how do I access free online satellite images???

[tomcat31875]

Can anyone tell me how to gain free access to online satellite images or even real time satellite imagery for such places as Groom Lake Nevada (aka. Area 51) ????

[Stavros]

You can try Google Maps, but you'd have to hack the gov't to get any info on Area 51 and I don't recommend it unless you'd like to spend some time with Big Bubba in prison.

[bad_brain]

http://www.area51zone.com/gallery/Area_ ... te_Images/

[Stavros]

And Bad_Brain comes through with another save...

[DNR]

http://www.terraserver.com/search/search.asp

http://www.amsterdamsat.com/

http://www.globexplorer.com/

http://www.fourmilab.ch/earthview/vplanet.html

http://www.terrafly.com/

Blah.

DNR

[CommonStray]

blah, lol, you listed the best ones DNR

[DNR]

Public Sources for Satellite and Aerial Photos and Maps

All States
USGS National Map Viewer
Hi-Res Orthography
USGS DOQ BW Index
USGS DOQ Color Index http://nmviewogc.cr.usgs.gov/viewer.htm
All States
USGS Seamless
Hi-Res Orthography of Selected Cities http://seamless.usgs.gov
All States
Terraserver-USA
Photos and Topographic Maps http://www.terraserver-usa.com
All States and World
Google Maps Orthoimagery http://www.maps.google.com
Selected All States
Local Live Birdseyes and Orthoimagery http://local.live.com
All States
National Spatial Data Infrastructure http://www.geo-one-stop.gov/
World
Perry-Casteñada Map Collection
University of Texas
Maps and Satellite Photos http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/
World
NASA Worldwind http://worldwind.arc.nasa.gov/
Land Use Database
Center for Land Use Interpretation
Transportation, Water, Cultural, Industrial, Mining, Waste, Military, Nuclear / Radioactive, R&D http://ludb.clui.org/


US States
Several of the state GIS sites provide links to other state GISs.
Alabama
Geography and Cartography Links
http://www.gsa.state.al.us/
http://www.legislature.state.al.us/misc ... _cart.html

Alaska http://alaska.usgs.gov/science/geograph ... index.html
Arizona
1 meter DOQQs http://aria.arizona.edu/search/jsp/doqqmapsearch.jsp
Arkansas http://www.geostor.arkansas.gov/Portal/index.jsp
California
CaSIL Map Interface
DRGs
DOQQs
HiRes DOQQs
CalView Landsat http://casil.ucdavis.edu/mapsurfer/
Colorado http://dola.colorado.gov/demog/GIS/
Connecticut http://magic.lib.uconn.edu/cgi-bin/MAGI ... 1&Loc=0001
Delaware http://datamil.delaware.gov/?c=MAPPING
District of Columbia
Florida
Digital Orthoquads 2004, 1999, 1995 http://data.labins.org/2003/MappingData/DOQQ/doqq.cfm
Georgia http://gis.state.ga.us/Clearinghouse/cl ... ouse.shtml
Hawaii http://gis.hawaii.gov/Website/OPGeneral/viewer.htm
Idaho http://gis.idl.state.id.us/GIS_Home.htm
Illinois
Geospatial Data Clearinghouse
1998/1999 Digital Orthophoto Quadrangle Data
DOQ files for Illinois in MrSID Format http://www.isgs.uiuc.edu/nsdihome/webdo ... chims.html
Indiana http://nmviewogc.cr.usgs.gov/viewer.htm?
SKIN=IN&CLASSIDSON=39|4|8|20&LAYERSON=
838|6866|4964|8625&LAYERSOFF=8541|8007|3377|7769|4961|7757|8624
Iowa http://ortho.gis.iastate.edu/
Kansas http://gisdasc.kgs.ukans.edu/dasc.html
Kentucky http://kygeonet.ky.gov/metadataexplorer ... .jsp?goTo=
search&extent=-89.285658,36.418161,-82.212542,39.148940&type=001
Louisiana
2004 Digital Orthophoto Quarter Quads http://atlas.lsu.edu/doqq2004/
Maine
.5, 1, 2 ft Color and 1 meter Aerial Photography http://megisims.state.me.us/website/orthomap/viewer.htm
Maryland 1
GeoSpatial Data Center
Digital Orthophoto Quarter Quads (DOQs) - Color-Infrared
Digital Orthophoto Quarter Quads (DOQs) - Panchromatic http://www.dnr.state.md.us/gis/
Maryland 2 http://www.marylandgis.net/searchmenu.jsp
Massachusetts
.5 meter Color Orthophotography http://maps.massgis.state.ma.us/MassGIS ... viewer.htm
Michigan
1998 Digital Orthophoto Quads http://www.mcgi.state.mi.us/mgdl/?rel=t ... id=17&cat=
Digital+Orthophoto+Quads+%2D+1998+series
Minnesota http://geoserver.state.mn.us/raster2/viewer.htm
Mississippi
List of Hundreds of Maps
http://www.maris.state.ms.us/
http://www.state.ms.us/frameset.jsp?URL ... cil.ms.gov

