[Nhcoll-l] Google Earth fix?

[J Tom Giermakowski]

Geo-locate is fantastic! Another very good resource that I use often is https://caltopo.com

The MapBuilder Topo and other layers there are very useful for federal lands, trails and county lines.

cheers, Tom



J. Tom Giermakowski
Division of Amphibians and Reptiles
Museum of Southwestern Biology
MSC03 2020, Dept Biology
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001, USA

Tel. 505-277-5130                      http://msb.unm.edu/<http://msb.unm.edu/divisions/amphibians-reptiles/index.html>



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?

  [EXTERNAL]
Geolocate allows many different map interfaces, including topo maps. This might help.

https://www.geo-locate.org/

-Derek

On Thu, Jan 6, 2022 at 9:46 AM Douglas Yanega <dyanega at gmail.com<mailto:dyanega at gmail.com>> wrote:
Hi, all.

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.

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.

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?

Thanks in advance,

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Doug Yanega      Dept. of Entomology       Entomology Research Museum
Univ. of California, Riverside, CA 92521-0314     skype: dyanega
phone: (951) 827-4315 (disclaimer: opinions are mine, not UCR's)
              https://faculty.ucr.edu/~heraty/yanega.html
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         is the true method" - Herman Melville, Moby Dick, Chap. 82

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