[GeoStL] Re: gc.com maps

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Just in case anyone has missed it, you can download a free version of Google
Earth, then go to gc.com. On your profile page (click on your user ID in the
upper right of the page after you log on), on the right hand side is section
called Google Mapping Features. You can download the file and it will set up
an entry in "My Places" in Google Earth. If you select that, it will show
youthe caches as an overlay to the map you are looking at. If you are zoomed
out too far, it starts ignoring some of the randomly so that it keeps the
number down.

Anyway, it is a pretty cool thing. Especially when you tilt the view so you
can see the terrain in 3D. Since I am not as proficient with topo maps as I
would like, this helps me.

One of the negatives I have found is that the cache symbols are too big and
tend to clutter your view too much. The next is that it seems to have
troubleat certain zoom levels as to where the cache is actually located. I
have seen a cache displayed on the wrong side of the Meramec river until you
zoom in close enough.

Bernie wrote: - Gale, wouldn't it be easier to just click on Google maps on
the cache page? Or am I missing something? Bernie. showme69 wrote: - If
you're talking about the google maps, I found a way to still get them. Go to
the Hide and Seek a Cache page and plug in a zip code. When you get the
results, click on the Map It button in the upper right corner. Just above
themap is a link labeled "View results in Google Maps (beta)". Gale
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