Old shot from the satellite. Where to look for historical satellite pictures

Satellite images are very much departed by search engines when selecting and studying new places. Sites with new satellite images are sufficient and as a rule they are free. But it happens so that you need snapshots of a particular territory. Let's say three or five years ago. For example, it is necessary to study as a locality changed before it began some work (the field was launched, construction began, the new forest was planted). In such cases, old satellite pictures. But where to find them?

To check the same place, all possible cards of this territory were needed. Also compared the data and satellite shots. For greater accuracy, the pictures of the territory of last year wanted and it became a problem. But after a long quest, the Terraserver service was discovered. It has the ability to view early satellite shots for any point of the planet. Snapshots will not tell the right of the 80s, but 2009 can be found. For the goals set, such pictures approached, and in other searches this service has repeatedly rescued.

Working with Terraserver is very convenient, you can both introduce the name of the city and enter the location coordinates.

Here are the screenshots for which you can track the dynamics of changes in the area.

Picture April 2009

May 2009.

Picture of 2014.

Satellite shot of 2017.

The only minus is partially free. You can see and explore the cards, but in order to get pictures without a protective inscription you need to naturally pay the service. But in general and free version It fully copes with the necessary tasks.

We hope that this article and service will become another tool for you in the search and selection of prospective places to search for coins. Successful finds!

Many users are interested satellite maps Online, give the opportunity to enjoy the view of our planet's favorite places. There is enough number of such services in the network, while all their diversity should not be misleading - most of these sites use the classic API from " Google Maps." However, there are also a number of resources using their own tools for creating high quality satellite cards. In this material I will talk about the best satellite maps high resolution Available online in 2017-2018, as well as explain how to use them.

When creating satellite cards ground surface Usually used as snapshots from space satellites and photos from special aircraft, allowing you to perform a photomotive on the height of bird flight (250-500 meters).

The satellite cards created in this way are regularly updated, and usually pictures with them have age no more than 2-3 years.

Most network Services Do not have opportunities to create your own satellite cards. Usually they use cards from other, more powerful services (usually google MAPS). At the same time, at the bottom (or at the top) of the screen, you can find a mention of the copyright of any company to demonstrate maps data.

Viewing satellite real-time satellite cards is now not available for a regular user, since such a toolkit is used mainly for military purposes. Maps are available to users, photos for which over the past months (or even years). It is worth understanding that any military facilities can be deliberately naked in order to hide them from interested parties.

Let us turn to the description of the services that allow us to enjoy the capabilities of satellite cards.

Google Cards - View from Space in High Resolution

Bing Maps - Satellite Card Service Online

Among cartographic online services A decent quality cannot be passed by the party by the Bing Maps service (Bing Maps), which is the brainchild of Microsoft. Like the other resources described by me, this site provides quite high-quality surface photos created using satellite and aerial photographs.

Service "Bing Maps" - one of the most popular cartographic services in the USA

The functionality of the service is similar to the above-described analogues:

In this case, using the search button you can determine online location of a particular satellite, and clicking on any satellite on the map you get brief information About him (country, size, launch date and so on).

Conclusion

To display high-resolution satellite cards online, it is worth using one of the network solutions listed by me. The largest popularity in the global scale has the "Card Google" service, therefore I recommend using this resource to work with satellite cards online. If you are interested in viewing geolockations in the territory of the Russian Federation, it is better to use the toolkit "Yandex.Maps". The frequency of their updates in the relations of our country is superior to the same frequency from Google MAPS.

Choosing a place for a corop on old Map, It is always worth checking out what is there now. How many times did the pictures for the search engine seen ... on the site of the 19th century there is a refueling (symbolic) or autobaza, the country village is now located on the scene of the post office.

Faster to check the estimated place of the corop by looking at modern satellite cards. But most users watch these pictures only from Google. Habit or reluctance to look for something else, I understand. There is a tool in which satellite cards (snapshots) can be switched very easily. And it is also easy to choose in quality (it turns out that the google snapshots are not always the best, some areas of the corop can be found better!).

This is easily convinced ... Here are some satellite cards of the same to the same digging site. The first from Google.

The second shot from Yandex Maps ... As for me it has better detail and more informative. The light spots are visible on the field and there is a possibility that the buildings were standing there (which there were no pictures on Google).

Third shot from Bing Maps. Quality average, but the bright spot that fell into this frame is very manitis. When localizing on the ground, in this field I would start the search from it!

And seeing this stain on the Binga map, you can consider it in the Google. But having no "hooks", hardly the inexperienced eye would notice the stain on Google))

And now the most important thing! On a comparison of various satellite cards (from different cartographic sources), I left less than 5 seconds. And this time depends only on the speed with which you move the mouse on the screen))

All cards are loaded in the same program - SAS.Planet, which I have already told about (). The program is free, does not require installation, easy to handle. This is how switching between cards looks like:

In the same program, you can save selected areas (and selected cards and folded layers) to the format of cards for Ozi Explorer (and for Andrizic,). It is very convenient, although it will require a small immersion brain in the settings and subtleties of Sasplanet.

