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Halfunit

Wednesday, November 20, 2002 - 04:43 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I have 3 days left on a 5 day membership to a website that provides aerial photos of the US as well as major cities of the world.

To give you an idea of what they look like, here is a far shot of where I grew up. You can see a highway and on/off ramps, a river, buildings and houses.

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This is the same area and as close up as the service provides. You can still see some of the river, freeway ramp, and a closer view of houses. And yes, my moms' house is one of those!

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I had to reduce these pics by HALF their original size due to the upload size limit.

If anyone would like me to look up a particular area, I would be most happy to e-mail you the pic. I hate seeing the last 3 days of this service go to waste, but it has served its purpose for me. I realize that not everyone is comfortable giving out potential personal information. The search parameters for this service can be a street address, just the street name with city and state, or just the city and state (or country).

If you would prefer to do it via e-mail, send it to TVCHalfunit@aol.com. Please put something in the subject line having to do with TVCH or aerial photos so that I don't delete it. I just created this e-mail address and will delete it in 3 days when the satellite imagery subscription ends.

Draheid

Wednesday, November 20, 2002 - 04:57 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Halfunit: If you want to try something, just for fun, you might look in the Try This "Message Map" thread. I heard there was a number of people lost in the pacific ocean, maybe you could find them and help get them to shore!

Nicoleme

Wednesday, November 20, 2002 - 05:02 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
i would like to get a picture of my area...how do i get your email?

Halfunit

Wednesday, November 20, 2002 - 05:06 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
TVCHalfunit@aol.com

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Dra,

Man, I thought that thread fell off the face of the earth!

Nicoleme

Wednesday, November 20, 2002 - 05:07 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
sorry~ i didnt read your post very well... can you do Bucksport, ME? 04416

Halfunit

Wednesday, November 20, 2002 - 05:17 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Oh Nicole... would you believe that they have nothing for the entire state of Maine???

That really stinks - my first request and I can't fill it.

So much for customer service, eh? Could I interest you in a fabulous view of Miami Beach, lol?

Nicoleme

Wednesday, November 20, 2002 - 05:23 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
LOL thats to funny! guess there arent any "major" cities here!!

Hippyt

Wednesday, November 20, 2002 - 06:40 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Wow,I love these,could you do Autumn Springs Lane in Spring Texas? Send it to me at tlroberts71@hotmail.com.
Last year I bought my brother-in-law a National Geographic book on aerial photography,I wanted to keep it for myself! Thanks halfunit!

Hippyt

Wednesday, November 20, 2002 - 06:43 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
If they have any of the state of Delaware or the city of Dover,I'd love to see that too,and while you're at it.......just kidding. What is the website anyway?I'd like to check it out. Thanks.

Halfunit

Wednesday, November 20, 2002 - 07:25 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Hippyt,

Here is the site: terraserver

They will let you do searches yourself, but to get the really really close ups, you have to pay.

I will be sending your photos via e-mail shortly. You are lucky, as your area was done by a company in COLOR!

Halfunit

Wednesday, November 20, 2002 - 07:40 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Let's try the address again -

www.terraserver.com

I fubar-ed the link... sorry!!!

Hippyt

Wednesday, November 20, 2002 - 07:45 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Coolness! Thanks!

Hippyt

Wednesday, November 20, 2002 - 08:00 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I got them,Thanks so much! Those are awesome!I'm going to have to check out that website!

Halfunit

Wednesday, November 20, 2002 - 08:07 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Awwww! You are most welcome - it is my pleasure! Did I get close? Since I don't know the area, I use the maps over at Yahoo, and try to match roads up, lol. It's a fun challenge!

Teatime

Wednesday, November 20, 2002 - 10:14 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Half, I love aerial photographs! I look up every family member's address just for fun. 2 of the out of state relatives bought new homes this year, and it was fun to get the view from up above before I saw them in real life.

These sites have aerial photographs. Topographical maps are included, some other types as well on the second site:

terraserver

mapserver

Like Half says, use yahoo or mapquest road maps to help pinpoint your own address. Water shows up dark in the photos and roads more white. Look for baseball diamonds and other recognizable shapes.

Nicole, mapserver site has your Bucksport on it! Wow, what an awesome looking area!

Halfunit

Thursday, November 21, 2002 - 05:20 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Tea,

Glad that someone else likes looking up things like this. And that is wonderful that mapserver has Nicole's area! I just hooked up with terraserver and left it at that.

Nicoleme

Thursday, November 21, 2002 - 07:28 am EditMoveDeleteIP
thanks teatime~ it is a great area, but ive always wanted to move away...to like idaho, ohio... just somewhere else. i lived in MA for awhile but it was to populated. i like my town. it only has a population of about 4 thousand. lots of lakes in the area... 4 wheeling, snowmobiling... we have one grocery store, an ice cream parlor, 2 gas stations, a couple of beauty parlors, 2 gift shops, a chinese restaurant, one nice restaurant and some other small things...i just really like small town life but would like to see other parts of the country and live there.

you cant go to the grocery store without running into someone you know. i love it!

Squaredsc

Thursday, November 21, 2002 - 08:06 am EditMoveDeleteIP
1/2unit, wow this is great. if you can and get the time, can you do Baltimore, Maryland? i would appreciate it. my email is: squaredsc1@comcast.net

thanks.

Juju2bigdog

Thursday, November 21, 2002 - 11:45 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Thanks a bunch, Halfunit.

Halfunit

Thursday, November 21, 2002 - 04:45 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
My pleasure!

Teatime

Thursday, November 21, 2002 - 08:54 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Oh no, I am reading my post above and realizing I was very rude. Half, I sound as if I am dismissing your kind offer to send us all photos and that we should all just do it ourselves. I am so sorry! I should have explained these links are to 2 additional sites. There are 2 Terraservers that I have come across. Half, maybe you signed on with the one I haven't used(?) Because your pictures are clearer and I haven't seen any in color before. So what a cool thing to share your enthusiasm and offer to do some research just for our asking. Thank you! And I apologize for jumping in there in such a weird way.

Halfunit

Friday, November 22, 2002 - 05:33 am EditMoveDeleteIP
LOL, Tea... I never took your original post as rude! I viewed it as additional information, which I(and I'm sure others) am always grateful for!! And in Nicole's case, it allowed her to look up areas that I couldn't provide.

I signed up with terraserver.com. I paid $4.95 for 5 days. Not a lot of money, but I hated to see it go to waste (what can I say, I'm thrifty!), and that's why I asked if anyone wanted close ups. By paying, the website allows you to get up to 7 times closer.

Please don't apologize for jumping in. That's what make this site wonderful. If no one jumped in, we'd have nothing to read, lol!

Nicoleme

Friday, November 22, 2002 - 06:19 am EditMoveDeleteIP
hey!! i was able to get in really close with the terraserver link that teatime gave. that was neat! i sent the link to my sister so she could see her house and i sent the link to my husband out on his ship (hes off australia right now!)

the picture is from '96 so our garage wasnt on yet but it was still easy to pick out. and there are more houses since then to.

thanks you guys!!

Teatime

Friday, November 22, 2002 - 06:28 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Thanks, Half

I am addicted to online aerial photos!
Ain't it fun, Nicole?!

Nicoleme

Friday, November 22, 2002 - 07:19 am EditMoveDeleteIP
just think what else "they" are looking at up there!!!

"big brother" is watching!