<div dir="ltr">Hi Doug,<div><br></div><div>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: <a href="https://www.fcc.gov/media/radio/us-community-boundary-overlays-kml">https://www.fcc.gov/media/radio/us-community-boundary-overlays-kml</a></div><div><br></div><div>~Mare</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Jan 6, 2022 at 11:10 AM J Tom Giermakowski <<a href="mailto:tomas@unm.edu">tomas@unm.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">Geo-locate is fantastic! Another very good resource that I use often is
<a href="https://caltopo.com" target="_blank">https://caltopo.com</a><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">The MapBuilder Topo and other layers there are very useful for federal lands, trails and county lines.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<a href="http://msb.unm.edu/divisions/amphibians-reptiles/index.html" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">http://msb.unm.edu/</span></a><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Derek Sikes<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, January 6, 2022 11:53<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Nhcoll-l] Google Earth fix?<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Thu, Jan 6, 2022 at 9:46 AM Douglas Yanega <<a href="mailto:dyanega@gmail.com" target="_blank">dyanega@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></p>
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As part of our normal routine for georeferencing legacy material, I and <br>
others here who work with specimen data capture use Google Earth. Much <br>
of this activity was curtailed during the pandemic, and we're just now <br>
getting back to some of this. It's come to my attention that - evidently <br>
- Google Earth no longer shows the boundaries of counties in the US.<br>
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State boundaries, yes, zip code boundaries, yes, but there used to be <br>
county boundaries and county names, and they appear to be entirely gone <br>
now. This promises to entail a significant addition to the time required <br>
for us to properly capture data, and in some cases will make assignment <br>
to county impossible, when a point maps along a road that crosses a <br>
county line (e.g., we need to data capture three points along Hwy 380 <br>
between Bingham and Carrizozo, NM, and somewhere between those towns <br>
there is a county line between Socorro and Lincoln counties - but it's <br>
invisible). Yes, points mapping to a town or named place are generally <br>
fine, but points along roads often require a visual confirmation as to <br>
which side of a county line they are on, and that can't be done if <br>
Google Earth has permanently removed county lines from their display.<br>
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I'm sure we're not alone in having made extensive use of this feature, <br>
and wanting to have it back. Short of a massive letter-writing campaign <br>
to Google Earth admins, does anyone know a fix for this?<br>
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Thanks in advance,<br>
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Doug Yanega Dept. of Entomology Entomology Research Museum<br>
Univ. of California, Riverside, CA 92521-0314 skype: dyanega<br>
phone: (951) 827-4315 (disclaimer: opinions are mine, not UCR's)<br>
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</blockquote></div><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><font color="#93c47d"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;border-collapse:separate"><font face="Helvetica" size="2">Mare Nazaire, Ph.D.</font><font face="Helvetica" size="2"><br>Administrative Curator, Herbarium [RSA-POM]</font><font face="Helvetica" size="2"><br></font></span><span style="font-family:Tahoma;border-collapse:separate"><font face="Helvetica" size="2">California Botanic Garden</font></span></font></div><div><span style="font-family:Tahoma;border-collapse:separate"><font face="Helvetica" size="2" color="#93c47d">Research Assistant Professor, Claremont Graduate University</font></span></div><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="border-collapse:separate"><font color="#93c47d">1500 North College Avenue<br>Claremont, California 91711</font></span></div><div><span style="border-collapse:separate"><font color="#93c47d">909.625.8767 ext. 268</font></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>