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Index of Subjects --Apple-Mail-159-331029628 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit That's a great way to do it.... now if only the Windsor area was high enough relosution so that I could see where I was actually going! This is also handy if you do the same route each year, especially a trail, etc. as you can get the distances beforehand. Pat On Dec 21, 2008, at 12:45 PM, iamclar@dal.ca wrote: > Hi all - > > If you will carry out or have completed your Christmas Bird Count > and are > struggling to estimate your "Miles Walked" total, here's a great way > > Cheers, Ian McLaren > > Forwarded message------------ > > Go to Google Earth (it's a free download that takes only a few > minutes, but is > endlessly entertaining)Find the satellite map of your CBC area At > the toolbar > atop the screen, Select the little "Ruler" Icon Select the Path > setting > make sure that Mouse Navigation is selected if you are using a mouse > > Blow up the map enough to be able to see the area you walked, and > click on your > starting point. Now simply click the mouse at points along your > path, and it > will read out the path length in the Ruler box atop the screen. Draw > a path for > every time you left the car / walked a trail / biked / canoed / > kayaked, etc. > Depending on where you went, it might end up looking like one of > those Family > Circus cartoons of little Billy's route from Point A to Point B. ;-) > > Compared to the mileage you might have guessed, I'll bet you will be > amazed at > how much farther you actually walked. Case in point - yesterday I > canoed the > Nueces River for the Corpus Christi CBC and covered 13.2 miles. No > wonder my > arms are tired! > > Clay Taylor > Calallen, TX (Corpus Christi) > ctaylor@,,,,, > > > > = = ======================================================================== Patrick Kelly Director of Computer Facilities = = ======================================================================== Faculty of Architecture and Planning Dalhousie University = = ======================================================================== PO Box 1000 Stn Central 5410 Spring Garden Road Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J 2X4 Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J 2X4 Canada Canada = = ======================================================================== Phone:(902) 494-3294 FAX:(902) 423-6672 E-mail:patrick.kelly@dal.ca = = ======================================================================== --Apple-Mail-159-331029628 Content-Type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">That's a great way to do it.... = now if only the Windsor area was high enough relosution so that I could = see where I was actually going!<div><br></div><div>This is also handy if = you do the same route each year, especially a trail, etc. as you can get = the = distances beforehand.</div><div><br></div><div>Pat</div><div><br></di= v><div><br><div><div>On Dec 21, 2008, at 12:45 PM, <a = href=3D"mailto:iamclar@dal.ca">iamclar@dal.ca</a> wrote:</div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div>Hi = all -<br><br>If you will carry out or have completed your Christmas Bird = Count and are<br>struggling to estimate your "Miles Walked" total, = here's a great way<br><br>Cheers, Ian McLaren<br><br>Forwarded = message------------<br><br>Go to Google Earth (it's a free download that = takes only a few minutes, but is<br>endlessly entertaining)Find the = satellite map of your CBC area At the toolbar<br>atop the screen, Select = the little "Ruler" Icon Select the Path setting<br>make sure that Mouse = Navigation is selected if you are using a mouse<br><br>Blow up the map = enough to be able to see the area you walked, and click on = your<br>starting point. Now simply click the mouse at points = along your path, and it<br>will read out the path length in the Ruler = box atop the screen. Draw a path for<br>every time you left the car / = walked a trail / biked / canoed / kayaked, etc.<br>Depending on where = you went, it might end up looking like one of those Family<br>Circus = cartoons of little Billy's route from Point A to Point B. = ;-)<br><br>Compared to the mileage you might have guessed, = I'll bet you will be amazed at<br>how much farther you actually walked. = Case in point - yesterday I canoed the<br>Nueces River for the Corpus = Christi CBC and covered 13.2 miles. No wonder my<br>arms are = tired!<br><br>Clay Taylor<br>Calallen, TX (Corpus = Christi)<br>ctaylor@,,,,,<br><br><br><br><br></div></blockquote></div><br>= <div apple-content-edited=3D"true"> <div><p style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px = 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Courier; min-height: 14.0px"><br></p> <p = style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face=3D"Courier" = size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Courier">=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D</font></p> <p style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font = face=3D"Courier" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Courier">Patrick = Kelly</font></p> <p style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font = face=3D"Courier" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Courier">Director of = Computer Facilities</font></p> <p style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px = 0.0px"><font face=3D"Courier" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Courier">=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D</font></p> <p style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font = face=3D"Courier" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Courier">Faculty of = Architecture and Planning</font></p> <p style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px = 0.0px 0.0px"><font face=3D"Courier" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Courier">Dalhousie University</font></p> <p style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px = 0.0px 0.0px"><font face=3D"Courier" siz