Hello All,
When I make a Spectra sundial for a client, the first thing I do is go to Google Earth to get their coordinates and check the declination of their home. Usually GE is a very good resource and has all the information I need, and the nice thing is that I can then export the new locations and periodically update the Google Earth feature on my web site so visitors can see where many of the Spectra dials are located around the world. However, there are times when the satellite imagery in GE for a given location is not very current, and newly built subdivision neighborhoods do not show up. Today that happened on a job, so I went searching online to try to find more current imagery. I found something new to me that I thought some of you might be interested in. Here is another online resource for comparing satellite maps from different sources, all on one map.you go to your chosen spot and then you can quickly check and cross reference the images that are available for that location from a variety of other online sources like Yahoo Bing etc: http://www.flashearth.com/ Let me know what you think and how it works for your part of the world - and if any of you have any other favorite mapping sites which may have more current imagery than Google Earth does, I'd be interested to hear about them. Have fun! Best, Jim Tallman www.spectrasundial.com www.artisanindustrials.com <http://www.artisanindustrials.com/> [email protected]
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