Here's another site. You type in the address and zip
code and it comes up with an ariel pic. Since it's
basically a real estate site, it shows the priced of
the property (based on ?). The arial shots are pretty
good and is the pix are current, at least within the
last two years or so at my QTH.
73, Stew K3ND
http://www.zillow.com
--- Robert Chudek - KØRC <k0rc@citlink.net> wrote:
> Gene,
>
> I checked my QTH and I'm not there!!! :-) The
> aerial scan used for my area is over 15 years old.
> But it's interesting to see what the property looked
> like prior to being developed.
>
> I use Google Earth. Their satellite images are more
> up to date and the controls allow you to "fly" along
> a route. If you haven't see Google Earth, check it
> out. http://earth.google.com/ The MSN site is
> another Microsoft "Me Too" entry into world mapping.
>
> 73 de Bob - KØRC in MN
>
>
> Message: 6
> Date: Wed, 04 Oct 2006 05:27:23 +0000
> From: ersmar@comcast.net
> Subject: [TowerTalk] Interesting URL
> To: towertalk@contesting.com
> Message-ID:
>
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>
>
> TT:
>
> I found this URL http://local.live.com on
> this evening's ARRL Contest Rate Sheet. If you plug
> in my address (below) you'll see an initial aerial
> view of my house, including the Trylon tower,
> Bencher Skyhawk and D40 dipole antennas. My shack
> window is on the ground floor to the right of the
> back of the house. The large oak tree to the right
> of the house is the anchor for my erstwhile inverted
> L antenna.
>
> Other views, invoked by clicking on the
> compass icon, even show the large concrete base for
> the tower.
>
> Cool - but scary that such views are available.
>
>
> 73 de
> Gene Smar AD3F
> 16900 Governors Way
> Rockville, MD 20853
>
> P.S The pushpin showing my house's location on the
> map is actually in the middle of the street in front
> of my house.
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