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<body><p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">That's awesome. </p>
<br /><p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">Google imagery (assuming you're using QuickMapServices) is pushed through a service and I think those services are usually pretty locked down with licensing plus it's a service so it's just harder to deal with. </p>
<br /><p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">So I **think** you can purchase Google imagery - not sure of the cost. </p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">Depending on where you are and what you're doing here's what I would do: </p>
<br /><p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">1. Check with the local City/County and see if they have imagery. It will be probably 6 inch to 1 foot in resolution. There may be a charge or it may be free. Example: Hamilton County TN has an image service that QGIS can use and they sell imagery. </p>
<br /><p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">2. Check with the state you are in and see what they have. I would search for "State of Mike GIS Data" (with Mike being the state you're in) and see what pops up. Example: The state has an imagery service and they sell imagery to the general public and to counties. Go back to 1 and they (county) may give you what they purchased. Tn has free LIDAR data for download also. </p>
<br /><p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">3. Federal is the next step - NAIP (1 meter). That's free and may be awesome for what you want or may not be. <a href="https://www.fsa.usda.gov/programs-and-services/aerial-photography/imagery-programs/naip-imagery/">https://www.fsa.usda.gov/programs-and-services/aerial-photography/imagery-programs/naip-imagery/</a> </p>
<br /><p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">4. Weird use cases that may have imagery in the area - like some utilities will fly their own imagery and have that available if you ask nice (I was a former Federal Utility Employee in Tennessee which had some gas turbines).</p>
<br /><p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">5. Landsat will completely work but I think that may still be 30 meter pixel size - but it's free. There are some other satellite imagery that is free also - you're just trading resolution for cost. </p>
<br /><p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">6. Planet labs sells imagery - but not sure of the cost on that on either. </p>
<br /><p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">Yeah - that's the hard part - imagery. Software is easy - imagery makes my head hurt. </p>
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<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">On Tuesday, March 15, 2022 10:10:35 AM EDT Mike Seskin wrote:</p>
<br /><p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> Hi Randal - thanks very much for this high level overview, it's incredibly helpful for a beginner</p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> like me!</p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> </p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> I took some excellent earlier direction from Karsten who pointed me towards a solution using the</p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> graphical modeler - it seemed perfect until I ran it and encountered some inexplicable error with</p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> the Google satellite raster - that is until I read your reply, and now it makes sense! What a</p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> bummer about the licensing -- as you said the imagery is the kicker!</p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> </p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> Are my following imagery options correct?</p>
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<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> 1. Purchase a license from Google</p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> 2. Use landstat for free</p>
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<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> Thanks</p>
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<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> Mike Seskin | EQL</p>
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<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> Hey Mike - Welcome to the list.</p>
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<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> So the short answer is yes and the longer answer is Yes it's a little complicated but doable.</p>
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<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> For the explanation I''m going to completely ignore projections - that's a whole other discussion.</p>
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<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> If you had a point (like a tower) you could run the buffer tool and buffer it one mile. From there</p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> I think you would "clip by mask layer" and extract the image. You could save that as a geotiff or</p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> whatever you needed. Life would be good. (I say all that like you know where the tools are - look</p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> for processing at the top of QGIS - that gives you processing tools).</p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> </p>
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<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> The bigger problem is the imagery - you can't clip Google Satellite imagery and use that per the</p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> license from Google. So you would need another image source be it landsat or something local</p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> (maybe the county you're working in has imagery they would share). Imagery is a pain.</p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> </p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> </p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> Really - that's the kicker - the imagery. Get that and then there's the whole discussion on "get</p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> it in a local projection" and you're done - it's about three steps in QGIS to get what you want.</p>
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<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> It's completely doable! I dunno how much this has helped but you're on the right track.</p>
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<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> On Monday, March 14, 2022 7:10:56 PM EDT Mike Seskin wrote:</p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> > Preamble:</p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> > 1. I've been unsuccessfully searching for answers online for several days</p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> > </p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> > 2. I am new to spatial analysis and GIS, and therefore trying to figure out what it can and</p>
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<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> > Question:</p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> > </p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> > </p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> > </p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> > I recently installed QGIS in the hopes it can help me create satellite image files from a shape</p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> > </p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> > file consisting of points. I want to automatically define an area (for instance 1 square mile)</p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> > </p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> > around each point and save the Google satellite image of each of the 1-square mile areas. Is</p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> > </p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> > this possible in QGIS?</p>
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<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> > Thanks</p>
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