Missouri http://msdisweb.missouri.edu/datasearch/ThemeList.jsp
Montana http://sun1.giac.montana.edu/mlggc.html
Nebraska http://www.calmit.unl.edu/gis
Nevada http://keck.library.unr.edu/data/doqs/d ... nload.html
New Hamsphire
2003 NAIP http://www.granit.sr.unh.edu/cgi-bin/lo ... index.html
New Jersey http://www.state.nj.us/dep/gis/home.html
New Mexico http://rgis.unm.edu/
New York 1
1, 2 ft Orthoimagery, More (IE 6.0 required) http://www1.nysgis.state.ny.us/MainMap.cfm
New York 2
2000-2004 Direct Download Orthoimagery, 1, 2 ft resolution http://www.nysgis.state.ny.us/gateway/m ... wnload.cfm
New York 3
Sensitive Data/Imagery Unavailable http://www.nysgis.state.ny.us/sensitive_unavailable.htm
North Carolina
Fall 2003 NC 2ft Orthography
Urban Area Mosaic http://cgia.cgia.state.nc.us/nconemap/viewer.html
North Dakota http://www.nd.gov/gis/
Ohio
2004 and 2005 1ft and 2ft Orthoimagery http://metadataexplorer.gis.state.oh.us ... plorer.jsp
Oklahoma http://www2.ocgi.okstate.edu/2003img1/#MAP
Oregon http://www.oregon.gov/DAS/IRMD/GEO/index.shtml
Pennsylvania http://www.pasda.psu.edu/explore/#
Rhode Island
1997 Ortho Imagery http://ortho.edc.uri.edu/
South Carolina http://www.scmapping.net/
South Dakota http://www.state.sd.us/gis/InteractiveMaps.asp
Tennessee http://gis.state.tn.us/
Texas http://www.tnris.org/NAIPSearch/ImagerySearch.jsp
Utah http://agrc.utah.gov/agrc_sgid/sgidintro.html
Vermont http://maps.vcgi.org/indicators/mapping ... index.html
Virginia
1994 Digital Orthophoto Quarter Quads (DOQs) - Color-Infrared http://gis.vedp.org/htdocs/mrsid_doqq.htm
Washington
1996 Digital ortho quads and quarter-quads http://gis.ess.washington.edu/data/rast ... index.html
West Virginia http://wvgis.wvu.edu/data/data.php
Wisconsin http://dnr.wi.gov/maps/gis/datadrg.html#data
Wyoming
2002 CIR Digital Orthophoto Quads (DOQ's) and Quarter Quads (DOQQ's) http://wgiac.state.wy.us/html/aboutDoqq2002.asp

Canada
Quebec http://www.quebecgeographique.gouv.qc.ca/produits.asp

United Kingdom
Ordnance Survey http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/
MultiMap http://www.multimap.com/
Getmapping (includes New York City and Sweden) http://www.getmapping.com/

BAM! you owe me,

[LaBlueGirl]

Public Sources for Satellite and Aerial Photos and Maps
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BAM! you owe me,

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[DNR]

"Starfire Optical Range website: http://www.de.afrl.af.mil/SOR/

Air Force Directed Energy Directorate: http://www.de.afrl.af.mil/

Related Russian "Okno:"

http://enews.ferghana.ru/detail.php?id= ... 8,11358995



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http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/03/washi ... laser.html

New York Times, 3 May 2006

Administration Conducting Research Into Laser Weapon


Source: Starfire Optical Range

An aerial view of Starfire, a government observatory in New Mexico where laser work is being done.

Another aerial view: http://www.de.afrl.af.mil/SOR/images/Fa ... rarea1.jpg

Auxiliary Beam Director: http://www.de.afrl.af.mil/SOR/images/Fa ... aeriel.gif

By WILLIAM J. BROAD

[Excerpts]

The Bush administration is seeking to develop a powerful ground-based laser weapon that would use beams of concentrated light to destroy enemy satellites in orbit.

The largely secret project, parts of which have been made public through Air Force budget documents submitted to Congress in February, is part of a wide-ranging effort to develop space weapons, both defensive and offensive. No treaty or law forbids such work.

The laser research was described by federal officials who would speak only on the condition of anonymity because of the topic's political sensitivity. The White House has recently sought to play down the issue of space arms, fearing it could become an election-year liability.

Check out the BAD_ASS photos of the high power laser!
http://eyeball-series.org/sor-eyeball.htm