blacktailslayer Posted February 15, 2011 Report Share Posted February 15, 2011 I found a new map server that seems to have newer aerial photos compared to "Google Earth" and "Arc GIS Explorer". Google "National Map Seamless Server" then click on "Seamless Viewer". Click on "Orthoimagery" on the right hand side of map and then click or check-mark "NAIP". Hope this helps some people with their scouting and hunting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
92xj Posted February 15, 2011 Report Share Posted February 15, 2011 Here, I will help everyone out.... http://seamless.usgs.gov/website/seamless/viewer.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gzilla45 Posted February 15, 2011 Report Share Posted February 15, 2011 This is definitely one of the clearer pictures I've seen. I'm guessing it is about 2 years old in my area at least. We logged the last 2 winters and they aren't showing up yet but I'll definitely use this map quite a bit. Thanks for posting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RangerClay Posted February 15, 2011 Report Share Posted February 15, 2011 The pictures are about 4 years old. It may be my computer but it seemed VERY slow. Took about 15 minutes to bring up my house. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
okiedog Posted February 15, 2011 Report Share Posted February 15, 2011 Not bad picture, but it is slow. The "birds eye view" on this one is what I seem to use the most. Pretty fast load speed. http://www.bing.com/maps/ Thanks for that link though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DropTine49 Posted February 15, 2011 Report Share Posted February 15, 2011 I cannot get pictures, just gray imaging with roads listed. I need help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruttinbuc Posted February 15, 2011 Report Share Posted February 15, 2011 Bing maps 3D is the fastest and the best. I can see my tripod stand where I hunt with it. The overlay maps of this type have always been slow. They are good for topography if you can get out of the clutter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted February 15, 2011 Report Share Posted February 15, 2011 This seamless map appears to be at least 5 or 6 years old for our area, and does not even have road names accurately named. Bing maps 3D is the fastest and the best. I can see my tripod stand where I hunt with it. The overlay maps of this type have always been slow. They are good for topography if you can get out of the clutter. Yep. The bing map is the most recent for our property and can actually see a few of our stands.:yes: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blacktailslayer Posted February 16, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 16, 2011 I would also highly recommend everyone look online and see if your counties have newer GIS Maps available online for public use. Some have pictures only a couple or few years old as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ohiobucks Posted February 16, 2011 Report Share Posted February 16, 2011 Bing maps aren't recent for our area. Tried your site Ben, don't like it. I use Google Earth a lot. Download it, set it as an icon on your desktop, save properties, stand locations, etc. I like it more than anything I've used before.... http://www.google.com/earth/index.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted February 16, 2011 Report Share Posted February 16, 2011 I would also highly recommend everyone look online and see if your counties have newer GIS Maps available online for public use. Some have pictures only a couple or few years old as well. Thanks for the tip there. Gonna have to do some checking back on county maps. Checked them a while back probably 1 1/2 to 2 years ago and they did not have ours online. Bing maps aren't recent for our area. Tried your site Ben, don't like it. I use Google Earth a lot. Download it, set it as an icon on your desktop, save properties, stand locations, etc. I like it more than anything I've used before.... http://www.google.com/earth/index.html Strange how that works Tom, have google earth on my desktop. Guess those hosts have certain access rights in regards to maps, google earth is still older for here than the bing maps, at least it was last I checked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
92xj Posted February 16, 2011 Report Share Posted February 16, 2011 Bing maps aren't recent for our area. Tried your site Ben, don't like it. Not my site, I was just posting the link for the OP since he didnt post one in his original post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ohiobucks Posted February 16, 2011 Report Share Posted February 16, 2011 Not my site, I was just posting the link for the OP since he didnt post one in his original post. Gotcha, thanks Ben. What mapping system do you use, if any? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ohiobucks Posted February 16, 2011 Report Share Posted February 16, 2011 Strange how that works Tom, have google earth on my desktop. Guess those hosts have certain access rights in regards to maps, google earth is still older for here than the bing maps, at least it was last I checked. Here is a quick comparison for my area, my house is near the center of each picture, the driveway is east-west. My house doesn't even show up in the Bing site, although the Google site is probably 4 years old or so..... Bing: Google Earth: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
