[NatureNS] on line air photos and maps

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Peter Payz
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Being from Antigonish, I only tested the the site on my area; I guess I'm
lucky that I live in a covered area. Most of my research sites (northern
Cape Breton, Guysborough) are not covered.

2009/10/1 Lucas Berrigan <coppersmithbarbet@yahoo.ca>

>  Although there aren=92t aerial photos of the whole province, there is st=
ill
> quite a lot of useful details all over. There is another online map that
> isn=92t as user-friendly as the map Randy provided, but shows aerial phot=
os of
> a different area of the province. It was done by the government of NS for
> the damage assessment of Hurricane Juan.
>
>
>
> You need pop-ups enabled for the application to work.
>
> http://gis4.natr.gov.ns.ca/website/juan/viewer.htm
>
>
>
> Lucas Berrigan
>
> *From:* naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [mailto:
> naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] *On Behalf Of *Peter Payzant
> *Sent:* October 1, 2009 9:28 AM
>
> *To:* naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
> *Subject:* Re: [NatureNS] on line air photos and maps
>
>
>
> One problem may be that photos only seem to be available for part of the
> province. If you check out the Pictou-Antigonish region you'll see them (=
if
> you are zoomed in to 1:250000 or smaller, as Randy says). I wasn't able t=
o
> find photos for anywhere else.
>
> Peter Payzant
>
>
>
> Randy Lauff wrote:
>
> Folks,
>
>
>
> It isn't perfect...I'm hearing BS here about a FREE service that is
> extremely useful and convenient. By the way, I had nothing to do with the
> development of it, nor do I work for either level of government involved.=
 In
> the past, if you had wanted to look at so many air photos, you had to ord=
er
> them yourself at great expense, or go to a library or other source to wor=
k
> with the hard copies. I've done that, it's a pain relative to this.
>
>
>
> To access the air photos, I would still use the link I provided (
> https://ns.nfis.org/mapserver/ka-map/htdocs/). You'll see the menu on the
> left..."ortho photos" only appears once you're zoomed in to a scale of
> 1:250000. Click that option, the photos appear.
>
>
>



--=20
Randy
_________________________________
RF Lauff
Way in the boonies of
Antigonish County, NS.

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Being from Antigonish, I only tested the the site on my area; I guess I&#39=
;m lucky that I live in a covered area. Most of my research sites (northern=
 Cape Breton, Guysborough) are not covered.<br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quot=
e">

2009/10/1 Lucas Berrigan <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:coppersmit=
hbarbet@yahoo.ca">coppersmithbarbet@yahoo.ca</a>&gt;</span><br><blockquote =
class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid=
;padding-left:1ex;">










<div bgcolor=3D"white" lang=3D"EN-CA" link=3D"blue" vlink=3D"purple">

<div>

<p><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">Although there aren=92t a=
erial photos of the whole province,
there is still quite a lot of useful details all over. There is another onl=
ine
map that isn=92t as user-friendly as the map Randy provided, but shows
aerial photos of a different area of the province. It was done by the
government of NS for the damage assessment of Hurricane Juan.</span></p>

<p><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">=A0</span></p>

<p><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">You need pop-ups enabled =
for the application to work.</span></p>

<p><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D"><a href=3D"http://gis4.na=
tr.gov.ns.ca/website/juan/viewer.htm" target=3D"_blank">http://gis4.natr.go=
v.ns.ca/website/juan/viewer.htm</a></span></p>

<p><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">=A0</span></p>

<p><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">Lucas Berrigan</span></p>

<div>

<div style=3D"border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm =
0cm 0cm">

<p><b><span lang=3D"EN-US" style=3D"font-size:10.0pt;color:windowtext">From=
:</span></b><span lang=3D"EN-US" style=3D"font-size:10.0pt;color:windowtext=
">
<a href=3D"mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca" target=3D"_blank">naturens=
-owner@chebucto.ns.ca</a> [mailto:<a href=3D"mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto=
.ns.ca" target=3D"_blank">naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca</a>] <b>On
Behalf Of </b>Peter Payzant<br>
<b>Sent:</b> October 1, 2009 9:28 AM</span></p><div class=3D"im"><br>
<b>To:</b> <a href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca" target=3D"_blank">nat=
urens@chebucto.ns.ca</a><br>
</div><b>Subject:</b> Re: [NatureNS] on line air photos and maps<p></p>

</div>

</div><div><div></div><div class=3D"h5">

<p>=A0</p>

<p><span style=3D"font-size:10.0pt">One
problem may be that photos only seem to be available for part of the provin=
ce.
If you check out the Pictou-Antigonish region you&#39;ll see them (if you a=
re
zoomed in to 1:250000 or smaller, as Randy says). I wasn&#39;t able to find=
 photos
for anywhere else.<br>
<br>
Peter Payzant<br>
<br>
<br>
</span><br>
Randy Lauff wrote: </p>

<p>Folks, </p>

<div>

<p>=A0</p>

</div>

<div>

<p>It isn&#39;t perfect...I&#39;m hearing BS here about a FREE service
that is extremely useful and convenient. By the way, I had nothing to do wi=
th
the development of it, nor do I work for either level of government involve=
d.
In the past, if you had wanted to look at so many air photos, you had to or=
der
them yourself at great expense, or go to a library or other source to work =
with
the hard copies. I&#39;ve done that, it&#39;s a pain relative to this.</p>

</div>

<div>

<p>=A0</p>

</div>

<div>

<p>To access the air photos, I would still use the link I
provided (<a href=3D"https://ns.nfis.org/mapserver/ka-map/htdocs/" title=3D=
"https://ns.nfis.org/mapserver/ka-map/htdocs/" target=3D"_blank">https://ns=
.nfis.org/mapserver/ka-map/htdocs/</a>).
You&#39;ll see the menu on the left...&quot;ortho photos&quot; only appears=
 once
you&#39;re zoomed in to a scale of 1:250000. Click that option, the photos =
appear.</p>

</div>

<p>=A0</p>

</div></div></div>

</div>


</blockquote></div><br><br clear=3D"all"><br>-- <br>Randy<br>______________=
___________________<br>RF Lauff<br>Way in the boonies of<br>Antigonish Coun=
ty, NS.<br>

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