geoffschultz
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BlueJacket\'s Google Earth presentation of Caribbean, East US & Canada
I just finished updating my Google Earth file to include our 2008 cruising. In 2008 we did what's known as the "Down East Circle Route." This trip started in the Chesapeake and wound through the Hudson River, the Erie and Oswego canals, Lake Ontario, down the St. Lawrence river, through Canadian Maritimes and Prince Edward Island, into the Bras d'Or Lakes of Nova Scotia, down the coast of Nova Scotia and finally back along Maine, NH, MA and into RI.
This file also covers almost 40,000 miles of cruising and includes virtually all of the Caribbean, Bahamas and lots of the eastern US and Canadian coastlines.
I also implemented "regions" which means that placemarks aren't displayed until you zoom into the area which contains them. Prior to this there were too many placemarks and it was confusing. Now all that you see is a colored path showing the route that we took on a given year. As you zoom in on that path, you'll see the placemarks.
If you click on a placemark, you'll see a snippet of the log and a link to the full log as well as links to photo albums and videos.
To access the file directly via the Google Earth program, click on the following link:
http://www.GeoffSchultz.org/GoogleEarth/BlueJacket.kmz
Alternately, you can use the Google Earth plugin and your browser (note that I suggest using the program directly.) You can do this by clicking on
http://www.geoffschultz.org/GoogleEarth/
and following the directions on the page.
-- Geoff
www.GeoffSchultz.org
I just finished updating my Google Earth file to include our 2008 cruising. In 2008 we did what's known as the "Down East Circle Route." This trip started in the Chesapeake and wound through the Hudson River, the Erie and Oswego canals, Lake Ontario, down the St. Lawrence river, through Canadian Maritimes and Prince Edward Island, into the Bras d'Or Lakes of Nova Scotia, down the coast of Nova Scotia and finally back along Maine, NH, MA and into RI.
This file also covers almost 40,000 miles of cruising and includes virtually all of the Caribbean, Bahamas and lots of the eastern US and Canadian coastlines.
I also implemented "regions" which means that placemarks aren't displayed until you zoom into the area which contains them. Prior to this there were too many placemarks and it was confusing. Now all that you see is a colored path showing the route that we took on a given year. As you zoom in on that path, you'll see the placemarks.
If you click on a placemark, you'll see a snippet of the log and a link to the full log as well as links to photo albums and videos.
To access the file directly via the Google Earth program, click on the following link:
http://www.GeoffSchultz.org/GoogleEarth/BlueJacket.kmz
Alternately, you can use the Google Earth plugin and your browser (note that I suggest using the program directly.) You can do this by clicking on
http://www.geoffschultz.org/GoogleEarth/
and following the directions on the page.
-- Geoff
www.GeoffSchultz.org
