i have seen a few courses that use an aerial map/photo for their score card, as well as on their websites. my question is where is the best place to get this kind of photo? i am in the scouting process on a piece of land, and would love to have a map so i can see the big picture while i'm working. any suggestions?

Download the free Google Earth software: http://earth.google.com/
Find your course location. Do a Print Screen and save the snapshot in a drawing program. Draw your course.

i like that option but i'm a macintosh household...any other similar options?

Microsoft Terraserver. Satellite images are mostly B&W with a little color in some metro areas
http://terraserver-usa.com/cmap.aspx?src=0&ppd=1&r=4&c=3&W=0&ClickAt=?0,0

Ask your local surveyor...that's where we got ours. Can't hurt to ask...

Might be able to pick up a USGS map. It's not a photo, but does have elevation contour lines. I used these at the utility when researching new routes for high voltage transmission lines. Vegas has a GIS data base that you can get aerial photo's for free.

Might be able to pick up a USGS map. It's not a photo, but does have elevation contour lines. I used these at the utility when researching new routes for high voltage transmission lines. Vegas has a GIS data base that you can get aerial photo's for free.



this is a good example of what he's talking about
http://home.earthlink.net/~jscottm/GG/UAHcourse.jpg

Hole 4 is even tougher than it looks there ... It's known locally as "The Dragon"

that's exactly what I'm talking about! Is that a GIS , or what? How did you, or whover did, if you know, get that picture?

I can get these for Clark County Nevada, through their web site. Try a search on the gov't web site for your area.

that's exactly what I'm talking about! Is that a GIS , or what? How did you, or whover did, if you know, get that picture?



google maps. gotta use IE 6, so you have to use a PC. use the street level view to make sure you looking at the right part of town, then switch to the satellite view. then hit "print screen" and paste it into a graphics program to add the course and the scorecard.

Might be able to pick up a USGS map. It's not a photo, but does have elevation contour lines. I used these at the utility when researching new routes for high voltage transmission lines. Vegas has a GIS data base that you can get aerial photo's for free.



this is a good example of what he's talking about


Hole 4 is even tougher than it looks there ... It's known locally as "The Dragon"



New UAH is Fun :D

I witnessed someone get an 8 on it i think
I got a 5 one of the rounds and i am Happy!!!!

New UAH is Fun :D

I witnessed someone get an 8 on it i think
I got a 5 one of the rounds and i am Happy!!!!



It's fun IF you bring all your discs home with you. between the lake and the cedar trees it's a disc eating monster.

I've witnessed one three on hole four ... Gary Wolfe... Lavonne's son. A perfect low S shot that stayed in the channel. A huge high hyzer than landed past the last tree. Then he canned a 45' putt for a three. I picked up my discs and went to the next hole after my sixth shot. A five feels good on that hole, a four is a miracle.

Gary also got a three on dreaded hole 7 that day. a low roller that cut into the gap on the right just perfectly, stopped in the middle of the second fairway. Easy up and short in.

I hope to be that good someday.

This is Hyzer Creek

http://www.hoyhoy.com/subweb/aerial2003a.gif

Hey Chuck, Thanks for the tip on Google. It will be a good addition to our county's Polars images. I am trying to squeeze 18 holes into about a 15 acre parcel that is heavily wooded and with poorly marked boundaries. This shows me a couple of features that the other map did not that will help out a lot.

That's great Stan. It might help make your "directed wanderings" (is that the phrase we settled on?) even more effective. :) The maps have helped me figure out some design issues.

That is probably a CK'ism that you settled on. I can't say that I would use the term wandering. BUT, if I was forced to use that tem, I might say that it was "well planned intentional purposeful and directed wandering". Now, the only thing I could not find, and it may not be an option on Google is topo lines. The Polaris system in our county has topo lines and creek options that really cut down on the wandering and allow me to explore these woods knowing where I am. It is the perimeter property lines that are ill defined. Did I just miss the option for topo lines on the Google Map thing??

Ok I added the creek using Photo Suite. Note hole 16 with the pin in the middle of the creek.

http://www.hoyhoy.com/subweb/coursemapaer.gif

I think Google only displays satellite photos and labels streets. Use the Microsoft Terraserver maps http://terraserver.microsoft.com/image.aspx?T=2&S=15&Z=17&X=79&Y=608&W=1 for topo lines or buy the Topo USA program from Delorme with topos for the country (~$99) or just your area for a lower price (~$49).

Here are before and after shots of Hyzer Creek. The first aerial was 1995 and the second was 2003.

http://www.hyzercreek.com/hyzer1995surveycrop.jpg
http://www.hyzercreek.com/aerial2003.gif

My problem is the areas that I would like photos of do not come in clear enough to use for a map. Are there any sites that take higher rez photos of more rural areas? I am talking small Kansas towns. Any help would be great! Thanks.

So Morgan...are those pre & post Chicken Wing shots? :p

Hey DM I've been working on the same problem... too low-res on we rural folk. Your county appraiser probably has GIS images. Know any buddies in that department?

I'm trying to get GIS pics of NW Pratt, where our course is. Also, KDWP (KS Dept of Wildlife & Parks) may have GIS imagery available. Either way, I'd be prepared to go through some "well.... idunno.... maybe if i.... latidatidahs."

Got a plane and a nice camera? Or a hookup at the NSA?

Hey Ryan, I do know the county appraiser (I know everyone!). I also have some friends in the KDWP! I will have to ask them and see. Thanks for the ideas. See you in Salina at The Rock!!!!!

Don

might try tera fly... the res is better in some rural areas, but they mark the immages so you have to purchase them if you dont want the watermarks.

If you happen to be in NY State you can get incredible aerial photos at

http://www1.nysgis.state.ny.us/MainMap.cfm

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If you happen to be in NY State you can get incredible aerial photos at

http://www1.nysgis.state.ny.us/MainMap.cfm

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Sweet !!!! doe's google have the same type of aerial photos ?

No this is a NY project only and if you live in a state that's not as cool as NY then move here cause we need disc golfers and have the aerial photos to back it up

i like that option but i'm a macintosh household...any other similar options?



google earth is now out for the mac.

rent a helicopter, or in many farming communties people will take pictures of farms and properties and then try to sell them to the farmers as keepsakes, ask around maybe they know of someone.

Seems like the perfect place for a course...
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y210/cydisc/houckestates.jpg

All those houses would make excellent obstacles...!

If you're from Texas, specifically Austin, you'll recognize the street names.