Overlay topo maps in Google Earth

Ze Hiker · Post by **Ze Hiker** » Thu Feb 11, 2010 7:37 pm

I thought this was really cool when I found it, so I wrote something up on how to overlay and use topo maps in Google Earth. Someone even made a way to overlay historical maps!!!

Socalhiker69 · Post by **Socalhiker69** » Fri Feb 12, 2010 7:57 am

Zé wrote:I thought this was really cool when I found it, so I wrote something up on how to overlay and use topo maps in Google Earth. Someone even made a way to overlay historical maps!!!

Thanks Joe, it's a fantastic tool and I am sure I will play around and use it from now on... I am afraid I can't get much work done now during the weekdays

Guido

Rumpled · Post by **Rumpled** » Fri Feb 12, 2010 11:05 am

Again, to increase the audience.
I have a kml for google earth that I got somewhere that has topo overlays. It's easier because you don't have to click to get each quad.
Just turn the overlon or off and adjust opacity. They take a minute or so to load; but work great.
When I find it, I'll pass it on.

Rumpled · Post by **Rumpled** » Tue Feb 16, 2010 3:19 pm

OK, here is the one I've been using. It also has a benchmarking database; you can turn either one off or on.
http://ngs.tsqmadness.com/ge/index.html

Ze Hiker · Post by **Ze Hiker** » Tue Feb 16, 2010 3:36 pm

that's not bad. a good alternative. unfortunately you can't have more than one topo quad open at the same time, which is kinda annoying