Possible watering Hole?Google earth...

[mandrroofing]

I was on earth and came across this witch looked like a watering whole.Looks to me that the surrounding hills wold funnle water in this "bare looking" area.wanted to see if that's what you all thought.If it is i belive there is not much other water around the area,if its not dry that is...

[cnelk]

Not sure...
Try Bing Maps and then switch to Birds Eye view and rotate around the spot.

Flash Earth is good too. Clearer than GE

[WapitiTalk1]

Holy smokes, if there is water where you've marked it, it may be a honey hole for sure. What state are you researching? Looks dry as the Mohave there.

[cnelk]

I think I saw a camel next to that water hole

[wawhitey]

Not sure...
Try Bing Maps and then switch to Birds Eye view and rotate around the spot.

Flash Earth is good too. Clearer than GE

can you put up a link to where i can download bing maps?

[WapitiTalk1]

Here ya go whitey. Bing maps is like many of the others but as cnelk mentioned, the bird's eye view is pretty nice. I also like Acme mapping.

http://www.bing.com/maps/

[cnelk]

Go to MSN.com

In the search area, type in the closest town/locale

Enter

Then Select 'Maps' just above the search bar and it will take you to to your area.
You will see the Birds Eye option on top of the map.

Find your spot

Good luck

[wawhitey]

oh thanks man thats great. figured was something you had to download, found something searching on google, thought i was downloading google maps and started getting a bunch of notifications about stuff being identified as a trojan virus.... i hate the internet sometimes

[Coveyleader]

i would say no. bigger issue, i dont see any timber to hold elk.

[Lefty]

doesnt look like it to me. Check against a topo

[Wapitibob]

Water is pretty easy to spot. I would guess your spot hold water for a short while during monsoons. I would keep looking in that Oak brush for one that shows water, then check the photo date.

[mandrroofing]

i would say no. bigger issue, i dont see any timber to hold elk.

These areas do hold elk,I have a diff watering hole I sat last year and a nice 6 point and cows came in,could not get a shot and this was the same type of cover.here is the the watering hole I sat last year,you caint really tell there's water in this one either.this is 3 miles away from the one I'm asking about.

[cnelk]

Can you post a pic of the spot using Bing or FlashEarth?

[Wapitibob]

You're just going to have to go look and see if it has water. Your first spot will clearly hold water; question is, for how long.

[mandrroofing]

Yea i aggree ill just have to go and look,If there is water then great if not oh well
Here is the bing Pic

[Wapitibob]

money

[Accipiter]

May like to try this one too: http://www.arcgis.com/explorer/ then go to the "USA Imagery Map" which shows a close up of Washington DC. Then zoom out and move to where you need to go. We use this program at work and the detail is so sharp you can see cattle in the fields or around watering holes.

[WapitiTalk1]

May like to try this one too: http://www.arcgis.com/explorer/ then go to the "USA Imagery Map" which shows a close up of Washington DC. Then zoom out and move to where you need to go. We use this program at work and the detail is so sharp you can see cattle in the fields or around watering holes.

Hey, that works pretty darn good. Thanks Accipiter!

[wawhitey]

May like to try this one too: http://www.arcgis.com/explorer/ then go to the "USA Imagery Map" which shows a close up of Washington DC. Then zoom out and move to where you need to go. We use this program at work and the detail is so sharp you can see cattle in the fields or around watering holes.

hot damn that ones good!