Arial Map!

[JTip]

If I pull up my house now, I can date it to over 4 years ago judging by the lack of a wood pile behind the chicken barn. I bought 2 tri-axle loads, half remaining. Not a stick to be seen in the picture. THAT would be misleading if I or any appraiser put that picture in a report.

Feel free to put in any picture you want in your reports. I won't tell either way.

 

[Pittsburgh Pete]

If I pull up my house now, I can date it to over 4 years ago judging by the lack of a wood pile behind the chicken barn. I bought 2 tri-axle loads, half remaining. Not a stick to be seen in the picture. THAT would be misleading if I or any appraiser put that picture in a report.

Feel free to put in any picture you want in your reports. I won't tell either way.

Wouldn't be concerned with the absence of the woodpile. The intent of the aerial is to put the property in context. Now if new construction nearby is not shown then it would have limited applicability.

 

[stangtime]

I started sticking aerial photos in my reports several years ago, thinking that they gave a visual representation of density of development, proximity to adversd neighborhood influences, site amenities (REALLY helpful in showing why one lakefront site very near another might be inferior/superior), etc. That the aerial photo feature had been incorporated into my software makes it simple, and probably adds less than 90 seconds to report preparation time. It's one miniscule investment of time that has added a great deal $4$.

Me too. I usually put in a few of them; the first is from way back to show an overall view, then one shot closer, and then a bird's eye view if available. It also tunes my mind in on the property even more. Gives great perspective to the job.

I just use the snipping tool in Windows 7. Once the picture is captured sometimes I'll drop it into a plain-Jane paint program and add some words, a circle, arrows, etc. The whole process only takes a couple of minutes and it's kind of relaxing.

Dan

 

[LordofTexas]

I use a free screen capture program called Screenpresso. I've used SnagIt in the past and Screenpresso is similar but quicker due to being automatic when I hit the PrtScn button. I then make a quick PDF of the aerial photo I've grabbed from Bing (much clearer than Google) and import it into Alamode as an attachment. It takes about 2 minutes for the entire process. But, with PDF software; you can draw arrows, type text, and point out features of the site that may be hard to convey within the report (a picture's worth a thousand words). And yes, there are at least 5 clients which request an aerial photo. I've found that it's one of the main reasons several of my Bank clients like my reports due to the color pages and detail. But, I prefer if everyone else doesn't make their reports as detailed as mine. More money, more money, more money, for me.

 

[Terrel L. Shields]

The Arial typeface comprises many styles: Regular, Italic, Medium, Medium Italic, Bold, Bold Italic, Black, Black Italic, Extra Bold, Extra Bold Italic, Light, Light Italic, Narrow, Narrow Italic, Narrow Bold, Narrow Bold Italic, Condensed, Light Condensed, Bold Condensed, and Extra Bold Condensed. The extended Arial type family includes even more styles: Rounded (Light, Regular, Bold, Extra Bold); Monospaced (Regular, Oblique, Bold, Bold Oblique). Many of these have been issued in multiple font configurations with different degrees of language support. The most widely used and bundled Arial fonts are Arial Regular, Italic, Bold, Bold Italic, along with the same styles of Arial Narrow, plus Arial Black and Black Italic. More recently Arial Rounded has also been widely bundled.

It's mapped in your Character Map file
START > all programs > Accessories > System Tools > Character Map....

did i say something wrong?

 

[Patricia Sturick]

I use a free screen capture program called Screenpresso. I've used SnagIt in the past and Screenpresso is similar but quicker due to being automatic when I hit the PrtScn button. I then make a quick PDF of the aerial photo I've grabbed from Bing (much clearer than Google) and import it into Alamode as an attachment. It takes about 2 minutes for the entire process. But, with PDF software; you can draw arrows, type text, and point out features of the site that may be hard to convey within the report (a picture's worth a thousand words). And yes, there are at least 5 clients which request an aerial photo. I've found that it's one of the main reasons several of my Bank clients like my reports due to the color pages and detail. But, I prefer if everyone else doesn't make their reports as detailed as mine. More money, more money, more money, for me.

Why don't you get the aerial photo from the alamode software?