BEST SATELLITE IMAGES AVALIABLE

[backlash]

I was wondering,, in your opinion what is the best web site to go to for satellite images even if you need to pay I know these are secrets of the trade, but if you could lead me in the right direction i would be very thankfull. Backlash

 

[GOHO]

I use this site from time to time.. High Quality but you have to pay:

http://www.digitalglobe.com/

This one is good and free and has lots of different types of GIS data:

http://seamless.usgs.gov/about.php

 

[signumops]

In Florida, almost every County Property Appraiser's Office has aerial photography refreshed annually, some more often. Many of them are at 6 inch resolution, and many have the data at a reasonable price, or for free. Also, in Florida you can check with each of the Water Managment Districts and they will have pretty decent aerials. Most of these are cast in State Plane Coordinates instead of geographic. The St. Johns River Water Management District (www.sjrwmd.org) has all of their jurisdiction in 1 foot color pixels. Also try www.labins.org (for Florida only).
You can also snatch aerials from Google Earth and place them directly into the free version of Sketch Up and build a mosaic yourself as needed. Google's aerials of the Florida East Coast were shot in December of 2010 and they have historic aerials of the same coverage online dating back to the 90's.

 

[comfortably numb]

I use this one http://marine.geogarage.com/routes/ It lets you overlay marine charts onto sat. photos.