Quote Originally Posted by jghilino View Post
My new idea is to check out the satellite images to see who around you has alot of scrap on there property and then target those properties. Good idea or invasion of privacy? Thoughts?
I would suggest using local GIS maps. Google maps and the like only let you zoom down to a certain elevation. Of course you can use street view where available, but it is also very cumbersome. Many states and municipalites have GIS maps freely available online. You can try and search Anytown US State GIS and see what pops up. Many times these maps are photographed during the winter so that tree cover is not present allowing you to see underneath what would be canopy cover. The picture resolution is usually better than Google Maps.

For instance here is Kansas City, Missouri. I was able to zoom into 1"=40' and it is clear as day.
Kansas City GIS
1. Choose "Online Mapping"
2. Choose "Basemap > Ortho 2012"
3. Zoom in using your scroll wheel

The only drawback is that sometimes you have to pay for these maps. Sometimes each county in a state is tasked with keeping up with there maps or each city. In Georgia, the tax assessors office is who handles these maps, or elsewhere some other office's website will have the maps.

You can also use GIS to look at land parcels and see who owns them, how much they are worth, get plats and so on.