[GeoStL] Re: gc.com maps

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I liked playing with google earth when we had DSL but it's pointless to get 
on it now that I have pony express-speed dialup.  I will probably be going 
to wireless sometime this summer so I'll be able to use it again then. 
troutboy98 used to love checking out places with google earth.  He's really 
been bummed since we had to go back to dialup.

Gale
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Lusicic" <lusicic@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, May 27, 2006 12:46 PM
Subject: [GeoStL] Re: gc.com maps


> -
>
> 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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