High quality satellite images needed

Dave R

Here you go. Unless your site is in the county I live in, though, it won't do you a lot of good.

ArcGIS Web Application

(gweb01.co.olmsted.mn.us)

You should be able to find the GIS site for the county where the site is with a simple Google search.

Dave R

Example from the GIS site for a county closer to home.
Screenshot - 6_28_2023 , 10_50_21 AM.png

solo

Thanks, Dave

That looks promising, I'll try to look up the counties I need, hopefully I can then figure out the mapping, if only one could get images with terrain

Dave R

Getting it all in one go would be nice but I expect difficult to find. The county might have topo data in .dxf or .dwg form that you could import into SketchUp. The county that supplied the imagery for that last image I posted has topo lines in one foot intervals. I'd expect you could get the CAD file for them and use that in SketchUp.

solo

Dave

I am an absolute plonker, to the life if me I cannot figure this out, I cannot get a satellite view like yours above

Can you please show me how?
Here is one of the locations (there are 3 in total in the same county)
I just need to understand one to be able to carry on

Attached is a kmz

Thanks in advance (only if you have the time)

[attachment=0:rpjcdryq]Sunset Parkway & Novato Boulevard, Novato, CA.kmz[/attachment:rpjcdryq]

Sunset Parkway & Novato Boulevard, Novato, CA.kmz

Dave R

Go to this website and navigate to the area where the site is.
https://www.marinmap.org/Html5Viewer/Index.html?viewer=smmdataviewer

On the upper left of the map click on the I Want To button. Then at the bottom of the left hand panel choose Layers. Turn off the layers for stuff you don't need and turn on the Aerial Photography layer. It should look something like this.
Screenshot - 6_28_2023 , 1_59_29 PM.png

I expect the Marin County GIS office would gladly sell you higher res imagery if you want.

solo

Thank you

I may need to get hold of them for higher resolutions as this is about the same as Nearmap (at least now I do not have to keep paying Nearmap for something I can get free)

Dave R

You're welcome.

What version of SketchUp are you using? I looked at that same intersection with the Add Location feature in SketchUp 2023 and it was very similar to the image suplied by Marin County on their site.

solo

2018

Dave R

Ah.... So no imagery with Add Location?

If you're contacting Marin County for imagery you might ask about contour in some CAD format you can import.