Aerial Photo Websites

WhiskeyBravo · Post by **WhiskeyBravo** » Wed Dec 19, 2007 4:15 pm

Does anyone know who has the most recent up to date aerial photos? Or how often they are updated?

CaptJack · Post by **CaptJack** » Wed Dec 19, 2007 4:28 pm

most of the Google stuff along our coast is 2~3 years old
the Yahoo stuff looks about 5 years old?
The TerraServer stuff is mid 90s
"Flyfisher" Ray Crawford subscribes to a site with the most up to date stuff I've seen.

redhead · Post by **redhead** » Wed Dec 19, 2007 4:28 pm

try this or just google the area you want fish
http://www.texascoastalfishingbooks.com/index.html
after this you are on your own

TexasSurfFisherman · Post by **TexasSurfFisherman** » Wed Dec 19, 2007 4:54 pm

redhead wrote:try this or just google the area you want fish
http://www.texascoastalfishingbooks.com/index.html
after this you are on your own

Beat me to it. Ray has some good stuff up here. You can also check reviews on his book at www.wadeextremetexas.com/board

Type in Coastal Bend Fishing in Search or go to his website listed above in quote.

Choupique · Post by **Choupique** » Wed Dec 19, 2007 5:05 pm

Well there is one thing we got you guys beat in...
http://www.lacoast.gov/maps/

well other than good fishing...

DelSol · Post by **DelSol** » Wed Dec 19, 2007 5:09 pm

I think these are from around '04....

http://texmaps.com/aerials/aerial-photo ... coast.html

Post by **Neumie** » Wed Dec 19, 2007 5:58 pm

Google Earth is about 3 years old. Windows Local Live is about 2 years old. That stuff that Del Sol posted is from 2004.

I use something similar to what Ray uses in his book, which is about from 2004. Here's a sample from Shamrock near Corpus Christi.

Flyfisher · Post by **Flyfisher** » Wed Dec 19, 2007 6:09 pm

I try to update my site all the time. Most of it is from 2006, but some of the aerial photos date from 2005 and 2004.

Ray

WhiskeyBravo · Post by **WhiskeyBravo** » Wed Dec 19, 2007 6:16 pm

how come louisiana has all these updated aerial photos, and the greatest repulic of the nation doesnt have any?

Post by **Neumie** » Wed Dec 19, 2007 6:29 pm

WhiskeyBravo wrote:how come louisiana has all these updated aerial photos, and the greatest repulic of the nation doesnt have any?

One word - Hurricanes

Everytime hurricanes hit it causes major coastal changes in Louisiana, so NOAA and NGS refly after every storm. Katrina was such a devastating hurricane and because of the dike failures, they collected very good aerial imagery of Louisiana.

t.chris · Post by **t.chris** » Wed Dec 19, 2007 6:31 pm

Ray has the best pics hands down!

jharry3 · Post by **jharry3** » Wed Dec 19, 2007 6:34 pm

WhiskeyBravo wrote:how come louisiana has all these updated aerial photos, and the greatest repulic of the nation doesnt have any?

Because Louisiana is trying to show how much land they lost in Katrina.

I just looked at some of my old, inside water, fishing spots near Venice and Hopedale and they are now the Gulf.

CaptJack · Post by **CaptJack** » Wed Dec 19, 2007 8:53 pm

DelSol wrote:I think these are from around '04....

http://texmaps.com/aerials/aerial-photo ... coast.html

I just put 4 of these quads together
of the Brazosport area

WhiskeyBravo · Post by **WhiskeyBravo** » Wed Dec 19, 2007 8:57 pm

Hey, preciate that jack!

Curado · Post by **Curado** » Wed Dec 19, 2007 9:27 pm

Nice, but I think the maps sold at Academy work pretty well also.

DelSol · Post by **DelSol** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 6:49 am

CaptJack wrote: I just put 4 of these quads together
of the Brazosport area

Nice job!
I got a lot of honey holes in that pic