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posted on 12-27-2005 at 05:56 PM Reply With Quote


Wow! Nice work David. Lots of work though eh!:yes:

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posted on 12-27-2005 at 06:17 PM Reply With Quote


Great stuff, DK. Thanks!



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posted on 12-28-2005 at 12:54 AM Reply With Quote


De nada my friends!

It really is easy... but you have to know what a place looks like or match up the land with the topo maps...

Remember, I do requests! Where in Baja would you like a quick link to see it from space?




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posted on 12-28-2005 at 02:17 AM Reply With Quote
Santa Maria/Mag Bay



Hey David, can you get a photo of Santa Maria Bay (Mag Bay area?) Thanks!
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posted on 12-28-2005 at 02:48 AM Reply With Quote


Hmmm... Well, there is a Bahia Santa Marina in the Baja Almanac (note the 'n') at the south end of Mag Bay. Puerto Chale and Puerto Datil are on the shore... Isla Creciente is the barrier island that seperates it from the Pacific...

Here it is: Bahia Santa Marina




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posted on 12-28-2005 at 02:54 AM Reply With Quote


OK, here's a Bahia Santa Maria on the western side of Isla Magdalena...

Bahia Santa Maria, Isla Magdalena




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posted on 12-29-2005 at 01:07 AM Reply With Quote


Thanks David!!!
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posted on 12-29-2005 at 02:13 AM Reply With Quote


has anyone fiqured out when these sat/maps were created? are they a year/month/week old?



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posted on 12-29-2005 at 02:48 AM Reply With Quote


If you scroll down to the bottom of the "Layers" in GoogleEarth, you find 4 layers DG Coverage 2005, DG Coverage 2004, DG Coverage 2003 and DG Coverage 2002. If you turn these on one at a time, you can see when they got pictures of various areas - These are the Digital Globe images. - Go to your place and then turn these layers on and see if DG made these images and when. A lot of GoogleEarth images are not Digital Globe images though and I don't know how to get history on them. I can timeline the one of my place by what's in the driveway etc. This is in Google Earth, not Google Maps but suspect both using same satellite data.

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posted on 12-29-2005 at 04:34 PM Reply With Quote


A request for San Bartolo was received... it has been added to the 'Along Hwy. 1' section... Unfortunately, there isn't high resolution images in this part of Baja... so a real close zoom in isn't yet possible.



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posted on 1-2-2006 at 07:10 PM Reply With Quote
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Still waiting for my route.



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posted on 1-3-2006 at 03:44 PM Reply With Quote
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Quote:
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Would you plot a trip by 'foot' from around Popolta to Neji and on to Campo then one from Neji to Yuma area.

Yes! I am working on another story and this would sure help.
Think about water as you play with the possible route.
Thanks


Popotla page 1 D6 (where the new truck road will come out from Tecate

Neji page 2 M4/5 South and east of Tecate.

Not being a smart ass--you have always know the answers to everything I have asked you in the past and I assumed that you would know these.
Sorry!
I really do not know how much work this is so if it is unreasonable just let me know. To me it seems like you just wave a magic wand and it is there.




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posted on 1-3-2006 at 06:22 PM Reply With Quote


Okay Bernie, I knew Popotla but not the rest... Let's see how I can help!

Unfortunately, the resolutution is not good beginning just south of Rosarito.
Here is Popotla (not very sharp) from Fox Studios to the point where you can see way south to Cantamar... this is also added to the list 'Along Hwy. 1': Popotla area


Okay, here is a zoom out where you can see Popotla in the lower left corner and the land going inland towards Neji...
Popotla and area northeast, high view

Stand by for more...

Okay, in this view you can see Rodriguez Reservoir in the top left corner... and the land any trail would traverse between the two points... You can easily see Arroyo Las Palmas which is the main 'river' into Rodriguez... Neji is east northeast of Valle las Palmas on Hwy. 3.
Arroyo las Palmas

Here is further along Arroyo las Palmas, the likely route of any trail to Neji...
Arroyo las Palmas II

Here is the area between Valle las Palmas and Canon el Alamo... If you have any place names for this trail, it may help pinpoint the route...
Southeast from Valle las Palmas

Stand by for more...

Las Parras and El Alamo Canyons... west southwest of Neji...
El Alamo Canyon

Best zoom in, but not clear of Neji (?):Neji, south of El Hongo





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posted on 1-4-2006 at 04:00 AM Reply With Quote
Thank you David



Your response jogged my memory and I now remember an old road that winds east and north from Cantamar up toward Rodriguez Dam and Valle de las Palmas.

That will work with some other stuff I have for my new book.
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posted on 4-22-2006 at 09:55 PM Reply With Quote
Fantastic David!!!



Thank you so much for your efforts here !! These shots are awesome.......Great stuff!!

Could you find El Chorro near Agua Caliente for me? And by "Agua Caliente Hot Springs" would you be meaning Santa Rita Hotsprings near San Jorge, or the Hotsprings at El Chorro.

A shot of Canon de la Zorro would be KEWL too :yes:
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posted on 4-22-2006 at 10:57 PM Reply With Quote


Heh Barbarita...what exactly were you hoping to get a glimpse of????;);):tumble::P:P:lol:

David, how about Todos Santos??

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Thank you so much for your efforts here !! These shots are awesome.......Great stuff!!

Could you find El Chorro near Agua Caliente for me? And by "Agua Caliente Hot Springs" would you be meaning Santa Rita Hotsprings near San Jorge, or the Hotsprings at El Chorro.

A shot of Canon de la Zorro would be KEWL too :yes:


This is what I meant is what I typed: "Agua Caliente Hot Spring (off Valle Chico)". Almost every hot spring in Mexico is called Agua Caliente, so it is important to add some other reference point to the name.

Valle Chico is the valley southwest of San Felipe at the foot of the Sierra San Pedro Martir. The north end of Valle Chico is Diablo Dry Lake and the south end is Arroyo Matomi.

El Chorro is just west of the town of Agua Caliente which is just southwest of Santiago in Baja California Sur.

Santa Rita and San Jorge are just west of Santiago....

I will do my best to add these sites to the list, stay tuned!




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Heh Barbarita...what exactly were you hoping to get a glimpse of????;);):tumble::P:P:lol:

David, how about Todos Santos??

[Edited on 2006-4-22 by Marie-Rose]


Hi Marie-Rose, just scroll up this page and see the post be BajaRescue... He linked the image to Todos Santos just fine... You can zoom in or out and scroll around with your mouse from all the images.

By the way, Sunrise Cafe in Vista has new owners who are keeping things pretty much the same as when you where there.




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posted on 4-23-2006 at 04:11 PM Reply With Quote
San Jorge & Agua Caliente (near Santiago)



Okay Frizkie, in this image are both arroyos (San Jorge on the top and Agua Caliente on the bottom) where they exit the sierra. On the right, between them, is Mesa Cerralvo.

This is an area without high resolution, so a zoom in to show much more detail isn't happening here. The town of Agua Caliente is near the lower, left edge of the mesa.

San Jorge & Agua Caliente (near Santiago)

I also added Santiago to the list, as it is easy to pinpoint even without high resolution because of the airstrip just west of town and the riverbed curve...

Santiago



SEE NEWEST LINKS on main list for Santiago and Agua Caliente!

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