Any one have some links to good areal photo sites. Was just looking the weather map on weather.com. Very helpful with checking out backwaters and river channels. Seemed to be a little out dated as it didnt show new work on the river from the last couple of years.
I’ve been looking at that also as my house was built 13 years ago and it’s not on the photo either. 
Of the ones that i’ve seen, http://local.live.com/ is a good one. However, I’ve yet to find a cost free site that has satellite pictures more recent than 1991. I’m not sure why or what but every one has the pics from 1991. If you do some diggin’ you could probably find out the why…
I used to use the Terraserver site for pretty detailed maps of our hunting area. It seems like now they charge if you want any level of detail. Unless I’m too stupid to figure it out. I’ve used Google Earth and in some areas (high definition areas), the detail is excellent. You do need to load some software to be able to use it. But it is free. Here is a link to the download site. It actually has a 3 dimensional component to it that is pretty cool. Google Earth download site
The DNR also has aerial photo’s on their website. They are plane pictures, not satellite photo’s. They are taken in the fall so they show good detail. They tend to be on the old side too, with some pictures dating well over 10 years. The low res and medium res are free to print. If you want a high res image you must buy it through the DNR. Check them out on the DNR webpage. Go to the recreation compass on the right side of the home page. Once you get zeroed into your area click on the aerial photo button and pick a green dot. They are not to bad for free and no software to download.
I second Google Earth. We are doing some construction on the back of my office complex and started it last fall and it shows it on the photo…RR
When checking out new timbers for bow hunting deer i use http://www.mapquest.com I don’t know how up to date they are but i can scan and area and bring it up so close i can almost count the fence posts, i can see bush growths that i know are there and walk by plus rocky shorelines. I can see garages and cabins that i know are there. I don’t know how good this site is but it gives me what i need to know.
Mapquest’s images look like those that Google Earth is using.
The images that Terra Server has were done in the early 90’s – if you think back a ways, there were all sorts of big white + marks painted on the roads – saw them all over SE Mn at the time. There is one on a Olmsted Cty rd west of the Roch airport, but its been there a couple of years now, so some agency wanted a new photo me thinks.
If you dig long enough thru DNR and the state of MN web sites, there are some downloadable images – by county of very detailed photos…. the name NAIP or something similar comes to mind. You need special to view the images. The software was also available. These were much better than Terra Server, Google Earth, etc.
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Where are the areal photos on mapquest? I must be missing something. Thanks
When you first go into mapquest and type in the location the first screen you’ll see is the one with just the roads. Click out of that little box in the center of the screen and look up in the right hand corner of the page and you’ll see aerial image, click on that. Then when you get into that page, on the left you’ll see a set of magnifaction bars, i can only get to level 13 magnafication or the third one down but its enough when searching for bowhunting spots. I wish it was a little clearer though but its free.
I just went there and its very clear, almost to the point where you can see the liscense plates on the vehicles. I looked for the listing on how to bring up the area where i bowhunt and can’t find it, where is it? Thanks.
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