Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2002 11:42:28 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: June Tveekrem Subject: Re: More resources for Atlas work In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit I have been using Terraserver for years, but they have now changed their service so that you have to pay to get images that are really zoomed in, such as you would want for Atlas work. ============================================= June Tveekrem Columbia, Howard County, MD tweekiebird@toadmail.com ============================================= Quoting Wanda Cole : > Here are a few more sources that offer aerial imagery useful for > atlasing: > > Terraserver: www.terraserver.com Provided by USGS > > This resource works similar to MERLIN however its aerial imagery, > which is the same date, is in black and white. This is much sharper > and the contrast is useful in looking at stream sediment loads > and picking out nuances of change in elevation or moisture > (sometimes color is distracting or the pixels get grainy). > > I don't use this enough to give good tips on how to use (anyone?), > but it seems you can zoom in closer and maintain good resolution > compared to MERLIN, and the quads pull up faster. > Terraserver quads are not limited to MD's. > > I haven't tried printing from this site yet but I did save an image > as a .jpg but when I later opened it, I had trouble trying to enlarge > it so I could print something discernible. (anyone?) _________________________________________________________________________ This mail sent via toadmail.com, web e-mail @ ToadNet - want to go fast? http://www.toadmail.com ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================