Satellite photos of the trail

imported
#1

I’ve heard you can buy early satellite photos (pre WW2, 1936-8).
Very expansive, black and white though.
Good quality, photos were taken by one of the earliest satellite at a height of 12,000 miles.
The satellite stopped transmitting September 2nd 1939 for no obvious reason.

zammy

#2

Uh, Zammy - the first man-made satellite was Sputnik, launched in October, 1957.

pigpen

#3

What for Zammy ?

Picture it yourself :slight_smile:

I’m gonna picture it and also gonna picture Dollywood !!
It has been a dream of mine to visit her park…
I cant believe how close it is to the trail !

Roee Dotan

#4

For pictures of all sorts of stuff, check out www.terraserver.com. You can search through by name or geocoords. Also check out US Geological Survey (I think it’s www.usgs.gov) for some decent pictures. I get them of my house whenever I move (every 2-3 years).

Jeff

Jeff

#5

Also check out http://topozone.com/ for topo’s and satellite imagery.

Jeff

Jeff

#6

for satellite photos.

I don’t know what they charge, but I did search
for an AT composite photo, but the search returned
nada.

I might try to put one together for the AT Photo
Project, as my contribution to our book.

Scamp

Scamp