Google earth and photshop

[Curiousgirl0210]

Is it possible google earth doctors their photos? I know they blurr out areas of startgic value but years ago it seemed that you could look at arial photos and see old roads, walkways and trails long forgotten. Not really noticeable anymore.

 

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[Frankn]

Try:
http://nationalmap.gov/historical/contact.html
Frank

 

[Jon Phillips]

Try different elevations. According to what zoom level I am at, the house next door goes from complete, to half built, to an empty field, and back again.

Also try Bing maps...they have actual flyover pics at the most zoomed level.

Some things are going to be more visible according to the elevation, or time of day or year the images are from.

 

[bigscoop]

Click "view".....click "historical Imagery"......a time frame bar will appear in the upper left of the screen. Use this bar to go from present day or to go back in time.

 

[Curiousgirl0210]

Bing maps. I forgot about them. Historical imagery thats cool. Ty. The paticular map for my house only goes back to 1994 and it is a black and white grainy picture. How far has anyone seen this function go back?

 

[Diggincoinz]

The Bing imagry mapping has worked awsome for me. I keep one browser open with my selected online map that I'm viewing (like the 1874 or the 1853 map) then I flip back and forth from the map to the current day view of the bing imagry and do my comparing. I have found hundreds of properties with non-existing homes. I love it!

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[Diggit]

www.pennpilot.edu They aren't just for Pennsylvania, they cover the entire US.

 

[Curiousgirl0210]

Is there sites that cater to gps users so if you find areas of interest you can locate with gps? Obviously just comparing maps you cant just guess at coordinates because you can be way off.

 

[Jeffro]

Is it possible google earth doctors their photos? I know they blurr out areas of startgic value but years ago it seemed that you could look at arial photos and see old roads, walkways and trails long forgotten. Not really noticeable anymore.

I don't think so, at least not on purpose. When Google earth first came out, they got into a big to-do with our government over images of area 51! At that time, it was not supposed to even exist- yet there it was - right where anybody with a computer could see it.