[Nhcoll-l] Google Earth fix?

[Dirk Neumann]

... GPS Visualizer <https://www.gpsvisualizer.com/map_input> and 
Geoplaner <https://www.geoplaner.de/> are also quite useful (latter 
allows also conversion between different geodetic systems); possible to 
switch between different maps, and satellite images on geoplaner are 
often clearer ...


Am 06.01.2022 um 19:45 schrieb Douglas Yanega:
> 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,
>

-- 


Dirk Neumann

Tel: 089 / 8107-111
Fax: 089 / 8107-300
neumann(a)snsb.de

Postanschrift:

Staatliche Naturwissenschaftliche Sammlungen Bayerns
Zoologische Staatssammlung München
Dirk Neumann, Sektion Ichthyologie / DNA-Storage
Münchhausenstr. 21
81247 München

Besuchen Sie unsere Sammlung:
http://www.zsm.mwn.de/sektion/ichthyologie-home/

---------

Dirk Neumann

Tel: +49-89-8107-111
Fax: +49-89-8107-300
neumann(a)snsb.de

postal address:

Bavarian Natural History Collections
The Bavarian State Collection of Zoology
Dirk Neumann, Section Ichthyology / DNA-Storage
Muenchhausenstr. 21
81247 Munich (Germany)

Visit our section at:
http://www.zsm.mwn.de/sektion/ichthyologie-home/
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://mailman.yale.edu/pipermail/nhcoll-l/attachments/20220106/fb4c393b/attachment.html>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: 0oFHNVoMPzBkXg00.png
Type: image/png
Size: 23308 bytes
Desc: not available
URL: <http://mailman.yale.edu/pipermail/nhcoll-l/attachments/20220106/fb4c393b/attachment.png>