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 Mapping Program...really cool
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01/14/09 06:36 PM
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I was at the Farm Bureau national convention in San Antonio this past weekend. I was talking to a guy that worked for USDA and he told me that he had just finished a program that is available free of charge to anyone who wants it. They flew the entire state of Texas, every square mile and took aerial photographs. You can zoom down to 1 meter. You can download your county or order the whole thing on CD for just the shipping. It's pretty cool! Click on this link and then click "get data". I was very impressed, you can get photo, topo, infrared, and several other views. http://datagateway.nrcs.usda.gov/This may have been mentioned before, but I think it's pretty good, and free!
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Re: Mapping Program...really cool
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01/14/09 07:07 PM
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That's pretty good. I've been wanting to find something like that to pin point areas. Thanks!
Gotta put some lead in the air if you're going to get anything!
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Re: Mapping Program...really cool
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01/14/09 07:25 PM
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I'd suggest ordering the discs. We're downloading Taylor County now and it takes forever...
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Re: Mapping Program...really cool
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01/14/09 08:02 PM
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I am not getting that kind of resolution........what am I doing wrong?
Also, 1/3 of my place is unmapped. Is this an on going project?
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Re: Mapping Program...really cool
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01/14/09 08:30 PM
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did you download it or are you looking at the sample on the website?
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Re: Mapping Program...really cool
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01/14/09 09:15 PM
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FYI I just tried to order the state, and it is $50 a cd.
 Dozer, mulched, and trackhoe work. Fencelines, senderos, tanks. Let me know if I can help with any dirtwork or construction.
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Re: Mapping Program...really cool
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01/14/09 09:25 PM
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did you download it or are you looking at the sample on the website?
Looking at it on the website.
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Re: Mapping Program...really cool
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01/14/09 09:35 PM
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It is still using the same pics from 12 years ago... at least for Fannin Co... we can tell by the stage of construction and where we were then...kinda like looking back into history...
Sure wish they would update the pics...
I think the clarity varies by where you are located... urban areas are much better photos than rural areas... at 32 meters our place is a blur...
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Re: Mapping Program...really cool
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01/15/09 12:15 AM
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According to the guy I talked to they just finished the aierial stuff. I guess it might take 12 years to do that...wouldn't think so though. I wonder if the downloads are more current. According to him it's not satelite, it's actual air plane photos.
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Re: Mapping Program...really cool
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01/15/09 12:21 AM
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According to the guy I talked to they just finished the aierial stuff. I guess it might take 12 years to do that...wouldn't think so though. I wonder if the downloads are more current. According to him it's not satelite, it's actual air plane photos.
I don't know either, but we built the house in 95 and moved in Jan of 96 during the superbowl...literally.... and the driveway isn't complete in the picture. Same pic that was one terraserver for a while now. So where we are I am sure it's Between Aug 95 (begin construction) and Feb 96 (post construction). And we built the range and pool where we got the dirt for the range in summer of 96, and it aint there either...
Maybe they have updated other areas
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Re: Mapping Program...really cool
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01/15/09 12:24 AM
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It must be by area, GBush Tollway is there...don't know how current that it is, but I don't remember GBUsh being there in 96...looks like its just the access roads east of 75 though...
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Re: Mapping Program...really cool
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01/15/09 01:00 AM
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cody
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Heck maybe they were flying it in a cessna 150 with a polaroid and it did take 15 years to get done...
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Re: Mapping Program...really cool
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01/15/09 01:21 AM
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It is still using the same pics from 12 years ago... at least for Fannin Co... we can tell by the stage of construction and where we were then...kinda like looking back into history...
Sure wish they would update the pics...
I think the clarity varies by where you are located... urban areas are much better photos than rural areas... at 32 meters our place is a blur...
yeah those are OLD pics. from at least 12 years ago. my place is all grown up and in the pics, its still plowed land.
FYI, this technology has been around a while. u can do the same thing with google maps or google earth, and its way faster.
http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&tab=wl go here and type in the county and state, or address. 
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Re: Mapping Program...really cool
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01/15/09 01:26 AM
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Well, hell. This guy talked like it was the coolest thing since sliced bread...
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Re: Mapping Program...really cool
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01/15/09 01:32 AM
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Well, hell. This guy talked like it was the coolest thing since sliced bread...
lmao, know any Eskimos that need some ice?  
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Re: Mapping Program...really cool
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01/15/09 01:33 AM
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He sold it as "free" and that's exactly what I paid! Just thought it would be recent and extremely detailed. We'll see when the download finishes.
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Re: Mapping Program...really cool
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01/15/09 01:37 AM
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http://www.acme.com/planimeter/ heres another good one someone posted on here. u can change the view from satellite, hybrid or topo. it will even measure the acres. just click the corners of the property and it shows how big at the bottom.
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Re: Mapping Program...really cool
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01/15/09 01:45 AM
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That's what this one was supposed to do. He said I could look in on nude beaches and such... Can I do that with this other one?
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Re: Mapping Program...really cool
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01/15/09 05:25 AM
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That's what this one was supposed to do. He said I could look in on nude beaches and such... Can I do that with this other one?
probably not, but there are websites for that.
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Re: Mapping Program...really cool
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01/15/09 06:25 AM
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My area is atleast 10 years old as well
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Re: Mapping Program...really cool
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03/07/09 12:59 PM
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We have 2008 aerial photos for all of Texas. thirdeyemaps.com
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