Re: Anyone Using KML Files For Family History?

"Kerry Raymond" <kraymond@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote: 

> Another neat trick is if you happen to have an old map of an area. If
> you scan it, you can use it as an overlay in Google Earth (you have to
> fiddle about a bit in Google Earth to locate, rotate and stretch the
> map to the right scale and orientation). It can be helpful when you
> are trying to show how different it was "back then" (e.g. a farm in
> what is now a housing estate). When you are displaying an overlay,
> then a slider bar appears at the bottom of the Places menu to control
> whether you see the normal Google Earth image, the overlay or (the
> best part) a blending of both which is useful for comparing the
> differences. 
> 
> Here's an overlay I experimented with, showing part of Brisbane in
> 1943: 
> 
> http://www.chapelhill.homeip.net/FamilyHistory/Photos/test/Brisbane-194
> 3.kmz 
> 
> Kerry

That overlay idea is really cool too.  You're giving me some great ideas. 

Many thanks!  Mardon