Re: [Paddlewise] earth seen from space

On Thursday, December 20, 2001, at 4:14:33 AM PST,
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.

Hello Chuck,

Terraserver and the NOAA/NOS sites were mentioned, but for even closer
range detailed aerial photography, I've found a very nice site for my
state (WA State, USA).

I'm not sure about how other states and/or countries handle this, but
in Washington State, the Dept. of Ecology has a site where you can
follow, image by image, aerial photographs of all the state's
*saltwater* coastlines (islands included). Perhaps there is a similar
service where ever you are - or for where you're interested in.

The Photos are clear, quite close up, and in color (it was easy for me
to find my house). Here's the site for WA State:

http://www.ecy.wa.gov/apps/shorephotos/

To get this, as well as the NOAA/NOS sites to work properly, you'll
need to enable Java Scripting for your browser.

I would be really interested to hear from people in other US states,
as well as in any other country, about similar coastal aerial photo
sites/services for their areas.

Melissa
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