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Old Mon 08 February 2010, 19:53
Roadkill_321
Just call me: John #7
 
Wiseton, Saskatchewan
Canada
Google Earth

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

MechMate Members.rar
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Old Mon 08 February 2010, 20:42
jhiggins7
Just call me: John #26
 
Hebron, Ohio
United States of America
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.
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Old Mon 08 February 2010, 20:59
swatkins
Just call me: Steve
 
Houston
United States of America
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
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Old Mon 08 February 2010, 20:59
KenC
Just call me: Ken
 
Klang
Malaysia
John,
Pardon my ignorant, how do I use the download?
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Old Mon 08 February 2010, 21:01
lumberjack_jeff
Just call me: Jeff #31
 
Montesano, WA
United States of America
very well done.
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Old Mon 08 February 2010, 21:08
swatkins
Just call me: Steve
 
Houston
United States of America
Quote:
Originally Posted by KenC View Post
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...
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Old Mon 08 February 2010, 21:31
xraydude
Just call me: Ted #131
 
New Orleans, LA
United States of America
Awesome! Nice to be able to see the global reach of this incredible community.
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Old Mon 08 February 2010, 21:51
KenC
Just call me: Ken
 
Klang
Malaysia
Steve, thanks for the head up

John, Brilliant! The exact pin location is only a few KM from my actual place.
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Old Mon 08 February 2010, 22:28
Gerald D
Just call me: Gerald (retired)
 
Cape Town
South Africa
John, that is really amazing!
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Old Mon 08 February 2010, 22:34
Gerald D
Just call me: Gerald (retired)
 
Cape Town
South Africa
Direct .kmz file:

MechMate Members.kmz

(Same content as above .rar zipped file)
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Old Mon 08 February 2010, 22:46
KenC
Just call me: Ken
 
Klang
Malaysia
Gerald is only a stone throw away from a beautiful beach! How nice!
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Old Mon 08 February 2010, 22:51
Gerald D
Just call me: Gerald (retired)
 
Cape Town
South Africa
Actually I live half way between 2 beautiful beaches - I am 3.3km more to the left
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Old Tue 09 February 2010, 00:09
KenC
Just call me: Ken
 
Klang
Malaysia
I'm about 5km from Straight of Malacca, but nobody would want to swim there... No sharks though... just muddy & silty coast...
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Old Tue 09 February 2010, 00:53
Claudiu
Just call me: Claus #43
 
Arad
Romania
John, that was a lot of work...great job.
Nice to see all members locations...
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Old Tue 09 February 2010, 01:01
KenC
Just call me: Ken
 
Klang
Malaysia
No I know where to go when I have teething problem in Romania
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Old Tue 09 February 2010, 02:21
sailfl
Just call me: Nils #12
 
Winter Park, FL
United States of America
For a computer guy, I lost. What do I do to view the map?
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Old Tue 09 February 2010, 02:40
Gerald D
Just call me: Gerald (retired)
 
Cape Town
South Africa
1. Download Google Earth from http://earth.google.com/

2. Install Google Earth

3. Click on .kmz file
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Old Tue 09 February 2010, 02:44
sailfl
Just call me: Nils #12
 
Winter Park, FL
United States of America
Thanks, Gerald
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Old Tue 09 February 2010, 02:56
sailfl
Just call me: Nils #12
 
Winter Park, FL
United States of America
Steve

Thanks for taking the time to input the places. It is an interesting tool.
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Old Tue 09 February 2010, 05:04
mphel
Just call me: Mark
 
Upton upon Severn
United Kingdom
John, thanks for putting the time into this. I think the machines are taking over the world!
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Old Tue 09 February 2010, 09:20
blakekoehn
Just call me: Blake #47
 
Macon, MS
United States of America
Wow! That is really Neat!
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Old Tue 09 February 2010, 17:06
Roadkill_321
Just call me: John #7
 
Wiseton, Saskatchewan
Canada
Glad everyone liked it.

John
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Old Fri 12 March 2010, 15:40
jehayes
Just call me: Joe #53
 
Whidbey Island, Washington
United States of America
John: Many thanks for this effort. Really great to see the spread of MechMania!

Joe
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Old Mon 15 March 2010, 09:24
dragonfinder1
Just call me: Dave #49
 
Astoria, Oregon
United States of America
So how do we add our pin? Mine and forksdad need to be added.
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Old Mon 15 March 2010, 10:05
oopz
Just call me: oopz
 
Stockholm
Sweden
Liked It ---It gives a 3-Dimension to the forum!!

Thanks for your spent time.!!

But we are just a few Swe-Vikings

/oopz
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Old Mon 15 March 2010, 14:40
gixi
Just call me: Marius (AVO) #32
 
Bucharest
Romania
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All I can say is : WOW !
Nice work !
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Old Thu 25 March 2010, 23:16
Roadkill_321
Just call me: John #7
 
Wiseton, Saskatchewan
Canada
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.

Quote:
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.
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