Aerial Photos

Message Topic Search Topic Options Post Reply Create New Topic Printable Version Translate Topic

   Hi guys,
Sorry i haven't been around for he last year but ive been thinking about all my friends here at the BSB. I got skunked last season and i'm getting ready for the bow season which begins next weekend. Anhow i've been looking around for aerial photos of my fav hunting area and a lady i spoke to that has them or can get them says that she needs to know the fly line because if she has to look it up it will cost me $70.00. Does anyone know what she means by a fly line? She was chinese so i'm not sure if i understood everything she said. She said fly line and something else. You guys in the U.S. have Terra server and we don't have anything like that that deals with my area that i know of. The area that i'm looking for is in the south okanagan where i live called Naramata which is a few minutes north of my home city of Penticton in case anyone ones to try looking it up for me. People have told me to try google earth but i don't have an easy time figuring out the site.
Thanx
 Gary

Author	Message Topic Search Topic Options Post Reply Create New Topic Printable Version Translate Topic
gary murray Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List .416 Rigby Joined: 13 February 2005 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 1603	Post Options Post Reply Quote gary murray Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Aerial Photos Posted: 26 August 2007 at 12:08
	Hi guys, Sorry i haven't been around for he last year but ive been thinking about all my friends here at the BSB. I got skunked last season and i'm getting ready for the bow season which begins next weekend. Anhow i've been looking around for aerial photos of my fav hunting area and a lady i spoke to that has them or can get them says that she needs to know the fly line because if she has to look it up it will cost me $70.00. Does anyone know what she means by a fly line? She was chinese so i'm not sure if i understood everything she said. She said fly line and something else. You guys in the U.S. have Terra server and we don't have anything like that that deals with my area that i know of. The area that i'm looking for is in the south okanagan where i live called Naramata which is a few minutes north of my home city of Penticton in case anyone ones to try looking it up for me. People have told me to try google earth but i don't have an easy time figuring out the site. Thanx Gary
	If you can sue McDonalds for getting you fat then why can't you sue the alcohol companies for all the ugly people you ended up sleeping with? Penticton, B.C. Canada

TasunkaWitko Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Administrator aka The Gipper Joined: 10 June 2003 Location: Chinook Montana Status: Offline Points: 14753	Post Options Post Reply Quote TasunkaWitko Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 26 August 2007 at 12:21
	gary! good to see you! welcome back! goto www.googleearth.com and download the free program. you can zoom in anywhere in the world and print out photos for free if you want. see my "2007" hunting diary in the BSBlogs for an example. any questions, just ask!
	TasunkaWitko - Chinook, Montana Helfen, Wehren, Heilen Die Wahrheit wird euch frei machen

Guests Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Guest	Post Options Post Reply Quote Guests Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 26 August 2007 at 12:43
	Gary, Google Earth is what you want....and it's free. I've been able to find my leopard blind in Zimbabwe and the place I shot my griz in Alaska. Right now I'm looking at your area. It is there at a fair resolution. I can "see" Partridge road area and the valleys north there of. The Okanagan Valley Above Naramata BC pic The Okanagan Valley Above Naramata BC 5 Km from Summerland, British Columbia (Canada) Photograph by David Hryciuk Sorry the pic is protected an I can't get it to up load but it shows lots of farms adjacent a north-south lake. Try it it is really very user friendly. BEAR

gary murray Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List .416 Rigby Joined: 13 February 2005 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 1603	Post Options Post Reply Quote gary murray Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 26 August 2007 at 12:53
	I found my area but its quite blurry. Is there something to focus with in the program? Gary
	If you can sue McDonalds for getting you fat then why can't you sue the alcohol companies for all the ugly people you ended up sleeping with? Penticton, B.C. Canada

Guests Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Guest	Post Options Post Reply Quote Guests Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 26 August 2007 at 12:57
	Interesting Gary, the more I look at that area satellite, the more interesting it gets. You must have some military significant facility up there. The resolution jumps real high and then the actual installation is burned off the pic???????? What you guys doing up there See 42degrees 41 minutes 28.07 seconds N and 119degrees 32 minutes 04.23 seconds W Pretty sneaky stuff? BEAR As it is chiseled on the front door “You Shall Know The Truth, And The Truth Shall Set You Free. “

Guests Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Guest	Post Options Post Reply Quote Guests Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 26 August 2007 at 12:59
	Gary resolution varies. The satellites are basically spy stuff. so where things are very "interesting" they are at higher resolution. Check out that lon/lat I gave you . see how you can see even the rocks and cars? the pic takes a while to download all the info, there is a percentage counter in the bottom of the pic when it is 100, it is as good as it gets. But might take some time to download.

TasunkaWitko Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Administrator aka The Gipper Joined: 10 June 2003 Location: Chinook Montana Status: Offline Points: 14753	Post Options Post Reply Quote TasunkaWitko Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 26 August 2007 at 13:21
	gary and bear - click here for instructions on how to save and print pix from google earth.
	TasunkaWitko - Chinook, Montana Helfen, Wehren, Heilen Die Wahrheit wird euch frei machen

gary murray Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List .416 Rigby Joined: 13 February 2005 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 1603	Post Options Post Reply Quote gary murray Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 26 August 2007 at 17:04
	There arent any military bases here other than enlisting centres. There is one in Vernon just north of here but its just some barracks and a parade square. Gary
	If you can sue McDonalds for getting you fat then why can't you sue the alcohol companies for all the ugly people you ended up sleeping with? Penticton, B.C. Canada