West Penn today

brathke at juno.com brathke at juno.com
Mon Jul 10 13:26:33 EDT 2000


I've been using Terra Server for more than a year, and it's very helpful,
though it can slow down an already slow computer.

Terra Server has a particularly good set of images from a Soviet
satellite - I can see my house, the car in the driveway, and even the
shadow that the house and car cast on the lawn!

Bob 7/10

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On Mon, 10 Jul 2000 11:45:46 -0400 (EDT) Derrick J Brashear
<shadow at dementia.org> writes:
> On Mon, 10 Jul 2000, Edward H. Lybarger wrote:
> 
> > As to mapping, the USGS topo sheets for the area will provide as 
> good a base
> > as one will need, but like anything else, one must interpret them 
> carefully
> > so as not to be misled (see Footedale, below).  Also, the aerial 
> images
> > available from TerraServer, etc. can be of great help, even 50 
> years after
> > the fact (thanks to John Swindler for that lead and a lot of work, 
> as well).
> 
> The USGS quads are on Terraserver now, and the aerial photos (and 
> the
> quads) can be downloaded from penne.deasy.psu.edu, but you need a 
> laptop
> or a large printer to make good use of them. I use the laptop 
> approach
> 
> -D
> 
> 

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