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Satellite images.
Does anybody know where i can get highly detailed satellite images? Higher than google. Google has this thing that you can pay $20 to get better quality, but to me that seems like a rip off. Anyone know any places to get better pictures? Thanks
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13 years ago
. As others have mentioned, if you want higher resolution, aerial photographs are probably the way to go. . Where to get them? I'd try local timber companies, oil exploration companies, surveyors, surveying supply stores, &c. Look through the Yellow Pages. If you can get friendly with someone in the right department, you may be able to get "last year's" pics for free. . Don't know if they supply pics (probably do), but USGS.gov has detailed topos of most parts of the US, if a topo will fit your needs.
Reply 13 years ago
. Oh, yeah. Check with local professional photographers. If they took a shot of the desired area, they may sell you an "off-spec" print cheap. If nothing else, they should be able to point you to someone that knows where to get what you want.
Reply 13 years ago
. And any company that has to deal with rights-of-way (right-of-ways?) (eg, electric, water, cable, pipeline, &c) will probably have aerial photos. Ask the right person for for an obsolete (to them) print and you may be able to get it for free.
Reply 13 years ago
I need pictures of Iran. I highly doubt that PNM would have them.
Reply 13 years ago
. Then DoD might be the place to start.
Reply 13 years ago
Who?
Reply 13 years ago
. US Department of Defense
. Who is PNM? Power of New Mexico?
Reply 13 years ago
yep, they are the utility company for New Mexico DOD didn't have much
13 years ago
What exactly do you need them for?
Reply 13 years ago
My cousin wants them for a plot of land in Iran he is going to buy.
13 years ago
I've never heard of any but I hear google is really good though.
Reply 13 years ago
what wrong with google? they are pretty good ones.
Reply 13 years ago
I need higher quality
Reply 13 years ago
what do you need high quality images for, anyway?
Reply 13 years ago
I need higher quality for a plot of land my cousin wants to buy in Iran.
Reply 13 years ago
Ask around, someone's bound to have an account to google earth/maps they could just give you a copy, besides they're not too bad...
Reply 13 years ago
I said google was good. At least that's what I heard.
13 years ago
Try searching google, oddly enough for google hacks etc... not that you would be into that... I know the operable cams are extremley succeptable to run commands through google... perhaps you may find more... but unfortunatley most probably not legal... so probably not a good road to travel... if you get my drift.. ;)
13 years ago
You could try this?
http://www.random-good-stuff.com/2007/03/08/super-mega-zoom-hack-for-google-maps/
May or may not work. Or try street view if you have it.
13 years ago
use this. http://maps.live.com/
Reply 13 years ago
you can get high q photos with it!
Reply 13 years ago
i love live. you can do birds eye view, too :D
Reply 13 years ago
i use it so much!!!!! i love it!!!!!
Reply 13 years ago
Those images are more recent than google's. My neighbor's fence has been built, and destroyed.
13 years ago
You could always build a satellite that'll take pictures....
Reply 13 years ago
*sarcasm* That would be cheap *sarcsm*
Reply 13 years ago
in canada, its actually relatively easy to get a small satellite onto a spacecraft.
Reply 13 years ago
for under $20? I don't think so. Do you know the prices?
Reply 13 years ago
to launch it; nothing. to build it, a lot of money
Reply 13 years ago
i've heard about this. they claim to be "affordable" satelites; that is, if your definition of affordable is $98,000 USD
Reply 13 years ago
Define "relatively"? If its that easy then i've found a way to beat the kite mounted camera instructables by LOADS!!!
13 years ago
To get better than google (even to get as good as google), you generally have to give up on satellites and go to mere aerial photos take from planes. My understanding is that while people assume that google has satellite photos, a lot of the higher resolution stuff is actually from aerial surveys done by plane.
13 years ago
How high-resolution do you need? You might try the USGS website. It's not particularly cheap, though.
My dad has some large (about 24"x24") B&W aerial photos of our old house that he used to settle a property dispute with our nutcase neighbors. I'll ask him where he got them.
13 years ago
It would depend on what u want the image zoomed in on ?
13 years ago
Maybe the Chinese government will sell them to you? I honestly have no idea.