This topic has been posted before, but just thought I'd re-post it for those who want that last minute peek at the 'lay of the land' for where they'll be hunting (if not already). It's also a great way to get a general idea of funnels, etc.

The maps are excellent, free and available at http://terraserver-usa.com (Be sure to look at the map date). For additional info, do a "Search" here at AR for "aerial".

Good luck.

[ 10-31-2003, 02:36: Message edited by: erict ]

You might also try www.globeexplorer.com

And for our friends who need mapping information on British Columbia, this site is excellent.

When you open it, click on 'Online Cadastre'

On the next screen, a map of BC will load. Take a look at the symbols across the top of the screen under 'layers', 'Legend', etc. If you leave the cursor on top of each symbol for a second, a little pop-up will tell you it's purpose. You will notice that the magnifying glass with a + inside it has a red box around it. That's the 'Zoom In' tool. Look at the bottom of the screen beside the scale window and you will see 'Map tool' Zoom In.

Place the cursor at the upper left corner of the area you want to enlarge and draw a box around the area while holding down the left mouse button. When you release the mouse button a new map will load. Keep doing this until you have the size of map you want. Practice. It may take some time.

When you have narrowed down the area to your area, go to the 'Map Layers' side of the screen and click on the + beside 'Base - Auto Scaling'. Then click off the check marks in the boxes below and click on the box beside Trim Orthographic Mosaic, then click 'Refresh Map'.

You should now have an orthophoto mosaic of your area on screen. Use the Pan tool(small hand) to drag the map around. The Orthophotos don't cover the entire Province yet.

You can change scales by typing in the desired scale in the window at the bottom of the screen and pressing 'enter'.

Be sure to play around witht he other tools.

Have fun.

Man, I need one of those for Alberta, good sites. - Dan

Ontario base map can be found here:

http://mnr.stores.gov.on.ca/mnr/english/map.asp?tid=0&cat=3&subcat=4

Use the preview option to check the topo map.

Danny Boy

Thanks for the links.

Mapquest also has a link to GlobeExplorer.

If you go in to MapQuest.com and find a location by address, county, zipcode, etc., then click on the tab labeled "Aerial Photo" you will get the photo of the same area that you saw on the roadmap.

Rick.

Terra-server and global explorer are good if you want to see what was there 12 years ago.

the newest map I could find for my deer spot is 1997.Is there a site for newer maps