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Anybody else use google earth for scouting trails?
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Author:  store12 [ Tue Feb 21, 2006 5:58 pm ]
Post subject:  Anybody else use google earth for scouting trails?
I live in the las vegas area.And most the trails I use can be seen on this site! ! ! (frenchman mountain area near lake mead)Just go to googleearth.com and down load the free one its great :lol:
Author:  crash87 [ Tue Feb 21, 2006 6:17 pm ]
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http://nmviewogc.cr.usgs.gov/viewer.htm?bbox=-120.1463,34.8489,-113.8874,42.1466

not quite as user friendly as google earth but I think the imagery is better quality, also try gettin one of these http://www.freshtracksmaps.com/gazetteer.htm?source=google[/url]
Author:  Kugellager [ Tue Feb 21, 2006 6:37 pm ]
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Here are some of the things I use:

http://www.terraserver.com/

http://www.terraserver-usa.com/default.aspx

http://terraserver.microsoft.com/

http://www.topozone.com/

I get aerial photos from Terraserver USA and topo maps from topozone. You can buy full topo maps from topozone but what I do is do a bunch of screen captures then stitch them together in Photoshop when I want to make one large map...same thing with the aerial photos in Terraserver. What you can also do is just get a screen capture of each map section and then cut out each map and print it on its own page...Then you just have to flip through them during your trip...makes it a lot easier when driving the trails if you can just flip though your maps. I save each trip in its own folder for future reference.

John
];')
Author:  the1jferg [ Tue Feb 21, 2006 6:48 pm ]
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Yes, the paid version works very well.
Author:  bennybmn [ Tue Feb 21, 2006 6:58 pm ]
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Yeah we used it to check out the trails on long island, all two of them... :)
Author:  MattyMac1 [ Tue Feb 21, 2006 10:14 pm ]
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This one works great and is free. Make sure you try the aerial view with the birds eye view for a close up shot if you are in a high def area. works awesome for me ..


http://local.live.com/
Author:  0311_DoC [ Tue Feb 21, 2006 10:31 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Anybody else use google earth for scouting trails?
store12 wrote:
I live in the las vegas area.And most the trails I use can be seen on this site! ! ! (frenchman mountain area near lake mead)Just go to googleearth.com and down load the free one its great :lol:


Hey store, where in Vegas do you live. I am just curious, cuz I know of only 2 or 3 people on here, (well ones that post anyways) that are from the City of Sin.
Author:  GUTomek [ Wed Feb 22, 2006 12:33 am ]
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I've traced some of my mountain bike trails using NASA's Worldwind software. Google maps is pretty good, but in some cases I like worldwind better. You can swap between different satellite maps and you can even load up topo (topo on contour is pretty nifty). So long as tree cover is not a problem, I'd recommend scouting out unfamiliar areas with these tools.
Author:  JJsTJ [ Wed Feb 22, 2006 8:51 am ]
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THose sites are great for getting trail views of MOAB. :wink: You can pick out most of the trails pretty easily from there.
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