I download the program (choose the last stable version), unpacking (does not require installation) and launch ... everything is simple. There are 2 layers of cards that we can choose and fold. In the picture above, I chose in the first layer satellite map of Yandex.

The Sasplanet program is excellent, for a search engine with MD specializing in antiquity, the usefulness is obvious, but ... as I miss the Historical Cards section - three-wheels! With the ability to twist and apply different maps, Save and exported to Ozi Explorer, 3rd rings would be happiness)) But Ukraine is represented only by 10 vests. I use this program for a long time and no shift in this direction. And there are no competitors on the spot, the old cards made the project -

Satellite map of Russia - high-resolution images made from space by orbital stations. An image that the user sees consists of a variety of individual pictures. The high quality used in orbital stations, equipment made it possible to achieve the highest picture quality. As a result on screens mobile devices, PC monitors are available to high-precision high-resolution images, the image on which is very accurate and clear.

Satellite map of Russia real-time displays high resolution pictures. You can see almost all russian cities. By approaching the removal of objects, moving the cursor to separate parts of the card, it will be possible to consider streets, buildings, separate designs and areas. The greater the city's size, the more detailed part of the satellite map.

Satellite Map online real-time 2016 - We study the country together

High Resolution Satellite Maps Online 2016 is a set of high-precision pictures, through which it is possible to study the settlements of different values \u200b\u200bof a specific point in time. User, choosing the object you need and scale, gets his picture at the same time. When choosing the appropriate parameters, instead of the "satellite view" mode, you can display the image:

• landscape view;
• schematic representation of Russia, individual cities;
• view from the satellite - the real image.

High-resolution satellite cards online 2015-2016 - the most adapted for the user's model of interactive card images from the site service. They will allow travel throughout the territory of the whole state, from anywhere in the world. Satellites make it possible to track topical data on the location and state of those or fencing objects from different settlements immense Russia.

Can you find satellite photos for which you will be able to trace the stages of destroying the Donetsk airport as a result of artillery shelling?

To answer this question, three online applications for searching for historical satellite photographs will be considered in this article:, Terraserver and Digital Globe.

For different territories, satellites take pictures of the surface of the Earth with different frequency - depending on the population of the territory and interest of users. Therefore, large cities will have more photos than villages.

Before you begin searching for historical photos, you need to determine the geographic coordinates of the desired places - longitude (Longitude) and latitude (Latitude). One of the most simple ways - Use Google Maps.

For example, to get the coordinates of the Donetsk airport, first need find it on the map Using the Google Maps search engine (in the upper left corner). Next, right-click on the site of the card, which interests us (on the airport building) and in the list that appears, choose "What?".

Google Maps, "Shaoo here?"

In the upper left corner of the screen under the search string will appear short description and the geographic coordinates of the Donetsk Airport - 48.067663, 37.741608.

You can also use the convenient online service of MyGeoposition.com (uses google maps) With an understandable interface.

You need to install the Google Earth program, that is, download the link. https://www.google.com/earth/ - and go through the installation procedure for 5-10 minutes.

In the upper left corner in the "Search" line you need to introduce either coordinates (48.067663, 37.741608), or the name of the object ("Donetsk Airport"). After the program will show the latest satellite image of the area. You can approach the object or extend using the navigation panel as in Google Maps in the right corner of the program.

Google Earth. Navigation

To get the opportunity to view historical photos, you need to select "View" - "Images in time" in the program menu.

In the upper left corner there will be a blue bar on a black background, where the valid temporary photo search range will be specified. Light blue vertical strips displays the dates of available photos. Using the slider or the "Back" / "forward" button, you can move through the timeline of historical satellite photos.

In our case, the last available image of the Donetsk airport from Space was made on September 3, 2014. Pressing the "Back" button, you can observe the process of destruction of the airport building. For example, in the photo of July 21, 2014, such damage is no longer visible.

Terraserver.

If it is not possible to find satellite images of a certain period in Google Earth, you can try to search for an American commercial site Terraserver. For high-quality photos will have to pay (from $ 25 to $ 225, depending on the size of the image). But can help free images.

On the main page you need to enter either the longitude / latitude of the object (coordinate), or specify the country / city / street (address) of the search area.

Terraserver will show the latest image available. To view historical photos from the satellite, you need to press the button on the iR button, after which the list will appear on which the date and time of the available satellite images will be indicated.

- Also an American company that daily photographs millions of square kilometers of earth surface, supplying images of NASA, Google, Terraserver.

To go to a section with satellite photos, you must click on Menu - ImageFinder.

On the ImageFinder page, as in similar services, you can search or by the name of the object, or by coordinates. To specify the coordinates, select the ENTER COORDINATES button in the POLYGON menu.

DigitalGlobe. Search by coordinates

On the new page in the CENTER POINT tab, you need to specify the coordinates of the Donetsk airport, and enter, for example, 1 (square kilometer), and press Continue. In the CORNER COODRS tab, you can specify the area search parameters by specifying the coordinates of the upper left and lower right angles.

The next step is to click on the SEARCH button on the right on the screen.