A collection of photography and exploration focusing on Upstate South Carolina and beyond.
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This is incredibly addictive, probably even more so than Google Earth was for me when it first came out. These folks have frozen a moment in time of life on the streets in these five cities, and the ability to view that moment from multiple perspectives is very compelling. Collections of "sightings" have popped up … Read More “More Googley Goodness from Streetview” »
Just when I think Google Maps can’t get any more amazing (or scary), they come out with something new. This time it’s "Streetview." Streetview is available for only five cities in the US – Manhattan, Miami, Denver, Las Vegas, and San Francisco. I haven’t checked any foreign cities yet. If you zoom into one of … Read More “Street View” »
Bodie Ghost Town When one hears the words "Ghost town", one usually conjures up images of an abandoned prospectors’ town somewhere out west, similar to the picture of Bodie, California seen above. However, South Carolina has its fair share of ghost towns. While tumbleweeds and swinging saloon doors may not provide the scenery for the … Read More “Ghost Towns of South Carolina” »
Google keeps working to improve the functionality of Google Maps. The latest ugrades are for the Google Maps API for those that plant to include maps on their own websites. It’s now possible to use the API to pull in KML and KMZ files that have been posted online. This may not seem like such … Read More “Google Earth to Google Maps gets better” »
The folks at Google are making it so that Google Maps and Google Earth are more and more compatible. The latest is the addition of the "My Maps" feature, which allows users to create placemarks, paths, and shapes on a Google Map, just like they can in Google Earth. These placemarks can be saved as … Read More “My Maps” »
One of the most useful tools I’ve found for my recent geographic projects has been the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) from the US Geological Survey. Users can search on both foreign and domestic names and receive a list of potential hits based on that name, with a description of the geographic feature (stream, town, … Read More “Just Name the Place” »
During one of my SCETV sessions this week the question came up about the various flavors of Google Earth, and which might be most appropriate. For classrooms and general use, go with the free version. Period. I can’t see why anyone who doesn’t work with GIS professionally would need anything else. Google has provided a … Read More “What Flavor of Google Earth?” »
Today I spent the day working with teachers from around the state showing them how to use Google Earth in the classroom. The workshop was sponsored by SCETV, and was held in their studios in Columbia. I did two sessions of Basic Google Earth, and one of Advanced. The basic sessions went very well. It’s … Read More “SCETV and Google Earth” »
If you can bear with me until I get through next week’s workshops I’m going for SCETV, I’ll get off of this Google Earth/geotagging kick. I promise. Until then, here are a couple more Google Earth resources I stumbled upon while preparing my materials for these workshops. First, when one thinks of geotagging, it’s usually … Read More “Recent Google Earth Discoveries” »
I like the little "It happened here" maps that I can create at the bottom of these posts. However, they only allow the tagging of one location. This is OK if that post is about only one place, such as a restaurant, but it causes problems when I want to mark multiple locations. I’ve been … Read More “From Earth to Maps – Tracking Your Travels” »