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08/29/10, 08:38 PM
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Here’s a picture of our 80 acres taken in 06, doesn’t show new barn or new road in the NE Corner.
Icons are range, tree stands etc.
Chuck
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08/29/10, 09:06 PM
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Great Photos, isn't this "FUN". Love seeing everyones land.
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It is fun and I also like seeing the pictures, but it is kind of creepy how much is visible, especially of places in some of the bigger cities. My sis lives north of San Francisco. You can't see her house from the satellite pics due to the trees, but the street level shot on Google Earth clearly shows the front of her house. I can almost see the license plate numbers on the cars in her driveway!
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08/29/10, 10:20 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Mo
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[QUOTE=SueMc;4612488]It is fun and I also like seeing the pictures, but it is kind of creepy how much is visible, especially of places in some of the bigger cities. My sis lives north of San Francisco. You can't see her house from the satellite pics due to the trees, but the street level shot on Google Earth clearly shows the front of her house.QUOTE]
Whats really scary is that you can do a 360 degree turn, and see everything around you. Sure, its a still shot and not a active view, but it tells me that if the Government wanted to look at someone...there would be no problem doing it.
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08/29/10, 10:27 PM
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Well "they" have been able to do that for years. I remember reading many years ago, that the sat's in the sky can even see your foot prints if you walk in dew covered grass...
And that was years ago. And don't forget. Those Photos on Google ONLY get so close, they CAN with Government say so, help get much closer and clearer. And Have as I have seen in crime shots taken from the sats in the sky.
But the Government STOPS Google from showing anything closer or clearer. But you know dern well THEY can do it If they have a cause to do so.
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08/30/10, 12:21 AM
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Location: Virginia
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Giving Google maps another try!
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08/30/10, 11:09 AM
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Location: Central Texas
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Well, as a computer nerd I can say Google and all other use several satellite views generated by the government, it's all public use and you go get the same imagery straight from USGS, USDA and others..
You can also download Google earth, and choose to view historic imagery, and it'll pop up a time line so you can go back and look at all satellite images as far back as they go anyway..
And you can also go download USDA aerial photographs from as far back as 1953 for my property, and order high resolution negatives on DVD from them at USGS Earth explorer site.
http://edcsns17.cr.usgs.gov/EarthExplorer/
Here's my 11 acres, I plan to offer the owner of the 10 to the south as well, as she lives far away and doesn't seem to use the place.
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08/30/10, 11:17 AM
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Originally Posted by Txrider
Well, as a computer nerd I can say Google and all other use several satellite views generated by the government, it's all public use and you go get the same imagery straight from USGS, USDA and others..
You can also download Google earth, and choose to view historic imagery, and it'll pop up a time line so you can go back and look at all satellite images as far back as they go anyway..
And you can also go download USDA aerial photographs from as far back as 1953 for my property, and order high resolution negatives on DVD from them at USGS Earth explorer site.
http://edcsns17.cr.usgs.gov/EarthExplorer/
Here's my 11 acres, I plan to offer the owner of the 10 to the south as well, as she lives far away and doesn't seem to use the place.
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This is a great zoom shot, I can see the steaks and burgers on the "grill"  lof Thanks for the info on "EarthExplorer"
Daniel
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08/30/10, 06:18 PM
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Too many fat quarters...
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Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: SW Nebraska, NW Kansas
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This is our little 40. The noticeable green square.
Our pasture is darker green because it's been idle for 10 years. The photo was taken in the summer of '08 and all we had was a road and the beginnings of our basement hole. lol
While we do live in a relatively populated area (I have a neighbor who is less than a mile away!! ) we're surrounded primarily by sections and sections of pastures on all sides.
(we're the darker green square again, almost in the center)
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08/30/10, 10:30 PM
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We were sent in the mail a google earth snapshot of our land from the USDA last summer.
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08/31/10, 10:14 AM
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What's with the paranoia of people finding your place by looking at the internet? If people want to find a small farm to raid, I think driving out to the country will work.
Now if you are an escaped criminal or something, then I understand!
