June 2005
Intermediate to advanced
568 pages
24h 7m
English
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imprecise process for two reasons. First, Terraserver returns images in
“tiles,” so when you request the image for a lat/long, you get the tile that
contains that point, but it is not centered. Also ZIP Codes are not points, so
converting a ZIP Code to a single point is a tad imprecise.
You can open a GPX-format waypoint file, and then select Waypoints
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Center on Waypoint to fetch the Terraserver image, or USGS topo, for that
point. In Figure 5-8, we centered on the waypoint “Box1.”
Terrabrowser is shareware and well worth the $15 registration fee.
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With free Windows software and a little tweaking, you can make nice 3-D
models of your outdoor perambulations.
Wouldn’t it be nice if you could get a better feeling for the terrain you just
crossed or the magnificent view you saw earlier? Wouldn’t you like to be
able to do something with all of those tracklog files you’ve been collecting?
Figure 5-6. Terrabrowser live tracking
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