Posted by Geoffrey Schultz (geoff.freedom@geoffschultz.org>)
I’ve spent a lot of time creating a Google Earth presentation of my
cruising aboard the BlueJacket, a Freedom 40/40. For those of you
who don’t know what Google Earth is, it’s a program that allows you
to view satellite images of the earth and you can “fly” anywhere
that you want with a flick of your mouse. You can zoom down to
amazing levels of detail. In many places you can make out details of
cars on a street. In some areas (such as Boston) 3D representations
of buildings have been constructed such that you can fly between
the buildings. It’s absolutely amazing!
The Google Earth program is free as well as access to the satellite
image database. However, it does take a fair amount of CPU power and
a high speed Internet connection. To download a copy of the program,
go to:
http://earth.google.com/
One of the things that you can do with Google Earth is to
create “placemarks” and “paths”. A placemark is a location that you
want to reference and paths show a route. I’ve created placemarks
and paths for virtually all of my cruising. This includes locations
from Maine to Florida and virtually all of the Caribbean. The
placemarks include text snippets from my logs and then link to the
entire log as well as photos from the area. The logs from most of
the US east coast and eastern Caribbean are pretty thin, but the
photos are good. Everything gets much better starting in Venezuela
and west of that.
Anchorage placemarks utilize anchor icons, placemarks which include
diving information have dive flag icons, and land based travel
utilize either sign posts, Myan pyramids or airplanes. Icons are
grouped by region / country / state or year.
Once you have Google Earth up and running you can access the file
containing my placemarks and paths at:
http://www.GeoffSchultz.org/GoogleEarth/BlueJacket.kmz
I hope that you enjoy!
– Geoff
Posted by mike cunningham (seychellois_lib@…>)
Geoff,
I am able to view my boat at slip G12 at the Stockton
Saiiing Club on the Clifornia Delta. My only wish is
that the sat photos were updated more frequently and
that overseas coverage were better. I tried to view my
old freedom 25 lying Port Victoria, Mahe, Seychelles
however the Seychelles is simply a big blur on GE.
Finding you own boat at the dock is very very cool
though!!
— Geoffrey Schultz <geoff.freedom@…>
wrote:
I’ve spent a lot of time creating a Google Earth
presentation of my
cruising aboard the BlueJacket, a Freedom 40/40. For
those of you
who don’t know what Google Earth is, it’s a program
that allows you
to view satellite images of the earth and you can
“fly” anywhere
that you want with a flick of your mouse. You can
zoom down to
amazing levels of detail. In many places you can
make out details of
cars on a street. In some areas (such as Boston) 3D
representations
of buildings have been constructed such that you can
fly between
the buildings. It’s absolutely amazing!
The Google Earth program is free as well as access
to the satellite
image database. However, it does take a fair amount
of CPU power and
a high speed Internet connection. To download a copy
of the program,
go to:
http://earth.google.com/
One of the things that you can do with Google Earth
is to
create “placemarks” and “paths”. A placemark is a
location that you
want to reference and paths show a route. I’ve
created placemarks
and paths for virtually all of my cruising. This
includes locations
from Maine to Florida and virtually all of the
Caribbean. The
placemarks include text snippets from my logs and
then link to the
entire log as well as photos from the area. The logs
from most of
the US east coast and eastern Caribbean are pretty
thin, but the
photos are good. Everything gets much better
starting in Venezuela
and west of that.
Anchorage placemarks utilize anchor icons,
placemarks which include
diving information have dive flag icons, and land
based travel
utilize either sign posts, Myan pyramids or
airplanes. Icons are
grouped by region / country / state or year.
Once you have Google Earth up and running you can
access the file
containing my placemarks and paths at:
http://www.GeoffSchultz.org/GoogleEarth/BlueJacket.kmz
I hope that you enjoy!
– Geoff
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Posted by Bill Jones (mail@…>)
Great idea. Looks like a fun trip!
Bill
L’ana Kai
Freedom 30
Rockport, TX
— In freedomyachts2003@yahoogroups.com, “Geoffrey Schultz”
<geoff.freedom@g…> wrote:
I’ve spent a lot of time creating a Google Earth presentation of
my
cruising aboard the BlueJacket, a Freedom 40/40. For those of you
who don’t know what Google Earth is, it’s a program that allows
you
to view satellite images of the earth and you can “fly” anywhere
that you want with a flick of your mouse. You can zoom down to
amazing levels of detail. In many places you can make out details
of
cars on a street. In some areas (such as Boston) 3D
representations
of buildings have been constructed such that you can fly between
the buildings. It’s absolutely amazing!
The Google Earth program is free as well as access to the
satellite
image database. However, it does take a fair amount of CPU power
and
a high speed Internet connection. To download a copy of the
program,
go to:
http://earth.google.com/
One of the things that you can do with Google Earth is to
create “placemarks” and “paths”. A placemark is a location that
you
want to reference and paths show a route. I’ve created placemarks
and paths for virtually all of my cruising. This includes
locations
from Maine to Florida and virtually all of the Caribbean. The
placemarks include text snippets from my logs and then link to the
entire log as well as photos from the area. The logs from most of
the US east coast and eastern Caribbean are pretty thin, but the
photos are good. Everything gets much better starting in Venezuela
and west of that.
Anchorage placemarks utilize anchor icons, placemarks which
include
diving information have dive flag icons, and land based travel
utilize either sign posts, Myan pyramids or airplanes. Icons are
grouped by region / country / state or year.
Once you have Google Earth up and running you can access the file
containing my placemarks and paths at:
http://www.GeoffSchultz.org/GoogleEarth/BlueJacket.kmz
I hope that you enjoy!
– Geoff