[jorgem4]

Hi,

Check out a pic of your house taking by a satelite...

Type in your address here

Some times is not that accurate so look around a bit...

Oh, by the way if anyone knows of a better website that has this kind of pics and are free please say so...I found this to be a cool desktop pic too.

PS: My roomates say I am easily amused...so if you find it lame just save your comments, Thank you.

[wdlove]

I was able to find my house. Wish that it had the ability for a closer view. Thank you for the link!

[residentEvil]

no, not lame. but not new either. one of the many sites i think should be in the default bookmarks on your favorit browser.

[cszar2001]

That`s unfair! We Europeans are left out!

[Xeo]

Originally posted by cszar2001:
That`s unfair! We Europeans are left out!

Well, considering a U.S. department was the one to take these shots, it seems to make plenty of sense.

You're government probably wouldn't like ours to take pictures like that, although I doubt that's stopped us... we just don't make it public.

And I was able to find my home town. Brought back fuzzy memories as I traced the route from one end of town to the other when I went to school, or to a friends, etc. Being little in a small town is cool. Being a teen and anything older in a small town sucks.

[jorgem4]

Anyone knows of other sites like this one? May be with better more powerful zoom or for other countries? Home for me is in Colombia but I live in the US

Thanks.

[runningdog]

If you're lucky your local county might have GIS information with more detailed and recent aerial photos plus all sorts of information.

My county, Maricopa in Arizona, has a great GIS portal. Unfortunately it requires using Explorer. It has aerial photos taken every year.

[cszar2001]

Originally posted by Xeo:

You're government probably wouldn't like ours to take pictures like that, although I doubt that's stopped us... we just don't make it public.

Your previous governments have done some very naughty things on German soil-but always got away with a slap on the wrist.
The current government isn`t that forgiving though.

[runningdog]

wdlove your state has an excellent GIS website that even has color aerial maps.

[runningdog]

Here's another website that provides aerial photos. The images are in color but it's watermarked with a logo. It's really a pay site for aerials photos and maps but it allows you to search with just a street address. Again it's US only.

[f1000]

My bookmarks:


US:

http://www.mapmart.com
http://www.maptech.com
http://www.terrafly.com
http://www.terraserver-usa.com


International (IKONOS):

http://www.spaceimaging.com/

[runningdog]

The Massachusetts GIS online map viewer has some beautiful aerial images.



i was surprised how far you can zoom in too.

[f1000]

A picture of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates:



http://www.spaceimaging.com/gallery/default.htm


Here's Saddam's Republican Palace AFTER U.S. renovation:

http://www.spaceimaging.com/gallery/...alace_crop.jpg

[f1000]

Here's one for the Aussies:




And one for the Italians:

[f1000]

Originally posted by cszar2001:
That`s unfair! We Europeans are left out!

When Microsoft first introduced Terraserver, the Terraserver used IKONOS photographs that covered both U.S. and International locations. This changed a few years ago.

[jorgem4]

f1000

Where did you find those they are great!

[Xeo]

Originally posted by cszar2001:
Your previous governments have done some very naughty things on German soil-but always got away with a slap on the wrist.
The current government isn`t that forgiving though.

I don't doubt it for a second.

[f1000]

Originally posted by jorgem4:
Where did you find those they are great!

http://www.spaceimaging.com/gallery/default.htm

[AKcrab]

Alaska doesn't seem to have any aerial shots.

[mrtaber]

My latest issue of Reason magazine had my name and an aerial shot of my neighborhood (I was able to find my house) on the front cover...a very neat stunt for their subscribers. The featured article? 'Database Nation.' On the inside cover was some general demographic information for my neighborhood...avg household...2 people...avg household income...$80,000, etc., etc. Cool stuff.

[djohnson]

Kinda scary that I could find my house 2 years ago and see the car sitting in front of it...

[selfabduction68]

[spatterson]

great tread!

[Mediaman_12]

Uk people can see a slightly lower resolution version here
its not super resolution because it was done by a commercial company who are selling the pic's both in a 'visual atlas' of the uk and as individual high resolution photos. But there is a preview availble on the web.

If you have access to a PC Multimap has a cool feature where it can overlay the picture over the map.

[mollusk]

runningdog.....thanks for the Massachusetts links. I found my house and my beach. And my car in the driveway!

[Kilbey]

Originally posted by selfabduction68:

That's my house!

You are obsessed with me Rob. Do you have a crush? Sorry I am taken.

EDIT: A quick update. Sold the red car in the driveway and replaced the roof of the whole house since this picture was taken last Spring.

[Kilbey]

Here's a picture from terraserver.com. I subscribed for 7 days and everyone I know is begging me for aerials of their house now.



Near that baseball diamond is a nice park we take the dogs to play fetch and let them run around everyday. All cities need more park space.

We chose to move close to my parents because my mother has Multiple Sclerosis and we try to help them as much as we can.

[selfabduction68]

Originally posted by Kilbey:
That's my house!

HahahahHahaHA. I was searching for something online and I came across your posts about me at XMfan.com, and you linked to your mac page.

- Rob

[ghost_flash]

Hey, was it the one about the retard? <kidding>

No, but seriously. <I'm kidding!>

Seriously.

[Kilbey]

Originally posted by selfabduction68:
HahahahHahaHA. I was searching for something online and I came across your posts about me at XMfan.com, and you linked to your mac page.

- Rob

It's quite funny that someone else there brought your name up first! Even funnier is what they said about you.

What were you searching for? "Kilbey" or "imaxxedout".

Here's the thread for those of you who are interested.

http://www.xmfan.com/viewtopic.php?p...ghlight=#28835

[d0ubled0wn]

Here is my 'hood:



These satellite pics are amazing!

[Xeo]

Originally posted by d0ubled0wn:
Here is my 'hood:



These satellite pics are amazing!

The tree in that sidewalk is sweet!

[Sherwin]

That's me slap bang in the middle of the pic.


(edit: why the heck ain't this image working? Hmmm... Never mind, I just noticed the URL ain't got an extension on it)

[Secret__Police]

I thought there was a Russian company that was selling high-res pictures.
Old Soviet spy photos??
Something like this pic of area51

Compare with this soviet pic of same building.

[scaught]

[Drakino]

Didn't find my house. Instead I found the dirt where it now stands. Looks like the photo was taken of my neighboorhood right when they got some of the streets paved, and were just begining on a few houses a block north.

It's amazing to see how much my area has grown in under 2 years.

[funkboy]

I see my house!

And it makes me distrust the city planners even more... the way the roads look is just insane.