Topo now on Google Maps
Nov 27th 2007adminBackpacking & Cycling & Hiking & Hunting & Maps & Orienteering
Viewing topo maps just got a whole lot easier. It appears that Google Maps now has a topography layer in addition to the satelite and map view.
The above route is a KML (Google Earth) file of the Lowest-to-Highest trail, which by the way looks like one heck of a trail.
TIP: TO DISPLAY A KML OR KMZ FILE IN GMAPS, JUST COPY THE LINK LOCATION AND PASTE IT INTO THE SEARCH BOX ON THE MAIN GOOGLE MAPS PAGE
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topographic maps on 02 Jun 2008 at 2:35 am #
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