[at-l] Google Earth

[southwalker at barefootfarm.com (South Walker)]

I have had a lot of fun following my route on previous Grand Canyon hikes.
The trail is difficult to determine in some of the backcountry locations but
in others it is clear and the campsites are evident.

What a beautiful place the GC is.

South Walker southwalker@barefootfarm.com
ME-GA 1999
In hiking there is no special recognition given for speed, style,
or finesse. There are only those who do the hike and those who don't.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "R Bridges" <jyopilot@hotmail.com>
To: <at-l@backcountry.net>
Sent: Monday, August 29, 2005 7:02 PM
Subject: [at-l] Google Earth


> Hi folks,
>
> There's a relatively new free feature offered by Google that some of you 
> might enjoy. It's called Google Earth and can be downloaded at 
> http://kh.google.com/download/earth/index.html (about a 10 MB program). 
> From the home page you'll see the earth, from which you can then zoom in 
> on any spot on the planet and see a recent satellite photo of that point - 
> in major metro areas you can pick out cars in your drive, mailboxes, etc; 
> although out in the country the resolution is far less.
>
> It's a very user-friendly interface, but you'll need a broadband 
> connection for download speed.  It'll show you the lat/long and elevation 
> of the cursor point, and will allow you to change the viewing tilt (so you 
> can look up at Mt Katahdin instead of down, for instance).
>
> And here's a little bonus I discovered - if you go to the layers section 
> (lower LH corner) and click on the Keyhole Community BBS layer, someone 
> has input most or all of the AT shelters (in a few cases I think I can see 
> the actual shelter, although I had to turn off the legend for visibility 
> in some cases).  For more fun, type your (or any metropolitan) address in 
> the search box, and watch it fly you to your house ("honey, you left your 
> cycle outside").  It's a heck of a lot of fun, and fairly useful for 
> finding directions, eating places, and such as well.
>
> Enjoy,
>
> Wildfire & Wounded Knee
>
>
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