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Big Game Hunting => Elk Hunting => Topic started by: aengel on August 29, 2008, 09:54:30 PM

Title: Satellite images of your hunting areas with Microsoft Virtual Earth
Post by: aengel on August 29, 2008, 09:54:30 PM: Microsoft Virtual Earth is free and gives you satellite photos, topos, roads, and more.

You can download Microsoft Virtual Earth here ;

http://www.download.com/Virtual-Earth-3D/3000-2017_4-10693706.html

I use both Google Earth and Microsoft Virtual Earth.

Which program is better for the hunter?
Title: Re: Satellite images of your hunting areas with Microsoft Virtual Earth
Post by: scoyoc5 on August 29, 2008, 10:08:41 PM: flashearth.com is pretty cool.
Title: Re: Satellite images of your hunting areas with Microsoft Virtual Earth
Post by: HoofsandWings on August 30, 2008, 07:40:00 AM: gohunt on wdfw has color orthos. It is not very good with road names. There is software out that has sat and topo side by side. Once you get into complex choroplethic displays, it takes a little getting used to in order to interpret what you are seeing.
Title: Re: Satellite images of your hunting areas with Microsoft Virtual Earth
Post by: EastWaViking on August 30, 2008, 08:00:53 AM: Google earth is great, every piece of info you could want other than gmu info. For
that, Go Hunt is pretty good, a little clunky and slow, but has the hunt info.

I've never used Microsoft Virtual Earth, It may be nice too, but I stay as far a way as
possible from Microsoft pc's..... Mac's are much better. (there...the start of a pc debate)
Title: Re: Satellite images of your hunting areas with Microsoft Virtual Earth
Post by: Rhinoron247 on August 30, 2008, 10:25:41 AM: Once you've gone MAC you won't go BACK. :rolleyes:
Title: Re: Satellite images of your hunting areas with Microsoft Virtual Earth
Post by: SilkWWU on August 30, 2008, 10:52:27 AM: Quote from: Rhinoron247 on August 30, 2008, 10:25:41 AM
Once you've gone MAC you won't go BACK. :rolleyes:

Der...*presses enter* derrr....I Heart Mac's...derrrr.... :chuckle: :chuckle: :P
Title: Re: Satellite images of your hunting areas with Microsoft Virtual Earth
Post by: Nash on August 30, 2008, 07:06:44 PM: Did we decide which is best?
Title: Re: Satellite images of your hunting areas with Microsoft Virtual Earth
Post by: Pugetsound on August 30, 2008, 08:37:00 PM: Yup. Mac's are best. :P
Title: Re: Satellite images of your hunting areas with Microsoft Virtual Earth
Post by: bullcanyon on August 31, 2008, 10:35:49 AM: Thanks for sharing this. It's by far the best I've used for scoping out areas. Way better than google in my opinion.
Title: Re: Satellite images of your hunting areas with Microsoft Virtual Earth
Post by: huntnphool on August 31, 2008, 10:56:15 AM: Quote from: Pugetsound on August 30, 2008, 08:37:00 PM
Yup. Mac's are best. :P

What do you use on Mac?
Title: Re: Satellite images of your hunting areas with Microsoft Virtual Earth
Post by: STIKNSTRINGBOW on August 31, 2008, 01:35:35 PM: CHEESE!! :chuckle:
Title: Re: Satellite images of your hunting areas with Microsoft Virtual Earth
Post by: New England Native on August 31, 2008, 11:14:27 PM: Thanks for the link I used to use Google Earth but this virtual earth is far superior! :IBCOOL: