VA--I have had some decent success finding deer bedding areas using GoogleEarth. In fact, I found probably what appears to be the best bedding area I have found in years using GoogleEarth a few months ago. Remember, bedding areas aren't always the "darkest" area on the map, but can be specific areas based on the surrounding contours, crop fields, etc. So I would say, GoogleEarth map study definitely can you a advantage when looking for bedding areas.