This is pretty old, but gives an idea. It's 42 acres MOL, with roughly 10 acres in forest around a gully in the back. Here in Canada we call it "Carolinian Forest" but I believe in the US it's just called Eastern Deciduous Forest. Only exists in the far southwest of Ontario here in Canada. I grew up in this area and after living 12 years in Eastern Ontario, I'm really appreciating this forested area. Not that there's anything wrong with the St.Lawrence / Canadian Shield Area. I guess I'm just nostalgic for the unique mix of deciduous trees we have here (walnut, maple, hickory, beech with some rare tulip tree and kentucky coffee tree).
Chris
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08/31/10, 11:14 AM
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Not a great representation, but the outline is the rough layout and the small red outline is where the house will eventually go. The property drops off towards the back and the house will overlook the valley.
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08/31/10, 08:08 PM
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Location: Aquilla, Texas
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A neat tool that Google Earth has is the historical timeline ability to look at the satellite images from the past of your plot. Click on the clock icon on your tool bar or click on the 'historical imagery' under the 'View' tab at the top. You will be given a sliding tab to go back in history and see images of the same plat taken over time, if available. The dates are also given so you can get a general window of time for when that barn was built or the road was graded etc...
www.bing.com also has a very close-up view of properties if available in your area. Just punch in your address and then choose the aerial bird's eye option and watch out. You may be able to see if you were standing outside in the yard on the day the satellite flew over. It is pretty cool but also feels extremely invasive as well.
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08/31/10, 08:51 PM
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Interesting how old the photo is. Taken at least 4 years ago before the chicken coop, sheep shack and fencing went in.
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08/31/10, 09:20 PM
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Location: Georgia
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Here's the place we are buying... Hope to close on the 24th. It's been a long time coming with several starts and stops, and this will be our third "closing" date, but I think it will all come together this time.
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09/01/10, 10:10 AM
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Location: Live in Tennessee but born and raised and forever an Okie!
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Isn't it strange how the shapes of these properties come out. You have to wonder who thought about laying them out that way and why!lol. Like the first property shown,there is a perfect triangle. Who would ever think to to sell land in a triangle shape!
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09/01/10, 11:01 AM
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Too many fat quarters...
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Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: SW Nebraska, NW Kansas
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I mentioned the same thing to DH. The ones that really get me are the ones that cut off at the woods, or follow a road or something. It seems the further east, the less likely they are to be squares.
But then DH pointed out that land is now selling in our area as circles. Or the "corner" of a circumscribed square, minus that circle...
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09/01/10, 12:00 PM
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Location: Missouri
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Here is ours from overhead and a side view. Google earth was fun when we were looking for land. We have 30 acres in the Ozarks. [IMG]  [/IMG]
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09/01/10, 01:28 PM
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Join Date: May 2007
Location: Georgia
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Seems like there are a lot of people, besides myself, who have a fair amount of trees on their property. How are y'all managing your forest? Or are you? Do you have plans for keeping it, changing it, or converting it to pasture? Inquiring minds... well, ok, at least this inquiring mind would like to know...
As for my plans, my goal is a sustainable silvo-pasture model. I require some pasture for animal grazing. I will be harvesting portions of the forest to do this, while leaving the existing timber surrounding the pasture. Essentially, it creates glades within the forest. From what I've read, it should increase biodiversity by increasing habitat diversity at the boarders between forest and pasture. At the same time it allows both development of timber and animal crops on a sustainable basis.
There are trade-offs ofcourse. You do get a decrease in production from the pasture due to the shade from the trees, and don't get as much timber as a pure timber stand. But there are some indications that cattle do better because of the shade, and the shade and pasture diversity may make for more drought resistant pastures. And it sure looks beautiful from the photos I've seen.
It's a project, we'll start with one section and see how it goes from there.
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09/01/10, 01:58 PM
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Location: Missouri
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We dont' really plan on doing anything. We have enough standing (and not standing) dead trees to heat and cook with wood. We have a small pasture already. Our driveway was an old logging road and I've cut trails all around by hand and with the small riding mower. We have a good mix of cleared and forest, though it looks like from the picture we have mostly trees. Lots of trails under the trees I guess. We do need to work on the health of many of our trees, but that's a project for next year.
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09/01/10, 02:40 PM
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Too many fat quarters...
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Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: SW Nebraska, NW Kansas
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Personally, we're planting trees.
The only tree we have is one, single volunteer cedar tree up on top of a south hill. He's about 2' tall. 
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