Comments on: Google Earth and Kananaskis Country http://kananaskisblog.com/google-earth-kananaskis/2008/ Hiking, Skiing and Snowshoeing Mon, 21 May 2012 15:44:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Derek Ryder http://kananaskisblog.com/google-earth-kananaskis/2008/comment-page-1/#comment-27 Derek Ryder Fri, 06 Mar 2009 05:38:37 +0000 http://kananaskisblog.com/?p=116#comment-27 Google is constantly upgrading their imagery. I was rather pleased to see some upgrades, disappointed in some that were chosen. For instance, the Old Goat Glacier images are winter, and the glacier hides, plus the winter images have poor lighting. One selection criterion I know that is used is cloud cover. Knowing our neighborhood as you do, you can imagine the chances of getting images on a perfectly blue sky cloudless day are pretty slim. Here's hoping more high rez imagery is coming, and the town of Dead Man's Flats and Pigeon Mountain will no longer be split in two. Also, I can recommend LoadMyTracks (http://www.cluetrust.com/LoadMyTracks.html) as an excellent free tool to move GPX and KML data to and from GPS devices. Google is constantly upgrading their imagery. I was rather pleased to see some upgrades, disappointed in some that were chosen. For instance, the Old Goat Glacier images are winter, and the glacier hides, plus the winter images have poor lighting.

One selection criterion I know that is used is cloud cover. Knowing our neighborhood as you do, you can imagine the chances of getting images on a perfectly blue sky cloudless day are pretty slim.

Here’s hoping more high rez imagery is coming, and the town of Dead Man’s Flats and Pigeon Mountain will no longer be split in two.

Also, I can recommend LoadMyTracks (http://www.cluetrust.com/LoadMyTracks.html) as an excellent free tool to move GPX and KML data to and from GPS devices.

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