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profdant139
Feb 08, 2019Explorer II
2oldman, you are right about the difficulty of seeing forest roads on Google Maps -- sometimes they show up, and sometimes not. The solution (which is not so easy) is to have at least two monitors for your computer.
I then divide one of my monitors in half, so now I have three screens. On one screen I have Google Maps, with the contours. On the second screen, I have Google Earth. On the third, I have the MVUM (a pdf), zoomed to the area of interest.
Now, by looking at all three screens, I have topo maps, I have ground imagery, and I have the national forest road network.
Fun!!
I then divide one of my monitors in half, so now I have three screens. On one screen I have Google Maps, with the contours. On the second screen, I have Google Earth. On the third, I have the MVUM (a pdf), zoomed to the area of interest.
Now, by looking at all three screens, I have topo maps, I have ground imagery, and I have the national forest road network.
Fun!!
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