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PostPosted: Fri Oct 09, 2009 5:48 am    Post subject: Cool Google route planning mashup tool Reply with quote

Quick & dirty tool for calculating the distance of your next cruise HERE.

Warren

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PostPosted: Fri Oct 09, 2009 10:21 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Very clever. Thanks Warren.
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 12, 2009 12:36 am    Post subject: "Google Earth" for trip planing Reply with quote

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.

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PostPosted: Mon Oct 12, 2009 8:05 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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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