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  1. Haven't riden here in a while, but always liked it:
    http://maps.google.com/maps?q=boulder&ll=39.714887,-105.226783&spn=0.005245,0.013892&t=k&hl=en
    This is about 10 miles from downtown Denver.
    Got any other good trails from space? The satellite images I've found
    of Salida don't have the resolution otherwise I'd show you some here.

    Shawn

  2. Shawn said:

    Haven't riden here in a while, but always liked it:
    http://maps.google.com/maps?q=boulder&ll=39.714887,-105.226783&spn=0.005245,0.013892&t=k&hl=en

    This is about 10 miles from downtown Denver.
    Got any other good trails from space? The satellite images I've found
    of Salida don't have the resolution otherwise I'd show you some here.

    Shawn

    I've noticed that most of the rural trails are not high-def. That's
    because when they are high def they are using shots taken by airplane
    fly-overs.

    --
    o-o-o-o Ride-A-Lot o-o-o-o
    www.schnauzers.ws

  3. Ride-A-Lot said:
    Shawn said:

    Haven't riden here in a while, but always liked it:
    http://maps.google.com/maps?q=boulder&ll=39.714887,-105.226783&spn=0.005245,0.013892&t=k&hl=en

    This is about 10 miles from downtown Denver.
    Got any other good trails from space? The satellite images I've found
    of Salida don't have the resolution otherwise I'd show you some here.

    Shawn

    I've noticed that most of the rural trails are not high-def. That's
    because when they are high def they are using shots taken by airplane
    fly-overs.


    I think that it's primarily about saving time, money and server space.
    Not particularly because they were taken by airplane. I'm sure that
    they could have hi-res photos if they wanted. But why have and pay for
    a hi-res photo of nothing but desert sand? Why have a hi-res photo of a
    town that only 500 people live in? Why have a hi-res photo of someone's
    backyard....while they're nude sunbathing... hang on, why NOT have a
    hi-res photo of someone's backyard? Say, Hugh Hefner's backyard? Hmmmm....
    --
    Westie

  4. Westie said:
    Ride-A-Lot said:
    Shawn said:

    Haven't riden here in a while, but always liked it:
    http://maps.google.com/maps?q=boulder&ll=39.714887,-105.226783&spn=0.005245,0.013892&t=k&hl=en

    This is about 10 miles from downtown Denver.
    Got any other good trails from space? The satellite images I've
    found of Salida don't have the resolution otherwise I'd show you some
    here.

    Shawn

    I've noticed that most of the rural trails are not high-def. That's
    because when they are high def they are using shots taken by airplane
    fly-overs.


    I think that it's primarily about saving time, money and server space.
    Not particularly because they were taken by airplane. I'm sure that
    they could have hi-res photos if they wanted. But why have and pay for
    a hi-res photo of nothing but desert sand? Why have a hi-res photo of a
    town that only 500 people live in? Why have a hi-res photo of someone's
    backyard....while they're nude sunbathing... hang on, why NOT have a
    hi-res photo of someone's backyard? Say, Hugh Hefner's backyard? Hmmmm....
    --
    Westie

    Beverly Hills is all hi-res just not high enough :-(

    Shawn


  5. Quoted message said:

    Not particularly because they were taken by airplane. I'm sure that
    they could have hi-res photos if they wanted. But why have and pay
    for a hi-res photo of nothing but desert sand?

    Besides, wouldn't a higher resolution picture of sand just appear grainer?
    ;^)

  6. "Shawn" <sdotcurry@bresnananotherdotnet> wrote in message
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    Quoted message said:

    Haven't riden here in a while, but always liked it:
    http://maps.google.com/maps?q=boulder&ll=39.714887,-105.226783&spn=0.005245,0.013892&t=k&hl=en
    This is about 10 miles from downtown Denver.
    Got any other good trails from space? The satellite images I've found of
    Salida don't have the resolution otherwise I'd show you some here.

    Shawn

    Looked one of my single track favorites but it doesn't have the resolution

    http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Whistler+BC&hl=en

  7. Chris G said:

    "Shawn" <sdotcurry@bresnananotherdotnet> wrote in message
    news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:

    Haven't riden here in a while, but always liked it:
    http://maps.google.com/maps?q=boulder&ll=39.714887,-105.226783&spn=0.005245,0.013892&t=k&hl=en
    This is about 10 miles from downtown Denver.
    Got any other good trails from space? The satellite images I've found of
    Salida don't have the resolution otherwise I'd show you some here.

    Shawn

    Looked one of my single track favorites but it doesn't have the resolution

    http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Whistler+BC&hl=en

    Neither did mine, but you can see the area ok. Just not the actual trails.
    http://tinyurl.com/dulr6

    Matt

  8. Ride-A-Lot said:
    Shawn said:

    Haven't riden here in a while, but always liked it:
    http://maps.google.com/maps?q=boulder&ll=39.714887,-105.226783&spn=0.005245,0.013892&t=k&hl=en

    This is about 10 miles from downtown Denver.
    Got any other good trails from space? The satellite images I've found
    of Salida don't have the resolution otherwise I'd show you some here.

    Shawn

    I've noticed that most of the rural trails are not high-def. That's
    because when they are high def they are using shots taken by airplane
    fly-overs.

    Actually the largest repository(in the U.S.) for Aerial Photography
    belongs to the USDA. The USDA, through he Farm Service Agency, and The
    National Aerial Photography Program(with the USGS), has been collecting
    and processing aerial photographs since the 1930's. The majority of
    what is being tiled together by google and others are DOQQ's from the
    USDA and or the USGS. Pretty hard to find an area in the rural west
    that hasn't been covered.

    R


  9. Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    Looked one of my single track favorites but it doesn't have the
    resolution

    http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Whistler+BC&hl=en

    Neither did mine, but you can see the area ok. Just not the actual trails.
    http://tinyurl.com/dulr6

    Matt

    Low res or not, I think I like yours better..

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