Desktop Imagery : Google,MS,Yahoo,etc

[John F. Manzer]

Has there been a thread that has already discussed the use of desktop / internet imagery for use in your daily inspection workflow? (like Google Earth, Microsoft VE, Yahoo Maps)? </IMG>

[John F. Manzer]

If not, what is your opinion about using these sources? a custom developed support application for you the inspector?

[rdawes]

Not sure how you mean using desktop imagery.

I routinely use Google Earth to add a couple of photos to the report. One centered on the client's house (circled in red) with a wide view that shows the area around the neighboorhood and a closer one that just shows the block they live on with the client house in the middle.

Was something like that what you were talking about or something else?

[John F. Manzer]

What would improve the quality of what you provide, or significantly aid the efficiency by which you go about doing it?

[John F. Manzer]

What do you beleive will be the impact to you as announded in the following?: http://www.nachi.org/google.htm

[Michael R. Boyett]

The relevancy is a disproportionate aggregate of the t-modal algorithm that can be applied when considering heuristic applications like this. There....that answer makes as much sense as the question...right?

[Larry D. Kage]

Originally Posted by mboyett

The relevancy is a disproportionate aggregate of the t-modal algorithm that can be applied when considering heuristic applications like this. There....that answer makes as much sense as the question...right?

I agree...that makes me feel more like I do now than before I clicked on this thread, for sure!...way to keep it concise, Michael.

[rdawes]

John,

If you have something speciic in mind please elucidate. We're just poor ole home inspectors and have trouble reading between the lines.

[Barry Adair]

I'll return with a significantly appropriate response in a moment.

[cgoyette]

Hey Guys he is a programmer or he is in the satellite business and he is looking for direct use on satellite imagery. I'd bet on it, only a beer of course.

These questions sound familar...have product or are developing one...find market or perceive a market....get a feel for possible use.

He is information mining from a industry that might have a use for imagery.

Bottom line: How could you use goggle earth or a product like that in our industry.

Curt

[John F. Manzer]

Curt, Yes, that is a fair summation of my intent. I do appreciate what you have to share, and hope in turn you will have a better solution to make your job and business more efficient.

[John F. Manzer]

Ron, I was not able to see what you were describing in your post. Can you send direct? or try again?

[rdawes]

John,

I did not include any specific images in my post. As I said, I use Google Earth to generate a couple of images of my client's property, one fairly close with a radius about a block centered on the client house and another one with a radius of a mile or so. I include those in the client report. It just jazzes up the report a bit.

[John F. Manzer]

So the circle is useful for proximity to something "significant", right? What are those close to's that are important?

[rdawes]

Not really. I don't do it for any important reason. Just to make the report a tiny bit more useful. See the attachments. I don't try and show specific schools, shopping, or anything else. I don't have time to mess with those types of details. Perhaps a Realtor would be interested in showing those things to prosepective clients.