Re: Shackelton - Google Earth Documentary -- Fortune Bay Expeditionary Team Campfire

[ Show ]

Support VoyForums

[ Shrink ]

VoyForums Announcement: Programming and providing support for this service has been a labor of love since 1997. We are one of the few services online who values our users' privacy, and have never sold your information. We have even fought hard to defend your privacy in legal cases; however, we've done it with almost no financial support -- paying out of pocket to continue providing the service. Due to the issues imposed on us by advertisers, we also stopped hosting most ads on the forums many years ago. We hope you appreciate our efforts.

Show your support by donating any amount. (Note: We are still technically a for-profit company, so your contribution is not tax-deductible.) PayPal Acct: Feedback:

Donate to VoyForums (PayPal):

[ Login ] [ Contact Forum Admin ] [ Main index ] [ Post a new message ] [ Search | Check update time | Archives: 1, 2, 3, 4 ]

Subject: Re: Shackelton - Google Earth Documentary

Author:
pathfinder

[ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

Date Posted: 13:33:30 12/09/05 Fri
In reply to: Government 's message, "Shackelton - Google Earth Documentary" on 10:20:50 12/08/05 Thu

Nice!!!

Thanks for the information.

Chuck

>If you don't have Google Earth yet, it's a free 4mb
>download that lets you do amazing things with
>satellite photos. It's basically GIS for laypeople.
>For example, you can measure the distance between the
>UP & Beaver Island (in case you're wondering it's over
>11 miles one way. The 2m resolution USGS aerials are
>available for many areas. You can view these images
>from oblique angels, overlay roads, park boundaries,
>etc. You can even "spin" the map to view oblique
>images from different angles. GET IT.
>
>I came across this "Google Earth Documentary" of the
>famous Shackleton voyage. F'n cool. Only works if you
>have Google Earth.
>
>
>http://www.gearthblog.com/blog/archives/2005/11/fantast
>ic_googl.html

[ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

Replies:

Subject	Author	Date
Cool	Wapiti	22:16:20 12/13/05 Tue