+Team Geotor Posted July 19, 2006 Share Posted July 19, 2006 Since I'm new to this I maybe doing something wrong... When I attempt to enter the coordinates into Google or Mapquest it resets to other coordinates sometimes as much as 25 miles from my target. Leaving me to scroll and guess my way to the target. The area is about 12 miles outside of downtown Houston. Seems like it should be more accurate. Is this the best I can hope for? I tried TerraServer but the maps are so old. The topo map for the area was at least 30 years out of date, the aerial was at least 12 years old. Buildings are shown that are now gone and roads exist that are not shown. Who might have better maps? Thanks for any help you might have... Quote Link to comment
+Crew 153 Posted July 19, 2006 Share Posted July 19, 2006 Since I'm new to this I maybe doing something wrong... When I attempt to enter the coordinates into Google or Mapquest it resets to other coordinates sometimes as much as 25 miles from my target. Leaving me to scroll and guess my way to the target. The area is about 12 miles outside of downtown Houston. Seems like it should be more accurate. Is this the best I can hope for? I tried TerraServer but the maps are so old. The topo map for the area was at least 30 years out of date, the aerial was at least 12 years old. Buildings are shown that are now gone and roads exist that are not shown. Who might have better maps? Thanks for any help you might have... Have you tried the links to the maps and google on the cache page? Quote Link to comment
+StarBrand Posted July 19, 2006 Share Posted July 19, 2006 Try the links on the cache page for the maps. Otherwise - can you clarify how you are entering the coordinates into the map sites? I think you may be entering them in an incorrect format. Quote Link to comment
+Team Geotor Posted July 20, 2006 Author Share Posted July 20, 2006 I'm now thinking maybe it was a flux in the time/space continuum either that or an ID 10 T error. Google and mapquest seem to be working fine now. I did find the google link on the pages, that works even better... Thanks But the maps on TerraServer are still old. Are there any better topo maps online? Where could I go to buy better maps? Thanks again... Quote Link to comment
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