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This winter Google Maps updated their "satellite view" photos of our area. The blurry images have been replaced with sharp ones, probably aerial photographs, obviously made this past winter. No leaves on the trees, and almost everything is visible.
They're sufficiently sharp that I have no problem spotting a white 4" diameter pipe lying in the yard. Wish I'd had the image when I was up there in a foot of snow this winter looking for that pipe. I could have stuck my hand into the snow and found it. The images are that good.
Still waiting for our first nucs, we've noticed few honeybees visiting the place. I've scanned these new images and think I would be able to spot apiaries. I have found a few white squares in nearby fields, but no groupings of multiples, so I doubt I'm seeing apiaries.
I've been looking for fields in our area other than the ones I already know. Several are within a 3 mile flight. I can't distinguish locust and tulip poplar yet but I can now easily get distances to some I've known are present ... nice and close as the bee flies.
Has anybody else gotten good use from this free resource?
They're sufficiently sharp that I have no problem spotting a white 4" diameter pipe lying in the yard. Wish I'd had the image when I was up there in a foot of snow this winter looking for that pipe. I could have stuck my hand into the snow and found it. The images are that good.
Still waiting for our first nucs, we've noticed few honeybees visiting the place. I've scanned these new images and think I would be able to spot apiaries. I have found a few white squares in nearby fields, but no groupings of multiples, so I doubt I'm seeing apiaries.
I've been looking for fields in our area other than the ones I already know. Several are within a 3 mile flight. I can't distinguish locust and tulip poplar yet but I can now easily get distances to some I've known are present ... nice and close as the bee flies.
Has anybody else gotten good use from this free resource?