey wrote:
> For some US sites, bing.com provides nice pictures shot from a lower
> angle.  For example, this is the WGR/WWKB site near Buffalo, which
> happens to be featured in Scott Fybush's latest TSOW:
>
> http://www.bing.com/maps/?v=2&cp=r3vcd38dwq7f&scene=19239254&lvl=1&sty=b&where1=3775%20Big%20Tree%20Rd%2C%20Hamburg%2C%20NY%2014075-1277
>
> Mark
>
> On Sat, Feb 27, 2010 at 12:00 AM, Jeff Glass <Xmitters at aol.com> wrote:
>   
>> Hello:
>>
>> Do you know of a satellite photo website that is higher resolution, and with fewer blocked out locations than Google Maps?
>>
>> I'm researching AM and SW transmitter sites throughout the world. Google Maps just does not fill the bill. I will consider a website that provides high res JPG files for a given G. C.  That would be fine.
>>     

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