Re: [Paddlewise] earth seen from space

From: John Fereira <jaf30_at_cornell.edu>
Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2001 13:38:46 -0500
At 12:18 PM 12/20/01 +0000, skimmer_at_mail3.enter.net wrote:
>What is/are the site(s) that provide high resolution photos of earth
>from satellites. Say you wanted to compare a nautical or Geological
>survay map of  a coastal marsh with an actual photo of the same
>marsh.

Mapquest now has some fairly high resolution photos.  You can toggle back 
and forth from a street map to an aerial photo and back.

www.terraserver.com is a good system but their coverage is spotty.

Maptech.com doesn't have aerial views but it *does* have nautical charts.

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