Planning a shoot with Google Maps
Jul 28, 2018 08:18:51 #
Hamltnblue
Loc: Springfield PA
Hello
How many here plan their photography outings with Google maps?
I have been doing it and it's great. I often spend time during the week roaming around in satellite view.
It's amazing how much is in relative close proximity to you that was previously unknown.
Once you find something that might interest you, switch to street view. From there you can check the conditions of the area as well as
pre-plan potential shots. You can often find parking ahead of time.
When you arrive to do some shooting, the location is not totally new and saves a good bit of time.
If you are going somewhere already, you can also use the views to see if there is anything else of interest in the area.
I've found plenty of great spots in the last couple of months this way.
Good Luck.
How many here plan their photography outings with Google maps?
I have been doing it and it's great. I often spend time during the week roaming around in satellite view.
It's amazing how much is in relative close proximity to you that was previously unknown.
Once you find something that might interest you, switch to street view. From there you can check the conditions of the area as well as
pre-plan potential shots. You can often find parking ahead of time.
When you arrive to do some shooting, the location is not totally new and saves a good bit of time.
If you are going somewhere already, you can also use the views to see if there is anything else of interest in the area.
I've found plenty of great spots in the last couple of months this way.
Good Luck.
Jul 28, 2018 08:22:11 #
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Jul 28, 2018 08:47:22 #
jayluber
Loc: Phoenix, AZ
Combine that with GAIAGPS. Do your planning with Google Earth and Maps, then search on Gaia for trails that have been used by others or create your own. Then you can save a map with trail on your phone so that when you get near your destination and drop your cell service you have a working map on your phone. You can then record your travels and photo location on your phone and save it to then share with others.
There are a number of apps that will tell you exactly where the sun will be at any time, the moon, SR, SS, shadows and then there are apps for weather as well.
As another note, the Canon 6D has a GPS feature. It has a log feature where it will log where the camera has been and then transfer to Google Maps or it's own mapping app. That way you have a record of your trip and pic locations. And you can find where you've been before.
There are a number of apps that will tell you exactly where the sun will be at any time, the moon, SR, SS, shadows and then there are apps for weather as well.
As another note, the Canon 6D has a GPS feature. It has a log feature where it will log where the camera has been and then transfer to Google Maps or it's own mapping app. That way you have a record of your trip and pic locations. And you can find where you've been before.
Jul 28, 2018 09:28:02 #
Hamltnblue wrote:
Hello br How many here plan their photography outi... (show quote)
While most of my Google street view exploration has indeed been used for locating (school bus) parking, I've done a couple of major research projects with Google Earth. One involved finding a couple of unadvertised off-trail structures in a particular national park, and one was looking to locate a well-hidden, also unadvertised plane crash site within a park. I located the structures directly with Google Earth, and using the topography features of Google Earth narrowed my search for the aircraft to two ridge lines. I walked directly to the crash site on my first visit to the first (more likely) ridge line. It was a 'victory' of research, but a VERY somber experience to see the pieces of plane scattered over a 200x60 yard area and to imagine what the five men on board must have experienced.
Jul 28, 2018 11:23:33 #
I'll use Google Maps as well as http://app.photoephemeris.com/?ll=44.433596,-68.289739&dt=20180728112100-0400 to see where the sun will be relative to what I might want to shoot.
Jul 29, 2018 05:37:48 #
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Jul 29, 2018 08:15:00 #
Hamltnblue wrote:
Hello
How many here plan their photography outings with Google maps?
How many here plan their photography outings with Google maps?
When my wife and I went on our Alaska Cruise 3 years ago, we flew into Seatac Airport and stayed close by. We did the normal tourist site seeing before the cruise. The one main site I wanted to see was the location of the picture of Downtown-Space Needle-Mt. Rainier. I used Google to triangulate the approximate area and then street view to find the exact spot. Then when we got there I found I had left my instructions at the hotel, so I went by memory. My only camera on that trip was a cheap Samsung point and shoot. Did not see Mt Rainier, too cloudy. Maybe another trip later with a better camera.
Jul 29, 2018 08:58:22 #
I use it all the time. Go to street view and look around for a good shot, especially if it is some place I'm not familiar with but have used it to check things locally also. I also go to https://www.photoephemeris.com/tpe-for-desktop to check shadow angles through out the day and sun and moon rises and sets.
Jul 29, 2018 09:03:56 #
Longshadow wrote:
I'll use Google Maps as well as http://app.photoephemeris.com/?ll=44.433596,-68.289739&dt=20180728112100-0400 to see where the sun will be relative to what I might want to shoot.
I should of read down the post before I post a reply, my post is almost word for the same as yours.
Jul 29, 2018 09:54:38 #
Jul 29, 2018 10:50:30 #
tomad
Loc: North Carolina
Hamltnblue wrote:
Hello br How many here plan their photography outi... (show quote)
I do that all the time to find good photo ops exactly as you mentioned; satellite view to narrow down the possibilities, then street view to see exactly what is visible from a site as well as parking nearby, etc. I have found this especially useful in finding good locations in/near a city for skyline shots and cityscapes or locations on a highway for landscapes.
Jul 29, 2018 11:28:41 #
wmurnahan wrote:
I should of read down the post before I post a reply, my post is almost word for the same as yours.
Jul 29, 2018 13:20:38 #
sandiegosteve
Loc: San Diego, CA
All the time. Then an app like Photopills to see how the sun will be at times of the year.
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