Re: [meteorite-list] Google Maps

2005-04-07 Thread Sterling K. Webb
Hi, Google maps is fun, but not terribly useful. I spent a quarter hour trying to find Manacouagan crater, to duplicate Marc's view, with atlases at my side to help me, but Google Maps refused to do it without my coughing up its postal code. Do craters have postal codes? I tried Google

Re: [meteorite-list] Google Maps

2005-04-07 Thread Marc Fries
Oh, for Christ's sake, folks! Y'all are looking at this whole Google Maps thing the wrong way. Try this: ---===it's FREE===--- It will not locate each hair on your head or make the longer-lasting light bulb, but it serves well as another tool in your cartographical toolbox. I've found it

Re: [meteorite-list] Google Maps

2005-04-07 Thread Gerald Flaherty
WOW! Sterling, no comparision. Terraserver wins by a mile Jerry - Original Message - From: Sterling K. Webb [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Thursday, April 07, 2005 11:50 AM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Google Maps Hi, Google maps is fun

Re: [meteorite-list] Google Maps

2005-04-07 Thread Martin Altmann
, 2005 7:20 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Google Maps Oh, for Christ's sake, folks! Y'all are looking at this whole Google Maps thing the wrong way. Try this: ---===it's FREE===--- meteorite-list __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list

RE: [meteorite-list] Google Maps

2005-04-06 Thread mark ford
Very good. If you type in 'AZ 86047' Then you can find 'meteor crater' (you need to search around a bit). Not bad, shame the resolution isn't great. But could maybe be a handy tool to find other impact structures... Mark -Original Message- From: Marc Fries [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [meteorite-list] Google Maps

2005-04-05 Thread Darren Garrison
On Tue, 5 Apr 2005 23:49:51 -0400 (EDT), Marc Fries [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Howdy Ok, this is pretty cool: http://maps.google.com/ Google has developed a seamless map database that cross-links to satellite photos. I scrolled this thing from Manacouagan crater to Wetumpka crater, then

Re: [meteorite-list] Google Maps

2005-04-05 Thread joseph_town
I'd like to see a global map database of strewnfields. Bill -- Original message -- From: Darren Garrison [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Tue, 5 Apr 2005 23:49:51 -0400 (EDT), Marc Fries [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Howdy Ok, this is pretty cool:

Re: [meteorite-list] Google Maps

2005-04-05 Thread Darren Garrison
On Tue, 5 Apr 2005 23:49:51 -0400 (EDT), Marc Fries [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Howdy Ok, this is pretty cool: http://maps.google.com/ Google has developed a seamless map database that cross-links to satellite photos. I scrolled this thing from Manacouagan crater to Wetumpka crater, then

Re: [meteorite-list] Google Maps

2005-04-05 Thread Chris Peterson
Observatory http://www.cloudbait.com - Original Message - From: Darren Garrison [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2005 11:32 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Google Maps I don't know how good the resolution for Google maps