Sep 20 2008
Earth Explorer from the USGS
I was reading some other material today and came across this link for EarthExplorer at the USGS site. I haven’t had much time to play around with it, yet, but this looks like a really cool website. You can search for satellite images and aerial photography contained in the United States Geological database all the way back to 1940. If you do find an image that you want a copy of, there is a fee involved - the fee structure is explained here.
You can obtain free digital topography maps from the USGS, though, and they have several other items of interest. This is a great source if you’re planning a rock-hunting trip, or even if you’re just heading out into a fairly remote area. The science of mapmaking sure has changed over the last century!
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Thanks for what you’ve shared, we usually just use Google Earth, but then, to ages ago? I don’t know if Google Earth has that. Whenever I have time, I’ll do check it out.
Thanks for this info just like Bechai I use Google Earth too and sometimes I can’t find what I was looking for.
I haven’t bought any of the photos from there, but I still love looking at them online. But I’m also a Google satellite nut, and will start “exploring” places using that. Despite living in the “sticks”, I can actually see my car parked outside by home in Google Maps. Scary!