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Vince P
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# Posted: 6 Jan 2012 06:40pm - Edited by: Vince P
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I just realized that Google Earth/Maps updated their image in my neck of the woods with this high res sat image. Anyone else have one?
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soundandfurycabin
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# Posted: 6 Jan 2012 06:48pm
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Wow, I wish their photos were that good in my area! It would help for site planning.
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bobrok
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# Posted: 6 Jan 2012 07:20pm
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This thread is so opportune because I just found this the other day! What timing!
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Martian
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# Posted: 6 Jan 2012 07:45pm
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I've seen the one of my place, but I don't have enough speed out here to load it. I was amazed at how detailed it is. No sense in trying to hide anymore.
Tom
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bobrok
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# Posted: 6 Jan 2012 08:13pm
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Quoting: Martian No sense in trying to hide anymore
Yup. If you zoom way in you will clearly see my building permit tacked on the wall.
yeah, right.....
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Vince P
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# Posted: 6 Jan 2012 08:16pm
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Quoting: bobrok yeah, right.....
precisely why I cropped any indication of latitude/longitude
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wakeslayer
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# Posted: 6 Jan 2012 10:17pm
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I have seen mine but with green roofs and the angle, only I can see it is there.
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todd heyn
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# Posted: 7 Jan 2012 07:24am
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This is a shot of our White Birch Acres. It does not show the 2011 additions of an out house/shower, pump shed, and gravel pathways. I'll have to wait for the next updates to show those.
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Martian
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# Posted: 7 Jan 2012 08:26am
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Quoting: bobrok Yup. If you zoom way in you will clearly see my building permit tacked on the wall.yeah, right....
I understand some county tax assessors use a computer program that compares new pics to old looking for changes. If your cabin shows up, they will contact you eventually.
Tom
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Vince P
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# Posted: 7 Jan 2012 08:56am
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Quoting: Martian I understand some county tax assessors use a computer program that compares new pics to old looking for changes
Seriously? Did this happen to you or is it something you heard?
I'm not particularly worried since my cabin is legit, but I'm wondering if this statement is verified.
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trollbridge
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# Posted: 7 Jan 2012 09:05am - Edited by: trollbridge
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Our woods are so thick it is pretty hard to see much with the cabin itself but in the clearing the picture is so clear you can see every tire track in the ground! Last weekend we went up and found another notice from the tax assessor in the door...he's been coming around every six months-annoying! Just can't wait to get his letter with his new findings...we have very high property taxes in Wisconsin and don't want to be taxed right out of our cabin so we are kinda holding our breath :-|
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Martian
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# Posted: 7 Jan 2012 09:06am
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It was in an article I read several years ago. We don't have permiting here, but they still find out about new structures built out of sight from any public roads. I have an idea they are using the program to look for them.
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trollbridge
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# Posted: 7 Jan 2012 09:15am
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Vince P...listen to the alien...he has inside knowledge of all things "outer-space"!
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bobrok
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# Posted: 7 Jan 2012 09:39am
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I understand some county tax assessors use a computer program that compares new pics to old looking for changes. If your cabin shows up, they will contact you eventually.
Our county has not only a brand new set of aerials but they actually have a website for public viewing. From it you can determine *everything* about the property. They overlay the property lines, list the tax account number, ownership of record, assessed value of the parcel...you name it...its there.
In fact, now that I mention this I will dig out that photo and compare it to my Google earth photo from above.
I am not worried about the revenuers coming around. Everything is documented and permitted through our club membership. In fact I found the 1998 building permit from our camp tacked to a tree in the woods shortly after we bought it. I kept it for sentimental reasons.
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MtnDon
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# Posted: 7 Jan 2012 11:09am
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Someone I know in NY state told me that the state has a revolving schedule where every piece of land is aerial surveyed over a five year period. Then repeat.
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trollbridge
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# Posted: 7 Jan 2012 11:21am
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The county we are in the assessor is required to physically go out to all vacant land once per year and make sure no improvements have been made. It would be very difficult to hide a small cabin.
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bobrok
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# Posted: 7 Jan 2012 11:36am
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Someone I know in NY state told me that the state has a revolving schedule where every piece of land is aerial surveyed over a five year period.
I don't know about the 5 year schedule, Don, but I do know that every parcel of land in NYS is aerial mapped and coded for tax purposes. I know this because (dare I admit this here?) I used to work for an aerial tax mapping company that was contracted to NYS to produce a working set of tax maps. This goes back to 1973, the year I graduated college, and my first honest to goodness real job. Contracts were let by county (all 62 of them) and I worked on one of the first county contracts let.
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soundandfurycabin
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# Posted: 7 Jan 2012 04:07pm - Edited by: soundandfurycabin
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Yes, automated change detection software can identify new buildings, additions and driveways. Don't assume you are safe just because your cabin is "hidden" in the trees. It costs very little extra to capture an infrared image at the same time. If you've got the heat on, you will show up!
Google "automated change detection" and "building change detection" to learn more.
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simon
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# Posted: 7 Jan 2012 05:14pm
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I better put on my tin foil hat so they can't see me :D
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Fred
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# Posted: 7 Jan 2012 05:58pm
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Special at the big box this week on Cammo shingles.
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Vince P
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# Posted: 7 Jan 2012 07:03pm
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Quoting: Fred Special at the big box this week on Cammo shingles.
I recall a hunter telling me that the color of the metal roof he chose for his cabin was "blaze orange".
Hope that one was permited.
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Just
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# Posted: 7 Jan 2012 10:11pm
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2006 county photo, : oops : must have been leaves on the roof!!
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BlaineHill
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# Posted: 14 Apr 2012 11:06am
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It looks like they imaged my area shortly after I finished the roof last fall.
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toyota_mdt_tech
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# Posted: 14 Apr 2012 08:40pm
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Quoting: Vince P Seriously? Did this happen to you or is it something you heard? I'm not particularly worried since my cabin is legit, but I'm wondering if this statement is verified.
Absolutely is true. They use an overlay to see "new construction" then check records.
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toyota_mdt_tech
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# Posted: 14 Apr 2012 08:43pm
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Quoting: bobrok Our county has not only a brand new set of aerials but they actually have a website for public viewing. From it you can determine *everything* about the property. They overlay the property lines, list the tax account number, ownership of record, assessed value of the parcel...you name it...its there.
My county my cabin is in, has that. It shows everything, name, address, photos of cabin, property lines.
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sparky1
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# Posted: 15 Apr 2012 10:08am
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my county accessor came to see what was added in my Upper back yd---I had taken the camper shell off the Truck, and "yes" you can see it on Google earth..he did ask ,to check out what it was, I laughed --I think i made him angry.
sparky1 in s.va.
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bobrok
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# Posted: 15 Apr 2012 02:17pm
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Last year I called my son and said to him "nice grill you just bought".
He had just bought a Weber style kettle grill, and I actually saw it sitting in his back yard on a new Google earth photo that was just taken. I could tell what it was from the triangular shadow of the legs on the lawn.
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MikeOnBike
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# Posted: 15 Apr 2012 09:07pm - Edited by: MikeOnBike
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Bing updated the map of my place in the two week window after I stained the plywood floor of the shed and before I started on the walls. (Aug. 2012)
The lower place is a year older but is finally on the maps. A lot of change in the last two years.
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My stained plywood floor.
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Our 80 acres.
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