handyhaver

anybody ever use this web site http://earth.google.com/to check out the lay of the land??
It's amazing!!! I use it all the time to check out new areas. Really gives you a better perspective. Also helps in finding new ways to get to a spot when the wind is against you. Check it out. There's a free version that does just fine for what I need it to do. There's also another I've played around with, www.keyhole.com . It's a pay site but will let you check it out for free for a week. Long enough to print out all of your hunting areas. Also lots of fun to play around with with the kids.

Mark

Terasec

I havent used those,
I have used mytopo.com. can save online maps and print them out,

I also used usga site, forget the exact site and ordered topo map of my land from them.

Finch

its a cool program but I cant seem to get the images to zoom in clear enough to see whats what. I could at first but then something happened. ill keep playing with it.

handyhaver

some of the pics have a better resolution than others. Keyhole had some pretty clear shots. We had a guy here (marine buddy of my nephew)from Texas, and we zoomed in on his parents home. You could see the broken fence in his backyard. .

Mark

fl.huntress

google earth is awesome...i even saw my truck in my front yard when i first discovered the site.

Dubbya

yeah google earth is pretty sweet. I can see a lot of my hunting spots very well.

Greg / MO

Funny, I was just showing this to my wife tonight. I love the tilt feature that lets you viewyour subject matter3D.

Washington Hunter

Not impressed with Google Earth.

They've yet to take photos of my hunting area. The photos stop about 2 miles from my hunting area.

Not pleased with it at all.

FroMan

I really think with Google Earth it's hit or miss. I can zoom in on the house and see it fine. But at a spot in town, the resolution is crappy, you can barely make out houses. I don't know. I like it for what it is. But you can find good maps on other sites too.

cardeer

No I have hunted the same spot for 50 years .I know it in my sleep