# Satellite Imagery Question **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [September 21, 2009, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/satellite-imagery-question/510963 "2009-09-21T17:16:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2009, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/satellite-imagery-question/510963/1 "2009-09-21T17:16:12Z")
I _know_ **google Earth** isn’t “real-time”, but is there a service anywhere on the web that is? Thanks! Quasi ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2009, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/satellite-imagery-question/510963/2 "2009-09-21T17:28:23Z")
“Almost” real time imagery good enough? [http://freegeographytools.com/2007/real-time-satellite-images](http://freegeographytools.com/2007/real-time-satellite-images) ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2009, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/satellite-imagery-question/510963/3 "2009-09-21T17:32:28Z")
Or this: [http://sugar.coas.oregonstate.edu/MODIS/RTSI/imagetool.shtml](http://sugar.coas.oregonstate.edu/MODIS/RTSI/imagetool.shtml) ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2009, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/satellite-imagery-question/510963/4 "2009-09-21T17:39:56Z")
Well, the Oregon State site is easier to navigate (couldn’t really find what I wanted on the previous link), but unfortunately, Georgia isn’t included, **Whack-a-Mole**. We’ve had a lot of flooding recently and I wanted to see if I could find the hardest hit areas, if possible. Thanks, though!🙂 Q ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2009, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/satellite-imagery-question/510963/5 "2009-09-21T19:23:11Z")
Maybe this site then? [http://www.wtoctv.com/Global/category.asp?C=79603](http://www.wtoctv.com/Global/category.asp?C=79603) May not have the resolution you want though. ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2009, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/satellite-imagery-question/510963/6 "2009-09-21T21:55:56Z")
I took a look, **W-a-M** , but yeah, it’s too high up. It does show, however, that we’re about to be (in the words of the great Johnny Cash) “blessed with a little more rain!” “How High’s The Water Mama?” [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/pyZD7eoHZT8/hqdefault.jpg "Johnny Cash "How High is The Water Momma"") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyZD7eoHZT8) Thanks, **W-a-M**! Quasi ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2009, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/satellite-imagery-question/510963/7 "2009-09-22T07:57:49Z")
Be aware that the high resolution Google images are taken from aircraft not satellites. You’re not going to get a lot of detail from any satellite image, real time or otherwise.