Live Aerial/Satellite Imagery Applications?

[Travis Hobbs]

Do any of you have any recommendations for near real time satellite imagery sites or phone applications?

I’d even be willing to spend a few bucks a month…

I used a site called “sentinel hub” through last spring and it was awesome to get on the ground, live snow reports. They got bought out and it’s a mess.

It was handy for spring Bear and predator hunting, as well as fishing

Appreciate any tips-

 

[Travis Hobbs]

I should also mention, the quality of imagery is not super important, although to see if there is bared off ridges, open water, that type of thing would be awesome.

And hopefully it’s something with a fairly decent number of updates, 1-2 times a week hopefully

 

[nnmarcher]

To get any aerial imagery updated that frequently, I think you would have to pay a considerable chunk of change. Maybe there is a service I am not aware of.

Exo Mtn Gear had a podcast recently where they talked to a rep from OnX who mentioned being able to buy recent images for some square mile or two at a time. I don't recall the details, but you could request a recent image of a certain piece of land and then you'd get the picture 10 days later. I think it was $50 a pop though.

 

[def90]

Yeah, I was going to say that that sounds like something you would have to pay a decent amount of change for.

 

[svivian]

Sentinel-hub EO-Browser3

Sentinel-2 L2A imagery taken on August 18, 2018

apps.sentinel-hub.com

Sentinel Hub

Sentinel Hub - Cloud API for Satellite Imagery

www.sentinel-hub.com

 

[wapitibob]

onx recent imagery is usa wide if you're a premium member or add the NOHRSC snow data to your google earth pro

you can also buy imagery from onx, but the area is too small

 

[IdahoElk]

I should also mention, the quality of imagery is not super important, although to see if there is bared off ridges, open water, that type of thing would be awesome.

And hopefully it’s something with a fairly decent number of updates, 1-2 times a week hopefully

Just curious, why 1-2x's a week?

 

[prm]

The satellites that capture good imagery do not sit in one spot (geosynchronous). The imaging satellites are orbiting (low earth orbit-LEO) and can get imagery in relatively narrow swaths each time they pass by.

 

[IdahoElk]

The satellites that capture good imagery do not sit in one spot (geosynchronous). The imaging satellites are orbiting (low earth orbit-LEO) and can get imagery in relatively narrow swaths each time they pass by.

Thanks for the response, What are you trying to see with this that you can't see on OnX?

 

[prm]

Most snow data is via modeling supported with some actual data. There are new satellites that can apparently capture measure snowpack using LIDAR. That satellite is also zipping along in a low earth orbit (300-400 miles up).

 

[Travis Hobbs]

Just curious, why 1-2x's a week?

Mostly because of cloud cover and sometimes it’s weeks before you can see on the ground conditions. Depending on orbit, storm cells, etc

 

[Travis Hobbs]

Most snow data is via modeling supported with some actual data. There are new satellites that can apparently capture measure snowpack using LIDAR. That satellite is also zipping along in a low earth orbit (300-400 miles up).

I had heard this! Was really curious if imagery was available to the general public

 

[svivian]

Sentinel hub is the best ive found so far. Lacks a bit of detail but its the most up to date satellite imagery i can find. Takes a bit of playing around with the settings to get it to work but ive found it useful for checking burn areas, timber cuts etc...

 

[Travis Hobbs]

Sentinel-hub EO-Browser3

Sentinel-2 L2A imagery taken on August 18, 2018

apps.sentinel-hub.com

Sentinel Hub

Sentinel Hub - Cloud API for Satellite Imagery

www.sentinel-hub.com

So this was what I was using this spring, I could get Imagery updates nearly 2-3 times a week. And could pan around and look at images almost like google earth…. It’s completely different now.

The only option I see is update KMZ files, and they will let me know when a picture is updated? Maybe I’m doing something wrong?

 

[prm]

It wasn’t designed for snow, rather sea ice. There is data available, but I doubt it’s useful for us.

ICESat-2

The NSIDC DAAC ICESat-2 data collection includes data products derived from the Advanced Topographic Laser Altimeter System (ATLAS) instrument aboard the Ice, Cloud and land Elevation Satellite-2 (ICESat-2). ATLAS has a single laser split into six beams and arranged in three pairs to better...

nsidc.org

 

[Travis Hobbs]

Sentinel hub is the best ive found so far. Lacks a bit of detail but its the most up to date satellite imagery i can find. Takes a bit of playing around with the settings to get it to work but ive found it useful for checking burn areas, timber cuts etc...

Appreciate it, I wonder if I just gotta mess with it more, I think it use to be a lot easier

 

[N.ID7803]

Check out Planet.com. They have daily satellite imagery. I use it quite a bit for work. It is a paid subscription but you could trial it and see if you like.

 

[mntnguide]

caltopo.com says they have updated daily imagery...I have not used it, so not sure how great it is. But they have great mapping layers. Looks like its $50 a year for the paid version with live imagery.

 

[svivian]

Appreciate it, I wonder if I just gotta mess with it more, I think it use to be a lot easier

Yeah they have changed it a bit but after a bit of tweaking you can get decent images.

Copernicus Browser

Search, visualize and download Sentinel satellite imagery

dataspace.copernicus.eu

 

[yak]

For live aerial imagery you can use "Zoom.Earth". It's a website that is free and will give you live images from a distance. Unfortunately, if you zoom in too close you'll notice the live imagery will shift to static, archived imagery. So it's only beneficial when glancing at an area from an airplanes' altitude. I use it to determine snow cover and get an idea of snow line.