Google Earth

[Roadkill_321]

I was bored one day and decided to make a .kmz file for Google Earth with placemarkers for the folks building MechMates.

The pins are color coded for the different building stages they are at.

Red - Introducing themselves
Green - Building but not completed.
Blue - Completed MechMates

Just thought it would be interesting to see at a glance where roughly everyone is.:)

John

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[jhiggins7]

Well, John. I'm speechless! Your Google Earth map of the Worldwide MechMate deployment is fantastic. I really enjoyed it. Thanks for creating this and sharing it.:)

[swatkins]

Outstanding! :)


If its not to much trouble and you want to be really accurate you can move me to my correct position at 30 19' 43.50 N 95 58' 00.20 W

I just use Houston because more people know where it is :)

Great work on the map :)

[KenC]

John,
Pardon my ignorant, how do I use the download?

[lumberjack_jeff]

very well done.

[swatkins]

John,
Pardon my ignorant, how do I use the download?

You need to first download the Program "Google Earth" from Google.com

Then download the rar file, unzip it then open the unziped file using the google earth program...

[xraydude]

Awesome! Nice to be able to see the global reach of this incredible community. :)

[KenC]

Steve, thanks for the head up

John, Brilliant! The exact pin location is only a few KM from my actual place. :)

[Gerald D]

John, that is really amazing! :eek::cool::D

[Gerald D]

Direct .kmz file:

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(Same content as above .rar zipped file)

[KenC]

Gerald is only a stone throw away from a beautiful beach! How nice!

[Gerald D]

Actually I live half way between 2 beautiful beaches - I am 3.3km more to the left :)

[KenC]

I'm about 5km from Straight of Malacca, but nobody would want to swim there... No sharks though... just muddy & silty coast...

[Claudiu]

John, that was a lot of work...great job.
Nice to see all members locations...:)

[KenC]

No I know where to go when I have teething problem in Romania :D

[sailfl]

For a computer guy, I lost. What do I do to view the map?

[Gerald D]

1. Download Google Earth from http://earth.google.com/

2. Install Google Earth

3. Click on .kmz file

[sailfl]

Thanks, Gerald

[sailfl]

Steve

Thanks for taking the time to input the places. It is an interesting tool.

[mphel]

John, thanks for putting the time into this. I think the machines are taking over the world!

[blakekoehn]

Wow! That is really Neat!

[Roadkill_321]

Glad everyone liked it.:)

John

[jehayes]

John: Many thanks for this effort. Really great to see the spread of MechMania!:)

Joe

[dragonfinder1]

So how do we add our pin? Mine and forksdad need to be added.

[oopz]

Thanks for your spent time.!!

But we are just a few Swe-Vikings :eek:

/oopz

[gixi]

All I can say is : WOW !
Nice work !

[Roadkill_321]

Hi Dave, and anyone interested in putting their placemark in the map.

This is a direct quote from the Google Earth help file as to how to add your placemark.

Position the 3D viewer to contain the spot you want to placemark. Consider zooming into the best viewing level for the desired location. Choose any one of the following methods:
Select Placemark from the 'Add' Menu.
Click the Placemark icon on the toolbar menu at the the top of the screen

The 'New Placemark' dialog box appears and a 'New Placemark' icon is centered in the viewer inside a flashing yellow square. Position the placemark. To do this, position the cursor on the placemark until the cursor changes to a pointing finger and drag it to the desired location. The cursor changes to a finger pointing icon to indicate that you can move the placemark.

Hope this helps.