Which satellite maps - as close to real time as possible?

[hw101]

Evening all.
My permission, a 1000 acre forestry block in south west Scotland, is currently having work done in it. The main forestry road has been improved, presumably for heavy vehicles. There's been quarrying at one end and the stone extracted has been used to make large, flat area at the far end, as well as shoring up the road in between. Every sign that the forestry commission are going to start clearing some mature trees which I hope in the long run will improve the stalking.

My question - is anyone able to recommend a website that gives reasonably up to date satellite images so I can keep tabs on what is going on? Google earth is probably months / years out of date. Grid reference finder less so but probably still at least 6 - 12 months out of date.

Any help / recommendations gratefully received. Worth mentioning the area is pretty remote.
Thanks!

 

[gixer1]

Grid reference finder is about the same age as apple maps (about 3 years old on my location)

Good earth is older for my location…not sure what would be more up to date I’m afraid.

Regards,
Gixer

 

[slider]

I think you are into serious money if you want something more up to date.
I use Google Earth, Google Maps, Outdoor Active, Grid Reference Finder, Apple Maps and a professional GIS system at work. All are or a similar vintage.

 

[slider]

Evening all.
My permission, a 1000 acre forestry block in south west Scotland, is currently having work done in it. The main forestry road has been improved, presumably for heavy vehicles. There's been quarrying at one end and the stone extracted has been used to make large, flat area at the far end, as well as shoring up the road in between. Every sign that the forestry commission are going to start clearing some mature trees which I hope in the long run will improve the stalking.

My question - is anyone able to recommend a website that gives reasonably up to date satellite images so I can keep tabs on what is going on? Google earth is probably months / years out of date. Grid reference finder less so but probably still at least 6 - 12 months out of date.

Any help / recommendations gratefully received. Worth mentioning the area is pretty remote.
Thanks!

FLS's own mapping system is no more up to date than the commonly available data sets. You could always keep in touch with Wildlife Ranger.

 

[Freeforester]

Evening all.
My permission, a 1000 acre forestry block in south west Scotland, is currently having work done in it. The main forestry road has been improved, presumably for heavy vehicles. There's been quarrying at one end and the stone extracted has been used to make large, flat area at the far end, as well as shoring up the road in between. Every sign that the forestry commission are going to start clearing some mature trees which I hope in the long run will improve the stalking.

My question - is anyone able to recommend a website that gives reasonably up to date satellite images so I can keep tabs on what is going on? Google earth is probably months / years out of date. Grid reference finder less so but probably still at least 6 - 12 months out of date.

Any help / recommendations gratefully received. Worth mentioning the area is pretty remote.
Thanks!

Best bet is to ask comrade Putin, he’ll have up to date info….

 

[Oly]

Sentinel 2 is freely available but takes a bit of technical know how to access it. The resolution is/was low too.

 

[tdawson]

As Oly mentioned, Sentinel-2 satellite imagery is freely available to download here: Mosaic Hub

I have used it to check on my property in France (25 acres) as I haven't been able to visit since the lockdown. The satellite imagery is 20m resolution, but this is good enough to see if your forest parcels are still standing, and to pick up any developments (roads, buildings, etc). The website is a bit technical to work out (you need to know about the different spectral bands), but you select the area of interest and the date. It's pretty much real-time as you can download daily images from just a few days ago. However, because of cloud contamination, I would just download a monthly composite (average of 30 days) image as a TIF file.

 

[jimo]

Magic map has an aerial photography tab which is sometimes more recent than Google Maps

 

[Terrydeer]

Are you not in contact with the forestry manager, as they will be able to keep you up to date and it is in their interest to do so

 

[Pete1774]

It depends on which bit of the map you are looking at. Pics of my house were upgraded a few months ago but the pics are 3 years old (I know this by the car in the driveway) Other areas I'm familiar with have pics as old as 10 years or as new as 1 year.

 

[Home Loader]

As previously mentioned, talk to those organising the works.
The works supervisor or forester will have a detailed plan of what areas they are going to work and when.
Once the work has started the machine operators would be the ones I'd keep in contact with.

 

[Foxyboy43]

Best bet is to ask comrade Putin, he’ll have up to date info….

Take zat man’s name comrade!

 

[deerly departed]

Don't give him your name Pike...............

 

[User00040]

Evening all.
My permission, a 1000 acre forestry block in south west Scotland, is currently having work done in it. The main forestry road has been improved, presumably for heavy vehicles. There's been quarrying at one end and the stone extracted has been used to make large, flat area at the far end, as well as shoring up the road in between. Every sign that the forestry commission are going to start clearing some mature trees which I hope in the long run will improve the stalking.

My question - is anyone able to recommend a website that gives reasonably up to date satellite images so I can keep tabs on what is going on? Google earth is probably months / years out of date. Grid reference finder less so but probably still at least 6 - 12 months out of date.

Any help / recommendations gratefully received. Worth mentioning the area is pretty remote.
Thanks!

Get in touch with the Wildlife Ranger Manager and ask for a workplan to alleviate safety concerns.

 

[hw101]

Thank you everyone for the helpful responses. I take the point regarding asking the foresters about what they plan to do and when. If I find an unknown but helpful online resource regarding imaging, I promise to feed this back to the group.

 

[slider]

Thank you everyone for the helpful responses. I take the point regarding asking the foresters about what they plan to do and when. If I find an unknown but helpful online resource regarding imaging, I promise to feed this back to the group.

Your FLS contact will be able to quickly and easily produce a "constaints map" using their Contract Mapper system. This will highly any risks and planned work.