92xj Posted February 16, 2011 Report Share Posted February 16, 2011 Gotcha, thanks Ben. What mapping system do you use, if any? I use Bing maps Google earth and some secret government mapping I get here at work. I also use a site specific to this state to has awesome maps that will include sat. photos as well as land marked for feel free to hunt and hunt by permission only land. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flintlock1776 Posted February 17, 2011 Report Share Posted February 17, 2011 Here, I will help everyone out.... http://seamless.usgs.gov/website/seamless/viewer.htm Not that easy to operate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbHunterNY Posted February 17, 2011 Report Share Posted February 17, 2011 Not bad picture, but it is slow. The "birds eye view" on this one is what I seem to use the most. Pretty fast load speed. http://www.bing.com/maps/ Thanks for that link though. yup this is what I use. I've used it to scout public land with some success. best one IMO so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbHunterNY Posted February 17, 2011 Report Share Posted February 17, 2011 Here is a quick comparison for my area, my house is near the center of each picture, the driveway is east-west. My house doesn't even show up in the Bing site, although the Google site is probably 4 years old or so..... Bing: Google Earth: yea when i use Bing maps it's much more like your google image but closer. Doesn't look like you're even in "bird's eye" on Bing maps, just aerial. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redkneck Posted February 17, 2011 Report Share Posted February 17, 2011 Not bad picture, but it is slow. The "birds eye view" on this one is what I seem to use the most. Pretty fast load speed. http://www.bing.com/maps/ Thanks for that link though. Bing maps 3D is the fastest and the best. I can see my tripod stand where I hunt with it. The overlay maps of this type have always been slow. They are good for topography if you can get out of the clutter. Both google earth and bird's eye view are good tools I use. Generally bing has much better quality and more recent aerials than google. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ohiobucks Posted February 17, 2011 Report Share Posted February 17, 2011 Maybe I need a tutorial on Bing maps. From what I'm seeing, the image quality on Bing is not even close to Google Earth or Google Maps. The images on Google are more recent as well, in a number of places I've looked at. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tominator Posted February 17, 2011 Report Share Posted February 17, 2011 Bing seems to be brighter, clearer than google in my area. Both are very close in age to each other. On google I can see a stubbed in driveway and where I drove before the new house was built. On bing I can only see the new stubbed in driveway. No site that I've seen has the new house which was started in July of 2009, and finished in November of 2009. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruttinbuc Posted February 17, 2011 Report Share Posted February 17, 2011 Bing maps 3D has it's own installer. It is different than Bing Maps. http://www.bing.com/maps/help/ve3dinstall/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
92xj Posted February 18, 2011 Report Share Posted February 18, 2011 Not that easy to operate I agree. I do not use this map, it was the link to the map that the Original Poster was posting about. I followed his instructions and copied the link to post in the thread so people could click the link and not go through googling and searching. I was just trying to help out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruttinbuc Posted February 18, 2011 Report Share Posted February 18, 2011 Bing seems to be brighter, clearer than google in my area. Both are very close in age to each other. On google I can see a stubbed in driveway and where I drove before the new house was built. On bing I can only see the new stubbed in driveway. No site that I've seen has the new house which was started in July of 2009, and finished in November of 2009. A cool feature on Google Earth is the ability to go back over time to see what was there. There is a tool up on the top that looks like a clock. Click on it and it shows a slider that goes back 10 years I believe. There are different aerials for those times. Some show foliage while some don't which allows you to see much more of the terrain. Showing public ground is also a good thing. They are all great tools whatever map/satellite program you use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blacktailslayer Posted March 8, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 8, 2011 Bing maps 3D has it's own installer. It is different than Bing Maps. http://www.bing.com/maps/help/ve3dinstall/ Thanks for the link! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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