Map Imagery & Older Photos
ProPaving can show your lot from several imagery sources. When one is blurry, old or has cars covering the pavement, try another.
Imagery Sources
- Google satellite with street labels. There is no switch to a plain street map.
- Esri World Imagery, the only source with older photos you can step through.
- Mapbox satellite.
- Public county or state imagery where a government source covers the lot. It is named after its source, for example a county and year.
Switch Imagery
- On a computer, open the Imagery section of the Project panel on the right.
- Click a provider under Provider.
- For Esri, use the Imagery Date arrows or the date list (it starts at Latest) to look at older photos.
In a phone browser, tap the round layers button on the right side of the map to open the Imagery sheet. ProPaving remembers the provider you picked. When Google's photo of a spot is low resolution, a banner offers Switch to Esri.
When to Switch
- The photo is blurry when you zoom in close.
- The lot has been repaved, restriped or built on since the photo was taken.
- Parked cars or shadows hide the edges or the striping; an older Esri date may show the lot emptier.
Your measurements stay put when you switch: they are tied to the ground, not to the photo. See Parcel Overlay to add property lines on top.