Best source for aerial photos?

[Dave Bulla]

OK, is there a place I can get free aerial photos on line?  I thought something like google earth or something but I went there and it's not photos.  I'm sure I've heard of people getting them.

[George D. Stout]

Google has the best I have seen, but I haven't perused every one available.

[Dave Bulla]

Google what?

When I go there, all I find is cartoon drawing/maps.

[Dave Bulla]

Oh, never mind, just saw the row of keys at the top.  One of them is marked "satellite" and that gets me there.

Thanks.

[twitchstick]

terraserver-usa.com is another one

[kojac]

here is the the one I use the most.
http://mapper.acme.com/

good luck!

[snag]

Dave, pursue "Google Earth"...great photos and you can zoom in and out, turn the picture to see it 3D, and lots of other features.

[akbowbender]

You might want to check out the imagery (DOQQ's) at:  http://data.geocomm.com/doqq/  or  http://www.topozone.com/

Your state may also have it's own imagery archive like this one in Michigan:

http://www.michigan.gov/dnr/0,1607,7-153-10371_14546---,00.html

[onewhohasfun]

Try Bing Maps. After you get where you want to be, hit the birdseye at the top. Quite impressive.

[KentuckyTJ]

I second   http://mapper.acme.com/

Only site I've seen that has a topo option. Just navigate to your area and hit the "Terrain" button.

[Earl Jeff]

usa photo maps, it free

[Uncle Buck]

If you really want a good picture and have a small local airport near you ask if any of the small plane owners will take a picture for you. I have a friend who used to supplemnt his income taking aerial photos  for around $50 a pop. mostly. He needed the flying hours and was glad to have a way to pay for his gas.

[bawana bowman]

I normally just use google satellite pics and compare them with 7.5 Topo maps of the area I'm interested in. Anything you find worth noting you can always add to the Topo map. You can get the maps at  http://store.usgs.gov  most maps are only $8.
Best size to work with are 7.5 min / 1:24,000 scale.

[Bill Kissner]

You can go to your county extension office or government ASCS office and get them.

[jimmerc]

TRY THIS  
http://www.bing.com/maps/
I HAVE IT SETUP FOR 3D VIEWING ALSO, VERY COOL STUFF!!

[NoCams]

The problem we have around here is that most of the maps online no matter where you go are 10 yrs old ! You are heading out thinking you are going to hunt a nice patch of hardwoods and when you get there it is nothing but a 3-4 yr old clearcut jungle or freshly planted pine plantation. When will we get updated maps ? I did go to my county soil office and got some that were 2 yrs old but have no way to hold a cursor on spots I like like I can do with an online map and write down the Lat/ Long.

nocams

[Steve Kendrot]

If you want to have control of your imagery you need a GIS program like ArcGIS. Google earth has fairly recent stuff for some areas but probably dated in others. You can save a google earth view to a jpeg and print it if you want a paper copy.

[Shleprock]

Bing.

[Steve Kendrot]

By the way Google Maps and Google Earth are two different products.  GE is a program you download. Basic version is free. If you use a garmin gps, you can use the MNDNR garmin extension to create kml files you can load on GE. You can map rubs, stands, trails, etc.

http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/mis/gis/tools/arcview/extensions/DNRGarmin/DNRGarmin.html

[Whitetail Chaser]

Those acme maps look like the same as google maps.  On acme or google maps, use the "terrain" function.  It basically gives you topo in an easy to read format.  The USGS topo maps are pretty grainy.

Brett