Florida Tabdigger
Elite Member
I was wondering how much time you all spend on doing research. I am a GIS technician (since 2007) and have recently been getting into lidar. I probably spend 2 or 3 times as much time looking for sites on the computer than actual hunting. Lidar is great, but most of the old homes down here where built on blocks and not dirt foundations so it hasn't helped me much. Now, for you guys up north, it might help. For my area I have found the most help is from old aerials that I can overlay on a current (or older) Google Earth kml.s. I can find old homes and compare them to current imagery and even go into street-view and see if there is a fence there. It's awesome!!! It's like actually being there. I'll probably do a video of some free software you can download and some pointers on how to get some imagery/elevation files from your local property appraisers offices online.