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Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Beyond Method #3: Where in the World

I already use Google maps quite a bit...and Google Earth. On MapMyRun.com I will use the satellite view of Google to help me plot my course more accurately (since MapMyRun free subscribers don't get a very good map...its visibility is not as good as Google's. ) I like the street-view perspective, taking screenshots with that.

I created a map at:
http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msa=0&msid=212521631901758431747.0004a831465d57ffb471c&hl=en&ie=UTF8&z=13
(actually just began to create) a map of historical markers in our city. Some websites already have these, but not one just for our city. Not sure how to utilize the marker photos, the url of those on the web are not mine, so I have to get permission to use them or take my own photos and submit them to these historical sites? Also interestingly, my boss would like a link to the state historical commission's website which has all the historical marker listings - the trouble is, the pages are contained in a search "atlas", so that finding a page listing does not give you an individual url, the url still just reflects the search site. So I'm in touch with them to see if there is a solution. Other historical websites have these listings too, they are not official and I would have to get permission probably to link them. And then those listings have a small map on their page, making my map redundant? You can see what I mean by clicking on the "First Aero Squadron" marker, which I linked to such a website. Very interesting I think. I looked at our library's identification, but didn't have the authority to change it. (Also noticed that on Google maps, one of the historical sites in our city already has a "marker" on Google...but it's across the street from the location. So I called the organization and they will check it. ) I'd like to practice embedding a map onto my blog.....but that will have to happen later.

1 comment:

  1. I just realized I can take my own photos and put them on my Flickr account (which I never use) and then have a url for them.

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