<div dir="ltr"><div>Geolocate allows many different map interfaces, including topo maps. This might help.</div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://www.geo-locate.org/">https://www.geo-locate.org/</a></div><div><br></div><div>-Derek<br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Jan 6, 2022 at 9:46 AM Douglas Yanega <<a href="mailto:dyanega@gmail.com">dyanega@gmail.com</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">Hi, all.<br>
<br>
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>
<br>
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>
<br>
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>
<br>
Thanks in advance,<br>
<br>
-- <br>
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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