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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On the other hand, you have different fingers.
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