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Dang government and their desire to "simplify" things.
I used a super simple logical web site for a long time that allows me to download free government imagery. It is only one meter resolution, so not great stuff, but its free! It would be OK for background planning of a future flight, and sometimes it is good enough for a client if they are looking at a large area and don't need high resolution.
Anyway about 18 months ago they "simplified" it the first time and the files are there, but now instead of using the county names like would be simple, they have a code number so Pottawatomie County is now 40,125. Yea, that is simple. And the files are not in alpha order or number order. Just kinda random. So I have to look through all 77 counties in Oklahoma. Then I can download it.
No wait, they just "improved" the site again. Now I have to log into a special account and download it from their "cloud" to a different temporary "cloud" that only had 10 MB of space. Then I can download it from there. Golly that is simple.
What a fudge cluster. They must have hired some government staffers from congress that normally write out Federal tax code.
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Last edited by GH85Carrera; 11-30-2018 at 12:13 PM..
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