What is the highest resolution satellite imagery viewer available on the net?

Question

I have some property which I would like to find certain trail GPS coordinates of. Google Earth works well for this, but its maximum resolution is still not high enough to see all of the trails and markings on the land.

I have read about other satellite sites which will give you higher resolution at a cost. I suppose if this is indeed my only option, I could go through one of those websites.

Are there any recommended sites which are higher-res than Google, that are also either free of cost or somewhat cheap?

Thanks

Answer 1

Google, Yahoo, MSN, Mapquest, National Geographic and the others all have similar quality satellite images.  An aerial or satellite photo from USGS might work.  

Answer 2

Try maps.live.com. They often have much better maps than Google maps.

A comparison of Google Maps, Yahoo Maps, and Live Search Maps:

Grand Haven, Michigan, Google Maps:

http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=h&ll=4...

That is as good as it gets for Ottawa County, Michigan using Google Maps!

Grand Haven, Michigan, Yahoo Maps:

http://maps.yahoo.com/#mvt=s&lat=43.0592...

Nice. But wait, you can zoom in a lot farther:

http://maps.yahoo.com/#mvt=s&lat=43.0592...

Grand Haven, Michigan, Live Search Maps:

http://maps.live.com/default.aspx?v=2&FO...

Similar to Yahoo Maps.

Zoomed in:

http://maps.live.com/default.aspx?v=2&FO...

Not quite as good as Yahoo Maps.

However, they also have Bird's Eye:

http://maps.live.com/default.aspx?v=2&FO...

Wow!

Bird's Eye, zoomed in:

http://maps.live.com/default.aspx?v=2&FO...

Bird's Eye, rotated:

http://maps.live.com/default.aspx?v=2&FO...

http://maps.live.com/default.aspx?v=2&FO...

http://maps.live.com/default.aspx?v=2&FO...