Re: Guys, check out terraserver!

maps are kind of dated, but its actually pretty cool!

oh and heres the link

http://terraserver.microsoft.com/default.aspx

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeff Olsen" <handywired@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Newsgroups: rec.hunting
Sent: Friday, September 23, 2005 10:42 PM
Subject: Guys, check out terraserver!


> Just Google terraserver and check it out. Navigation is a bit squirrily
but
> not so bad once you get the hang of it. In some ways, more powerful than
> Google Maps (also cool), in other ways not so cool. Terraserver seems to
> have higher-resolution pictures of non-urban areas. I can see the play
> structure in our yard out here in the woods. Plus you can type in a city
or
> town and a street address and it will get you real close. Google Maps has
a
> little more intuitive navigation.
>
> It gives you topo maps and sattellite photos of anywhere in the USA. I've
> already found a very intriguing meadow that i didn't know about on the far
> side of a wilderness lake, in an area I'm gonna be hunting opening weekend
> here in Oregon. Pretty much canoe-access only. Hmmmmm....
>
> (Forgive me for not providing a link to this honeyhole!) ;-)
>
> -jeff
.

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