After pouring over many word/phrase searches for "scalable grid overlay," 
"adjustable square grid for Google maps," and every other conceivable 
combination, I am just about ready to give up!  Maybe some of you here can 
point me to help...or the edge of a cliff!
Here is what I want to do.  Some details first.
-I am in the agriculture industry.  We grow many thousands of acres of 
vegetables that are consumed in the US.  
-We plant all these vegetables on a daily basis on any number of  our 
different parcels throughout the county.
-In, say, a field (parcel) that is 45 acres, we may plant on day one 6 
acres of Iceberg Lettuce.  Next day, 2.5, and so on.
-In reality, we would like a means to use an ipad or computer to access 
Google maps to select and zoom in to the parcel that was planted and then 
using the measurement tool, measure (as closely as possible), how many 
acres were planted on a particular planting.

Here is the problem.  I can do this now but it dose not do what we really 
need.  What I really need is some way to create a grid that can be overlaid 
over Google maps that is of a particular scale.  For many crops such as 
romaine, lettuce, and cabbage for example, we plant the crops on beds that 
are 3.5 feet from bed top center to bed top center.  And for other crops 
like spring mix or spinach, we plant crops on beds that are 7 feet from bed 
top center to bed top center.  So in this case, I need two grids: one that 
is 42 inches wide and another that is 84 inches wide.  I can take this grid 
now, place it over my field, and can now estimate how many beds were 
planted, should be planted, etc.    The other issue, though, is the 
smallest zoom level in GM is 200ft and so that will make the beds (grid) 
very small.  Is there a way to increase the zoom beyond this 200 ft?

This may be difficult to understand.  Sorry about that.
Ideas?

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