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0.0px 0.0px"><font face=3D"Courier" siz ------=_Part_64282_15349576.1229898934703 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Even simpler, but more costly, would be to carry a powered up GPS unit - as long as you have mapping software (I'm not sure if Google Earth would suffice, but the software I bought with my unit does it well). Simply transfer the "tracks" to your software, and you can see how far you have walked and driven. Does anyone know if Google Earth can deal with GPS unit tracks? On 21/12/2008, Patrick Kelly <patrick.kelly@dal.ca> wrote: > > 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 > > ========================================================================== > Randy _________________________________ RF Lauff Way in the boonies of Antigonish County, NS. ------=_Part_64282_15349576.1229898934703 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline <div>Even simpler, but more costly, would be to carry a powered up GPS unit - as long as you have mapping software (I'm not sure if Google Earth would suffice, but the software I bought with my unit does it well). Simply transfer the "tracks" to your software, and you can see how far you have walked and driven.</div> <div> </div> <div>Does anyone know if Google Earth can deal with GPS unit tracks?<br><br> </div> <div><span class="gmail_quote">On 21/12/2008, <b class="gmail_sendername">Patrick Kelly</b> <patrick.kelly@dal.ca> wrote:</span> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid"> <div style="WORD-WRAP: break-word">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> </div> <div> <div><span class="e" id="q_11e5b697536283b1_1"><br> <div> <div>On Dec 21, 2008, at 12:45 PM, iamclar@dal.ca wrote:</div><br> <blockquote type="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>