Internet scouting: Satellite Imagery

[coldfront]

for the average angler, one of the great pieces of information out there is Satellite Imagery...

Most/many are familiar with Google Earth, a great tool in it's own right...in fact, I have the icon on my desktop to quickly go to places and get a feel for how a lake lays out and a general 'overview' of what the lake has to offer..

Haven't hear it discussed much, but another site out there www.terraserver.com is a great complement to Google Earth...  you can spend a monthly/yearly fee to get 'full access' or just look at it on line for free (where you'll have to deal with smaller image size and the presence of annoying watermarks)...but it brings along another advantage:  more images (typically several years of images and often during different seasons)....

This past weekend I was fishing a club tournament near Corning, IA and wondered about a smaller lake nearby (Binder, 70 acres)...Google earth has an image that's really pretty good..  Checking it on TerraServer, I was able to get a couple of years worth of images (really helpful if/when these images include low-water shots)....

Might be worth your while to try this on your favorite body of water...if you do the internet scouting thing....

[Bassinkorea]

I too use Google Earth, but I will have to give the terraserver.com site a try. Thanks for sharing with us Coldfront 

[-Shawn-]

Thanks Coldfront!!  I use Google earth alot!  I am going to have to try terra server Now!! 

[coldfront]

they're good to use in tandem.  Sometimes one allows you to see something the other doesn't...