Tuesday, July 29, 2008

Fun with Google Maps

I played a bit with Google Maps today and found some of the key sites of our trip.

Makoshika State park, where we did Dinosaur Camp:
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=glendive+mt&ie=UTF8&ll=47.084852,-104.685459&spn=0.057859,0.109863&t=h&z=13

Butte:
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Butte,+MT&ie=UTF8&ll=46.003878,-112.520943&spn=0.118045,0.219727&t=h&z=12&iwloc=addr

Grand Prismatic Spring, where we started our hike:

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=grand+prismatic+spring&sll=47.084852,-104.685459&sspn=0.057859,0.109863&ie=UTF8&ll=44.525625,-110.838275&spn=0.007572,0.013733&t=h&z=16&iwloc=addr

where we swam in the firehole river:
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=old+faithful&ie=UTF8&ll=44.561908,-110.839283&spn=0.003784,0.006866&t=h&z=17

On Saturday I went over the mountain by going east of Twin Bridges, through Rochester, and to Hwy 15 (can you find the route?)
http://maps.google.ca/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=twin+bridges+mt&ie=UTF8&ll=45.565506,-112.395287&spn=0.114651,0.211487&t=h&z=12&iwloc=addr

Where I'm camping this week:
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=langhor+campground&sll=45.644768,-111.096497&sspn=0.950458,1.757813&ie=UTF8&ll=45.521594,-111.007447&spn=0.014884,0.027466&t=h&z=15


The San Francisco salt ponds I mentioned:
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=newark+ca&ie=UTF8&ll=37.541311,-122.029953&spn=0.269502,0.439453&t=h&z=11&iwloc=addr

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