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Aerial/Space Photos of Tracks

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Subject: Aerial/Space Photos of Tracks
From: Ross Fosbender <rossf@interaccess.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2002 21:23:29 -0500
Hi Larry-

Hit the MSN Terraserver website for satelite photos of most of the country.  
Search on the nearest town and then work your way out to the track.  The detail 
these shots show is amazing.  On the Road America photos you can see the line 
from the tire tracks!

Most of the photos are courtesy of the USGS, but some are Russian spy satelite 
photos! Best thing is that they have no distortion because of the angle of the 
camera.  The photos are adjusted to measure exactly as they do on the ground.

What tracks are you looking for?  I have coordinates for most of the CenDiv 
courses at work.

If you are looking for non-current tracks, you may be able to get older USGS 
photos.  My daughter, a student at U of I Champaign at the time, got me a 1961 
aerial photo of Meadowdale for my website, www.meadowdaleraceway.homestead.com, 
and even a 1939 shot of the property before it was developed.

Hope this helps.

Ross Fosbender
Ottawa IL

--- lwdent <lwdent@fwi.com> wrote:
> Sorry to bomb the list with this request but it is very important.
> 
> Some time recently someone on the Vintage list sent information on
> track
> photos from the air or space, don't recall which.
> 
> I was not interested at the time but now have a real need for
> anything
> of the sort.
> 
> Could anyone out there provide me the information please.
> 
> Larry Dent

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