[Nhcoll-l] Google Earth fix?

[Mare Nazaire]

Hi Doug,

It looks like you've already gotten some great responses to your question.
At RSA we load all kinds of KML files to our Google Earth for
georeferencing, which are readily available with searches on Google. Here's
one that might help you:
https://www.fcc.gov/media/radio/us-community-boundary-overlays-kml

~Mare

On Thu, Jan 6, 2022 at 11:10 AM J Tom Giermakowski <tomas at unm.edu> wrote:

> Geo-locate is fantastic! Another very good resource that I use often is
> https://caltopo.com
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> The MapBuilder Topo and other layers there are very useful for federal
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> Division of Amphibians and Reptiles
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> *From:* Nhcoll-l <nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu> *On Behalf Of *Derek
> Sikes
> *Sent:* Thursday, January 6, 2022 11:53
> *To:* nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu
> *Subject:* Re: [Nhcoll-l] Google Earth fix?
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> Geolocate allows many different map interfaces, including topo maps. This
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> https://www.geo-locate.org/
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> -Derek
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> On Thu, Jan 6, 2022 at 9:46 AM Douglas Yanega <dyanega at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Hi, all.
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> As part of our normal routine for georeferencing legacy material, I and
> others here who work with specimen data capture use Google Earth. Much
> of this activity was curtailed during the pandemic, and we're just now
> getting back to some of this. It's come to my attention that - evidently
> - Google Earth no longer shows the boundaries of counties in the US.
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> State boundaries, yes, zip code boundaries, yes, but there used to be
> county boundaries and county names, and they appear to be entirely gone
> now. This promises to entail a significant addition to the time required
> for us to properly capture data, and in some cases will make assignment
> to county impossible, when a point maps along a road that crosses a
> county line (e.g., we need to data capture three points along Hwy 380
> between Bingham and Carrizozo, NM, and somewhere between those towns
> there is a county line between Socorro and Lincoln counties - but it's
> invisible). Yes, points mapping to a town or named place are generally
> fine, but points along roads often require a visual confirmation as to
> which side of a county line they are on, and that can't be done if
> Google Earth has permanently removed county lines from their display.
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> I'm sure we're not alone in having made extensive use of this feature,
> and wanting to have it back. Short of a massive letter-writing campaign
> to Google Earth admins, does anyone know a fix for this?
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> Thanks in advance,
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Mare Nazaire, Ph.D.
Administrative Curator, Herbarium [RSA-POM]
California Botanic Garden
Research Assistant Professor, Claremont Graduate University
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