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Doryman
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 Posted: Fri Oct 09, 2009 5:48 am Post subject: Cool Google route planning mashup tool |
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Quick & dirty tool for calculating the distance of your next cruise HERE.
Warren
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| Posted: Fri Oct 09, 2009 10:21 am Post subject: |
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Very clever. Thanks Warren.
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hardee
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| Posted: Mon Oct 12, 2009 12:36 am Post subject: "Google Earth" for trip planing |
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Thanks Warren. I have used "Google Earth" for trip planing and printing for some time. Works very simular, and can see the satellite photos tilted to get a "feel" of the topography. It has measuring for both straight line and multiples of that for route measurements. And it is free.
Just another option.
Harvey
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You nailed it Harvey,
Google Earth also has 360 deg. land photos that were taken from a truck about every hundred yards along most roadways.
You will need to download the a recent version to get that feature.
When still working I used some of the most powerful GIS programs to be found (Arc-view and Arc-map). These programs cost thousands of $$$ for a licensed copy. Google Earth has amazed me in what it will do, and it's FREE!!!!
I highly recommend it to everyone not already using it.
http://earth.google.com/download-earth.html
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