"jansb000" <jan### [at] wxsnl> wrote in message
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> Hmm, high altitude pictures from cities might be fine.
> - Where would I be able to find these?
> - If it's from a sattelite how do I know the correct scale?

Aerial photos might be the best bet for scaling, you can get to a bunch from
http://terraserver.homeadvisor.msn.com/default.asp
Zoom into the map or choose a city name.  If aerial photos exist for a place
it will say.  The "topos" are useless for image mapping.
Another thing though, they are only black&white.  I haven't seen color
aerial pictures yet.
I almost forgot.  There is a great new place with satellite photos that are
in color.
http://www.gsfc.nasa.gov/gsfc/earth/imaging/landsat.htm
To put a scale to them I think you'll need to compare with maps.

Bob H.

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