A French eclipse chaser named Xavier Jubier has a set of nice .kmz overlay files at this site. http://xjubier.free.fr/en/site_pages/SolarEclipsesGoogleEarth.html The overlay not only plots the path, but it also gives local circumstances for the center point of your current map. Google Earth with one of these .kmz files is invaluable for locating sites along the eclipse path. Tom -- See message header for info on list archives or unsubscribing, and please send personal replies to the author, not the list.