Hello all,

Some time ago, someone posted on this board a satellite image taken of the Agnes/Kawnipi area of Quetico. He had then sent it in to one of those companies that'll print it on canvas. Shamelessly, I stole the idea and gave it as a gift to my wife, as we happened to have many good memories on most of the lakes on the image.

I have looked without success for that post, but I'm wondering if anyone here would know how to go about getting a different image of a different area, either in the BWCA or the Q. Essentially, how/where do you find high-res satellite images on the web? I found one site, but I couldn't figure out how to use it to find an image similar to the one I've already got.

Thank you for any help....and please forgive my lack of skills.

Image attached for reference.

The MODIS website is a decent place to start, although that might not have the scale you are looking for. It is easy to navigate.

Another option is the USGS Earth Explorer. This is a bit trickier to use though. You can probably use Google to find some how-to guides.

A third option is to download from Google Earth.

I've dabbled in map making including sat imagery. I can print to 13x19. Name a specific area and I'll give it a shot.
If I can display it on my computer screen I can print it, most of the time.

butthead

Are you looking for winter black/white like that? To match if you're hanging them near each other.


Or true color with blues and greens and all that. There are plenty of places w/ all sorts of current and historic imagery. What lakes or areas and b/w or color?

Hello all, sorry for not responding. Getting new computer soon after mine turded out On me. I’ll. Answer your helpful questions and reply with more details soon. Thank you.


Carmike

Looking forward to learning more on this topic. Thinking it might be a good Christmas gift to give each of my kids who have taken trips with me a canvas of their favorite area.

When I first clicked on this thread I had completely forgotten about uploading that image here, and was surprised that someone had the exact same scene as my computer desktop wallpaper.

The source of that imagery is the Sentinel-2 satellites. MODIS has been around for longer, and is somewhat easier to access, but it is at a much coarser resolution than Sentinel or other newer platforms.

The tricky part is accessing it easily. The USGS Earth Explorer link posted above will work, however you have to download the entire tile, which can be close to 1 GB each. One newer tool I have found is called EO Browser. This one allows you to look through different dates to find a good image and then download a smaller subset of the tile.